Happy Birthday Sir Charles Mackerras!

Chandos wishes Sir Charles Mackerras many happy returns!

Grab yourself the perfect Christmas gift - Sir Charles's Grammy Award winning, Hansel and Gretel.

Jennifer Pike joins the BBC National Orchesta of Wales this weekend

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales will perform a wonderful evening of music, featuring former BBC Young Musician of the Year, violinist Jennifer Pike.

Jennifer will be performing the work which she played when she won her title in 2002.

On Saturday at 7.30pm, guest conductor Garry Walker will join the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jennifer at William Aston Hall, Glyndwr University, Wrexham.

Garry Walker is permanent guest conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and, as well as conducting nationally and internationally, he is an enthusiastic hill walker and climber and recently completed his mission to climb all 284 of the Munro Mountains in Scotland.

Following Cimarosa’s Overture, Il matrimonio segreto, Jennifer Pike will join the orchestra for a performance of Mendelssohn’s well-loved Violin Concerto.

Balsom joins Brian Couzens with an honorary award from Anglia Ruskin University

Following Brian Couzens's honourary doctorate at Anglia Ruskin University in 2007, Alison Balsom is the latest in the classical world to be awarded for her devotion to classical music. She collected her Honorary Degree at a ceremony earlier this week

Leonard Slatkin recovering after heart attack

All at Chandos wish Leonard Slatkin a speedy recovery after it was announced he suffered a heart attack on 1 November. Slatkin required an angioplasty and stent procedure to unblock a clogged artery, after collapsing in his dressing room following a concert.

Slatkin has made a number of recordings with Chandos including Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Kiddish Symphony and Barber's Vanessa.

BBC Music Magazine offers free weekly download

I thought I would share this with you all:

Sign up for your
free download!

From today, visitors to our website will be able to enjoy a free download every single week. Taken from five-star discs reviewed in BBC Music Magazine, each download will be a complete track for you to take away and enjoy at your own leisure. All you have to do is head to bbcmusicmagazine.com,
sign up to the website and follow the instructions. Our first track is from The Sixteen’s stunning Coro disc Bright Orb of Harmony – Purcell’s moving
Let mine eyes run down
with tears.

Oliver Condy, editor
BBC Music Magazine

Bavouzet scoops yet another award!!

We are delighted to announce that Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has scooped the

‘Best Interpretation of Standard Repertoire’ Award

for his recording of
Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 4
Images, Series I and II; Études, Books I and II
Chandos (CHAN 10497)

at the

INTERNATIONAL PIANO AWARDS 2009


International Piano magazine announces the winners of its annual IP Awards for 2009

International Piano magazine, the British bi-monthly journal for the piano world, announced the winners of its annual International Piano Awards for 2009 in the November / December 2009 issue. The Awards celebrate the best piano recordings, sheet music, books and DVDs from the past twelve months.

The magazine’s team of reviewers submitted their nominations of items released between October 2008 and November 2009. In addition to the recording, book and DVD awards, there was also a ‘Services to Music’ Award, voted by the magazine’s editorial team, and a ‘Readers’ Choice’ Award, voted by IP readers

Chandos heads over to the US of A to carry on our 30th anniversary celebrations

In the spectacular surrounding of the Steinway Hall and hosted by the eminent, Christine Brewer our American distributor, Naxos of America and Chandos jointly hosted this celebration for the great and good of the North American music industry. 

The event seemed to be a great success and an opportunity for both established artists and recent incumbants to mix.  In fact some established artists on the label such as Tempeste di Mare had never met the Chandos Directors before!  It especially proved a showcase for recent artists on the Chandos label - pianist Philip Fisher and violinst Joanna Kurkowicz, who dazzled the audience. 

What a great way to begin closing off this 30th anniversary year!

Hear are a few photos from the evening.