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Hubert Parry: Works for Orchestra & Chorus - Te Deum; Magnificat; England; Jerusalem / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Neeme Jarvi

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Hubert Parry: Te Deum, for chorus & orchestra; England, for chorus & orchestra; The Birds of Aristophanes, suite for orchestra; Jerusalem; The Glories of Our Blood and State, for chorus & orchestra; ...
Performers: Roocroft, Amanda
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

With a foreword by Parry enthusiast HRH The Prince of Wales, this release features orchestral and choral works spanning the length of Parry's composing life,...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (05/17/2012-05/19/2012)....continue...

Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works - The Collector's Edition / Connolly, Langridge, Gerhardt, Hickox

6 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Frank Bridge: Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Isabella, symphonic poem for orchestra, H. 78; Poems after Richard Jefferies, for orchestra, H. 118; Mid of the Night, symphonic poem for ...
Performers: Connolly, Sarah; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Langridge, Philip; Shelley, Howard; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The complete orchestral works by Frank Bridge are here released in an attractive six-disc box for the first time, as part of the new Hickox...continue...
Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, England....continue...

British Flute Concertos by Alwyn, Berkeley, Poulenc, Dove / Emily Beynon, flute

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Jonathan Dove: The Magic Flute Dances, concerto for flute & orchestra; William Alwyn: Concerto for flute & 8 winds; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for Flute Op...
Performers: Beynon, Emily
Conductors: Tovey, Bramwell
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The Welsh flautist Emily Beynon plays a selection of British flute concertos, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Bramwell Tovey. Beynon is...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall (10/27/2011-10/29/2011)....continue...

Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas: Film Music / Rumon Gamba

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Arthur Benjamin: The Conquest of Everest; Storm Clouds, cantata from The Man Who Knew Too Much, film score; An Ideal Husband; Leighton Lucas: Yangtse Incident; Portrait of Clare; The Dam Busters; Sta...
Performers: Court, Robert; Roe-Williams, Catherine; Sara, Abigail
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Arthur Benjamin composed the Storm Clouds Cantata in 1934 for Hitchcock's first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. In the 1956 color remake...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (10/03/2011-10/05/2011).

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) is by far the better known of the two composers represented on this CD, a beautifully rec...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...

Leighton - Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Hickox, Scott, BBC National Orchestra of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-05-27

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Symphony for strings, Op. 3; Concerto for organ, string orchestra & timpani, Op. 58; Concerto for string orchestra, Op. 39
Performers: Scott, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Superb performances, superbly recorded, but the impact and power of the organ concerto is stunning. This is a wonderful issue on its own terms and...continue...

Elgar: Symphony no 3, etc / Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 (incomplete; completed by Anthony Payne); Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode; Pomp and Circumstance March no 6, for orchestra (completed by Anthony Payne)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Following the success of Symphony No. 1, which was Gramophone's Editor's Choice, and Symphony No 2 which was Classic FM magazine's Disc of the Month,...continue...

Elgar: Symphony no 1, Organ Sonata / Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Sonata for Organ in G major, Op. 28
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

" Richard Hickox is back on sovereign form for Elgar. The BBC Welsh forces are world-class here, in a reading that pulses along with clarity...continue...

Bliss: Violin Concerto, etc / Mordkovitch, Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-10-17

Works: Arthur Bliss: A Colour Symphony, for orchestra, Op. 24, F. 106; Concerto for Violin & orchestra, Op. 79, F. 111
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

In this new recording of Bliss's Violin Concerto, Lydia Mordkovitch, famous for her readings of British music, offers her own personal interpretation of the part...continue...

Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Percy Grainger: Work(s); Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Herbert Howells: Dances (...
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; McCann, Phillip; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Reilly, Tommy; Stephens, Alison
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Godwin, Anthony; Rothstein, Jack [Violin]; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; ; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Johann Strauss Orche...

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in...continue...

Stanford: Songs of the Sea, etc / Finley, Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2006-06-27

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of the Fleet, for baritone voice, chorus & orchestra, no 1, "Sailing at Dawn" Op. 117/1; Songs of the Fleet, for baritone voice, chorus & orchestra, no 2, "The Song o...
Performers: Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Chorus of Wales; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Stanford was particularly known in his day for his choral works and declared that the poem should always remain the principal consideration, governing all other...continue...

Tippett: The Rose Lake, Ritual Dances / Hickox

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2005-10-18

Works: Michael Tippett: The Rose Lake, for orchestra; Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

On holiday in Senegal in 1990, Tippett was taken to visit a small lake, le Lak Rose, which under the midday sun is transformed from...continue...

