Chandos
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Special offer. Berg: Lulu
Lisa Saffer (Lulu), Robert Hayward (Dr Schön/Jack the Ripper), Susan Parry (Countess Geschwitz), John Graham-Hall (Alwa), Gwynne Howell (Schigolch), Anna Burford (Dresser/Schoolboy/Waiter); English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Daniel
The 2002 production of Berg's Lulu by Richard Jones is generally agreed to be one of the best things to come from troubled English National Opera in recent years. Chandos has done everyone a... —
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The programming works quite beautifully, with Moore’s impressive range and quality of sound exemplifying the best of solo trombone playing. —
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlos
Julian Gavin (Don Carlos), Janice Watson (Elisabeth), Alastair Miles (Philip II), William Dazeley (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Jane Dutton (Eboli), Sir John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Julia Sporsén (Thibault), Clive Bayley (Old Monk)
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Richard Farnes
Best of the principals are Alastair Miles's distinctive King Philip; John Tomlinson's terrifying Grand Inquisitor and Clive Bayley's Monk. Opera North's choral and orchestral forces are both... —
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Vaughan Williams - Film Music Collectors’ Edition
Emily Gray (soprano) & Martin Hindmarsh (tenor), Merryn Gamba (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, Chetham’s Chamber Choir & BBC Philharmonic, Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
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Handel - Complete Chandos Anthems
Lynne Dawson, Partizia Kwella, James Bowman, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers
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Franz Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 4
Mary Bevan (soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Gardner takes a fairly traditional view of the Ninth Symphony, making an accelerando at the end of its slow introduction to gain the tempo of the main Allegro, and applying the brakes when the... —
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Special offer. An American Affair - American Works For Flute
Lisa Friend (flute), Rohan de Silva (piano)
this programme has the air of an affair to remember. Super recording, too. —
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Lloyd and Gowers are clearly a duo to be reckoned with and I certainly hope to hear more from them in the future but recorded on an equal footing. —