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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony, etc / Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-03-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"
Performers: Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"Gritton's fearless and star-bright soprano waved the flags of the nations, and with Gerald Finley, finally hoisted the anchor to set free the voyaging soul."...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, Mass in g, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-05-21

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor; Mass in G minor; A Song of Courage, for chorus & piano or orchestra in E flat major (Choral Songs to be Sung in Time; A Song of Liberty, for chorus &...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"It isn't just the dissonance and hard-edged scoring that makes [Symphony No. 4] an unusual work in Vaughan Williams's output; it's also one of his...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-02-17

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Performers: Bourton, Robert; Cox, Michael; Hugh, Timothy; Rigby, Jean; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"...[Vaughan Williams's] 'Five Tudor Portraits' find the composer at his most dazzlingly invnetive, the resourceful and witty writing fitting Skeleton's words like a glove...The coupling...continue...