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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Concerto for Flute and Harp David Campbell / Philippa Davies / Rachel Master / City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Alto / CD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] "Campbell's agile and pointed performances bring … a fresh unmannered style… [Concerto for Flute and Harp] is just as freshly and sympathetically done."-Penguin Guide "My favorite version of the Concerto for Flute and Harp is the one from Richard... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 103 ('Drum Roll'); 104 ('London'); 95 Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] The Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 101 ('the Clock'); 94 ('surprise'); 102 Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] The Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah [complete oratorio recorded in 1991] Joan Rodgers, Della Jones, Christopher Robson, Philip Langridge, Bryn Terfel / Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Feb/2002 ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Creation Mass Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chaconne / CD ] "The Creation Mass is no less resplendent or searching than, say, the Nelson Mass or the Harmoniemesse, a glorious affirmation of Haydn's reverent, optimistic yet by no means naive faith. Even by Haydn's standards, the work is startling in its... |
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WALTON / BERKLEY / ARNOLD
English Guitar Concertos Craig Ogden (guitar) / Northern Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2001 ] these guitar works are celebratory in more ways than one. |
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MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of Our Time (Oratorio) Cynthia Haymon soprano, Cynthia Clarey alto, Damon Evans tenor, Willard White bass, London Symphony Chorus. London Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "Hickox's version establishes its place against severe competition largely through the exceptionally rich recording and its distinctive choice of soloists, a quartet of black singers." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Berkeley, Lennox & Michael-Symphony No 1; Serenade; Horn Concerto; Coronach David Pyatt, horn, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] "Lennox Berkeley and his son Michael represent two of the brightest stars in 20th-Century British music and Chandos has found excellent advocates for their compositions in Richard Hickox and the BBC National orchestra of Wales." ***** Five Stars BBC... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [German Requiem] David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Felicity Lott (soprano) / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] This reissue is a moving experience in itself, and not only for returning to the catalogue a superlative recording of Brahms's masterpiece, not the best known at the time of its release in 1991, but also for the exceptional soloists, majestically... |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Cloud Messenger / The Hymn of Jesus / Seven Part-songs / Ode to Death / etc Della Jones (mezzo-soprano) Patricia Rozario (soprano) Finzi Singers / London Symphony Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] All the best of Holst's choral works on a beautiful double CD |
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HANDEL / CHARPENTIER / BARBER / RACHMANINOV / BRITTEN / MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Sacred Treasures Emma Kirkby, Veronique Gens, Janet Baker, Barbara Hendricks, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti, Richard Hickox, Georges Prêtre, Michel Plasson, Sir Simon [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 24/Dec/2016 ] Three CDs of some of the greatest sacred choral and vocal works of the last three centuries. |
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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Three Concertos Eric Parkin (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/1993 ] Dyson was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. Studied with Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music (he later became director of that institution) and traveled to Germany and Italy on A Mendelssohn Scholarship. |
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MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphonies / New Year Suite Faye Robinson, soprano / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] 'This is keen-eyed, thoroughly committed playing. What cannot be overstated is the mastery of Hickox's imaginative reading… Chandos's sound throughout possesses exciting realism.' - Hi-Fi News |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius,Op. 38 [with Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens; I was glad] Felicity Palmer (sop) Arthur Davies (ten) Gwynne Howell (bass) / London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 Hickox Legacy / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] 'It's one of the best digital versions, and sonorous renderings of Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens and I was glad complete a recommendable mid-price package.' Gramophone |
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HOLST
'The Perfect Fool', Op. 39 / The Golden Goose, Op. 45 No 1 / The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 No. 2 Joyful Company of Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Holst's distinctive sound is carefully manicured in this recording; the rapid "mercurial" passages of string-and wind-writing of The Perfect Fool are delivered with exemplary crispness and vitality…" Disc of the Month Gramophone Magazine, Feb 2009 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem / Sinfonia da Requiem / Ballad of Heroes Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "Heather Harper has at last recorded the 'role' she created-indeed it is her farewell to her many admirers as she has now retired. I heard her sing it in St Paul's not long ago and thought then that her peculiar accents, her inevitable shaping of so... |
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Hickox Richard
A Celebration [ CD ] |
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PURCELL
Dido & Aeneas (complete opera) Maria Ewing, Rebecca Evans, Patricia Rozario (sopranos) James Bowman (alto) / Collegium Musicum 90 Choir / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chaconne / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] "Maria Ewing..is both distinctive and stylish. Combined with Hickox's lively direction, unmarred by intrusive re-allocation of voices, it makes an impressive version." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Riders to the Sea / Flos Campi / etc Philip Dukes (viola) / Ingrid Attrot, Lynne Dawson, Linda Finnie, Pamela Helen Stephen / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] As he proved with his recording of A London Symphony - Record of the Year, Gramophone Awards 2001 - Richard Hickox was a Vaughan Williams specialist. This reissue of an original 1995 recording features several lesser known works. |
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MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Symphonies 1 & 2 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] "Above all, these are real performances without any of the inhibitions of 'studio' recording." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |