Chandos
Halvorsen: Orchestral Works, Vol 3 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Utterly beguiling [NB]
Delius: Appalachia & The Song of the High Hills (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Beautifully shaped and sensitive readings [IL]
Rota: Symphony No 3, Concerto soirée (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Quirkily entertaining, here is Rota the clown on display with effervescent lampooning music [IL]
Shostakovich: Symphonies 2 & 5 (Chandos)
A fine addition to the Storgårds/BBC Philharmonic Shostakovich symphony cycle [WH]
Rachmaninov: Aleko (Chandos)
Déjà Review) Noseda conducts intelligently, sensitively, with full structural awareness of the dramatic trajectory [CC]
Bonis: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
More revolutionary discoveries from a French composer we should know much more about [GH]
Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) If you enjoy Russian music of the mid and first half of the last century then you need to hear this [Byz][RB]
Pärt: Complete Symphonies (Chandos)
Compelling music of surprising variety from a composer many listeners will think they know [WH]
Dallapiccola: Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Superb performances and recordings of works from an important decade in Dallapiccola’s composing life [HC]
Walton: String Quartets (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Thoroughly enjoyable, and I’m sure I will return to it often [MC]
French Orchestral Favourites (Chandos)
70 minutes of bon-bons beautifully played and well contrasted [RMo]
MacMillan: The Birds of Rhiannon (Chandos)
A good primer to start exploring Sir James MacMillan’s music [ST]
Messiaen: Chamber Works (Chandos)
The greatest chamber work of World War Two in a persuasive performance [RWe]
Janáček, Martinů & Suk: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
Sheer pleasure from this varied programme of early twentieth-century Czech orchestral works [WH]
Organ music from Scandinavia (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Superlative performance, interesting and inspired programming [DC]
Alfvén & Rautavaara: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
Neeme Järvi’s unique blend of verve and subtlety is well-suited to this music [WK]
d’Indy: Orchestral Works Volume 4 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Sheer, unadulterated pleasure [DM]
Elgar: Violin Concerto, Polonia (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Outstanding throughout [ST]
Easdale: Film Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) This present excellent CD must surely act as a catalyst for a deeper exploration of Easdale’s music [JF]
Shostakovich: Symphony No 2 & 5 (Chandos)
Storgårds’ more detached interpretative stance to both symphonies is valid and consistent but might be too cool for some tastes [RMo]
Strauss: Elektra (Chandos)
Wonderful orchestral playing but variable singing [SB]
Herrmann: Hangover Square & Citizen Kane (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A most rewarding and desirable issue [BBr][RB]
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (Chandos)
A rather charmless, heavy-handed take on Dvořák’s famous two sets of dances [RMo]
Dring: Songs of Madeleine Dring (Chandos)
A good showcase for Madeleine Dring’s considerable skill as a song writer [NB]
