Haydn, Franz Joseph > Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition / Hickox, et al

8 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Watson, Janice; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

The combination of ideal, sympathetic soloists and the combined Collegium Musicum 90 choral and orchestral forces led the way to an enormously successful series, which...continue...

Richard Hickox - CBE - A Celebration

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Pageantry, suite for brass band; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Scotch Strathspey and Reel, folk song for male chorus (or ma...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Harper, Heather; Little, Tasmin; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Tear, Robert; Terfel, Bryn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Chorus; London Symp...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis / Hickox, Gritton, Winter, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in honorem BVM, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in E flat major ("Missa St. Joseph" /; Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Mariazel...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As ever, Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due...continue...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis, Missa sunt bona mixta malis / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5; Missa Sunt Bona Mixta Malis, for chorus & organ in D minor, H. 22/2
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"...[The "Missa Cellensis"] is pervaded by the brilliant C major sonority of trumpets and timpani, served up with the young Haydn's typical confidence and verve....continue...

Haydn: Heiligmesse, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B flat major, H 22 no 13 "Schöpfungmesse"; Missa Sancti Nicolai, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in G major ("Nikolaimesse"), H. 22/6
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"This is the fourth disc of Richard Hickox's Haydn Masses for Chandos...The performances have been full of vitality and vigor without rushing the music. Though...continue...

Haydn: Nelson Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Ave Regina Coelorum for soprano, chorus, 2 violins & organ in A major, H. 23b/3; Missa brevis, for 2 sopranos, chorus, organ & strings i...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

The fifth disc in the enormously successful Haydn Mass Edition features the most popular of all Haydn's masses, the "Nelson Mass." The outstanding combination of...continue...

Haydn: Paukenmesse, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-01-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Te Deum, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in C major, H. 23c/1; Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9; Alfred,...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Take warning: this disc uses period instruments. If you can't abide them, you will not like this. Yet it is one of the most significant...continue...

Haydn: Harmoniemesse, Salve Regina / Hickox, Argenta, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-11-18

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Harmoniemesse"), H. 22/14
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Haydn's Alpha and Omega here: his first major work, the Salve regina of 1756, juxtaposed with his last, the Harmoniemesse of 1802, so-called because of...continue...

Haydn: Creation Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-11-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Schöpfungsmesse"), H. 22/13; Missa Rorate coeli desuper, in G major (lost), H. 22/3
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

"...this new reading eclipses both [Marriner on EMI & Guest on London] in the quality of its choir and soloists, the subtlety of Hickox's direction...continue...

Haydn: Theresienmesse, Kleine Orgelmesse / Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-03-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As you may suspect, these are period instrument performances. If you dislike that concept you need read no further...Richard Hickox proves sympathetic to the music,...continue...