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Elgar: The Light of Life / Judith Howarth, Linda Finnie, Arthur Davies, John Shirley-Quirk, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

With this re-release the superior offerings of master conductor Richard Hickox are made available to new audiences. Elgar, well-loved for his massive and mighty Dream...continue...

Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance; Death of Tintagiles / Rosa Mannion, soprano; Thomas Randle, tenor; Matthew Brook, baritone

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of Hugh the Drover, opera); The Death of Tintagiles, incidental music
Performers: Mannion, Rosa; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Though quite popular and well-explored, the catalogue of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams still boasts a few rarely-heard gems. Richard Hickox interprets these near-forgotten beauties...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/03/1997-10/04/1997)....continue...

Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Dohnányi: Konzertstück / Raphael Wallfisch, cello

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Ernst von Dohnányi: Konzertstück for Cello and Orchestra in D major, Op. 12
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

This month, Chandos re-releases its recording of Dvorák's Cello Concerto in B minor and the Konzertstück for Cello and Orchestra by Dohnányi, performed by the...continue...
Recording information: St Jude's Church, Central Square, London (07/04/1988-07/05/1988)....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...

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...

An Introduction to Ralph Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

'The Lark Ascending' is the composer at his calmly lyrical best, and Michael Davis's performance of the solo violin part is simply beautiful. Those with...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...

Carwithen: Piano Concerto, ODTAA, etc / Hickox, Shelley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-04-18

Works: Doreen Carwithen: Overture-ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another); Concerti for piano and strings; Overture-Bishop Rock; Suffolk Suite
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Doreen Carwithen is better known as the devoted wife, Mary, of the composer William Alwyn. When Chandos brought out this CD in the mid-1990s, it...continue...

Parry: Invocation to Music, etc / Bamert, Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-03-21

Works: Hubert Parry: The Soul's Ransom, sinfonia sacra for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Choric Song from Tennyson's "The Lotus Eaters" for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Blest Pair of Sirens for chorus & or...
Performers: Cook, Brian Rayner; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Anne; Elms, Roderick; Jones, Della; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Chandos has been a major player in the long overdue rehabilitation of Parry's music. Here his most important large-scale choral works are available as a...continue...

Howells: Missa Sabrinensis, etc / Rozhdestvensky, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Herbert Howells: Missa Sabrinensis; Stabat Mater, for tenor solo, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Archer, Neill; Hill, Martyn; Jones, Della; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

This disc presents classic Chandos recordings of two spectacular choral works by a supreme master of the British choral tradition. Herbert Howell's music is distinctive...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...

Classics - Dyson: Symphony in G / Hickox, City of London Sinfonia

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: George Dyson: At the Tabard Inn, overture for orchestra; Symphony in G; In Honour of the City
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; London Symphony Orchestra

In June 1939, a few months before the outbreak of World War II, Dyson conducted a performance of his Symphony in G at Canterbury Cathedral....continue...

Bloch: Sacred Service / Simon, Berkman, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Ernest Bloch: Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ)
Performers: Berkman, Louis; Bransom-Jones, Jacqueline; Godfrey, Graham; Stuart, Richard
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
The Sacred Service may lack the electrifying zeal of Rózsa's Ben-Hur or Castelnuovo-Tedesco's I propheti, but Geoffrey Simon's luxuriously recorded and devoted acco...continue...

Howells: Orchestral Works / Hickox, London SO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Herbert Howells: King's Herald, for orchestra (from the suite Pageantry); Paradise Rondel, for orchetra, Op. 40; Fantasia for cello & orchestra; Threnody for cello & orchestra (orch. by Christopher P...
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Helped by rich, atmospheric sound, Richard Hickox draws performances both brilliant and warmly persuasive from the LSO." - Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' "Richard Hickox and the...continue...

Classics - Falla: Love the Magician, etc / Simon, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Nights in the gardens of Spain; Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Geoffrey Simon and the Chandos sound engineers have something new and fresh to offer... the singing of Sarah Walker with its vibrant, earthy vitality brings...continue...

The Strauss Family in London / Georgiadis, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-06-29

Works: Johann Strauss I: Huldigung der Königin Victoria von Grossbritannien, Op. 103; Frederika, polka for orchestra, Op. 239; March of the Royal Horse Guards, for orchestra; Alice, polka for orchestra...
Conductors: Georgiadis, John
Ensemble: Eduard Strauss Orchestra; Johann Strauss Ensemble; London Symphony Orchestra

Romantic Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Enigma Variations; Stanley Myers: The ...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Byfield, Jack; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; Edlina, Luba; Fingerhut, Margaret; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafa...
Conductors: Shepherd, Adrian; Shelley, Howard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Shostakovich, Maxim; Handley, Vernon; Byfield, Jack; Horenstein, Jascha; Järvi, Neeme; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tortel...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Cathedral Strings; I Musici de Montreal; London Mozart Players; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharm...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, etc / Simon, Kelly, London SO, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Festival Overture on the Danish National Hymn, Op. 15; Hamlet, incidental music for soprano, baritone & orchestra, Op. 67a
Performers: Hammond-Stroud, Derek; Kelly, Janis [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Name, etc / Hickox, Bott, etc

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: John Ireland: Vexilla Regis, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & organ; Greater love hath no man; These Things Shall Be, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; A London Overt...
Performers: Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Oxley, James; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies no 6 & 8, Nocturne / Hickox

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 6 in E minor; Nocturne (Whispers of Heavenly Death), for baritone & orchestra; Symphony no 8 in D minor
Performers: Williams, Robert
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies no 6 & 8, Nocturne / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 6 in E minor; Nocturne (Whispers of Heavenly Death), for baritone & orchestra; Symphony no 8 in D minor
Performers: Williams, Robert
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"These two symphonies make a complementary pair, the Sixth a dark work with thoughts of war and its aftermath, the Eighth a radiant celebration of...continue...

