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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2026

We're delighted to share that two of our albums have been nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award in the Concerto and Opera categories.

Please take a minute to vote for each album. It's quick and easy. Click the links below, scroll to the bottom of the page to find the poll, then submit your vote! We truly appreciate your support.

Vote for Walton - Cello Concerto

Vote for My Fair Lady

RPS Awards

2026 Royal Philarmonic Society Awards shortlists announced

Among the star names shortlisted are John Wilson, the conductor and Artistic Director for the Sinfonia of London, Matilda Lloyd, described by BBC Music Magazine as a “trumpeter extraordinaire”, and Peter Moore who in 2008, aged just 12, won the televised final of BBC Young Musician. Now, he becomes the first trombone player to be shortlisted for the RPS Instrumentalist Award.

View the shortlist here

Presto Music Awards 2025

Brilliant news from the Presto Music Awards 2025!
 
King of Kings and Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady have won Presto's Classical Recording of the Year award. A huge congratulations to all involved.

'Each year, we choose our 100 favourite recordings released across the previous 12 months. From this shortlist, we carefully select our Top 10 Recordings of the Year - the recordings which really made us listen with fresh ears to works we thought we already knew, or provided compelling advocacy for new discoveries!' - Presto Music

Orchestra of the Year - Gramophone Awards 2025

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra have won a Gramophone award for Orchestra of the Year!

Created 260 years ago, this is an orchestra with local focus as well as international relevance – and it continues to evolve through a strong sense of tradition - Gramophone

Matilda Lloyd & Richard Gowers | Fantasia

Fantasia, the new album from Matilda Lloyd and Richard Gowers, is out on September 19th!

Here is the latest video on Matilda's YouTube channel, where Matilda Lloyd and Richard Gowers perform Adagio in A minor BWV 564 by Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Richard Gowers, which is the third single from the album.

Watch now!

King of Kings | Sir Andrew Davis

Big news! King of Kings is No. 1 in the Specialist Classical Chart, and has been selected as Gramophone's Recording of the Month!

Order the No.1 album now

 

Sir Roger Norrington

We are saddened by the news of the death of the esteemed conductor and musicologist Sir Roger Norrington, who passed away on Saturday 18th July aged 91. Throughout his long and successful career a Sir Roger was a true pioneer, driven to unveil the composer's original intention in every score that he studied. His final recordings - the Mozart Violin Concertos with Francesca Dego for Chandos - are as much an example of this dedication as were his ground-breaking Beethoven Symphony recordings of the 1980s & 90s. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.

Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2025

Brilliant news! Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra have been nominated for Gramphone's Classical Music Awards 2025.

This is the only Gramphone award decided by public vote, so your vote really does matter.

Please show your support

and vote here!

 

Gramophone's Recording of the Month

“A passionate, powerful account of Strauss’s great opera, with sumptuous orchestral playing and a dramatically astute cast”

Salome, the new album from Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra has been selected as Gramophone Magazine's Recording of the Month!

 

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025

HUGE NEWS! Both of our nominated albums have won in their categories at the BBC Music Magazine Awards.
 

Premiere Winner  

 

WINNER! RPS Awards

 

Congratulations to the wonderful cellist Laura van der Heijden who has won The Intrumentallist Award at the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards!

 

 

 

Juanjo Mena Shares Health Update

Watch Juanjo's video update on Instagram or X/Twitter.

The Chandos team send our best wishes to conductor Juanjo Mena following his recent Alzheimer's Disease diagnosis. We look forward to working with him soon!

 

 

The Guardian Classical Recording of the Year

Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake's latest album, Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano, has been named as one of The Guardian's top recordings of 2024!

“Pure delight from first note to last.”

 

Classical Winner - Presto Music Awards 2024

Fantastic news! Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel has been awarded Classical Winner in Presto Music's Top 10 Recordings of 2024.

 

Diapason D'Or Arte Award

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London has been awarded the Diapason D'Or Arte in Diapason's December issue!

 

Presto Music Awards 2024

We have five recordings in Presto Music's Top 100 Classical Recordings 2024! The Top 10 recordings and the winners in six special award categories will be announced on the evening of Thursday 5th December.

