CHANDOS – Page 2 – Walter Simmons

BLOCH Piano Sonata. Visions and Prophecies. Five Sketches in Sepia. Nirvana. In the Night. Enfantines.

wswebmaster on November 22, 2018

BLOCH Piano Sonata. Visions and Prophecies. Five Sketches in Sepia. Nirvana. In the Night. Enfantines· Margaret Fingerhut (pn) · CHANDOS CHAN-9887 (71:26) Ernest Bloch composed relatively few works for piano solo, and what there is is performed and recorded infrequently, although none of it …

BLOCH: Symphony In C# Minor. Schelomo. Israel Symphony. Concerto Symphonique for Piano and Orchestra. Sacred Service. SCHUMANN: Concerto in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, op. 129.

wswebmaster on November 21, 2018

BLOCH: Symphony In C# Minor. Stephen Gunzenhauser conducting the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. MARCO POLO 8.223103 [DDD]. 48:32. Produced by Guenter Appenheimer. (Distributed by Harmonia Mundi USA.) BLOCH: Schelomo. SCHUMANN: Concerto in A Minor for Cello and Orchestra, op. 129. Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Leonard Bernstein conducting l’Orchestre …

DYSON: Concerto da Chiesa. Concerto Leggiero. Concerto da Camera.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

DYSON: Concerto da Chiesa. Concerto Leggiero. Concerto da Camera. Eric Parkin, piano; Richard Hickox conducting the City of London Sinfonia. CHANDOS CHAN-9076 [DDD]; 71:09 Produced by Tim Oldham. Sir George Dyson lived from 1853 to 1964, making him an exact contemporary of …

BARBER: Symphony No. 2. Adagio for Strings. BRISTOW: Symphony in F-sharp minor, Op. 26.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

BARBER: Symphony No. 2. Adagio for Strings. BRISTOW: Symphony in F-sharp minor, Op. 26. Neeme Jarvi conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. CHANDOS CHAN-9169 [DDDI; 72:37. Produced by Ralph Couzens and Charles Greenwell. Barber’s Second Symphony reappeared on recording in 1989, after an absence of …

BARBER: Complete Works for Solo Piano – Excursions, Op. 20. Sonata, Op. 26. Souvenirs, Op. 28. Nocturne, Op. 33. Ballads, Op. 46.

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

BARBER: Complete Works for Solo Piano. Eric Parkin, piano. CHANDOS–CHAN 9177 [DDD]; 63:04. Produced by Mike George. Excursions, Op. 20. Sonata, Op. 26. Souvenirs,Op. 28. Nocturne, Op. 33. Ballads, Op. 46. This is a very disappointing new release, I am sorry to report. To my ears, Parkin …

NIELSEN: Symphonies: No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7; No. 4, Op. 29 “Inextinguishable.”

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

NIELSEN: Symphonies: No. 1 in G minor, Op. 7; No. 4, Op. 29 “Inextinguishable.”Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducting the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. CHANDOS CHAN-9260 [DDD]; 74:17. Produced by Brian Couzens In discussions of Carl Nielsen’s symphonies, No I is often patronized …

BARBER Essays for Orchestra: Nos. 1, 2, 3. Vanessa: Two Excerpts. Music for a Scene from Shelley. Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance.

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BARBER Essays for Orchestra: Nos. 1, 2, 3. Vanessa: Two Excerpts. Music for a Scene from Shelley. Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance – Neeme Järvi, cond; Detroit SO – CHANDOS CHAN-9908 (60:20) This new all-Barber release is conflated from two previous CDs originally issued during the …

MARTIN: Erasmi Monumentum. Concerto for Seven Winds Percussion, and Strings. Etudes for String

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MARTIN: Erasmi Monumentum. Concerto for Seven Winds Percussion, and Strings. Etudes for String Orchestra. Matthias Bamert conducting the London Philharmonic; Leslie Pearson, organ. CHANDOS CHAN-9283 [DDD]; 66:49. Produced by Brian Couzens. The chief attraction of this disc is what I believe …

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

FINZI Violin Concerto. In Years Defaced. Romance. Prelude – Richard Hickox, cond; City of London Sinfonia; Tasmin Little (vn); John Mark Ainsley (ten) – CHANDOS CHAN-9888 (54:34) The many admirers of the music of Gerald Finzi will need no urging from me that acquisition …

NOVÁK De Profundis. Lady Godiva. Toman and the Wood Nymph

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

NOVÁK De Profundis. Lady Godiva. Toman and the Wood Nymph Libor Peëek, cond; BBC Philharmonic CHANDOS CHAN-9821 (66:22) Vitezslav Novákwas, along with his friend and colleague Josef Suk (the elder), one of the leading Czech composers of the generation between Dvorak and …