Chandos
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Chandos)
An enthusiastic welcome for a newly edited score of Ravel’s balletic masterpiece [PCG]
Alwyn: Film Music Vol. 2 (Chandos)
An excellent well-contrasted compilation of important British film music that needed to be rescued from oblivion [IL]
Müller-Hartmann: Chamber Works (Chandos)
A German traditionalist heard in music written before his enforced emigration to England [JW]
Bacewicz: Works for Violin and Piano (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A splendid opportunity to get to grips with a large body of Bacewicz’s chamber music [JW]
Dallapiccola : Orchestral Works (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Masterpieces of lyrical serial music that just demand to be discovered [JF]
Schubert: Symphonies Vol. 3 (Chandos)
Excellent playing, woodwinds especially, but Brüggen brings more compelling, dramatic impact [MG]
Britten & Veale: Violin Concertos (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A gorgeous disc that will have you reassessing the Britten and embracing the Veale concerto [RB]
Weinberg: Symphony No 12 (Chandos)
A superb, state-of-the-art recording of Weinberg’s symphonic works [GT]
Svendsen: Symphonies (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Not quite masterpieces but they are more than just easy-listening and could be widely enjoyed [CH]
Rodgers: Oklahoma! (Chandos)
A ground-breaking recording of a ground-breaking American musical [PCG]
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 24 & 25 (Chandos)
Bavouzet’s prolific ornamentation mars the poignancy of K491’s slow movement; but the edginess created in K503’s finale is revelatory [MG]
Goossens: Chamber music for flute (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A consummately successful collection [RB]
Mozart: The Piano Quartets (Chandos)
Fine playing, but the interpretations are a matter of personal taste [PBW]
Parry: Prometheus Unbound (Chandos)
This release will be self-recommending – and rightly so – to admirers of Parry [JQ]
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14 (Chandos)
The best yet in Storgårds’s developing cycle [DMD]
Grechaninov: Symphony No.3 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) The strongest of the Grechaninov CDs from Chandos – the cantata is a work of the greatest virtue [RB]
Gerber: Orchestral Works (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A group of first recordings that deserves to do well [JP]
Mendelson & Bacewicz: Chamber Works (Chandos)
Four ‘lost’ works of Polish modernism presented in splendid performances (GPu)
Parry: Scenes from Shelley’s ‘Prometheus Unbound’, Blest Pair of Sirens (Chandos)
Parry’s Wagnerian dilemmas encountered in this premiere recording [JW]
Weinberg: Dawn, Symphony No.12 (Chandos)
An unexpected and thrilling pendant to Storgårds’ survey of late Shostakovich [NC]
Echoes of Bohemia: Czech Music for Wind (Chandos)
A highly effective disc [JW]
Weber, Schumann, Strauss: Horn concerti (Chandos)
A delightful collection [SB]
Overtures from Finland (Chandos)
Well-devised programme lacking the last degree of performance finesse [NB]
McEwen: String Quartets Vol. 2 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) The Chilingirians really do bring life and joyous affirmation to this [JW]