See the finalists here.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel

Bridge/Walton/Frances-Hoad: Cello Concertos

Eric Coates Orchestral Works, Vol. 4

Bliss: Works for Brass Band

Tippett: A Child of Our Time.

 

ICMA Awards 2025

Chandos has four nominations in the Symphonic Music and Chamber categories of the International Classical Music Awards 2025!

Nominated in the Symphonic Music category

 

 

Nominated in the Chamber category

 

 

Nominated in the Chamber category

 

 

Nominated in the Chamber category

 

 

 

Download Service has closed

Chandos Records sincerely thanks our loyal digital download customers for their support over the last 20 years. Due to the continuous decline in the popularity of digital downloads, ‘The Classical Shop’ will be closed for all digital download services on 29th November.

Our website is now dedicated to exclusive news, special offers and information about Chandos label and artists:CD and SACD sales will continue as usual. We are excited for the next chapter!

 

RIP Benjamin Luxon

One of Britain’s finest international singers, Benjamin Luxon, died on the 25th July aged 87. Born in Redruth, Cornwall, Luxon began his career as a member of the English Opera Group, the company formed by Benjamin Britten for the performance of his own and other contemporary operas. Luxon became one of Britten’s key singers and the composer wrote the role of “Owen Wingrave” specifically for Luxon’s voice. Luxon became an important singer internationally, performing at the Royal Opera House, Glyndebourne, Tanglewood, the Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Wiener Staatsoper, and the Metropolitan Opera. He went on to work with some of the most important conductors and orchestras and made over 100 recordings, including many for Chandos. Luxon was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1986 for his service to music.

 

RIP Sir Andrew Davis 

We are saddened by the news that Sir Andrew Davis, the renowned British conductor, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 20, 2024, surrounded by family after a battle with leukaemia. Sir Andrew recorded exclusively for Chandos Records from his first album Elgar’s Crown of India in 2009, making almost 50 recordings and gathering countless accolades and awards in the process. We will miss a wonderful musician who imparted so much to all who worked with him in such a generous, self-deprecating and humble way. RIP Andrew.


Sir Andrew Davis's obituary

 

https://www.chandos.net/list/ artist/Sir_Andrew_Davis/10807

Artist in Focus
 

Neave Trio

25% discount on Neave Trio Recordings

Hailed by the magazine BBC Music for its ‘generous and warm-hearted, utterly beguiling playing’, the GRAMMY®-nominated Neave Trio has emerged as one of the finest young ensembles of its generation. Its members originating from the US, Russia, and Japan, the Trio has performed on concert stages from Carnegie Hall, in New York, to venues in the UK, continental Europe, Japan, and Russia, bringing audiences to their feet and receiving the highest critical acclaim. Performances have been broadcast on radio stations across the United States and abroad, notably on American Public Media’s Performance Today. Previous recordings have been met with critical acclaim, listed among ‘The Best New Recordings of 2018 (So Far)’ on WQXR and among the best recordings of 2019 both by The New York Times and BBC Radio 3. The Trio’s 2022 album, Musical Remembrances, was nominated for a GRAMMY® in the Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble category.

