Various Artists - Landmarks: 40 Years (CD)

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Founded by Brian Couzens in 1979, Chandos quickly established itself as one of the world’s leading classical labels. The ‘Chandos Sound’ has become a benchmark for quality, renowned alike among artists and critics around the globe. From its inception, Chandos has specialised in recording British music, and in bringing lesser-known (and unknown) music to public attention. Released to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the label, this handsomely packaged 40-disc set comprises 40 complete recordings from Chandos’ extensive catalogue. Each of the four decades is represented, and each recording has been hand-picked by the Managing Director, Ralph Couzens, because it represents a turning point, or ‘Landmark’, in the development of the label.

Artists

Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Christopher Plummer (narrator), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Ian Watson (organ), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano), Sarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Doric String Quartet, Xiayin Wang (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Jennifer Pike (violin), Cpl Jonathan Hill (trombone), Martin Roscoe (piano), Louis Lortie (piano), Ivan Ilic (piano), Wojciech Switala (piano), Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), Krzysztof Lason (violin), Malgorzata Wasiucionek (violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Federico Colli (piano)

Ulster Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Borodin Trio, I Musici de Montréal, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, The Sixteen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, Black Dyke Mills Band, The King's Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Collegium Musicum 90, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Chorale, Brodsky Quartet, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Manchester Camerata, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Silesian Quartet, Polish Cello Quartet, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bryden Thomson, Mariss Jansons, Maxim Shostakovich, Yuli Turovsky, Neeme Järvi, Geoffrey Simon, Harry Christophers, Sir Neville Marriner, Major Peter Parkes, Richard Hickox, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny, Charles Bruffy, Peter Oundjian, Sir Andrew Davis, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, John Wilson, Edward Gardner, Juanjo Mena, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kirill Karabits, Rumon Gamba

Chandos Genre Classical

Format - CD x 40

Title - Landmarks – 40 Years of Chandos Label

Tracklist:

1. CD 1 Bax Symphony No. 4 / Tintagel
2. CD 2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
3. CD 3 Rachmaninov Trios élégiaques Nos 1 and 2
4. CD 4 Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 etc.
5. CD 5 Prokofiev Symphony No. 6 / Waltz Suite
6. CD 6 Respighi Belkis / Metamorphoseon
7. CD 7 Hummel Piano Concertos in A minor / B minor
8. CD 8 Handel Chandos Anthems Nos 1 – 3
9. CD 9 Shostakovich Violin Concertos Nos 1 and 2
10. CD 10 Walton Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario etc.
11. CD 11 Elgar Violin Sonata etc.
12. CD 12 Black Dyke Mills Band The Complete Champions
13. CD 13 The King’s Singers Original Debut Recording
14. CD 14 Grainger In a Nutshell etc.
15. CD 15 Haydn Schöpfungsmesse etc.
16. CD 16 Boulanger Faust et Hélène etc.
17. CD 17 Vaughan Williams A London Symphony etc.
18. CD 18 Purcell Dido and Aeneas
19. CD 19 Aquarelle Guitar Quartet Spirit of Brazil
20. CD 20 Gerald Finley Great Operatic Arias
21. CD 21 Ravel / Debussy / Massenet Piano Concertos etc.
22. CD 22 Schumann Three String Quartets Op. 41
23. CD 23 Ola Gjeilo Northern Lights
24. CD 24 Brodsky Quartet Petits-fours: Favourite Encores
25. CD 25 Saint-Saëns Orchestral Works
26. CD 26 Ben-Haim Chamber Works
27. CD 27 Xiayin Wang American Piano Concertos
28. CD 28 Tasmin Little British Works for Violin and Orchestra
29. CD 29 Sibelius Violin Concerto etc.
30. CD 30 Central Band of the RAF British Classics
31. CD 31 Copland Ballets
32. CD 32 Janá?ek Glagolitic Mass etc.
33. CD 33 Albéniz Piano Concerto No. 1 etc.
34. CD 34 Fauré Works for Solo Piano
35. CD 35 Mozart Piano Concertos KV 453 and KV 456 etc.
36. CD 36 Reicha Reicha Rediscovered Vol. 1
37. CD 37 Karayev The Seven Beauties etc.
38. CD 38 Bacewicz Piano Quintets etc.
39. CD 39 Scarlatti Sonatas Vol. 1
40. CD 40 Gipps Symphonies Nos 2 and 4 etc.