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Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Gloria / Catherine Dubosc. Richard Hickox and City of London Sinfonia

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148; Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour
Performers: Dubosc, Catherine
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; City of London Sinfonia

He was a dandy - but also highly religious. He lived in the era of atonality, but his unmistakably personal music is firmly rooted in...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London (09/1990)....continue...

Essential Film Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K.183; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K....
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bell, David [Organ]; Callas, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hough, Stephen; Koopman, Ton; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Little, Tasmin; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Abel, David [Violin]; Previn, Andre; Love, Geoff; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Ormandy, Eugene; Barbi...

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi / Joan Rodgers, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alan Opie, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song, for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This re-release of Herbert Howells' Hymnus Paradisi and A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song forms part of the new Hickox Legacy series commemorating the life and...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (11/02/1998-11/04/1998); All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (11/07/1998)....continue...

Essential Trumpet / JS Bach, Handel, Haydn and Leopold Mozart / André, Balsom, Tarr, Wilbraham et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; George Frederick Handel: Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D major (spurious arrangement), HWV 341; Jeremiah C...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Balsom, Alison; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; East, Angela; Nicklin, Celia; Pickett, Philip; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]; Sillito, Kenneth; Soustrot, Berna...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Faerber, Jörg; Hickox, Richard; Balsom, Alison; Tate, Jeffrey; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Morton, Jonathan [Violin]; Lehan, Fritz; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Scottish Ensemble

Includes mr. shores trumpet tune (shore) / trumpet tune (an by various composers....continue...

Best Film 50

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-10-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K.626; Divertimento for string trio in E flat 'Puchberg' K.563; Serenade no 13 in...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Galway, James [Flute]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Previn, Andre; Karajan, He...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Best Of British / Addinsell, Arnold, Britten, Butterworth, et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Tunes; English Folk So...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Becu, Wim; Beniston, Paul; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Chambers, Colin; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Finch, Catrin; Johnston, Guy [Cello]; ...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Rattle, Simon, Sir; del Mar, Norman; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Davison, Arthur; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Dilke...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi of England

Celebrate the United Kingdom's favorite classical music with this exclusive EMI Classics release - Best of British. Get your tea and crumpets ready as you...continue...

Fauré: Requiem; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Performers: Birch, John; Jones, Aled; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard

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...

Ultimate Haydn - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Symphony no 95 in C minor, H 1 no 95; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Symphony no 96 in D major, H 1 no 96 "Mirac...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bonney, Barbara; Howells, Anne; Roberts, Stephen; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Stringer, Alan; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Dorati, Antal; Britten, Benjamin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher

The Legend of Sacred Music - From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Der Messias; Coronation Anthem; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; ...
Performers: Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dale, Laurence; Dami, Magali; Dubosc, Catherine; Gens, Veronique; Hantai, Jerome; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors: Corboz, Michel; Hill, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Parrott, Andrew; Willcocks, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Herreweghe, Philippe; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Pitz, Wilhelm; Conlon, James...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Seminario Musicale; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight into the great...continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Schubert: Mass in E flat D 950 / Richard Hickox, Gritton, Stephen, Padmore, Gilchrist, Rose, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D 950
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rose, Matthew; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. Much more than his previous efforts...continue...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Elegy for Strings, Op. ...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Ben-Tovim, Atarah; Borg, Kim; Bramma, Harry; Cahill, Teresa; Case, John Carol; Chapman, Michael; Cook, Brian R...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Groves, Charles, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Collingwood, Lawrance; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Robinson, Christopher; del Mar, Norman; Hal...
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

Following the releases of the Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert Collector's Edition Boxed sets, EMI Classics is now proud to present the Elgar Collector's Edition. To...continue...

Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, etc / Hickox, Padmore, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: George Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, for chorus & ensemble; Woodland Suite, for strings & winds; O Praise God in His Holiness; Praise; Be Strong & of Good Courage (Confortare)
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the world premiere recording of 'Woodland Suite' and the first recording of the 'Three Songs of Praise' in the version with orchestral accompaniment....continue...

