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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Canticum Canticorum: Spanish polyphonic settings from the Song of Songs Orchestra of the Renaissance / Richard Cheetham (director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Orchestra of the Renaissance, Richard Cheetham (director) & Michael Noone (guest conductor) |
MESSAGER
Les Deux Pigeons (Complete ballet) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] A real rarity of the ballet world, this marvellous score, 'rediscovered' by Sir Frederick Ashton, was one of Decca's most glorious recordings of ballet music by that pioneer of this genre, Richard Bonynge. Not included on the 10CD Penguin... |
Paddy Free with Richard Nunns
Karekare: Te Reo O Te Whenua [ Dub Conspiracy Music New Zealand / CD - released 14/Jul/2008 ] Ranging from dreamy ambience to full-on pounding beats, this CD is a sonic journey that captures the many moods of Karekare and features guest vocals in Te Reo from Tiki Taane, Waimihi Hotere, Te Wharetatao & Corrina Hunziker. |
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 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses 'Nelsonmesse' / Missa brevis Pamela Helen Stephen, Stephen Varcoe, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/1999 ] "Choose Hickox, for his more palpable sense of physical and spiritual elation, and for the beauty and intensity of Gritton's contribution" (Gramophone) |
WILLIAM BYRD
One Byrde in Hande: Byrd's Keyboard Music Pamela Thorby (recorder) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) [ Linn / CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - EARLY MUSIC |
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. |
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 |
JOHN IRELAND
Greater Love Hath No Man Paula Bott (soprano) Teresa Shaw (contralto) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This excellent Ireland disc, probably all youll ever need of this prolific Mancunian composer and organist whose pupils included Britten, shows him at his evocative best… Epic stuff.' The Observer |
HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ von BIBER
The Rosary Sonatas Pavlo Beznosiuk (violins) David Roblou (harpsichord/organ) Paula Chateauneuf (Theorbo) Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da Gamba) & Timothy West (reader) [ Avie / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
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. |
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... |
W. A. MOZART
Peter Serkin plays Mozart Peter Serkin (piano) with Rudolf Serkin (piano), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra [ Sony Classical Masters / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Jun/2019 ] Peter Serkin, whose recorded output is dwarfed by his fathers in sheer size but by no means in artistic distinction, is spotlighted in a new release playing Mozart: his complete RCA recordings of the composer. |
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) |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Choral Music Philip Langridge (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus Richard Hickox / The RIchard Hickox Singers / Exultate Singers [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2019 ] "The Exultate Singers are an admirable group of 16 voices, with firm tone and excellent chording. Their words, moreover, are as clear as choral words can be" Gramophone |
Philip Pickett & Richard Thompson
The Bones Of All Men [ Hannibal / CD - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |
MICHAEL & LENNOX BERKELEY
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 30 / Concerto for Orchestra 'seascapes' Philippe Schartz (trumpet) Kathryn Stott, Howard Shelley (pianos) BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Kathryn Stott and Howard Shelley are the formidable exponents of this 'super-piano', while here in the Michael Berkeley pieces Richard Hickox inspires incisive playing from the members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales." (BBC Music) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn - Double Concerto & Octet Polina Leschenko (piano) Richard Tognetti (violin) / Australian Chamber Orchestra [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] Among the many child prodigies that have made their mark in the history of music, Felix Mendelssohn is, along with Mozart, possibly the most impressive. By the age of fifteen he had already composed 13 string symphonies and a number of concertos, and... |