25% discount on Neave Trio recordings 

Latest Reviews
'A profoundly satisfying and intelligently put together recital tracing Weill from Weimar Germany to pre-War Paris to American and Broadway. The songs all beautifully performed, capturing the essence of style and never losing sight of the words or Weill's music.'
'A profoundly satisfying and intelligently put together recital tracing Weill from Weimar Germany to pre-War Paris to American and Broadway. The songs all beautifully performed, capturing the essence of style and never losing sight of the words or Weill's music.'
Robert Hugill - Planet Hugill - 20 January 2026
'From the opening track, it is immediately apparent how ideally suited Bray's voice is to Weill's music. Each performance is imbued with a unique richness and warmth that captures the composer's distinctive sensuality and burlesque irony.'
'From the opening track, it is immediately apparent how ideally suited Bray's voice is to Weill's music. Each performance is imbued with a unique richness and warmth that captures the composer's distinctive sensuality and burlesque irony.'
Andrew Palmer - Yorkshire Times - 10 January 2026
'These are recordings that should be in every Brahms enthusiast's collection...If the year continues with this level of quality from both recording engineering and sheer brilliance of playing, we are in for many treats indeed.'
'These are recordings that should be in every Brahms enthusiast's collection...If the year continues with this level of quality from both recording engineering and sheer brilliance of playing, we are in for many treats indeed.'
Andrew Palmer - Yorkshire Times - 10 January 2026
'The performance is clear and well articulated, each instrument complementing the other throughout. The textures and intonation are consistently transparent, while the emotional mood of the score comes through as the duo communicate and engage with one another. A disc of wonderful repertoire, superbly realised.'
'The performance is clear and well articulated, each instrument complementing the other throughout. The textures and intonation are consistently transparent, while the emotional mood of the score comes through as the duo communicate and engage with one another. A disc of wonderful repertoire, superbly realised.'
Andrew Palmer - Yorkshire Times - 13 December 2025
'The second-movement waltz is played with seductive charm by Hanslip, who is ebullient and beautiful in the final theme and variations. The recording glistens, and the orchestra gets the clarity it deserves.'
'The second-movement waltz is played with seductive charm by Hanslip, who is ebullient and beautiful in the final theme and variations. The recording glistens, and the orchestra gets the clarity it deserves.'
Tim Homfray - The Strad - 16 January 2026
'Splendidly captured, the orchestra brings these lesser-known works to life with commitment and virtuosity, guided by the now-familiar baton of John Wilson.'
'Splendidly captured, the orchestra brings these lesser-known works to life with commitment and virtuosity, guided by the now-familiar baton of John Wilson.'
Jim Westhead - MusicWeb International - 16 December 2025
'[Katie Bray] interprets these song with a warmly engaging balance of classical refinement and cabaret mix of sensuality, satire and sparkle. The recital, wonderfully fresh yet respectful of tradition, confirms Kurt Weill’s genius as a crossover composer.'
'[Katie Bray] interprets these song with a warmly engaging balance of classical refinement and cabaret mix of sensuality, satire and sparkle. The recital, wonderfully fresh yet respectful of tradition, confirms Kurt Weill’s genius as a crossover composer.'
John France - MusicWeb International - 4 January 2026

Editor's Choice

'Katie Bray’s Weill odyssey is as powerful as it is poignant.'

Editor's Choice

'Katie Bray’s Weill odyssey is as powerful as it is poignant.'

Clive Paget - Limelight - 19 January 2026
'I can't recall more enjoyable performances of these pieces...played with stylish vigour by the Manchester Camerata and Takács-Nagy.'
'I can't recall more enjoyable performances of these pieces...played with stylish vigour by the Manchester Camerata and Takács-Nagy.'
Nigel Simeone - International Piano - Winter 2025
'Lortie and Mørk give a fine performance of the Cello Sonata, and they are suitably swashbuckling in the early Polonaise brillante, Op 3.'
'Lortie and Mørk give a fine performance of the Cello Sonata, and they are suitably swashbuckling in the early Polonaise brillante, Op 3.'
Nigel Simeone - International Piano - Winter 2025
'...it is agreeably upbeat and chatty in a jazzy way: something equally true of the little Hexapoda suite for violin and piano, where Litton, at the piano, easily keeps pace with Hanslip's rhythmic pirouettes.'
'...it is agreeably upbeat and chatty in a jazzy way: something equally true of the little Hexapoda suite for violin and piano, where Litton, at the piano, easily keeps pace with Hanslip's rhythmic pirouettes.'
Geoff Brown - BBC Music Magazine - January 2026
'With orchestral colour and a definite sense of place – and with a cover picture of Northern snows, migrating swans and forests of fire trees – no lover of rich orchestral music would want to be without this excellent Chandos recording.'
'With orchestral colour and a definite sense of place – and with a cover picture of Northern snows, migrating swans and forests of fire trees – no lover of rich orchestral music would want to be without this excellent Chandos recording.'
Stuart Millson - The Brazen Head - 14 January 2026
'As for Bray, she is outstanding. From the deliciously acerbic Barbarasong to the bleakly controlled emotion in Je ne t’aime pas, her singing is a demonstration of how an elevated, “trained” voice can sound wonderfully communicative and natural in this music.'
'As for Bray, she is outstanding. From the deliciously acerbic Barbarasong to the bleakly controlled emotion in Je ne t’aime pas, her singing is a demonstration of how an elevated, “trained” voice can sound wonderfully communicative and natural in this music.'
Erica Jeal - The Guardian - 9 January 2026
'What distinguishes In Her Hands is its sense of continuity across generations. Schumann’s tightly argued Romanticism, Pejacevic’s late-Romantic sweep, and Chaminade’s assertive French voice emerge not as isolated curiosities but as part of a coherent lineage, illuminated by the Trio’s warm, balanced ensemble sound and finely judged phrasing. The result is an album that feels both corrective and affirmative—an invitation to hear these works as repertoire, not exception.'
'What distinguishes In Her Hands is its sense of continuity across generations. Schumann’s tightly argued Romanticism, Pejacevic’s late-Romantic sweep, and Chaminade’s assertive French voice emerge not as isolated curiosities but as part of a coherent lineage, illuminated by the Trio’s warm, balanced ensemble sound and finely judged phrasing. The result is an album that feels both corrective and affirmative—an invitation to hear these works as repertoire, not exception.'
Connor McCormick - Stage and Cinema - 11 January 2026

