Cliff Richard
Stronger Thru The Years [ Parlophone / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Cliff Richard is indisputably Britain's all-time greatest hit-maker - the ultimate pop star! No other UK band or solo artist is even close to equalling his 123 single hits, or can claim to have occupied a place in our charts for the equivalent of... |
Cliff Richard & The Shadows
OST: The Young Ones [ Hallmark / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] The third film vehicle for Cliff Richard, The Young Ones was a major success at the cinema and on the charts. The soundtrack album also featured The Shadows, who additionally wrote several of the film's songs, and would go on to top the album ... |
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 |
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 |
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 ] |
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... |
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. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphonies No 1 / Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Edlinger (cond), Michael Halasz (cond) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "there are few to match him [Edinger] for his immediacy of communication" - Penguin Guide |
HANDEL / BEETHOVEN / BACH / VERDI / ROSSINI / DELIBES / GOUNOD / etc/
Joan Sutherland: Oratorios & Recitals Dame Joan Sutherland, with Sir Peter Pears, Marilyn Horne, Kenneth McKellar, Barry Tuckwell, Richard Bonynge and others [ Decca / 37 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2024 ] The first set comprises Sutherland's complete Recitals and Oratorio recordings for Decca, ranging from the 1959 operatic recital recorded in Paris, with Nello Santi (has Verdi's "Santo di patria" ever rung out with greater thrill?). |
BRAHMS / LIGETI
Horn Trios Daniel Phillips (violin) / William Purvis (horn) / Richard Goode (piano) / Rolf Schulte (violin) / Alan Feinberg (piano) [ CD - released 9/Apr/2010 ] Building a Library First Choice - June 2007 |
BERNARD HERMANN
Moby Dick (Cantata) / Sinfonietta for Strings Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Michael Schønwandt [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "The recorded sound of this new Chandos recording is natural and balanced with some lovely performances by chorus and orchestra. The recording features a demonstration-worthy bass and rich sonorities" (MusicWeb) |
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... |
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... |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Semiramide (complete opera) Deborah Riedel / Filippo Adami / Altensteig Rossini Choir / Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (Conductor) [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 16/Jul/2006 ] "An interesting and very worthwhile release that throws light on a neglected corner of Meyerbeer's career. It is even more welcome as it is well performed and decently recorded" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
LEHAR
Giuditta (sung in English) Deborah Riedel / Jerry Hadley / English Chamber Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Telarc Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
PALSIELLO / BOYCE / CIMAROSA / GRETRY / etc
Cherry Ripe: Vocal treasures from the 18th and 19th centuries Deborah Riedel (soprano) / Arcadia Lane Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] In his latest venture, Cherry Ripe, Richard Bonynge has gathered enchanting pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries that will captivate us all. |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4 / Piano sonatas 14 ‘Moonlight' & 31 Dejan Lazic (piano) / Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (leader) [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "His Moonlight Sonata is clean, austere and breathtakingly beautiful." (The Guardian) |
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 |
Dolores Gibson meets RIchard Lewis & Friends
Hey Little Boy, Hey Little Girl - 1949-1962 [ Jasmine Records / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Unlike Roy Milton, Jimmy Liggins & Lloyd Glenn, Richard Lewis & Dolores Gibson were never the star attractions on the West Coast scene but judging by their personal appearances and recordings they must have had a following however short lived it was.... |
RICHARD FUCHS
The Third Richard: Highlights from the soundtrack of the film Donald Armstrong / Cristina Vaszilcsin / Vyvyan Yendoll / Richard Mapp [ Rollover Productions / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] |