Chandos

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Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol 2 (Chandos)

A reminder that there is more than one way to do “authentic” performance [ST]

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Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady (Chandos)

A great show, vividly brought to life in this superb recording [JQ]

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Rota: Symphonies 1 & 2 (Chandos)

The best non-mainstream works I have heard in a long while [DJB]

Martinů: Cello Concerti (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) For a disc of these works, this could hardly be bettered [LW]

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Mendelssohn: Organ Sonatas (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) One of the most important issues of this anniversary year [JS]

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Fasch: Orchestral Music (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Creativity and originality … first recordings of three works by Fasch [JV]

Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 & 3 (Chandos)

Storgårds jumps to the beginning in his survey of Shostakovich symphonies – with mixed results [PH]

Contemporaries of Brahms Vol. 2 (Chandos)

An enjoyable less well-known work, and the brilliant Brahms worth coming back [ST]

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Saxophone Concertos played by Nobuya Sugawa (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A very fine release with much to enjoy here [HC]

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Eccles: The Judgment of Paris (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A forgotten gem which deserves to be rediscovered [RH]

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Pictures from Finland (Chandos)

Thoroughly enjoyable if not especially memorable [DJB]

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Furtwängler: Symphony 2 (Chandos)

A problematic work emerges in a new light [RMay]

Richter: Symphonies (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A greatly enjoyable disc with three first recordings [DBl]

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Grechaninov: Passion Week (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A recording of spectacular range and refinement and singing of the highest calibre [DM]

Bacewicz: Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (Chandos)

Volume 2 reaffirms all the qualities of its predecessor [NB]

Elgar: Symphony No 1, Organ Sonata (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) A wonderful thing to have on your shelf or in your pocket [DC]

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Britten: Suite from The Prince of the Pagodas (Chandos)

A welcome reissue of an excellent recording placing Britten’s ballet in context [DHa]

Pictures from Finland (Chandos)

An enjoyable, well performed disc with not much originality or interest [BSt]

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Transatlantic. Works for brass (Chandos)

A superbly curated disc which rewards unhurried listening and repeated return [JF]

Bach: King of Kings (Chandos)

A celebration of the unassuming genius of Sir Andrew Davis [NB]

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Rachmaninoff: Symphony 1 & Symphonic dances (Chandos)

Flawed by an unidiomatic account of the symphony [RMay]

Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 2, short orchestral works (Chandos)

A splendidly recorded disc of rare Tchaikovsky, performed with spirit and commitment [EJW]

Brahms & Contemporaries Vol. 2 (Chandos)

Genuinely illuminating comparisons are made in this excellent recital [DHa]

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Arensky: Symphony 1 (Chandos)

Varied, energetic, colourful music by a composer who never found a distinctive, individual voice before his premature death [RMo]