Elgar: Symphony no 2 / Richard Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Elgar's Symphony No. 2 is influenced by a visit to Tintagel, a village on the coast of Cornwall, and the home of Alice Stuart-Wortley, perhaps...continue...

Gilbert & Sullivan: Cox and Box, Trial by Jury / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Cox and Box; Trial by Jury
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Evans, Rebecca; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Thaxton, David; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Chamber Choir

"Chandos and conductor Richard Hickox present, conveniently and joyously, Sullivan's two wonderful one-act operettas on one disc, and in doing so make one wonder if...continue...

Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 6 / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: Frank Bridge: Blow out, you bugles, for tenor & piano (or orchestra), H 132; Adoration, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 57; Where she lies asleep, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 113; Love we...
Performers: Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Langridge, Philip
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Frank Bridge was a shy man, and words didn't come easily to him. Instead, he expressed himself through his music. Writing vocal music must have...continue...

Berkeley Edition Vol 5 - Lennox and Michael Berkeley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for Piano in B flat major, Op. 29; Poems (4) of St. Teresa of Avila, for alto & strings, Op. 27; Michael Berkeley: Gethsemane Fragment, for string orchestra; Tristessa, for ...
Performers: Burnard, Steven; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"This magnificent series devoted to the two Berkeleys continues... as in the previous three volumes there are revelations, with Richard Hickox as the ideal interpreter...continue...

Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 5 - Suite, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Frank Bridge: Suite for string orchestra, H 93; The Hag, song for baritone & orchestra, H 14; Songs (2) of Robert Bridges, for baritone & orchestra, H. 65; Threads (2 Intermezzi), incidental music fo...
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox's series of Frank Bridge's orchestral works is the first comprehensive survey of works by this quintessentially English composer. It has brought many new...continue...

Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 4 / Hickox, Gerhardt, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: Frank Bridge: Rebus, overture for orchestra, H. 191; Oration, concerto elegiaco for cello & orchestra, H. 180; Allegro moderato, fragment of a symphony for string orchestra, H. 192; Lament, for strin...
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Chorus of Wales; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"This is a fine disc in an important series." - D. Moore, ARG...continue...

Berkeley Edition Vol 4 / Silverthorne, Trotter, Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Michael Berkeley: Organ Concerto; Concerto for Viola; Lennox Berkeley: Voices of the Night, for orchestra, Op. 86; Symphony no 2, Op. 51
Performers: Silverthorne, Paul; Trotter, Thomas
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

This fourth release in the highly acclaimed Berkeley Edition features premiere recordings of Lennox Berkeley's Voices of the Night and Michael Berkeley's Organ and Viola...continue...

Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 3 / Shelley, Hickox, BBC Wales National

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Frank Bridge: Coronation March, for orchestra, H. 97; Summer, tone poem for orchestra, H. 116; Phantasm, rhapsody for piano & orchestra, H. 182; There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, for orchestra,...
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The Guardian
The performances under Hickox are as authoritative as ever.
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Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 3 / Shelley, Hickox, BBC Wales National

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Frank Bridge: Coronation March, for orchestra, H. 97; Summer, tone poem for orchestra, H. 116; Phantasm, rhapsody for piano & orchestra, H. 182; There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, for orchestra,...
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Howard Shelley has enjoyed a distinguished career as a pianist and conductor since his acclaimed 1971 London debut. He has won exceptional praise for his...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss / Hickox, BBC National

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss, opera
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; McGilloway, Emer; Pearson, Gail; Richardson, Mark [Engineer]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Suart, Richard; Watson, Jan...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Written in the late 1920s when he was at the height of his powers, The Poisoned Kiss is Vaughan Williams's forgotten opera:...continue...

The Berkeley Edition Vol 3 - Lennox and Michael Berkeley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-07-22

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Symphony no 4, Op. 94; Michael Berkeley: The Garden of Earthly Delights, for orchestra; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Eager, Mark; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Robertson, Martin; Whiting, Nicholas
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Lennox Berkeley's Fourth is the most expansive of his symphonies and should appeal to those who find the others too acerbic or terse. It's a...continue...

The Berkeley Edition Vol 3 - Lennox and Michael Berkeley

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-07-22

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Symphony no 4, Op. 94; Michael Berkeley: The Garden of Earthly Delights, for orchestra; Concerto for Cello
Performers: Eager, Mark; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Robertson, Martin; Whiting, Nicholas
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The Berkeley Edition Vol 2 - Lennox and Michael Berkeley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Symphony no 3 in One Movement, Op. 74; Sinfonia Concertante for oboe & chamber orchestra, Op. 84; Michael Berkeley: Concerto for oboe & string orchestra; Secret Garden, for large orc...
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"This is the second volume of Chandos's Berkeley series. See my review of Volume 1. Michael Berkeley's haunting Concerto for oboe and string orchestra is...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...

Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 2 - The Sea, Dance Poem, etc / Hickox, BBC Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-22

Works: Frank Bridge: Dance Rhapsody, for orchestra, H. 84; The Two Hunchbacks, incidental music; Dance Poem, for orchestra, H. 111; Norse Legend, for small orchestra, H. 60; The Sea, suite for orchestra, H....
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Excellent orchestral playing, some firstrate annotation by Paul Hindmarch and characteristically ripe sound from Chandos help to cement a strong recommendation." - Andrew Achenbach, Gramophone...continue...

The Berkeley Edition Vol 1 - Lennox and Michael Berkeley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Symphony no 1, Op. 16; Serenade for Strings, Op. 12; Michael Berkeley: Concerto for horn & string orchestra (revised version, 1994); Coronach, for strings
Performers: Pyatt, David [Horn]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Lennox Berkeley and his son Michael represent two of the brightest stars in 20th century British music... Fresh rhythms and vibrant brassplaying immediately capture the...continue...

Rubbra: Sinfonieta Concertante, etc/ Hickox, Shelley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-01-22

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Sinfonia concertante, Op.38; A Tribute for Ralph Vaughan-Williams on His 70th Birthday for orchestra, Op 56; The Morning Watch, Op 55; Ode to the Queen, Op.83
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Chorus of Wales; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Chandos continues its critically acclaimed survey of the music of Edmund Rubbra with this title which contains the only recording available of "The Morning Watch."...continue...

Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol 1 - Isabella, Enter Spring, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Frank Bridge: Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Isabella, symphonic poem for orchestra, H. 78; Poems after Richard Jefferies, for orchestra, H. 118; Mid of the Night, symphonic poem for ...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"A fascinating, revealing disc - and one which happens to be very enjoyable, too. Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales are the...continue...

Rubbra: Complete Symphonies / Hickox, BBC National Orchestra

5 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Symphony no 1, Op 44; Symphony no 2, Op 45; Symphony no 3, Op 49; Symphony no 4, Op 53; Symphony no 5 in in B flat, Op 63; Symphony no 6, Op 80; Symphony no 7 in C, Op 88; Symphony no ...
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Chorus; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rubbra: Symphonies no 5 & 8, etc / Hickox, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-04-20

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Symphony no 8, Op 132 (Hommage à Teihard de Chardin); Salutation (from A Garland For The Queen); Symphony no 5 in in B flat, Op 63
Performers: Bickley, Susan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rubbra's Eighth Symphony is commonly regarded as an orchestral masterpiece and one of his finest symphonies. It is fitting that this series from Richard Hickox...continue...

Rubbra: Symphonies no 3 & 7 / Hickox, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-07-21

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Symphony no 3, Op 49; Symphony no 7 in C, Op 88
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"With this disc Richard Hickox reaches the penultimate issue in his magisterial survey of the Rubbra symphonies...To sum up, these are magnificent and impressive accounts...continue...

Rubbra: Symphony no 1, etc / Hickox, Shelley, BBC NOW

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-07-15

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Symphony no 1, Op 44; A Tribute for Ralph Vaughan-Williams on His 70th Birthday for orchestra, Op 56; Sinfonia concertante, Op.38
Performers: George, Michael; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Manning, Peter
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"An important issue...[After the first performance of the Symphony under Sir Adrian Boult in 1937] Parallels were drawn with Vaughan Williams's Fourth and Walton's B...continue...

Rubbra: Symphonies 2 & 6 / Hickox, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Symphony no 6, Op 80; Symphony no 2, Op 45
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"...I must pay tribute to the enthusiasm and spirit of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Their playing and Hickox's mastery in balancing Rubbra's close-packed...continue...

Rubbra: Symphony no 9, etc / Hickox, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-04-23

Works: Edmund Rubbra: The Morning Watch, Op 55; Symphony no 9, "Sinfonia Sacra", Op 140 "The Resurrection"
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Its depth and beauty call to mind only the most exalted of comparisons...This is music of inspired breadth and serenity and everyone connected with this...continue...

Rubbra: Symphonies no 4, 10, 11 / Hickox, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-11-21

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Symphony no 4, Op 53; Symphony no 10, Op 145 "Sinfonia Da Camera"; Symphony no 11, Op 153 (In One Movement)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"...Richard Hickox has the measure of its breadth and serenity, and secures a sense of total commitment and dedication from his excellent players. The Chandos...continue...

Franck: Psyché, etc/ Tadaaki Otaka, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-03-21

Works: César Franck: Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44; Psyché, symphonic poem for chorus & orchestra (also arr. for piano, 4 hands),...
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales