Holst, Gustav > Hickox, Richard

Holst: The Wandering Scholar; Suite de ballet; A Song of the Night / Ingrid Attrot; Neill Archer, Alan Opie, Donald Maxwell, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; Northern Sinfonia

Another re-release from Hickox's classic recordings finds us knee-deep in lesser-known and widely varied works of Gustav Holst. The Suite de Ballet is one of...continue...
Recording information: St. Nicholas' Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (05/15/1996-05/16/1996)....continue...

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

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: 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; R...

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...continue...

Holst: The Planets, A Moorside Suite / Hickox, Stobart

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: A Moorside Suite, H 173; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Stobart, James; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Collegiate Brass; London Symphony Orchestra

"..recording, made at EMI's Abbey Road, is clear and clean...plenty of edge...inner detail impressive...powerful set of Planets.." - (Gramophone)...continue...

An Introduction to Gustav Holst

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Gibson's performance of 'The Planets' was a famous demonstration CD on its initial release, being both the first digital recording of this work and the...continue...

Bear Essentials - Great British Orchestral Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Façade, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Gustav H...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Latham-Koenig, Jan; Gamba, Rumon; Handley, Vernon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Willcocks, David; Turovsky, Yuli; Garforth, David...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici de Montr&eacut...

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...

Holst: Savitri / Hickox, Kwella, Palmer, Langridge, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-07-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Sávitri, chamber opera, Op. 25, H. 96; Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 48, H. 174
Performers: Kwella, Patrizia; Langridge, Philip; Palmer, Felicity; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

Holst's chamber opera "Savitri" is based upon a story taken from a Sanskrit source. A woodcutter's wife cleverly outwits Death, who has come to take...continue...

Holst: The Wandering Scholar, etc / Hickox, Attrot, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176
Performers: Archer, Neill; Hatfield, Lesley; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

The neglected chamber opera "The Wandering Scholar" is a brief comedy with no overture or "big tunes." Holst used charming folk-rhythms and simple melodies to...continue...

Holst: The Cloud Messenger, A Choral Fantasia, etc / Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-05-18

Works: Gustav Holst: The Cloud Messenger, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 30, H. 111; The Hymn of Jesus, for 2 choruses, female semi-chorus & orchestra, Op. 37, H. 140; Ave Maria, Op. 9b/H 49; Motets (2), for c...
Performers: Jones, Della; Milhofer, Mark; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Wheatley, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Cloud Messenger is a 43-minute work of considerable imaginative power. Before its previous single-issue release it had been virtually forgotten since...continue...

Explore the Classics - Power

1 CD / Allegro Imports / 1998-03-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Toccata and Fugue for Orga...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Guillou, Jean; Pizarro, Artur
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Christophers, Harry; Mata, Eduardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Duke Quartet

Holst: Orchestral Works / Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-02-20

Works: Gustav Holst: A Fugal Overture, Op. 40 no 1/H 151; A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 no 2/H 87; Scherzo, for orchestra, H. 192; Egdon Heath (Homage to Hardy), for orchestra, Op. 47, H. 172; Prelude and Sch...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Holst: St Paul's Suite, etc / Hickox, London Sinfonia

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-04-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Double Concerto, for 2 violins & orchestra, Op. 49, H. 175; Songs (2) Without Words for chamber orchestra, Op. 22, H. 88; Lyric Movement, for viola & chamber orchestra, H. 191; Brook Gr...
Performers: Tees, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

Britten, Finzi, Holst: Choral Works / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-10-01

Works: Gerald Finzi: Requiem Da Camera; Benjamin Britten: Deus in adjutorium meum, motet for chorus (from "This Way to the Tomb"); Chorale on an Old French Carol, for double chorus; Cantata misericordium, f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alley, John [Piano]; Barlow, Alison; Dorey, Susan; Hoult, David; Roberts, Edward; Singers, Britten; Tees, Stephen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Ward, Nicholas [Conductor]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Britten Singers; City of London Sinfonia