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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Christmas Music (Incls 'On Christmas Night' & 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols') Sarah Fox (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joyful Company of Singers / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] "Beautifully sensitive performances atmospherically recorded … irresistible … There's even a sprig of holly on the CD!" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
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JOSE SEREBRIER / ADINA IZARRA / CARL VINE / ALBERTO GINASTERA
Pipe Dreams Sharon Bezaly (flute) /Australian Chamber Orhestra, Richard Tognetti [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "Bezaly plays the solo parts with great sympathy for their idioms, phenomenal virtuosity, perfect intonation even in the highest register, and warm tone. Her warmth is matched by the soloists from within the Australian Chamber Orchestra...Altogether |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Music Vol 3 (Incls 'Coronation March' & 'Phantasm') Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] "The performances under Hickox are as authoritative as ever." (The Guardian) |
W.A MOZART
Mozart: Requiem Simone Kermes (soprano), Stephanie Houtzeel (mezzo-soprano), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Arnaud Richard (bass), The New Siberian Singers, MusicAeterna [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 11/Sep/2020 ] This recording of Mozart's Requiem, made by Teodor Currentzis in 2011, attracted great attention and soon became a benchmark in the work's discography! In its incredible ardour and sweeping inspiration, it demonstrates the full talent... |
RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances: Suites 1 - 3 Sinfonia 21 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2005 ] Including The Complete Ancient Airs & Dances; Suite No. 2 for Flute and String Orchestra: Aria; Berceuse for String Orchestra |
LUIGI NONO
Prometeo, tragedia dell'ascolto Soloistenchor Freiburg / Ensemble Recherche / Andre Richard / Peter Hirsch / Kwame Ryan [ Col Legno / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] At last a new recording of Luigi Nono's late, great masterpiece. Comes complete with a specially produced "listening score" to guide the listener through the dense network of texts set by the composer. This is one of the most important and... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: The Bear Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Alan Opie (baritone) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Sir William Walton wrote two operas, the second - The Bear - far more readily acclaimed than the first, and more often performed. Its premiere took place in Aldeburgh in June 1967 as part of the twentieth Aldeburgh Festival, and followed the... |
MENDELSSOHN / ROSSINI / GLINKA / MASSENET / BEETHOVEN / HAHN / etc
Souvenirs de Venise The Songmakers' Almanac with Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ann Murray and Richard Jackson [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Delightful' - The Sunday Times |
HANDEL
The Triumph of Time and Truth Sophie Bevan, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Tim Mead (countertenor), Ed Lyon (tenor), William Berger (bass) / Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle [ Delphian / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The small orchestra playing is stylish and characterful...Excellent, spirited singing from both choir and soloists throughout - Ludus Baroque's most valuable Handel recording so far confirms that this unclassifiable, peculiar work is well worth rev |
RUBBRA
Missa cantuariensis, Op. 59 / Dormi Jesu, Op. 3 / Missa in honorem Sancti Dominici, Op. 66 / etc St Margaret's Westminster Singers, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "The singing of the St Margaret's Singers is smooth, spiritual and intellectually engaged. The two brief carols are atmospherically done. Of the two masses the Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici (a cappella) is the most constantly rewarding, right from... |
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Piano Concerto / Five Studies for Piano / Capriccio for Piano Duet / Commedia IV Stephen Kovacevich, Richard Rodney Bennett, Thea Musgrave (pianos) / London Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Gibson / with Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "Magnificently played and recorded". (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
BACH / HANDEL / SCARLATTI
Gamba Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello), Richard Egarr (harpsichord) with Robin Michael (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Isserlis judges the scale of his performances to a nicety." Financial Times, 11th September 2015 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (complete opera recorded in 1981) Royal Opera / Stuart Burrows / Thomas Allen / Richard Van Allan / Kiri Te Kanawa / Agnes Baltsa / Colin Davis (cond) [ Opus Arte CD / 3 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "it offers abundant pleasures. Te Kanawa recorded an earlier Fiordiligi...and a later...: neither manifests the personality and velvety warmth of tone of show here, and her virtuosity in 'Come Scoglio' is staggering. Thomas Allen's Guglielmo, too, is... |
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MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE AGES
Music from the Middle Ages [5 CD set] Andrea von Ramm, Richard Levitt & Sterling Jones / Studio der fruhen Musik, Thomas Binkley [ Virgin / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
MENOTTI
The Consul (Complete opera) Susan Bullock (soprano) John Horton Murray (tenor) Louis Otey (baritone) / Spoleto Festival / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 1001 Classical Recording you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
MENDELSSOHN
Paulus (St Paul) Op.36 Susan Gritton / Jean Rigby / Barry Banks / Peter Coleman-Wright / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] 'Another superb performance from Hickox, who gets a quartet of tremendous soloists and a first-rate orchestra and chorus… One of this year's musts.' (Cathedral Music) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D950 Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother, Ferdinand. |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Mass, Op 111 in D / Mass Op 77 in B flat major Susan Gritton (soprano) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] 2003 Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist - Recording of the month - Gramophone (Dec 2002) |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) / Overture to 'the Wasps' Susan Gritton (soprano) Gerald Finley (baritone) London Symphony chorus and orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 'Gritton's fearless and star-bright soprano waved the flags of the nations, and with [Geralrd] Finley, finally hoisted the anchor to set free the voyaging soul.' Hilary Finch, The Times, 06 June 2006 |