'The Rondo in C minor, Op 1, written while Chopin was studying with Józef Elsner and published in Warsaw in 1825, is a virtuosic display in the brilliant style. Lortie plays it with a light touch and Mozartian esprit.'

'The Rondo in C minor, Op 1, written while Chopin was studying with Józef Elsner and published in Warsaw in 1825, is a virtuosic display in the brilliant style. Lortie plays it with a light touch and Mozartian esprit.'

Aleksander Laskowski - Gramophone - January 2026
'This is now the definitive performance and the album as a whole was clearly a labour of love for conductor Michael Seal and his admirable BBC Philharmonic forces.'
'This is now the definitive performance and the album as a whole was clearly a labour of love for conductor Michael Seal and his admirable BBC Philharmonic forces.'
Geraint Lewis - Gramophone - December 2025
'The conductor Neeme Järvi, in his late 80s, can make a car-repair manual sound exciting and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra play the hell out of their national composer.'
'The conductor Neeme Järvi, in his late 80s, can make a car-repair manual sound exciting and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra play the hell out of their national composer.'
Norman Lebrecht - myscena.org - 2 January 2026
'A splendidly atmospheric and heroic Helios opens the programme, widely dynamic and vividly detailed (as this suggestive and thrilling music demands) – the sun rises, travels, and will fade from view – a dawn-to-dusk processional that the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner take in their stride.'
'A splendidly atmospheric and heroic Helios opens the programme, widely dynamic and vividly detailed (as this suggestive and thrilling music demands) – the sun rises, travels, and will fade from view – a dawn-to-dusk processional that the Bergen Philharmonic and Edward Gardner take in their stride.'
Colin Anderson - colinscolumn.com - 15 December 2025
'Violinist Anna Štube deals in ravishing melodies and dreamy asides; Kanitz balances the finely carved material with expressive, seemingly off-the-cuff diversions.'
'Violinist Anna Štube deals in ravishing melodies and dreamy asides; Kanitz balances the finely carved material with expressive, seemingly off-the-cuff diversions.'
Claire Jackson - BBC Music Magzine - Christmas 2025

Concerto Choice

'In John Wilson's hands, Walton's Ravelian timbres shimmer and glisten.'

Concerto Choice

'In John Wilson's hands, Walton's Ravelian timbres shimmer and glisten.'

Jo Talbot - BBC Music Magazine - Christmas 2025
'No shortage of virtuosity from Aasgaard for the demanding second movement and in which soloist, conductor and orchestra display exemplary teamwork, similarly in the can-be-discursive Finale, ‘Tema ed improvvisazioni’, holding interest throughout its unusual design, whether cello and orchestra, cello alone, or orchestra alone. Don’t miss on Chandos'
'No shortage of virtuosity from Aasgaard for the demanding second movement and in which soloist, conductor and orchestra display exemplary teamwork, similarly in the can-be-discursive Finale, ‘Tema ed improvvisazioni’, holding interest throughout its unusual design, whether cello and orchestra, cello alone, or orchestra alone. Don’t miss on Chandos'
Colin Anderson - colinscolumn.com - 2 December 2025
'The first movement includes an impressive cadenza, the slow movement is quite lovely – heartfelt – and the buzzing two-section Finale, bringing Hanna & Barbera’s cartoon series Tom and Jerry to mind, is pure showtime.'
'The first movement includes an impressive cadenza, the slow movement is quite lovely – heartfelt – and the buzzing two-section Finale, bringing Hanna & Barbera’s cartoon series Tom and Jerry to mind, is pure showtime.'
Colin Anderson - colinscolumn.com - 30 November 2025
'The British musicians, in excellent form and under their Hungarian leader Gábor Takács-Nagy, throw themselves into the performance with attacking verve and deliver a furious finale.'
'The British musicians, in excellent form and under their Hungarian leader Gábor Takács-Nagy, throw themselves into the performance with attacking verve and deliver a furious finale.'
Attila Csampai - Rondo - 29 November 2025
'The soloist on this recording, Jonathan Aasgaard, has manifestly thought profoundly about this contemplative, quizzical, experimental work – it can never have sounded so good as it does here thanks to Aasgaard’s intelligence and virtuosity, Wilson’s imaginative conducting, and the classy Chandos engineering.'
'The soloist on this recording, Jonathan Aasgaard, has manifestly thought profoundly about this contemplative, quizzical, experimental work – it can never have sounded so good as it does here thanks to Aasgaard’s intelligence and virtuosity, Wilson’s imaginative conducting, and the classy Chandos engineering.'
Simon Heffer - The Daily Telegraph - 29 November 20254

Editor's Choice

'If ever there were a composer and conductor ideally suited to each other, it is William Walton and John Wilson.'

Editor's Choice

'If ever there were a composer and conductor ideally suited to each other, it is William Walton and John Wilson.'

Phillip Scott - Limelight - 28 November 2025
'As a generous coupling alongside a brilliant Scapino and deeply felt Cello Concerto, this is an impressive programme that showcases again the fine playing of the Sinfonia of London.'
'As a generous coupling alongside a brilliant Scapino and deeply felt Cello Concerto, this is an impressive programme that showcases again the fine playing of the Sinfonia of London.'
Nick Barnard - MusicWeb International - 17 November 2025
'Edward Gardner leads the Bergen Philharmonic through Strauss's luxurious, psychologically acute score with exceptional skill. The orchestra responds magnificently, delivering terrific dynamics that capture every nuance of the composer's orchestral palette.'
'Edward Gardner leads the Bergen Philharmonic through Strauss's luxurious, psychologically acute score with exceptional skill. The orchestra responds magnificently, delivering terrific dynamics that capture every nuance of the composer's orchestral palette.'
Andrew Palmer - Yorkshire Times - 14 June 2025
'The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective delivers another compelling recording that showcases both their technical prowess and interpretative intelligence.'
'The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective delivers another compelling recording that showcases both their technical prowess and interpretative intelligence.'
Andrew Palmer - Yorkshire Times - 28 June 2025
'This delightful disc serves as both an introduction and a revelation for anyone interested in the complete oboe works of an undeservedly forgotten English composer.'
'This delightful disc serves as both an introduction and a revelation for anyone interested in the complete oboe works of an undeservedly forgotten English composer.'
Andrew Palmer - Yorkshire Times - 7 June 2025
'The final instalment in John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London's Rachmaninoff symphony cycle arrives with the customary excellence we have come to expect from this partnership.'
'The final instalment in John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London's Rachmaninoff symphony cycle arrives with the customary excellence we have come to expect from this partnership.'
Andrew Palmer - Yorkshire Times - 28 June 2025
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