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Richard Hickox
At the time of his untimely death at the age of sixty in November 2008, Richard Hickox CBE, one of the most gifted and versatile British conductors of his generation, was Music Director of Opera Australia, having served as Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from 2000 until 2006 when he became Conductor Emeritus. He founded the City of London Sinfonia, of which he was Music Director, in 1971. He was also Associate Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Emeritus of the Northern Sinfonia, and co-founder of Collegium Musicum 90.
His phenomenal success in the recording studio resulted in more than 280 recordings, including most recently cycles of orchestral works by Sir Lennox and Michael Berkeley and Frank Bridge with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the symphonies by Vaughan Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra, and a series of operas by Britten with the City of London Sinfonia. He received a Grammy (for Peter Grimes) and five Gramophone Awards. Richard Hickox was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours List in 2002, and was the recipient of many other awards, including two Music Awards of the Royal Philharmonic Society, the first ever Sir Charles Groves Award, the Evening Standard Opera Award, and the Award of the Association of British Orchestras.
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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.
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!
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2025
Great News! Another No. 1 Album...
Following in Volume 3's footsteps, Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works Volume 4 is No. 1 in the Official Specialist Classical Chart! Congratulations to Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic, Charlie-Lovell Jones and Bill Anderson.
No. 1 Album! Walton: Violin Concerto
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London's new album with violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones has secured the number one spot in the Official Specialist Classical Chart!
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!
2025 BBC Music Magazine Awards
Big news! We have two nominations in the 2025 BBC Music Magazine Awards!
Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano from Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake is up for a Chamber Award, and Adrian Sutton's Violin Concerto, with Fenella Humphreys, Michael Seal and BBC Philharmonic, is a Premiere Nominee.
Please vote for the recordings here!
No.1 in the Specialist Classical Chart
The new album has also been selected as BBC Radio 3 and Presto Music's Recording of the Week. What fantastic news!Customer's Choice Album of 2024
The votes are in for our Customer's Choice Album of 2024! Here are the top three albums...
WINNERS
1. Adrian Sutton: Orchestral Works
2. Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra
3. Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
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VOTE NOW CLOSED! Keep an eye out on our social media platforms for the top voted album. All prize winners will be randomly selected and contacted shortly.
Vote closes 6th January at 4pm (GMT)
It's your last chance to vote for your favourite Chandos release of 2024.
You could win...
One person will win EVERY 2024 album. That's 45 CDs!
Five people will win all three January releases!
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.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel
Bridge/Walton/Frances-Hoad: Cello Concertos
Eric Coates Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
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
Release Spotlight
Trumpet virtuoso Matilda Lloyd is a true master of her instrument.
Matilda's second album with Chandos, featuring Weinberg's Trumpet Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Lee Reynolds, is out now.
'Resonance is a multi-faceted word with many different meanings, all of which are explored in this album of music for trumpet and orchestra.'
BBC Music Magazine
Fantastic news! Three Chandos albums have been featured in BBC Music Magazine's November and December issues.
Choral & Song - December Recording of the Month
Welcome Joy: A Celebration of Women's Voices receives a brilliant five star review. *****
"The 12 superb sopranos and altos of the Corvus Consort sing the complex, close-knit textures of these works with delicacy and pinpoint accuracy. Louise Thomson’s immaculate, virtuosic harp playing conjures scenes that take us from scented gardens to sun-baked landscapes and haunted moonlit forests. The vocal/instrumental balance is well-nigh perfect in Chandos’s clear, nuanced recording."
Orchestral Choice - December
Adrian Sutton's Violin Concerto secures the spot as December's Orchestral Choice. *****
"A colourful selection of imaginative new works"
Chamber - November Recording of the Month
Schumann: Works for Oboe and Piano obtains ***** from Rebecca Franks.
"Played with such warmth and eloquence, the arrangements chosen here often feel as if they were tailor-made for the instrument, while the sensitive programming paints a loving portrait of the Schumann household."
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
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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
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Sinfonia of London win big at BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024
John Wilson and Sinfonia of London’s première recording of the complete original score of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! took home the Opera Award, while the same forces also scooped their fourth Orchestral Award with their album of works for strings by Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius and Elgar. Described by the magazine’s reviewer as ‘a stunning benchmark for the digital generation’, this recording also went on to win the coveted Recording of the Year.
To say thank for all the BBCMM24 at checkout!
Pictured above from left, Francis Williams, Jonathan Allen, Rosenna East and Ralph Couzens.
This Thursday!
Good luck to Sinfonia of London and John Wilson ahead of this week's award ceremony! 'Music for Strings' and 'Oklahoma!' have been nominated in the Orchestral and Opera categories respectively.
Margaret Fingerhut appointed MBE in the 2024 New Year Honours
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To celebrate pianist Margaret Fingerhut being recognised for services to music and charitable fundraising why not explore her brilliant back-catalogue.
Brian Pidgeon GRAMMY nominated for Producer of the Year!
Sinfonia of London's latest album 'Record of the Week' on Record Review!
The new release from Sinfonia of London and John Wilson, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, was featured on BBC Radio 3's much-loved Saturday morning Record Review show (4/11). We're delighted to report that the new recording was picked as RECORD OF THE WEEK. The show remains available all month on-demand so don't worry if you missed it live, listen here!
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This week we will be celebrating the upcoming launch of Oklahoma! from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London at The Savile Cub in Mayfair. This landmark album will be the first full recording of the original Rodgers & Hammerstein score, to commemorate this very special release we have produced a series of limited edition numbered vinlys available to pre-order now! Don't miss this historic album, out on Friday 15th September!
Gramophone Awards Shortlist 2023
We are delighted to have FOUR albums shortlisted for the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2023! See the shortlist here, including albums from Kaleidscope Chamber Collective, Arcadia Quartet, and Sinfonia of London.
Gramophone Editor's Choice: October
'Parry's compelling response to Shelley's lyrical drama is given a superb performance of real conviction, conduction by William Vann and with a line-up of starry soloists'
'Orchestra of the Year' nomination!
Our friends and collaborators BBC Philharmonic have been nominated for Orchestra of the Year at the Gramophone Awards 2023!
The best classical albums of 2025 so far
'With clean and spirited performances from Curnyn’s singers and instrumentalists, it’s a work well worth getting to know.'
The best classical albums of 2025 so far
'With clean and spirited performances from Curnyn’s singers and instrumentalists, it’s a work well worth getting to know.'
The best classical albums of 2025 so far
'The album’s spell is actually at its most potent during Mel Bonis’s Soir-Matin, eight minutes of delicate loveliness from a greatly gifted female composer who studied alongside Debussy. It’s an equally good showcase for the Neave Trio’s own finesse.'
The best classical albums of 2025 so far
'The album’s spell is actually at its most potent during Mel Bonis’s Soir-Matin, eight minutes of delicate loveliness from a greatly gifted female composer who studied alongside Debussy. It’s an equally good showcase for the Neave Trio’s own finesse.'
Classical Recording of the Week
'...Järvi certainly makes a convincing case for the piece, and it’s well worth hearing for anyone keen to explore another side of one of the most complicated and conflicted musical figures in twentieth-century music.'
Classical Recording of the Week
'...Järvi certainly makes a convincing case for the piece, and it’s well worth hearing for anyone keen to explore another side of one of the most complicated and conflicted musical figures in twentieth-century music.'
Recommended
'The recording and playing are exemplary throughout with all three performers entering wholeheartedly into Dring’s magical sound world.'
Recommended
'The recording and playing are exemplary throughout with all three performers entering wholeheartedly into Dring’s magical sound world.'
