Unicorn Kanchana
Unicorn Records now Unicorn - Kanchana Records was established in 1968 to make available interesting and often under recorded music and artists in recordings of the highest standards.
Mahler's Third Symphony conducted by Jascha Horenstein, at that time largely ignored by the large record companies, immediately established the company's reputation for quality and won a prestigious Grand Prix du Disque Academie Charles Cros. Pioneer recordings followed of the Symphonies of Nielsen and music by composers as diverse as Samuel Barber, Robert Simpson, Charles Ives and Bernard Herrmann many of which will be made available to down-load. Over the years a very wide and eclectic catalogue has been assembled ranging from the 18th century English school of Samuel Wesley and Cipriani Potter to Oliver Knussen and Peter Maxwell Davies, and Olivier Messiaen, taking in along the way Edvard Grieg, Ralph Vaughan Williams and the music of Frederick Delius conducted by his amanuensis, Eric Fenby
Now, as at the beginning of its life, Unicorn-Kanchana's aim remains the production of interesting music performed by outstanding musicians in high quality recordings
Mahler's Third Symphony conducted by Jascha Horenstein, at that time largely ignored by the large record companies, immediately established the company's reputation for quality and won a prestigious Grand Prix du Disque Academie Charles Cros. Pioneer recordings followed of the Symphonies of Nielsen and music by composers as diverse as Samuel Barber, Robert Simpson, Charles Ives and Bernard Herrmann many of which will be made available to down-load. Over the years a very wide and eclectic catalogue has been assembled ranging from the 18th century English school of Samuel Wesley and Cipriani Potter to Oliver Knussen and Peter Maxwell Davies, and Olivier Messiaen, taking in along the way Edvard Grieg, Ralph Vaughan Williams and the music of Frederick Delius conducted by his amanuensis, Eric Fenby
Now, as at the beginning of its life, Unicorn-Kanchana's aim remains the production of interesting music performed by outstanding musicians in high quality recordings
Latest releases
Recent highlights
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet/ String Quartets Nos 1 and 2
Wesley: Symphonies Nos 3, 4, 5 & 6
Holst: Hymn to Dionysis/ Choral Hymns/Two Eastern Pictures
Weill/ Zemlinsky/Schoenberg/Satie: Cabaret Classics
Wieniawski: Virtuoso Showpieces
Messiaen: Harawi
Messiaen: Poemes pour Mi/ Chants de Terre et de Ciel
Messiaen: The Bodies in Glory/ Diptych
Messiaen: The Birth of the Lord/ The Celestial Banquet
Messiaen: Organ Works
Herrmann: Music for Psycho
Maxwell Davies - Ave Maris Stella etc
Herrmann - North by Northwest
The Delius Collection - Vol 1
The Delius Collection - Vol 2