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VERDI
Aida (Complete opera) Maria Callas (soprano) Richard Tucker (tenor) Fedora Barbieri (mezzo) Tito Gobbi (baritone) / La Scala Milan / Tullio Serafin [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] "The Nile scene has never been performed more powerfully and characterfully than on this vintage La Scala set. Though Callas is hardly as sweet-toned as some will think essential for an Aida, her imagination is irresistible and she is matched by Tito... |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / BELLINI / PONCHIELLI
Maria Callas Remastered: The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) Maria Callas (soprano) with Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue, Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, etc [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 69 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2018 ] "Dip in almost anywhere...and you will find that amazing voice throbbing with emotion in a recording legacy that must be placed among the 20th century's great treasures." The Times |
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GEORGE DYSON
Nebuchadnezzar / Woodland Suite / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "Enthusiasts for the festive yet idiosyncratic mainstream of British choral music need look no further." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
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JEAN FRANCAIX
The music for solo piano, duo & duet Martin Jones, with Richard McMahon & Adrian Farmer (pianos) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] " Martin Jones and his accompanying colleagues also obviously have a high regard for his music and that comes out in sparklingly brilliant performances." (MusicWeb) |
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GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Gondoliers (1950 recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Ella Halman, Richard Watson, Leonard Osborn / D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "This recording will appeal to collectors who are confirmed Gilbert and Sullivan fans, particularly to those who want to hear why Martyn Green was such a beloved Savoyard." (ClassicalNet) |
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LORD BERNERS
The Lord Berners Collection Meriel Dickinson (mezzo soprano), Peter Dickinson, Richard Rodney Bennett, Lord Berners (piano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Peter Lawson (piano), Philha [ Heritage Records / 2 CD - released 12/May/2017 ] In the years immediately after the First World War, Gerald Berners was one of the leading avant-garde composers in England. His work was the subject of a number of controversies in the musical world and, to the popular UK press, he became known as... |
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JACQUES IBERT
Chamber Music Michael Dussek (piano), Bryan Lewis (harp), Richard Alsop (double bass), Bridge Quartet [ Somm / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death, French composer Jacques Ibert is a major composer who won the Prix de Rome in his youth was a pupil of Fauré. |
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Monica Huggett, Richard Savino
Duets for Violin & Guitar (music of Giuliani and Paganini) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] "one of the best orchestral recordings of the digital era" - Stereophile |
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MAX BRUCH
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] As part of a tribute to Lydia Mordkovitch, this re-issue features Bruch's Violin Concertos Nos 2 and 3 performed by Lydia Mordkovitch with Richard Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra. Both were recorded in 1998 in Blackheath Halls in London. |
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MOZART / BACH
Mozart's Real Musical Father Duo Pleyel: Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya [ Linn Records / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Following their superb Dussek album (5 stars in BBC Music Magazine), Duo Pleyel's Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya explore the seminal role a musical father figure can play in shaping another composer. From Mozart's first meeting with... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Jose van Dam - Autograph José van Dam (bass-baritone) with Roberto Alagna, Karita Mattila, Richard Leech, Cheryl Studer, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2015 ] As one of the great singers of his era, and an artist favoured by such conductors as Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti, José van Dam recorded for all the major labels, including Warner labels Erato and Teldec, but he enjoyed an especially close... |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV232 Nancy Argenta (soprano) Mark Tucker (tenor) / Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] The almighty B minor Mass conducted by Richard Hickox |
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SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 3 / Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 84 / etc Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2002 ] Performance **** Sound Quality ***** BBC Music Magazine |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Poisoned Kiss (Compete opera) Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano; Roderick Williams baritone; Graham-Hall tenor; Richard Suart baritone; Adrian Partington Singers; BBC National Orc [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "So it's a damp pastiche of G&S: does that matter when the music is so glorious?" - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Recorder Sonatas Pamela Thorby (recorder) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Jul/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM "Better known as a member of the Palladian Ensemble, Pamela Thorby has given the recorder a status in the Baroque repertoire that it deserved to recapture. Childhood memories of the... |
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JOHN TAVENER
Fall and Resurrection Patricia Rozario / Michael Chance / Martyn Hill / Stephen Richardson / Richard Hickox [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] G :- Fall and Resurrection is a deeply religious work. It tries to encompass, in brief glimpses the events which have taken place since the beginning of time, but with reference to Christian doctrine. |
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LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Berkeley, Michael - Concerto for Organ and Orchestra; Viola Concerto / Berkeley, Lennox - Voices of the Night, Op. 86; Symphony No. 2 Paul Silverthorne, viola; Thomas Trotter, organ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] 'The fourth volume of the invaluable Chandos Berkeley series repeats the successful formula of the previous issues... like the others in this series, this is a disc to return to for ever-increasing rewards.' International Record Review |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Favourite Ballads of Yesteryear Peter Dawson, Josef Locke, Joan Hammond, Richard Tauber, Webster Booth, Father Sydney McEwan, etc [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] 24 Classic tracks - 'The Floral Dance', 'All in the April Evening', 'The Yeomen of England', 'Bless This House' & many others. |
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GLIERE
The Glière Orchestral Collection [5 CD set] Peter Dixon (cello) Richard Watkins (horn) / BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 8/Sep/2011 ] Sir Edward Downes enjoyed a long association with the BBC Philharmonic, serving as its Chief Guest Conductor, then Principal Conductor, and finally as Conductor Emeritus. His recording of Glière's Symphony No. 3 Ilya Muromets proved the beginning of... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Death in Venice (complete opera) Philip Langridge (tenor) Alan Opie (baritone) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / BBC Singers / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "A vivid portrayal from Langridge and Hickox on top form does Britten proud" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (May 2005) |