Rubbra: Missa cantuariensis, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Missa cantuariensis, Op. 59; Dormi Jesu, Op. 3; That Virgin's Child Most Meek, Op. 114 no 2; Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici for chorus a cappella, Op. 66
Performers: Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Westminster Singers

Originally released by RCA on LP in 1975, this recording is reissued here, on CD for the first time. The Mass was commissioned while Rubbra...continue...

Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition / Hickox, et al

8 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Watson, Janice; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

The combination of ideal, sympathetic soloists and the combined Collegium Musicum 90 choral and orchestral forces led the way to an enormously successful series, which...continue...

Grand Opera Choruses - Bizet, Verdi, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-09-04

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Aida, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Frühbeck de Burgos, R.
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"zestfully infectious, buoyant, shaped beautifully, the result is in the demonstration bracket fully worthy of this polished and uninhibited singing?" -Penguin Guide...continue...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2005-07-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Palmer, Felicity; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Guest, George; Hickox, Richard

Hummel: Mass, etc / Richard Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Te Deum, for chorus & orchestra in D major, WoO 16, S. 70; Quod quod in orbe, gradual for chorus & orchestra, Op. 88; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 2 in E flat major...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Murray, Ann; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"It is astonishing that such fine pieces have been so completely neglected. They here inspire Hickox and his team to performances just as electrifying as...continue...

Bear Essentials - Remembrance Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-09

Works: Eric Coates: The Dam Busters, march for the film score; William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; A Wartime Sketchbook, for orchestra (arranged by C.Palmer from film scores); Coronation March "Cr...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick; Austin, Michael [Organ]; Bott, Paula; Collins, Anne; Crabtree, Libby; Elms, Roderick; Scott, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gamba, Rumon; Willcocks, David; Newsome, Roy; Brand, Geoffrey; Evans, Alex; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Stobart, James; Hickox, Richard; Bamert, Matthias; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: ; Besses O' Th' Barn Band; Black Dyke Band; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards

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: 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

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...

Hummel: Masses Op 111 & Op 77, Alma Virgo / Hickox, Gritton

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in D major, Op. 111; Alma virgo, offertory for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 89a; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 1 in B flat major, Op. 77
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

"Chorus and orchestra perform with great skill, fervor, clarity and impact. Their conviction and spirit are contagious and make a very persuasive case - perhaps...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...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis / Hickox, Gritton, Winter, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in honorem BVM, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in E flat major ("Missa St. Joseph" /; Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Mariazel...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As ever, Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due...continue...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis, Missa sunt bona mixta malis / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5; Missa Sunt Bona Mixta Malis, for chorus & organ in D minor, H. 22/2
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"...[The "Missa Cellensis"] is pervaded by the brilliant C major sonority of trumpets and timpani, served up with the young Haydn's typical confidence and verve....continue...

British Composers - Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-08-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; The Poisoned Kiss, overture; Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra; Easter ("Rise heart"), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical So...
Performers: Creswick, Bradley; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Northern Sinfonia of England

"Richard Hickox's affection for Vaughan Williams's music suffuses this generous compilation of his Eighties recordings with the Northern Sinfonia...Creswick is eloquent in 'The Lark Ascending'...he...continue...

The Chaconne Collection / Pastyme with good companye

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: ; George Frideric Handel: ; Henry Purcell: ; Antonio Vivaldi: ; Heinrich Ignaz Biber: ; Tomaso Albinoni: ; Johann Sebastian Bach: ; Various: Work(s)
Performers: Kee, Piet; Kirkby, Emma; Robson, Anthony; Thomas, David; Yates, Sophie
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Christophers, Harry;
Ensemble: ; Purcell Quartet; The Sixteen

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Haydn: Heiligmesse, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B flat major, H 22 no 13 "Schöpfungmesse"; Missa Sancti Nicolai, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in G major ("Nikolaimesse"), H. 22/6
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"This is the fourth disc of Richard Hickox's Haydn Masses for Chandos...The performances have been full of vitality and vigor without rushing the music. Though...continue...

Howells: Hymnus Paradidi, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-09-21

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song, for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"I remember wishing for a great version of 'Hymnus' in top-notch sound, and I'm thrilled to report that this extrordinary release is that in spades...Chandos...continue...

