Explosive Classics

Featuring

Neeme Järvi
Dmitri Kitajenko
Richard Hickox
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Edward Gardner
Juanjo Mena

Yan Pascal Tortelier
Valery Polyansky
Vernon Handley
Sir Andrew Davis
John Wilson
London Symphony Orchestra
DR SymfoniOrkestret
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus
Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
Philharmonia Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Ulster Orchestra
Manchester Chamber Choir
Igor Stravinsky
Sergei Prokofiev
Dmitri Shostakovich
Giuseppe Verdi
Carl Orff
Carl August Nielsen
Leoš Janáček
Béla Bartók
Alberto Ginastera
Ottorino Respighi
Witold Lutosławski
Modest Mussorgsky
Richard Wagner
Edvard Grieg
Gustav Holst
Aaron Copland
Aram Khachaturian

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Recording & Production

This album is a compilation of recordings made by Chandos Records Ltd between 1987 and 2016.

Recording & Production

Several tracks on this album were recorded in DSD 5.0-channel surround sound, including works by Orff, Janáček, Lutosławski, Wagner, and Holst.

Recording & Production

The album includes recordings made in various venues, such as Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill in London, Danish Radio Concert Hall in Copenhagen, and City Hall in Glasgow.

Album & Artwork

The album's front cover features a photograph titled 'Loud music can cause damage - studio shot of glass of wine exploding in front of a loud subwoofer'.

Recording & Production

Many of the recordings on this album were engineered by Ralph Couzens, including works by Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Janáček, Bartók, Respighi, Lutosławski, Wagner, and Grieg.