Chandos

Brahms: Symphonies No.2, 4 (Chandos)

A good Fourth and an excellent Second [ST]

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Sullivan: Ivanhoe (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) An excellent job … sure to please the harshest of critics [RW]

Pierné: Piano Concerto, orchestral works (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Very fine indeed, and a high-quality programme with no fillers necessary [DC]

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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas op.109-111 (Chandos)

A wonderful new version of Beethoven’s last sonatas, and a fitting swan song for Imogen Cooper [SB]

Weinberg: String Quartets (Chandos)

Taut and angular, substantial quartets, plus a nice surprise [SFV]

Zemlinsky: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, etc. (Chandos)

A very successful disc of varied music in excellent performances [JQ]

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Arnold: Ballet Music (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A disc that no admirer of Arnold’s music will want to be without [JQ]

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Britten: The Beggar’s Opera (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Must now be first choice for this work [MG]

Overtures from the British Isles Volume 3 (Chandos)

A third volume focuses on mid-century overtures, with three world premiere recordings [JW]

Music from Estonia (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Enterprising repertoire gloriously recorded and performed [RB]

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Schmidt: Complete Symphonies (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Sumptuous, vernal energy and weightiness of tone [RB]

Overtures from the British Isles, Vol 3 (Chandos)

Very entertaining music in top-drawer performances [JQ]

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Elgar: The Crown of India (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) At last a version of this legendary work for pleasure, analysis and study [JF]

Marx: Orchestral Songs and Choral Works (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) The disc with which to introduce this composer to music-lovers [RB]

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Holst: Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Chandos)

The finest Holst disc in years [RB]

Debussy: Complete Works for Piano – Volume 3

(Déjà Review) The best of Bavouzet’s three volumes so far [CH]

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Ireland: Chamber Music (Chandos)

Distinguished works which receive splendid performances [JQ]

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Bridge: Orchestral Works Volume 3 (Chandos)

A varied collection of music by an arguably undervalued composer [PBW]

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In Search of Youkali: The Songs of Kurt Weill (Chandos)

Operatic warmth meets Weill’s cabaret satire [JF]

MacDowell: Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Chandos)

A splendid selection of MacDowell’s concertante and orchestral music [EJW]

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Excellence and depth: real transcendent Beethoven, almost all of the time [DC]

Finzi: Cello Concerto & Leighton: Suite Veris Gratia (Chandos)

Well-paired works in perfectly judged performances [DHa]

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Cheryl Barker: Great Operatic Arias (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Chandos can be proud with this latest addition to their Opera in English series [GF]

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Strauss: Salome (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Real emotional and sonic surge [DH]