Classics
Re-issued, re-mastered, mid-price recordings.
Launched in October 2002, 'Classics' is a mid-price label that has become the main reissue label for Chandos. All releases are 24-bit digitally remastered and recoupled for maximum value, and include three-language notes and texts where appropriate.
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French Ballet Music of the 1920s
RecommendedL’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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For an immediate handle on Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra's Prokofiev series, then try Lieutenant Kijé from the first distant fanfare the sense of magical fantasy and colourful... — More…
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Prokofiev’s ballet score [The Buffoon] was written for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, but it’s doubtful that any ballet company ever has danced to such vivid, raucous playing as Järvi inspires... — More…
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The BBC Philharmonic under Matthias Bamert give an altogether excellent account of these scores and are recorded with remarkable realism. — More…
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Prokofiev - Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (narrator)
Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes, Orpheus & L'Histoire du Soldat: Concert Suite
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Once again, Chandos provides their usual reverberant and vibrant sound. In all its facets, this innovative and distinguished release continues their Prokofiev winning streak. — More…
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Prokofiev - Alexander Nevsky
Linda Finnie (contralto)
Scottish National Orchestra & Scottish National Chorus, Neeme Järvi
Järvi catches the icy bitterness of the Russian winter snows at the very opening and is pungently overwhelming in the “Battle of the Ice”… It’s difficult to envisage anyone quite matching Järvi’s... — More…
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