Opera in English - Yvonne Kenny 2 - R. Strauss, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Capriccio, Op 85; Franz L...
Performers: Edwards, Catherine; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Tim; Kenny, Yvonne; Quinteiro, Eligio; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Woodhouse, Nigel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Hickox, Watson, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); Symphony no 5 in D major; The Pilgrim Pavement, hymn for soprano, chorus & organ (or orchestra); Hymn tune Pr...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; Lane, Carys-Anne; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox Singers

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, Mass, etc / Hickox, LSO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor; Mass in G minor; Choral Songs to be Sung in Time of War (6) for chorus & piano or orchestra
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox Singers

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony, etc /Hickox, Evans, LSO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody for orchestra no 2 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"); The Running Set, fantasia on jig-rhythms for orchestra; Norfolk Rh...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 2; Butterworth / Hickox

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Britten: War Requiem, Sinfonia da Requiem, etc / Hickox, etc

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, for high voice, chorus & orchestra, Op. 14
Performers: Elms, Roderick; Harper, Heather; Hill, Martyn; Langridge, Philip; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir

Gramophone
Drawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that...continue...

Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Austin, Michael [Organ]; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Hicks, Malcolm; Isserlis, Steven; Jackson, Francis; Kee, Piet; Kennedy, Nig...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Newsome, Roy; ; Shepherd, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Standage, Simon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Spicer, Paul; Williams, Glyn; Williams, J. Glyn; Robinson, Chris...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Besses o' th' Barn Band; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Mu...

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2, Romeo & Juliet, etc / Simon, LSO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-02-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"; Serenade (for Nikolai Rubinstein's name-day), for small orchestra in D major; Mazeppa; Romeo & Juliet
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

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...

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...

Alwyn: Piano Concerto no 1 & 2, etc / Shelley, Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: William Alwyn: Concerto for Piano no 1; Concerto for Piano no 2; Overture to a Masque; Elizabethan Dances for orchestra
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

William Alwyn was a contemporary of Britten, Walton and Tippett. In addition to his 'serious' works, he was also a pioneer in composing for the...continue...

Vaughan Williams: London Symphony; Butterworth / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-05-22

Works: George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Hidden within the archives of the British Museum was the original 1913 version of Ralph Vaughan Williams Second Symphony. Withdrawn by the composer after the...continue...

Romantic Piano Concertos - Brahms, Schumann, etc / Margalit

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; ...
Performers: Margalit, Israela
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"These are bold and muscular performances" -Fanfare "a particularly brilliant recording" -Gramophone...continue...

Bruch: Violin Concerto no 3, Symphony no 1 / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-02-22

Works: Max Bruch: Symphony no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28; Concerto for Violin no 3 in D minor, Op. 58
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

This disc is particularly interesting in that it features the very rarely recorded Violin Concerto No. 3 by Max Bruch. This concerto is certainly the...continue...

Bruch: Symphony no 3, Violin Concerto no 2 / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-07-20

Works: Max Bruch: Symphony no 3 in E major, Op. 51; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 44
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

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...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Hickox, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-02-16

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); Symphony no 5 in D major; The Pilgrim Pavement, hymn for soprano, chorus & organ (or orchestra); Hymn tune Pr...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; Lane, Carys-Anne; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox Singers

The Fifth Symphony was first produced at a Promenade concert on June 24, 1943, with the composer conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Following the calculated...continue...

Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, Death of Tintagiles

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of Hugh the Drover, opera); The Death of Tintagiles, incidental music
Performers: Mannion, Rosa; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"...These are the first recordings of both works, and both are excellent. Hickox brings his usual clarity of texture and precision to the performances. The...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...

Verdi: Requiem / Hickox, Crider, Hatziano, Sade, Lloyd

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-07-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Crider, Michele; Hatziano, Markella; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Sade, Gabriel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Penguin Guide
[Hickox's] pacing flows more freely than has become the rule in latterday performances, yet there is never a feeling of haste, simply of heightened...continue...

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

Alwyn: Complete Symphonies, etc / Hickox, London SO

3 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-01-23

Works: William Alwyn: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 5, "Hydriotaphia"; Sinfonietta for strings
Performers: Stdianov, Konstantin; Vanderspar, Edward; Walden, Timothy
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Arnold: Symphonies no 5 & 6 / Hickox, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-09-19

Works: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony no 5, Op. 74; Symphony no 6, Op. 95
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Arnold's Fifth is one of his most accessible and rewarding works. The inspiration for the work was the early deaths of several...continue...

Arnold: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Hickox, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-03-21

Works: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony no 1, Op. 22; Symphony no 2, Op. 40
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Here's an entirely appropriate coupling of the first two symphonies, superbly played by the LSO and given demonstration sound in what's surely...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Complete Concertos / Thompson, London SO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Concerto for Violin in D minor ("Concerto Accademico"); Concerto for Tuba in F minor; Hymn-Tune Preludes...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Harrild, Patrick; Shelley, Howard; Sillito, Kenneth; Theodore, David
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Arnold: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / Richard Hickox, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-07-01

Works: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony no 3, Op. 63; Symphony no 4, Op. 71
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

The Film Music of William Alwyn / Hickox, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-11-01

Works: William Alwyn: Odd Man Out, Suite; The History of Mr. Polly, suite; Fallen Idol, Suite; The Rake's Progress
Performers: Hickox, Richard [Conductor]; London Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, England (1993)....continue...

Elgar: The Light of Life / Hickox, Howarth, Finnie, Davies

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-10-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Light of the World
Performers: Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Howarth, Judith; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra