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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...

Songs of Lennox Berkeley / James Gilchrist, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Lennox Berkeley: D'un vanneur de blé aux vents (Andante); Tombeaux, songs (5) after poems by Jean Cocteau, for soprano (or tenor) & piano; How Love Came In, for medium voice & piano; Bells of ...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Nicholls, Alison; Tilbrook, Anna

"How many of us have had the opportunity of hearing a programme of his songs such as this new album by the English tenor, James...continue...

Monteverdi Series Vol 3 - Sweet Torment / Hollingsworth, I Fagiolini, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il quinto libro de madrigali; Il sesto libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 6; Concerto. Settimo libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 9; Hor che'l ciel e la Terra; Gira il nemico in...
Performers: Eike, Bjarte [Violin]; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Quinteiro, Eligio; Ritchie, Fiona; Spissky, Peter; Sterling, David
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert
Ensemble: Barokksolistene (Chamber Orchestra); I Fagiolini

"By exploring works that move the emotions of the listener I Fagiolini present a sumptuous selection of madrigals which demonstrate both the huge variety of...continue...

Nielsen: Music for Wind Instruments / Athena Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Carl Nielsen: Quintet for Winds, Op. 43; Serenata in vano for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello and Double Bass, FS 68; Fantasistykker (Fantasy Pieces) (2), for oboe & piano, FS 8 (Op. 2); Canto serioso...
Performers: Best, Roger; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Butterworth, John; McNicol, Richard; Theodore, David; Watkins, David
Conductors:
Ensemble: Athena Ensemble

This re-issue gathers together Nielsen’s complete output for wind instruments in chamber form. They are all fine pieces which should be better known. Much of...continue...

Flaming Heart - Monteverdi: Madrigals, etc / I Fagiolini

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-01-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 4; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, Book 5; Madrigals, Book 8; Piagn' e sospira, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 4), SV 93
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Crookes, Anna; Halls, Matthew; Hogan, Louise; Lane, Carys-Anne; Martin, Catherine; Miller, David [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio; Smi...

"As anyone who has experienced a concert by Robert Hollingsworth and I Fagiolini, the group he founded 20 years ago, would expect, their first Monteverdi...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...

Classics - Wagner, Strauss / Richard Hickox, Jard van Nes, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, harp & strings, o.Op. 147 (TrV 293, AV 147); Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Siegfried Idyll
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Nes, Jard van; Plane, Robert; Reay, Stephen; Rhys, Christina
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Chorus

These titles were conferred by the conductor Hands von Bulow, who said that after Wagner there could be no Richard the Second. There is no...continue...

Corigliano: Symphony no 2, etc / Turovsky, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: John Corigliano: Symphony no 2; The Red Violin, suite from the film for violin & orchestra
Performers: Aubut, Alain; Halliday, Timothy Bruce; Lizotte, Caroline; Prevot, Christian; Proulx, Jacques; Turovsky, Eleonora
Conductors: Turovsky, Yuli
Ensemble: I Musici de Montreal

This recording features a suite from the famous film, 'The Red Violin', starring Samuel L. Jackson. The film is about a violin, mysteriously haunted by...continue...

Historical - Mariç: Song of Space, etc / Jagust, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Ljubica Maric: Byzantine Concerto, for piano & orchestra; Threshold of Dream, cantata for soprano, alto, narrator & chamber orchestra; Ostinato super Thema Octoïcha, for piano, harp & string orc...
Performers: Jovanovic, Olga; Maric, Ljubica; Nikolic, Dragonslava; Pikelj, Josip
Conductors: Danon, Oskar; Jagust, Mladen
Ensemble: Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra; RTBF Symphony Orchestra

Ljubica Maric was greatly interested in the folk music of her native Serbia and in the ancient music of the Orthodox Christian Church, influences which...continue...

