Chandos Sale - Physical up to 25% Off & Downloads up to 40% Off
Until the 30th October we are offering huge savings on Chandos titles - up to 40% off downloads and up to 25% off CD, SACD, DVD, and Vinyl.
Chandos Sale - Physical up to 25% Off & Downloads up to 40% Off, Opera North (opera company)
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Special offer. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (highlights)
RecommendedJohn Tomlinson (Boris), Stuart Kale (Prince Shuisky), Clive Bayley (Varlaam), Joan Rodgers (Xenia), Susan Parry (Feodor), Yvonne Howard (Old Nurse), Matthew Best (Pimen)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
John Tomlinson has made the part of Boris his own, and this generous, 75-minute selection of excerpts from Boris Godunov is highly recommendable, even when compared with current Russian versions... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Original price ($12.00) Reduced price $9.72Downloads
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Special offer. Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11
Sally Burgess (Judith), Sir John Tomlinson (Duke Bluebeard/Minstrel)
Opera North Orchestra, Richard Farnes
This new version… is splendidly recorded, and Farnes coaxes some superb playing from the orchestra. Sally Burgess makes a fine Judith, bringing out the firmness of her love for Bluebeard, as... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Walton: Troilus and Cressida
RecommendedClive Bayley (Calkas), James Thornton (Antenor), Arthur Davies (Troilus), Nigel Robson (Pandarus), Judith Howarth (Cressida), Yvonne Howard (Evadne), David Owen-Lewis (Horaste), Alan Opie (Diomede)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox
Troilus and Cressida is here powerfully presented as an opera for the central repertory, traditional in its red-blooded treatment of a big classical subject. Few operas since Puccini's have... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Walton: Troilus and Cressida
Judith Howarth (soprano), Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Brian Cookson (tenor), Peter Bodenham (tenor), Keith Mills (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone) James Thornton (baritone), Clive Bayley (bass), Bruce Budd (bass), Stephen Dowson (bass) & David Owen-Lewis...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
2 CDs
Original price ($17.25) Reduced price $14.14Downloads
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Special offer. Verdi: Don Carlos
Julian Gavin (Don Carlos), Janice Watson (Elisabeth), Alastair Miles (Philip II), William Dazeley (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Jane Dutton (Eboli), Sir John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Julia Sporsén (Thibault), Clive Bayley (Old Monk)
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Richard Farnes
Best of the principals are Alastair Miles's distinctive King Philip; John Tomlinson's terrifying Grand Inquisitor and Clive Bayley's Monk. Opera North's choral and orchestral forces are both... — More…
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Special offer. Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
Howard Shelley (piano and conductor), with Tasmin Little (violin) & Tim Hugh (cello)
Opera North Orchestra, with Opera North Chorus
there are several reasons to shout about it...there's Shelley himself: a pianist whose quiet musicality and unobtrusive virtuosity shine through everything he touches...Throughout the set, there's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
4 CDs
Original price ($52.50) Reduced price $42.52Downloads
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Special offer. Gerhard: La Dueña (The Duenna)
Ann Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Richard van Allan (bass-baritone), Neill Archer (tenor), Susannah Glanville (soprano), Eric Roberts (baritone), Bruce Budd (baritone), David Owen-Lewis (narrator), Paul Wade (tenor), Stephen Briggs (tenor), Adrian Clarke (bass), Claire Powell (mezzo-soprano), Jeremy Peaker...
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Special offer. Bassoon Concertos
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon)
Orchestra of Opera North, Benjamin Wallfisch
Bassoons rarely equal best-sellers: that could be about to change… Chandos have a real find on their hands with Karen Geoghegan. — More…
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Special offer. Grieg, Schumann & Saint-Saëns - Piano Concertos
Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)
Orchestra of Opera North
…a modern version of Schumann's Piano Concerto that actually sounds like Schumann. Howard Shelley's performance is refreshingly free from empty showmanship or narcissistic 'pianism'. The Grieg... — More…
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Special offer. Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
Bruce Ford (Idomeneo), Diana Montague (Idamante), Rebecca Evans (Ilia), Susan Patterson (Electra), Ryland Davies (Arbace), Nicolai Gedda (High Priest of Neptune), Clive Bayley (Voice of Neptune)
Opera North Orchestra & Chorus, David Parry
Bruce Ford's distinctive tenor is powerfully expressive...The cast of women is outstanding...The vivid Chandos recording brings excellent balances between voices and orchestra, with words admirably... — More…
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