Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox

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	The Perfect Fool, Op. 39 - The Perfect Fool, Op. 39: Dance of Spirits of Fire: Allegro moderato - Andante
	Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D. 950 - Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D. 950: Credo: Et incarnatus est
	The Consul - The Consul, Act II: To this we've come
	Symphony No. 1, Op. 22 - Symphony No. 1, Op. 22: I. Allegro
	The Pilgrim's Progress - The Pilgrim's Progress, Act III: The Pilgrim in Prison
	Messa da Requiem - Messa da Requiem: Dies irae: Tuba mirum
	Invocation - Invocation
	Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 - Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: V. The Old Superb: Allegro molto - Presto
	The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 - The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Part II: Praise to His Name! - Take me away
	We shall see him as he is - We shall see him as he is: Ikon VI
	Peter Grimes, Op. 14 - Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act III: Grimes!
	Songs of Sunset - Songs of Sunset: No. 8. They are not long, the weeping and the laughter
	Last interview with Richard Hickox, 22 November 2008 - Last interview with Richard Hickox, 22 November 2008

Album Summary

Performers

• Victoria Livengood (Mezzo Soprano)
• Herbert Eckhoff (Bass)
• Gerald Finley
• Skaila Kanga (Harp)
• Felicity Palmer (Soprano)
• Arthur Davies (Tenor)
• Patricia Rozario
• John Ainsley (Tenor)
• Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Sally Burgess (Mezzo Soprano)
• Pamela Stephen (Mezzo Soprano)
• Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone)
• James Gilchrist (Tenor)
• Bruce Martin (Bass)
• Cheryl Barker (Soprano)
• Anne-Marie Owens (Mezzo-soprano)
• John Shirley-Quirk (Bass Baritone)
• Heather Harper (Soprano)
• Roderick Elms (Organ)
• Philip Langridge (Tenor)
• Mark Padmore
• Susan Bullock (Soprano)

Conductor

• Hickox, Richard

Ensembles

• Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• BBC Welsh Symphony
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• City of London Sinfonia
• Collegium Musicum 90
• London Symphony Orchestra
• Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
• Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Composers

• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837)
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 - 2007)
• William Lloyd Webber (1914 - 1982)
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)

Notes & Reviews:

The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and breadth of his musical achievements were astonishing, not least on behalf of British composers. Richard Hickox had a long and deeply fulfilling relationship with Chandos, which enabled him to realize his artistic vision. His recorded legacy remains as a testament to his musical ability and the pieces, movements and other excerpts chosen for this two-disc set demonstrate all aspects of his art. Chandos will donate the profits from the sales of the set to The Richard Hickox Foundation which has been established to support the causes about which Richard felt passionately, among them support for British composers, young conductors and singers, and performances of British music.

bbc.co.uk - Charlotte Gardner
Inevitably when such a breadth of repertoire is being covered, we're talking movements rather than complete works, but it's been sympathetically programmed, and consequently the transitions don't jar the senses. Rather, it serves to highlight Hickox's wide-ranging musical knowledge and tastes, and his skill for creating dramatic atmosphere...Thank you, Chandos, for another fitting epitaph.

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Works Details

Bridge, Frank : The Sea :: 1. Seascape. Allegro ben moderato

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Running Time: 7 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910-1911

Britten, Benjamin : Albert Herring, Op. 39 :: Act 2. Scene 2. Duet. Come along, darling, come follow me qui

• Performers: Pamela Stephen (Mezzo Soprano); Roderick Williams (Bass Baritone); James Gilchrist (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1947

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version) :: 1. Lento - Allegro risoluto

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1911-1913

Mendelssohn, Felix : Elijah, Op. 70 :: Part 2. Air. O rest in the Lord

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 08/11/1846

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 102 in B flat major, H 1 no 102 :: 4. Finale. Presto

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Notes: Composition written: 1794.
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1794

Elgar, Edward : Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 :: 4. Lento - Allegro - Grandioso (poco largamente)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Running Time: 12 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1907-1908

Dvorak, Antonin : Rusalka :: O moon in the velvet heavens

• Performers: Bruce Martin (Bass); Cheryl Barker (Soprano); Anne-Marie Owens (Mezzo-soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Grainger, Percy : Molly on the Shore [British Folk Music Setting no 1] (based on two Cork reels)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1907-1914

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk : Mass in D major, Op. 111 :: 2. Gloria in excelsis Deo (from Gloria)

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 05/1808

Britten, Benjamin : War Requiem, Op. 66

• Performers: John Shirley-Quirk (Bass Baritone); Heather Harper (Soprano); Roderick Elms (Organ); Philip Langridge (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 17 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1961

Holst, Gustav : The Perfect Fool, Op. 39 :: Ballet. Dance of Spirits of Fire. Allegro moderato

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1918-1922

Schubert, Franz : Mass in E flat major, D 950 :: Credo. Et incarnatus est

• Performers: James Gilchrist (Tenor); Mark Padmore
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90
• Running Time: 6 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1828

Menotti, Gian Carlo : The Consul :: Act 2. Scene 2. To this we've come

• Performers: Susan Bullock (Soprano); Victoria Livengood (Mezzo Soprano); Herbert Eckhoff (Bass)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1950

Arnold, Malcolm : Symphony no 1, Op. 22 :: 1. Allegro

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 12 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1949

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The Pilgrim's Progress :: Act 3. Scene 2. The Pilgrim in Prison

• Performer: Gerald Finley
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
• Running Time: 11 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1949

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Dies irae. Dies irae, dies illa -

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Lloyd Webber, William : Invocation

• Performer: Skaila Kanga (Harp)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Stanford, Charles Villiers : Songs of the Sea, Op. 91

• Performer: Gerald Finley
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1904

Elgar, Edward : The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 :: Part 2. Praise to His Nam

• Performers: Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Arthur Davies (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1900.
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1900

Tavener, John : We Shall See Him as He Is :: Ikon 6

• Performers: Patricia Rozario; John Ainsley (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony
• Running Time: 6 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1992

Britten, Benjamin : Peter Grimes :: Act 3. Scene 2. Mad Scene. Grimes!

• Performer: Philip Langridge (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1945

Delius, Frederick : Songs of Sunset :: They are not long, the we

• Performers: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone); Sally Burgess (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1907