EUGENE GOOSSENS
Symphony No. 1 / Phantasy Concerto Howard Shelley, piano / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "With Howard Shelley as the soloist, the performance has a glittery sheen; it's an attractive, likable work that deserves at least an occasional outing." The Guardian, 20th February 2009 **** |
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... |
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. |
Mimi And Richard Farina
The Best Of Mimi & Richard Farina [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Memories [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Pack Up Your Sorrows [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Reflections In A Crystal Wind [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi & Richard Farina
The Complete Vanguard Recordings [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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 |
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. |
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... |
JAMES DILLON
East 11th Street Music Projects London / Richard Bernas, conductor [ NMC / CD - released 4/Jun/2005 ] Gramophone Award nomination - Best Contemporary Recording 1993 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses 'Paukenmesse' / Incidental music to 'Alfred, Kanig der Angels / Te Deum Nancy Argenta, Catherine Denley, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/1998 ] The Chandos Mass Edition continues |
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 |
FRANZ LEHAR
Lehar: The Land of Smiles (Sung in English) Nancy Gustafson, Jerry Hadley, Naomi Itami / English Chamber Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] Sung in English by an impressive cast, the rarely recorded operettas The Czarevitch and The Land of Smiles are sure to delight. The music of Franz Lehar under the direction of Richard Bonynge is a perfect match. Bonynge delights in rediscovering... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Chamber Music [Piano Quartets, String Quintets, String Sextets, etc] The Nash Ensemble, with Richard Hosford (clarinet) [ Onyx / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "The splendid performance of the piano quartet shows the young Brahms's intellectual power and melodic abundance to magnificent advantage." (Sunday Times) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WALTON / HOLST / STANFORD / QUILTER / BRITTEN / etc
An Anthology of English Song (2 CDs) Neal Davies (baritone) Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) Bernadette Greevy (mezzo-soprano) Susan Gritton (soprano) Nik Hancock-Child (baritone) etc [ Naxos English Song Series / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Song, the combination of words and music, has taken highly characteristic forms in the various countries of the world, with the music shaped by the sounds of words, the particular linguistic patterns of vowels and consonants, and of grammar. |
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 |
HANDEL / MOZART / BEETHOVEN VERDI / PUCCINI
Heroines Nicole Car, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ ABC Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] Stunning young Australian soprano Nicole Car is one of the brightest stars in international opera. In September 2018 she will make her debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera opposite Vittorio Grigolo and Michael Fabiano, and November sees her debut... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss/Wagner: Vocal and Orchestral Works Robert Plane (clarinet), Lesley Hatfield (violin), Jard van Nes (contralto) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/1995 ] "This is a disc for anyone who prefers Wagner out of the opera house, and more intimate than grandiloquent. Hero and lover alike are seen at one remove, through the shimmering haze of Hans Werner Henze's chamber-orchestra scoring of the Wesendonck... |