BBC Music Mag Awards
Four releases are nominated
Grammy nomination
'Serenade to..' up for award
Presto Award winner!
Federico Colli wins Top 10 Recording of the Year
Diapason d'Or de l'Année
Chandos won two awards, including Sound Recording
ICMA nominations
Chandos has been nominated for two ICMA awards 2019!
Album launch
Congratulations to Ferio for a fantastic Rhinegold Live!
Musician in Residence
Ivan Ilic is new Musician in Residence at Ulster University
Lifetime Achievement
Neeme Järvi wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Finley's special release
Gerald Finley has released a single ahead of LNOTP 2018.
Album of the Week
New release Finzi album is the Guardian's Album of Week.
Gramophone Nomination
For Bergen Philharmonic's Grieg album, congratulations!
Doric String Quartet
Doric Quartet feature on the cover of the Strad
100th anniversary of RAF
Some of the finest RAF bands on one album to celebrate
Ilic: Reicha Rediscovered
All 4 episodes of the series are now available.
Allan Clayton: RPS winner
Allan wins RPS 2018 Singer award - congratulations!
Apple Music Curator
Hear new playlists, remember classics, discover new music.
Grammy Award Winners
Congratulations to distributed labels on Grammy wins
Chamber Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…This delightful, beautifully performed album by Tasmin Little and John Lenehan makes an emphatic, seemingly effortless case for their music for violin & piano; presenting all but one of Beach’s works in the genre alongside Smyth and Schumann’s singe contributions…”
Chamber Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…This delightful, beautifully performed album by Tasmin Little and John Lenehan makes an emphatic, seemingly effortless case for their music for violin & piano; presenting all but one of Beach’s works in the genre alongside Smyth and Schumann’s singe contributions…”
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…Gardner keeps the firm rhythmic definition and a certain elegance of phrasing in the great Unfinished, but the sonorities, not least of the three trombones and the horn edge that surfaces fitfully in the earlier works, partly dictate a greater power, easily embraced in the spacious, truthful recording. The central swathes of both movements are powerful indeed, the pianissimos even more intense, and how far we’ve come from the jaunty wind solos of No. 3 to the pathos of clarinet, oboe and flute in the slow movement’s second theme. On this evidence I can’t wait for Gardner’s Great C major.”
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…Gardner keeps the firm rhythmic definition and a certain elegance of phrasing in the great Unfinished, but the sonorities, not least of the three trombones and the horn edge that surfaces fitfully in the earlier works, partly dictate a greater power, easily embraced in the spacious, truthful recording. The central swathes of both movements are powerful indeed, the pianissimos even more intense, and how far we’ve come from the jaunty wind solos of No. 3 to the pathos of clarinet, oboe and flute in the slow movement’s second theme. On this evidence I can’t wait for Gardner’s Great C major.”
Performance **** Recording ****
“… The opening melody’s graceful flow in the overture from Los esclavos felices (The Happy Slaves) immediately gets the listener smiling, and throughout the album Juanjo Mena’s BBC musicians have little trouble keeping that smile in place. Pastoral woodwind solos, often features, are especially winning. There are further delights in the fresh pealing tones of the Norwegian soprano Berit Norbakken Solset … Mena conducts with the fervour expected from an Arriaga champion … Chandos’s recording is wonderfully vivid. Buy and enjoy.”
Performance **** Recording ****
“… The opening melody’s graceful flow in the overture from Los esclavos felices (The Happy Slaves) immediately gets the listener smiling, and throughout the album Juanjo Mena’s BBC musicians have little trouble keeping that smile in place. Pastoral woodwind solos, often features, are especially winning. There are further delights in the fresh pealing tones of the Norwegian soprano Berit Norbakken Solset … Mena conducts with the fervour expected from an Arriaga champion … Chandos’s recording is wonderfully vivid. Buy and enjoy.”
“…Ever a supremely intelligent musician, Bavouzet brings clarity, gentleness and urgency to all, with a sense of distilled struggle in the five Gesänge der Frühe (Songs at Dawn).”
“…Ever a supremely intelligent musician, Bavouzet brings clarity, gentleness and urgency to all, with a sense of distilled struggle in the five Gesänge der Frühe (Songs at Dawn).”
“The experience of hearing this disc lives with you for some time afterwards … this is a fine, clear, spacious recording … these two concerti are stunning …”
“The experience of hearing this disc lives with you for some time afterwards … this is a fine, clear, spacious recording … these two concerti are stunning …”
Recommended
“This is a lovely premiere disc recital which will give immense pleasure, not only for the playing of Elisa Netzer but also for its imagination, reaching well beyond what might have been safer choices… The recording is wonderfully clear, complementing both the music and the skill of the splendid Elisa Netzer.”
Recommended
“This is a lovely premiere disc recital which will give immense pleasure, not only for the playing of Elisa Netzer but also for its imagination, reaching well beyond what might have been safer choices… The recording is wonderfully clear, complementing both the music and the skill of the splendid Elisa Netzer.”