Dohnányi: Concertos, Concertino / Bamert, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Ernst von Dohnányi: Concerto for Violin no 2 in C minor, Op. 43; Concertino, for harp & chamber orchestra, Op. 45; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B minor, Op. 42
Performers: Ehnes, James [Violin]; Lantaff, Clifford; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

James Ehnes, whom the Guardian newspaper referred to as 'spellbinding... jaw-droppingly virtuosic' is touring extensively over the next year and will be appearing at various...continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Music / Tortelier, Ulster Orchestra

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Tzigane; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro; Valses nobles et senti...
Performers: Blake, Christopher; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fleming, Colin; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Charles; Roberts, Stephen; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus; Ulster Orchestra

"...for those who above all simply with to luxuriate in some of the most spellbinding scores in existence, Torelier's set could well prove to be...continue...

Bizet: Carmen Suite no 1 & 2, etc / Tortelier, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Hubar, Theresia van Hellenburg; Swann, Christopher
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Classics - In Ireland - Orchestral Works by Hamilton Harty

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: Hamilton Harty: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Piano in B minor; Children of Lir for soprano & orchestra; Variations on a Dublin Air for violin & orchestra; Danny Boy (Londonderry Air);...
Performers: Binns, Malcolm; Fleming, Colin; Harper, Heather; Holmes, Ralph; Kelly, Denise; Lee, Pan Hon
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

This is by far the most comprehensive collection of this composer available. Harty was an Irish conductor and composer, who became conductor of the Halle...continue...

Debussy: Complete Works for Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Jeu...
Performers: Bell, Derek; Blake, Christopher; Fleming, Colin; Ingelton, Rachel; King, Christopher; Martin, Louise; Masters, Rachel; McChrystal, Gerard; Michael McGuffin [Piano/Conductor]; Queffelec, Anne
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Elizabeth Futral

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Semele; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Gioachino Rossini: Zelmira; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seragli...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Cohen, David; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Montague, Diana; Robinson, Dean; Wakeford, Lucy; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: White, Steven

"...there is much to enjoy here, especially in the French items where Futral's whitish tone sounds idiomatic, her high notes even tending towards the slight...continue...

Opera in English - Donizetti: Lucia of Lammermoor / Parry

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Chaundy, Stephen; Clarke, Paul Charles; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rice, Christine; Rose, Peter de; Wakeford, Lucy; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"Parry is an old pro when it comes to bel canto scores, as his many recordings for Opera Rara prove. Tempos are reasonable: never sluggish...continue...

Rota: Concertos / Marzio Conti, I Virtuosi Italiani

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-04-23

Works: Nino Rota: Harp Concerto in G major; Bassoon Concerto; Castel del Monte, ballad for horn & orchestra; Concerto for Trombone in C major
Performers: Carlini, Paolo; Corti, Guido; Prandina, Luisa
Conductors: Conti, Marzio
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani

"The gorgeous harp concerto that opens this program has a neo-classical air to it, but the notes more correctly describe it as 'neo-modal'. It may...continue...

Byways of British Music / Hickox, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: William Walton: Façade, for reciter & ensemble; Henry V; Christopher Columbus, music for radio for speakers, soloists, chorus, guitar & orchestra (also chora; Bernard Stevens: Mark of Cain; Symp...
Performers: Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Michael [Violin]; Haslam, David; Mackie, Neil; Masters, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Thompson, Bryden

"Hickox gets to the heart of the work..." -Classic CD "Addictive stuff! Brilliant." -Classic CD...continue...

Brahms: Choral Works / Parkman, Danish National Radio Choir

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-04-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (3) for chorus, Op. 42; Gesänge (5) for vocal sextet, Op. 104; Choruses (4) for female voices, 2 horns & harp, Op. 17; Vocal Quartets (6), Op. 112; Zigeunerlieder (11) for...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Lind, Leif; Yeats, Caitriona

"...the Danish Choir under Stefan Parkman is splendid in this repertory. Their almost flawless intonation and ensemble make easy work of Brahms's thick textures and...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody no 1, etc /Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; In the Fen Country; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