Haydn: Nelson Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Ave Regina Coelorum for soprano, chorus, 2 violins & organ in A major, H. 23b/3; Missa brevis, for 2 sopranos, chorus, organ & strings i...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

The fifth disc in the enormously successful Haydn Mass Edition features the most popular of all Haydn's masses, the "Nelson Mass." The outstanding combination of...continue...

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...

Haydn: Paukenmesse, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-01-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Te Deum, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in C major, H. 23c/1; Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9; Alfred,...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Take warning: this disc uses period instruments. If you can't abide them, you will not like this. Yet it is one of the most significant...continue...

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

Haydn: Harmoniemesse, Salve Regina / Hickox, Argenta, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-11-18

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Harmoniemesse"), H. 22/14
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Haydn's Alpha and Omega here: his first major work, the Salve regina of 1756, juxtaposed with his last, the Harmoniemesse of 1802, so-called because of...continue...

Delius: A Mass of Life, Requiem / Hickox, Bournemouth SO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-03-18

Works: Frederick Delius: Requiem, for soprano, baritone, double chorus & orchestra, RT ii/8; A Mass of Life (Eine Messe des Lebens), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, RT ii/4
Performers: Coleman-Wright, Peter; Evans, Rebecca; Rigby, Jean; Robson, Nigel; Rodgers, Joan; Waynflete Singers
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Waynflete Singers

"The Mass can be a problematic work, but Hickox proved in his 1996 recording, here reissued, that given a sumptuous recording, sensitive orchestral playing and...continue...

Haydn: Creation Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-11-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Schöpfungsmesse"), H. 22/13; Missa Rorate coeli desuper, in G major (lost), H. 22/3
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

"...this new reading eclipses both [Marriner on EMI & Guest on London] in the quality of its choir and soloists, the subtlety of Hickox's direction...continue...

Grainger Edition Vol 3 - Works for Chorus and Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-11-19

Works: Percy Grainger: Shallow Brown, chanty for 1 or 2 voices (solo or chorus) & ensemble (SCS 3); Marching Tune, folk song for chorus & brass choir (or piano or brass band) (BFMS 9); I'm Seventeen Come Su...
Performers: Archer, David; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Thwaites, Penelope; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watkinson, Andrew
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Joyful Company of Singers

"...Most of the music is glorious. I'm a sucker for songs of the sea, and here are two intensely sad, gorgeously atmospheric chanteys: 'Stormy' and...continue...

Grainger Edition Vol 1 - Orchestral Works / Hickox, BBC Phil

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-10-15

Works: Percy Grainger: The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare, for brass band (BFMS 36); Colonial Song, for orchestra (elastic scoring) (Sentimental no 1); English Dance, for orchestra & organ; Shepherd's Hey; The...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"...These offerings are not merely the light-hearted English country airs we usually associate with Grainger but some of his little heard original works...exceedingly well done,...continue...

Haydn: Theresienmesse, Kleine Orgelmesse / Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-03-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As you may suspect, these are period instrument performances. If you dislike that concept you need read no further...Richard Hickox proves sympathetic to the music,...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-09-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, opera; Flos campi; Household Music
Performers: Attrot, Ingrid; Dawson, Lynne; Daymond, Karl; Dukes, Philip; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

Bach: Mass in B minor / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Tucker, Mark; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Britten, Finzi, Holst: Choral Works / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-10-01

Works: Gerald Finzi: Requiem Da Camera; Benjamin Britten: Deus in adjutorium meum, motet for chorus (from "This Way to the Tomb"); Chorale on an Old French Carol, for double chorus; Cantata misericordium, f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alley, John [Piano]; Barlow, Alison; Dorey, Susan; Hoult, David; Roberts, Edward; Singers, Britten; Tees, Stephen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Ward, Nicholas [Conductor]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Britten Singers; City of London Sinfonia

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

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-08-01

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

Vivaldi: Gloria; Bach: Magnificat / Hickox, Kirkby, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-03-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ostro picta in D major, RV 642; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bonner, Tessa; Chance, Michael; Kirkby, Emma; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90