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CHAN 10702

Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2, etc. – Michael Collins, City of London Sinfonia

On this disc, the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, plays the clarinet in three works for clarinet and orchestra by Weber, as well as conducting the City of London Sinfonia. The disc also includes Weber’s horn concertino, featuring the soloist Stephen Stirling.

The two concertos and the concertino for clarinet and orchestra are considered among the repertoire cornerstones for today’s clarinettists. Weber wrote the works for his personal friend Heinrich Bärmann, the principal clarinettist of the Munich court orch ...

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LS 0716

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 – London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Bernard Haitink is renowned as the world’s leading ...

CHAN 10708

Petits-fours – Brodsky Quartet

Chandos Records signed an exclusive contract with the Brodsky Quartet in time for the ...

CHAN 10694

Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; The Three-cornered Hat, Homenajes – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, BBC ...

PR 1049

Priory PR 1049

Saint-Saëns: The Complete Organ Works, Volume 2 – Gerard Brooks plays the 1894 ...

TU 7170

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – Mihoko Fujimura, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott

‘It’s taken a while, but in any list ...

IN 0593

Home Speaks to the Wandering – Dead Cat Bounce

‘The sounds on Home Speaks to the Wandering are as adventurous ...

CO 6096

MacMillan: Miserere – The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Continuing their work with James MacMillan, Scotland’s most prominent ...

BI 1805

Smetana: Má vlast – Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Claus Peter Flor

By gathering six symphonic poems under the ...

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I find a great deal to admire in these performances. The extraordinarily high technical values attendant on the reco...
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