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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...

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...

Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street / Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-04-23

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street, opera
Performers: Check, Jennifer; Farrugia, Amelia; Hernandez, Levi; Howard, Yvonne; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Menotti: Violin Concerto, Death of Orpheus, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Muero porque no muero, cantata; Llama de Amor Viva, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; For the Death of Orpheus, for tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; MacDougall, Jamie; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

"The chorus and orchestra from the festival that Menotti has run for over 40 years respond wholeheartedly under the direction of Richard Hickox... The Violin...continue...

Menotti: Apocalisse, Sebastian Suite, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-04-24

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Apocalypse, for orchestra; Fantasia for cello & orchestra; Sebastian
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

"The latest in the Hickox Chandos Menotti rehabilitations is the best of all. This is all accessible music that has something to say." -Herman, ARG...continue...

Menotti: The Consul / Hickox, Bullock, Spoleto Festival

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-03-23

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
Performers: Austin, Charles; Broadbent, Graeme; Bullock, Susan; Eckhoff, Herbert; Livengood, Victoria; Manci, Giovanni; Murray, John Horton; Otey, Louis; Wiper, Robin Blitch
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

This production of 'The Consul' was made in the summer of 1998 at the 40th Spoleto Festival under the direction of the composer. Written in...continue...