CONTENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO CHANDOS RECORDS An Introduction to Chandos Records ... ...2 Harpsichord ... ......................................................... .269 A-Z CD listing by composer ... .5 Guitar ... ..........................................................................271 Chandos Records was founded in 1979 and quickly established itself as one of the world’s leading independent classical labels. The company records all over Collections: Woodwind ... ............................................................ .273 the world and markets its recordings from offices and studios in Colchester, Military ... ...208 Violin ... ...........................................................................277 England. It is distributed worldwide to over forty countries as well as online from Brass ... ..212 Christmas... ........................................................ ..279 its own website and other online suppliers. Concert Band... ..229 Light Music... ..................................................... ...281 Opera in English ... ...231 Various Popular Light... ......................................... ..283 The company has championed rare and neglected repertoire, filling in many Orchestral ... .239 Compilations ... ...................................................... ...287 gaps in the record catalogues. Initially focussing on British composers (Alwyn, Bax, Bliss, Dyson, Moeran, Rubbra et al.), it subsequently embraced a much Chamber ... ...245 Conductor Index ... ............................................... .296 wider field. Now Chandos’ richly diverse catalogue contains over 1500 titles, and Early Music ... .247 Orchestra Index... ............................................... ...299 includes recordings of music, ancient and modern, by composers from around Choir ... ...255 Chamber and Ensemble Index ... ...................... ..301 the globe. It has made a mark in opera, with the ‘Opera in English’ series Song ... ...259 Soloists Index ... ................................................... ..302 winning many accolades. The company’s aim remains to present an exciting Piano... ...265 Choral Index ... ...................................................... ..317 selection of beautifully recorded music to as many people as possible, all the Organ ... ..267 Chandos Worldwide Distributors ... .................. .319 time keeping an eye on quality of content, sound and packaging. Chandos issues at least five new recordings a month - together with re-issues of back catalogue material - which more than rivals the major classical companies. PRICE CODE The following artists are associated with, or exclusive to, the label: Richard KEY Hickox, Matthias Bamert, Rumon Gamba, Neeme Järvi, Gianandrea Noseda, $BUDGET A = 2 FOR 1 Sir Charles Mackerras, David Parry, Kathryn Stott, Louis Lortie, Jean-Efflam ££ MID-PRICE B = 3 FOR 2 Bavouzet, Howard Shelley, Simon Standage, Lydia Mordkovitch, Yan Pascal £££ FULL-PRICE C = 4 FOR 3 Tortelier, Vernon Handley, Kristjan Järvi, Karen Geoghagen, Sarah Connolly, £SP SPECIAL-PRICE D = 4 FOR 2 BBC Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, City of London Sinfonia, E = 5 FOR 4 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Choir and Symphony Orchestra, F = 6 FOR 4 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Goteborgs Symphoniker, Iceland e.g. “££C” is 4 for 3 MID-PRICE Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Chorale, The Purcell Quartet, I Fagiolini and Collegium Musicum 90. “+” AFTER = A LITTLE MORE “-” AFTER = A LITTLE LESS 2 3 CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL (1723-1787) Suite from ‘Love on the Dole’ 12:43 Symphony No. 1 9:38 f ro m ‘Blithe Spirit’ 9:54 A Chandos is universally acclaimed for the excellence of its sound quality and has Symphony No. 2 8:17 Suite from ‘The Black Rose’ 7:43 always been at the forefront of technical innovation. The company has received Symphony No. 3 10:59 Suite from ‘Scrooge’ 13:59 many awards, including several Gramophone awards (2001 ‘Record of the Year’ Symphony No. 4 8:44 Overture: ‘Tom Brown’s Schooldays’ 7:40 Symphony No. 5 7:37 f ro m ‘The Admirable Crichton’ 5:40 for Richard Hickox’s recording of the original version of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 6 13:26 f ro m ‘Out of the Clouds’ 2:30 A London Symphony, ‘best choral recording of 2003’ for the recording of a Cantilena • Adrian Shepherd Martin Roscoe rediscovered Mass by Hummel, ‘best orchestral recording of 2004’ for the set of CHAN 8648 (£££) Chetham’s Chamber Choir • Manchester Cathedral Choir BBC Phil harmonic • Rumon Gamba Bax’s Symphonies, and ‘editor’s choice of 2006’ for Stanford: Songs of the JOHN ADAMS (b. 1947) CHAN 10046 (£££) Sea /Songs of the Fleet) and an American Grammy Award (Britten’s Peter Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4:23 Grimes under Richard Hickox). 2008 brought two Grammy Awards from five Grand Pianola Music 31:43 Flute Concertos DAVID LANG (b. 1957) JOHANN JOACHIM AGRELL (1701-1765) nominations. ‘Best Opera Recording’ for Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel, and Are you experienced? 22:49 Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in D major 15:01 ‘Best Engineered Classical Album’ for Grechaninov: Passion Week with Phoenix Under Orpheus 16:23 JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE (1699-1783) Netherlands Wind Ensemble • Stephen Mosko Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in G major 11:46 Chorale. CHAN 9363 (£££) JOHANN ADOLPH SCHEIBE (1708-1776) Concer to for flute, strings and basso continuo in A major15 :43 Also in 2008 Chandos was nominated for the ‘Classical Brit Critics’ Choice JOHN ADDISON (1920-1998) Concerto for flute, strings and basso continuo in D major12:00 The Film Music of John Addison Irene Spranger • Maria Bania Award’ with Janác ek’s The MakropuIos Affair. And at the time of going to I was Monty’s Double 2:58 Concerto Copenhagen • Andrew Manze press, five nominations for Gramophone Awards plus Chandos has been Centennial 4:09 CHAN 0535 (£££) chosen as one of the five nominations or a public vote to win the ‘Gramophone Swashbuckler 5:46 A Bridge Too Far 10:24 JEHAN ALAIN (1911-1940) orch. Dutilleux 30 Yeard Gold Award’. The Maggie 2:31 Prière pour nous autres charnels 5:35 Reach for the Sky 4:07 HENRI DUTILLEUX (b. 1916) In 2005 Chandos embraced the internet with a new website offering not only Strange Invaders 9:28 L’Arbre des songes (Concerto for violin and orchestra) 25:14 The Man Between 2:10 Two Sonnets by Jean Cassou 7:03 online purchasing of CDs but the chance to purchase and download the entire Tom Jones 4:45 Timbres, espace, mouvement avec interlude 19:56 Chandos catalogue of recordings in four different high quality formats: MP3 The Charge of the Light Brigade 7:19 Martyn Hill • Neal Davies • Olivier Charlier Brandy for the Parson 3:03 BBC Philharmonic • Yan Pascal Tortelier 320Kbs, WMA lossless, AIF Lossless and WAV. Torn Curtain 2:22 CHAN 9504 (£££) Touch and Go 2:41 The download area has made it possible to make available many old and Sleuth 3:08 JEHAN ALAIN (1911-1940) orch. Dutilleux Carlton-Browne of the F.O. 1:49 Prière pour nous autres charnels 5:35 deleted titles, and offer many other classical labels products not represented in Murder, She Wrote 2:10 HENRI DUTILLEUX (b. 1916) the digital world. If you cannot find the CD or download you are looking for in BBC Concert Orchestra • Rumon Gamba Symphony No. 1 30:51 these pages, please check out www.theclassicalshop.net for very latest CHAN 10418 (£££) Symphony No. 2 ‘Le Double’ 28:49 L’Arbre des songes 25:14 releases in all formats. RICHARD ADDINSELL (1904-1977) Two Sonnets by Jean Cassou 7:03 The Film Music of Richard Addinsell Timbres, espace, mouvement avec interlude 19:56 Suite from ‘Goodbye, Mr Chips’ 10:24 Métaboles 16:37 f ro m ‘Dangerous Moonlight’ 8:25 Tout un monde lointain 27:56 4 5 Mystère de l’instant (grande formation) 15:30 TOMASO ALBINONI (1671-1751) HUGO ALFVEN (1872-1960) Suite from ‘Geordie’ 17:08 The Shadows of Time (1995-97) 21:46 Double Oboe and String Concertos, Volume 1 Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 ‘Midsommarvaka’ 13:31 The Cure for Love 3:15 Martyn Hill • Neal Davies • Olivier Charlier Concerto for strings in D major, Op. 7 No. 1 3:48 Swedish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 24 ‘Uppsalarapsodi’ 10:41 Suite from ‘Penn of Pennsylvania’ 10:56 Boris Pergamenschikow Concerto for two oboes, Op. 7 No. 2 4:53 Swedish Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 47 ‘Dalarapsodi’ 21:51 The True Glory 2:37 BBC Philharmonic • Yan Pascal Tortelier Concerto for strings in B flat major, Op. 9 No. 1 6:58 A Legend of the Skerries, Op. 20 18:23 Suite from ‘The Running Man’ 10:25 CHAN 9853 (4-CD set) (£££C) Concerto for two oboes in F major, Op. 9 No. 3 10:30 ‘King Gustav Adolf II’ Op. 49: Elegy 5:31 BBC Philharmonic • Rumon Gamba Concerto for strings in G major, Op. 7 No. 4 6:48 Iceland Symphony Orchestra • Petri Sakari CHAN 10349 (£££) Dances of Life and Death Concerto for two oboes in C major, Op. 7 No. 5 4:53 CHAN 9313 (£££) JEHAN ALAIN (1911-1940) Concerto for strings in A major, Op. 9 No. 4 9:26 Trois Danses (1937-40) 23:34 Concerto for two oboes in G major, Op. 9 No. 6 9:10 WILLIAM ALWYN (1905-1985) Aria (1938) 8:07 Sinfonia for strings in G minor 5:37 WILLIAM ALWYN (1905-1985) Piano Concerto No. 1 (1930) 15:06 Deux Danses à Agni Yavishta (1932-34) 4:41 Anthony Robson • Catherine Latham The Film Music of William Alwyn, Volume 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 (1960) 32:14 Variations sur l’hymne ‘Lucis Creator’ (1932) 4:46 Collegium Musicum 90 • Simon Standage Suite from ‘Odd Man Out’ (1946) 26:26 Overture to a Masque (1940) 9:21 Litanies (1937) 4:34 CHAN 0602 (£££) Suite from ‘The History of Mr Polly’ (1949) 20:36 Elizabethan Dances (1957) 18:35 Le Jardin suspendu (1934) 6:17 Suite from ‘The Fallen Idol’ (1948) 20:41 Howard Shelley TOMASO ALBINONI (1671-1751) MAURICE DURUFLÉ (1902-1986) Calypso from ‘The Rake’s Progress’ (1945) 3:48 London Symphony Orchestra • Richard Hickox Double Oboe and String Concertos, Volume 2 CHAN 9935 (£££) Danse lente (1932) 8:50 London Symphony Orchestra • Richard Hickox Prélude et Fugue sur le nom D’Alain, Op. 7 (1942) 12:25 Concerto for strings, Op.