Browse: Chandos (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Chandos.
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Stanford: Songs of the Sea, The Revenge & Songs of the Fleet RecommendedGerald Finley (baritone)
BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Songs of the Sea - which includes the long-popular 'Drake's Drum' and 'The Old Superb' - and the later, texturally richer and more thoughtful Songs of the Fleet are superb baritone vehicles for... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2006, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Editor's Choice
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Ravel, Debussy & Massenet RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
[Bavouzet] turns in a performance of the Fantaisie that illuminates this uneven yet magical work like no other. As to the Ravel concertos, I have no hesitation in saying these are the greatest... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Orchestral Award Winner
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Smyth: The Prison RecommendedSarah Brailey, Dashon Burton, Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, James Blachly
Smyth was much influenced by neo-Platonism and appended a line from Plotinus to The Prison, suggesting that music was a means to releasing the divine in us, Soloists and chorus convey that very... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Offer, Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil Arranged for all-male choir by Gretchaninoff, Lazarev and Sheehan
Igor Morozov, Evgeny Kachurovski, Alexis V. Lukianov, Patram Institute Male Choir, Ekaterina Antonenko
There are some jaw-dropping bass sonorities here, but the overall impression is far from sombre: indeed, what is most surprising is the sense of lightness and tenderness that emerges from using... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Elgar: Violin Concerto RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Little and Davis steer a near-perfect path between the English stoicism and continental passion that lies at the heart of this glorious score. Positioned naturally against the orchestra, Little... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, October 2021, Also Recommended
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Walton: Symphony No. 2 & Cello Concerto RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
If a new Walton release can finally put paid to the notion that his music somehow 'went off' after his move to the Italian island of Ischia in 1956, then this must be it. And the performances... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2015, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Korngold: Violin Concerto & String Sextet RecommendedAndrew Haveron (violin), RTÉ Concert Orchestra, John Wilson, Sinfonia of London Chamber Ensemble
There’s a telepathy between them. And they have a very clear take on a piece born of Korngold’s own intention that it be ‘more Caruso than Paganini’. It sings...I love that there’s a modesty... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd April 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Handel: Acis and Galatea Lucy Crowe (Galatea), Allan Clayton (Acis), Benjamin Hulett (Damon), Jeremy Budd (Coridon) & Neal Davies (Polyphemus)
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Curnyn has hit on a secret that eluded previous interpreters of this work: it was conceived specifically to showcase the beauty of the English language…Channelling Handel’s enthusiasm, Curnyn... — More…
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Record Review, 16th June 2018, Recording of the Week
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Opera
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Judging by their passionate performances, this British team clearly feel utterly at home in this repertoire...The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price’s structurally lopsided... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Bliss: Morning Heroes & Hymn to Apollo RecommendedSamuel West (orator)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis's performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus surpasses Sir Charles Groves's fine 1974 EMI Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra account with urgent tempos, choral... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th September 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Choral
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