Hatfield, Lesley

Holst: The Wandering Scholar; Suite de ballet; A Song of the Night / Ingrid Attrot; Neill Archer, Alan Opie, Donald Maxwell, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; Northern Sinfonia

Another re-release from Hickox's classic recordings finds us knee-deep in lesser-known and widely varied works of Gustav Holst. The Suite de Ballet is one of...continue...
Recording information: St. Nicholas' Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (05/15/1996-05/16/1996)....continue...

The Silence of Being - The Music of Arvo Pärt

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: Fratres; Festina lente; Fratres, for cello & piano; Summa, for string orchestra; Fratres, for wind octet & percussion; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bel...
Performers: Ambrus, Karoly; Anderson, Mark; Arato, Peter; Banhegyi, Geza; Berman, Boris; Castets, Maryse; Domonkos, Judit Kis; Eisrich, Antal; Eros, Jozsef; Faludi, Judit; Falvay, Sandor; Fodor, Agnes; Gunn, Nat...
Conductors: Benedek, Tamás; Yuasa, Takuo; ; Edison, Noel; Alsop, Marin; Wit, Antoni; Zender, Hans; Hillier, Paul; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Kent, Fuat; Lintu, Hannu
Ensemble: ; Albert Schweitzer Quintet; Art Nouveau Ensemble; Continuum; Tonus Peregrinus

An elegant 6 CD package containing the complete Naxos recordings of Arvo Part including: Fratres, Tabula Rasa, Collage uber Bach, Symphony No. 3, Berliner Messe,...continue...

Weber: Piano Quartet, etc / Gaudier Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-07-12

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat major, J 182/Op. 34; Trio for flute, cello & piano in G minor, J. 259 (Op. 63); Quartet for Piano and Strings in B flat major ("Grand ...
Performers: Blankestijn, Marieke; Hatfield, Lesley; Hosford, Richard; Juda, Iris; Marks, Christoph; Martin, Jaime; Tomes, Susan [Piano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gaudier Ensemble

This new recital brings together all of Weber's chamber works to employ more than two musicians. The Gaudier Ensemble is among the foremost of chamber...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...

Arvo Pärt - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Für Alina, for piano; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Davis, Peter R.; Eisrich, Antal; Falvay, Sandor; Hatfield, Lesley; Helmerson, Frans; Hirsch, Rebecca; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Kovacs, Miklos; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Mulligan, Simon; P...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Benedek, Tamás; Pitts, Antony; Edison, Noel; Yuasa, Takuo; Cox, Neil
Ensemble: ; Choir of Lancing College; Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers; Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St; Tonus Peregrinus; Ulster Orchestra

This absorbing, two-CD anthology combines quality performances . . . Certainly, there is no more contextual way of getting to know the composer than this...continue...

Casken: Night Fire Sun Silence

2 CD / Metier / 2005-06-01

Works: John Casken: Infanta Marina, for English horn & small ensemble; Après un silence, for violin & piano; Firewhirl, for soprano & ensemble; Piano Quartet; Après un Silence, for violin & chambe...
Performers: Aspin, David; Ball, Andrew; Casey, Richard; Hatfield, Lesley; Humphreys, Kyra; Jacobson, Julian; Langridge, Jennifer; Routledge, David; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: ; Rundell, Clark
Ensemble: ; Apollo Saxophone Quartet; Ensemble 10/10; Royal Northern College of Music New Ensemble

Classical Chill

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a; E.J. Moeran: Trio for s...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Anthony, Adele; Bakels, Kees; Bloch, Thomas; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Edison, Noel; Edlinger, Richard; Europea...
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Yuasa, Takuo; Griffiths, Howard; Panula, Jorma; Penny, Andrew; Kamu, , Okko; Bakels, Kees; Robinson, Christopher; Wit, Antoni; Summerly, Jeremy; Edison, Noel; Good...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Elora Festival Singers; English Northern Philharmonia; European Union Baroque Orchestra; Ge...

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listener...continue...

Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Symphony no 3, Collage / Yuasa, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa, concerto for 2 violins (or violin & viola), prepared piano & string orchestra; Collage sur B-A-C-H for Strings, Oboe, Harpsichord and Piano; Symphony no 3
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Hirsch, Rebecca
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

For any seasoned collector who already knows these great works by Arvo Part, these splendid performances merit a duplication in your collection. And for those...continue...

Holst: The Wandering Scholar, etc / Hickox, Attrot, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176
Performers: Archer, Neill; Hatfield, Lesley; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

The neglected chamber opera "The Wandering Scholar" is a brief comedy with no overture or "big tunes." Holst used charming folk-rhythms and simple melodies to...continue...

Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, etc / Plane, Griffiths, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-01-01

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 31; Bagatelles (5) for clarinet & piano, Op. 23; Love's Labours Lost, incidental music, suite for small orchestra, Op 28; A Seve...
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Plane, Robert
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

"...I relaxed to enjoy this splendid recording...There is a strong feeling of the English countryside, as in so many of this composer's works...The sound throughout...continue...