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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Delius: Sea Drift, Songs of Farewell & Songs of Sunset
RecommendedSally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Waynflete Singers, Southern Voices, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox
The huge power of Bryn Terfel’s singing was already making waves when he made these recordings aged 27, showcasing both his once-in-a-generation baritone voice and superstar artistry (not least... — More…
Awards:
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Choral
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Britten: Spring Symphony, Welcome Ode & Psalm 150
Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor)
City of London School Choir (Boys), City of London School for Girls Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Southend Boys Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
The standard of performances is consistently high...Even if you have some of the repertoire in your collection already I’d suggest you don’t make the mistake I made when these discs were first... — More…
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Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36
(sung in German)
Susan Gritton (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor) & Peter Coleman-Wright (bass)
BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Composed in the wake of (and influenced by) Mendelssohn's epoch-making performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion, Paulus is an impressive work whose punchy choruses bring out the best in Hickox. — More…
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Elgar: The Black Knight, Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Elgar completed The Black Knight in 1893 and it provided him with his first big success. The text tells of a sinister, unnamed 'Prince of mighty sway', whose appearance at the King's court during... — More…
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Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Cynthia Clarey (contralto), Damon Evans (tenor) & Willard White (bass)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Rachmaninov: The Bells, Vocalise, Dances from Aleko, Caprice Bohémien
Keith Lewis (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Suzanne Murphy (soprano)
Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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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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Moeran: Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2, In the Mountain Country
Hugh Mackey (baritone)
Ulster Orchestra, The Renaissance Singers, Vernon Handley
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Felicity Lott (soprano) & Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Bloch, E: Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh)
Louis Berkman (baritone)
Zemel Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The Sacred Service may lack the electrifying zeal of Rózsa's Ben-Hur or Castelnuovo-Tedesco's I propheti, but Geoffrey Simon's luxuriously recorded and devoted account should convert any Bloch... — More…
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