Classical Music 2014

A & R Panufnik: Messages - Chamber Music For Strings

Brodsky Quartet

2014 marks the centenary of Polish-British composer Andrzej Panufnik. Here the Brodsky Quartet joins in this year of reminiscence and celebration with Messages, a recording of works both by Andrzej…

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Winds & Piano

Les Vents Français

Les Vents Français have been described as “the wind-quintet equivalent of a supergroup”. The ensemble’s five members - Emmanuel Pahud, Paul Meyer, Francois Leleux, Gilbert Audin and Radovan Vlatković, all…

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Tchaikovsky: Serenade In C Major For Strings & Bartok: Divertimento For Strings

Roman Simovic ,LSO String Ensemble

The LSO’s magnificent string sound is world renowned and this recording marks the LSO Live debut of the LSO String Ensemble, led by LSO Leader Roman Simovic, who directs a…

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French Violin Sonatas

Tasmin Little ,Martin Roscoe

Our exclusive Chandos artist Tasmin Little explores three great French violin sonatas, after a much revered recording of British violin sonatas in 2013.

She and pianist Martin Roscoe have enjoyed…

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Rachmaninov: The Complete Works

Various

All of Rachmaninov’s music - from his earliest student compositions to his final masterpieces - has been collected together for the first time on 32 CDs, in what is definitively…

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Paris

Alison Balsom,The Guy Barker Orchestra,Guy Barker

One of today’s most in-demand classical music personalities, English trumpeter and BBC Proms darling Alison Balsom shares her love of Paris on this new solo album. After becoming the first…

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Dances

Benjamin Grosvenor

Dances is a dazzling display of solo works for piano from Bach to Boogie Woogie; via Chopin, Granados, Albeniz, Scriabin and the Blue Danube.

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JS Bach: The Art Of Fugue

Angela Hewitt

Angela’s much-awaited recording of Bach’s ultimate masterpiece, The Art of Fugue, is destined to be the crowning achievement of her Bach cycle for Hyperion - a revelatory recording and…

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Arvo Part: Choral Music

Polyphony,Stephen Layton

Stephen Layton and Polyphony have a long and fruitful relationship with the music of Arvo Pärt. Their recording of Triodion and other choral works (CDA67375) won a Gramophone Award and…

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Janacek: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra,Edward Gardner

Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in the opening volume in their series devoted to orchestral works by Leoš Janáček. It features three pieces that originate in Janáček’s late…

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La Belle Excentrique

Patricia Petibon,Susan Manoff

With this new record, soprano Patricia Petibon makes a welcome return to French repertoire on disc, exploring the fascinating world of French art song in this extraordinary new album.

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Tomkins When David Heard

Andrew Nethsinga

Thomas Tomkins, born in 1572, was one of the most accomplished and versatile English composers of his era. A total mastery of contrapuntal technique and expressive intensity are hallmarks of…

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Walton & Hindemith: Cello Concertos

Christian Poltéra

Paul Hindemith and William Walton enjoyed a long friendship, and just a few months before Hindemith’s death in 1963 Walton celebrated the association with his orchestral Variations on a Theme…

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You Mean The World To Me

Jonas Kaufmann ,Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin,Jochen Rieder

Jonas dedicates his new album to the golden era of German music which flourished in Berlin between 1925 & 1935.

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Escape To Paradise The Hollywood Album

Daniel Hope,Royal Stockholm Symphony Orchestra,Alexander Shelley

journey, seeking out the echoes of exiled European composers, such as Miklos Rózsa, John Waxman, Hanns Eisler, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The center piece is the famous Violin concerto by Erich…

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Haydn: Piano Concertos

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet ,Manchester Camerata,Gábor Takács-Nagy

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is recognised today as one of the world’s finest interpreters of Haydn’s piano works, International Piano having described him as ‘Haydn’s greatest contemporary keyboard exponent.‘ In the first…

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JS Bach: Cello Suites 1 - 6

NIna Kotova

Russian-born cellist Nina Kotova has been hailed “passionate and inspiring”. According to Newsweek magazine, “she‘s a fantastically gifted cellist.” “Very expressive, imaginative, and she has a powerful stage presence.” Time…

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Handel: The Triumph Of Time And Truth

Sophie Bevan,Tim Mead,Ludus Baroque,Richard Neville-Towle

In their third disc for Delphian, Ludus Baroque and five stellar soloists bring to life Handel’s rarely heard final oratorio, a remarkable Protestant re-casting of a work written 50 years…

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Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts

The King's Consort

Purcell’s extraordinarily inventive, highly individual music combines Italian vigour, French elegance and delicious English melancholy with harmonic daring, extraordinary contrapuntal technique and unique melodic inventiveness.