William Lloyd Webber: Invocation / Hickox, Little, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: William Lloyd Webber: Serenade for Strings; Invocation; Lento; Spring Miniatures (3) for piano; Aurora for orchestra; Nocturne for cello & piano; Love Divine, All Loves Excelling; Benedictus; Mass; J...
Performers: Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Little, Tasmin; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Westminster Singers

Bax: Octet, String Quintet, etc / ASMF Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-03-17

Works: Arnold Bax: Octet, for horn, piano & string sextet; Quintet for strings; Concerto, for flute, oboe, harp & string quartet; Threnody & Scherzo, for bassoon, harp & string sextet; In memoriam, for engl...
Performers: Bosch, Leon Enrique; Brown, Timothy; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Fingerhut, Margaret; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Latchem, Malcolm; Marrion, Paul; Orton, Stephen; Sheen, Graham; Sillito, Kenne...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

"Baxians everywhere will rejoice at the appearance of this beautiful and enterprising collection, which fills so many gaps in the composer's current discography...No praise can...continue...

Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, etc / Belohlávek, Czech PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-05-21

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Concerto, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp & orchestra; Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings, Op. 50
Performers: Bouskova, Jana; Doksansky, Ivan; Kimel, Frantisek; Seidl, Jiri; Valek, Jiri
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

Martin: Ballades / Bamert, London Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-08-22

Works: Frank Martin: Ballade for piano & orchestra; Ballade for trombone or tenor sax & small orchestra (arr. from "Ballade for trombone or tenor sax &; Ballade for cello & small orchestra (arr. from "Balla...
Performers: Bending, Adrian; Bousfield, Ian; Chambers, Celia; Dixon, Peter; Dukes, Philip; Elms, Roderick; Gledhil, Rachel; Masters, Rachel; Millar, Keith; Robertson, Martin
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"...Each Ballade is very enjoyable. Their attraction lies in the expertly scored virtuoso solo parts and imaginative orchestrations...The soloists are among Britain's leading musicians, and...continue...

Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, etc / Sakari, Iceland SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46; Swanwhite, suite for orchestra, Op. 54; King Christian II (Kung Kristian II), incidental music for voice & orchestra, Op. 27
Performers: Abendroth, Monika; Tiilikainen, Sauli
Conductors: Sakari, Petri
Ensemble: Iceland Symphony Orchestra

A Dance in the Garden of Mirth / The Dufay Collective

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-11-01

Works: Anonymous: Istanpita Ghaetta; Istampitta; Istampita Isabella; Danse, French 13th Century; Trotto-Salterello (Italian 14th Century); Salterello, Italian 14th Century; Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi: La U...
Performers: Bevan, Paul; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; Mizraki, Raphael; Pell, Susanna; Skuce, Peter

Harty: John Field Suite, etc / Thomson, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-02-01

Works: Hamilton Harty: A John Field Suite, for orchestra; Danny Boy (Londonderry Air); Suite From Handel's Water Music; In Ireland, fantasy for flute, harp & orchestra
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kelly, Denise; Lee, Pan Hon
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Gliere, Ginastera: Harp Concertos, etc / Masters, Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-09-01

Works: Reinhold Glière: Harp Concerto in E flat major, Op. 74; Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Op. 82; Alberto Ginastera: Harp Concerto, Op. 25
Performers: Hulse, Eileen; Masters, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

Alwyn: Lyra Angelica, Pastoral Fantasia, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-06-01

Works: William Alwyn: Autumn Legend; Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Strings; Tragic Interlude for 2 Horns, Timpani and Strings; Lyra Angelica for harp & strings
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Masters, Rachel; Tees, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, etc; Salieri / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Antonio Salieri: Concerto for Flute, Oboe & Orchestra in C major
Performers: Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Milan, Susan; Theodore, David
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

Ravel, Debussy, Saint-Saens / Kanga, ASMF Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane; Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp; Albert Roussel: Serenade ...
Performers: Bennett, William [flute]; Kanga, Skaila; Latchem, Malcolm; Marriner, Andrew; Shingles, Stephen; Sillito, Kenneth; Vigay, Denis
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.