CD Review: Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov
Dmitri Klebanov: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 5; Piano Trio No. 2 ARC Ensemble (Erika Raum and Marie Bérard, violins; Steven Dann, viola; Thomas Wiebe,…
Browsing: Chandos
The Polish Violin, vol. 2 (Chandos)
I should have been on my way to Warsaw for the Chopin Competition but circumstances intervened and I find myself listening to unknown Poles of…
CD Review: Dutilleux: Le Loup
Dutilleux: Le Loup; Sonatine for flute and orchestra (orch. Kenneth Hesketh). Sonate for oboe and orchestra (orch. Hesketh). Sarabande et Cortège for bassoon and orchestra…
CD Review: Dame Ethel Smyth: The Prison
Dame Ethel Smyth: The Prison (symphony for soprano, bass-baritone, chorus and orchestra) Words by H.B. Brewster. Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (The Prisoner). Sarah Brailey, soprano (His…
Tasmin Little (Chandos)
A letter from the English violinist Tasmin Little telling me she is giving up the circuit in a couple of years when she hits 55…
Vaughan Williams: Concertos (Chandos)
If I had to choose Elgar or VW for a desert island, I know which it would be. Elgar these days seems over-familiar, where Vaughan…
Chandos’s Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel Notable
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel (Chandos) James Gilchrist, tenor; Anna Tilbrook, piano; Philip Dukes, viola At the turn of the 20th century, the world was…
Lebrecht Weekly – Leo Weiner: Five Divertimentos (Chandos)
Leo Weiner: Five Divertimentos (Chandos) It was George Solti who first mentioned Weiner to me as his most sympathetic teacher in Budapest, an astute encourager…
Lebrecht Weekly – British Clarinet Concertos 2 (Chandos)
An unknown work by Benjamin Britten sets the pulse racing. It turns out to be fragments of a concerto he started writing for Benny…