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Beethoven: Creatures Of Prometheus

Armonia Atenea ,George Petrou

As part of a major partnership with Parnassus Arts (which previously brought Handel’s Alessandro and ROKOKO, the January 2014 solo album from Max Emanuel Cencic), this is the first album…

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Rival Queens

Simone Kermes ,Vivica Genaux

A thrilling recording, in which Simone Kermes and Vivica Genaux sing arias and duets composed at the height of the rivalry between Eighteenth-Century singers Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni.

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Visions Fugitives: Music For Strings

Camerata Nordica,Terje Tønnese

The Swedish string ensemble Camerata Nordica and its artistic director Terje Tønnesen made their first joint appearance on BIS in 2013 with an all-Britten programme. The team now returns with…

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Mendelssohn: Elijah, 1846

Paul Mccreesh

At the time of its first performances in 1846, Elijah was hailed as one of the great oratorios alongside Handel’s ‘Messiah’. It tells the story of the prophet with imposing…

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Solo

Alisa Weilerstein

Committed to expanding the cello repertoire, Alisa is a fervent champion of new music and this release is her first solo album.

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JS Bach:Trio Sonatas Nos 1-6 BWV 525-530

Tempesta Di Mare Chamber Players

Bach compiled his set of six trio sonatas for organ during the late 1720s. They are thought to have been put together as training material for Bach’s son Wilhelm Friedemann…

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Berliner Philharmoniker Great Recordings

Various

2013 marked the 100th anniversary of recording between the Berliner Philharmoniker and Deutsche Grammophon, two giants in music. DG celebrated by releasing a hugely successful limited edition 50 CD ‘Centenary…

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Paganini Fantasy

Nemanja Radulović

Nemanja Radulović’s latest release on the Deutsche Grammophon label is one devoted to Paganini. His aim is to change the composer’s image and show that he was not only one…

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Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen & Janacek: Along An Overgrown Path

Marc Andre Hamelin

Marc-André presents a fascinating juxtaposition of two composers who are not obviously musically related, but who are proved on this album to be a felicitous combination.

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Benjamin: Violin Sonatina & Viola Sonata

Lawrence Power ,Simon Crawford-Phillips

Benjamin was one of the first Australian musicians to forge an international reputation. His creative output, which encompasses about eighty works altogether, manifests a great variety of idioms and genres…

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Mozart and Haydn Recital Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 48

Jennifer Vyvyan

An absolute delight for Collectors, this new series has been developed with exceptional care, encyclopaedic knowledge, taste and skill by Victor Suzan in Mexico to explore Decca’s rich heritage of…

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Stephen Hough: In The Night

Stephen Hough

This latest recital album by ‘the thinking person’s virtuoso: an extraordinary pianist’ (The New York Times) takes the listener on a journey through that most intense and absorbing of nineteenth-century…

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Neeme Järvi conducts Massenet

Neeme Järvi ,Orchestre De La Suisse Romande

Jules Massenet has long been associated primarily with opera, while his orchestral works have gone unappreciated. This collection of overtures, ballet music, and concert pieces, each with its own unique…

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Karl Jenkins: Motets

Polyphony ,Stephen Layton

Motets is an intimate, a cappella album that features stunning new choral adaptions of Jenkins previous hit compositions and marks the year of Jenkins 70th birthday and fifty years of…

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Elgar Music For Powick Asylum

Innovation Chamber Ensemble,Barry Collett

First recording with a professional orchestra of Elgar’s Powick Asylum Music.

It was in January 1879 when the 21-year-old Elgar was appointed Bandmaster at the Worcester County and City Lunatic…

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Stravinsky Oedipus Rex & Apollon Musagète

London Symphony Orchestra,Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the LSO on this his first release for LSO Live, Stravinsky’s ‘Oedipus Rex’ and ‘Apollon musagète’. Also featured on the release are the gentlemen of…

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Louis Lortie plays Chopin Volume 3

Louis Lortie

Louis Lortie here gives us the third volume in his ongoing Chopin project. Throughout the series his guiding principle has been to emulate the recital practice of the great romantic…

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Adams: The Gospel According To The Other Mary

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,Los Angeles Master Chorale,Gustavo Dudamel

World Premiere Recording Of John Adams’ ‘21st Century Masterpiece’ [The Los Angeles Times]

A timely, controversial work of grand proportions, The Gospel According To The Other Mary is a new…

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Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 1-7 (Complete)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra,John Storgårds

The Finnish maestro John Storgårds, Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, presents his first recording on Chandos, a complete symphonic cycle of his nation’s greatest musical export, Jean Sibelius.

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Purcell: Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell

Christina Pluhar

After the intoxicating heat of Mediterraneo, released in 2013, Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L'Arpeggiata - again in the company of countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, soprano Raquel Andueza and alto singer…

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Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51 No. 2 & Clarinet Quintet in B minor

Brodsky Quartet,Michael Collins

The Brodsky Quartet present the first of two discs that will feature Brahms’s complete string quartets. This recording includes the String Quartet Op. 51 No. 2 with the Clarinet Quintet…

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Respighi: Brazilian Impressions & La Boutique Fantasque

John Neschling,Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Ottorino Respighi is most celebrated for his vividly colourful symphonic poems, and above all the brilliantly orchestrated trilogy celebrating the landmarks and history of Rome: The Fountains of Rome, The…

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Sibelius: Violin Concerto

Jennifer Pike,Sir Andrew Davis,Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Jean Sibelius is perhaps best known for his seven great symphonies but there is also a large body of music for the concert hall, the theatre, and the salon, some…

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Khachaturian: Violin Concerto & Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 7 & 8

James Ehnes,Melbourne Symphony Orchestra,Mark Wigglesworth,Ehnes Quartet

Khachaturian’s 1940 Violin Concerto was composed for and dedicated to David Oistrakh who gave the premiere in Moscow that year. It is an instantly accessible work, infused with the music…

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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri & Confitebor

Julia Lezhneva,Philippe Jaroussky,Diego Fasolis,I Barocchisti

Two voices of celestial beauty and expressive poignancy come together in this new recording of Pergolesi’s exquisite, but tragically charged Stabat Mater as Philippe Jaroussky is joined by the rising…

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CPE Bach: Magnificat Symphony No 1

Hans-Christoph Rademann,RIAS Kammerchor,Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

On April 9, 1786, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach conducted a charity concert in Hamburg featuring three of his finest and most representative works: the Symphony Wq 183/1, the Magnificat (written…

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Virtuoso Clarinet Volume 2

Michael Collins

Chandos exclusive artist Michael Collins here presents the second volume in his series designed to display the extraordinarily wide range of music written for the clarinet.

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Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway

Renee Fleming,Klaus Florian Vogt,Staatskapelle Dresden,Christian Thielemann

The Staatskapelle Dresden’s New Year’s Eve concert has become a much-loved fixture in the musical calendar. This year’s event, starring Christian Thielemann, Renée Fleming and Klaus Florian Vogt, will be…

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Monteverdi: Madrigals Of Love And Loss

Arcangelo,Jonathan Cohen

Gramophone Award-winning ensemble Arcangelo (in their first recording as a vocal and instrumental group) presents a selection from Monteverdi’s last three books of madrigals. These ardent and passionate works are…

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Classical Music 2014

A & R Panufnik: Messages - Chamber Music For Strings

Winds & Piano

Tchaikovsky: Serenade In C Major For Strings & Bartok: Divertimento For Strings

French Violin Sonatas

Rachmaninov: The Complete Works

Paris

Dances

JS Bach: The Art Of Fugue

Arvo Part: Choral Music

Janacek: Orchestral Works Vol. 1

La Belle Excentrique

Tomkins When David Heard

Walton & Hindemith: Cello Concertos

You Mean The World To Me

Escape To Paradise The Hollywood Album

Haydn: Piano Concertos

JS Bach: Cello Suites 1 - 6

Handel: The Triumph Of Time And Truth

Purcell: Ten Sonatas In Four Parts

Beethoven: Creatures Of Prometheus

Rival Queens

Visions Fugitives: Music For Strings

Mendelssohn: Elijah, 1846

Solo

JS Bach:Trio Sonatas Nos 1-6 BWV 525-530

Berliner Philharmoniker Great Recordings

Paganini Fantasy

Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen & Janacek: Along An Overgrown Path

Benjamin: Violin Sonatina & Viola Sonata

Mozart and Haydn Recital Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 48

Stephen Hough: In The Night

Neeme Järvi conducts Massenet

Karl Jenkins: Motets

Elgar Music For Powick Asylum

Stravinsky Oedipus Rex & Apollon Musagète

Louis Lortie plays Chopin Volume 3

Adams: The Gospel According To The Other Mary

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 1-7 (Complete)

Purcell: Music for a While: Improvisations on Purcell

Brahms: String Quartet Op. 51 No. 2 & Clarinet Quintet in B minor

Respighi: Brazilian Impressions & La Boutique Fantasque

Sibelius: Violin Concerto

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto & Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 7 & 8

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri & Confitebor

CPE Bach: Magnificat Symphony No 1

Virtuoso Clarinet Volume 2

Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway

Monteverdi: Madrigals Of Love And Loss