Rickards, Steven

My First Lullaby Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Arnold Bax: Lullaby, for piano; Ig...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Gens, Veronique; Jando, Jeno; Linell, Dorothy; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Rickards, Steven; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Veselka, Stefan; Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Clark, Keith; Judd, James; Casadesus, Jean-Claude

For centuries, babies and children all over the world have been rocked to sleep with a song to calm them. Whether parents sing or play,...continue...

Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas / Mouton, Gabrieli, Praetorius and Guerrero

1 CD / Chanticleer/Naxos / 2011-11-15

Works: Jean Mouton: Ave Maria Virgo Serena, for 5 voices; Jacobus Handl: Canite Tuba in Sion; Andrea Gabrieli: Quem vidistis, pastores, motet for 8 voices; Michael Praetorius: In dulci jubilo; Psallite unig...
Performers: Albinder, Frank; Bakkila, Ted; Baum, Kevin; Daniel, Mark; Fitch, Ken [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Freeman, Kevin; Gibler, Tim; Jennings, Joseph; Keller, Mark; Maund, Peter [Percussion]; Rickards, Steven; ...
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Ensemble: Chanticleer

Our Heart's Joy is an uplifting celebration of the music of Christmas, including works ranging from Renaissance motets to African-American spirituals and traditional carols. These...continue...

John Adams: El Niño / Nagano, Upshaw, White, et al

2 CD / Nonesuch Import / 2001-08-28

Works: John Adams: El Niño
Performers: Bubeck, Daniel; Chorus; Cummings, Brian; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Richards, Steven; Rickards, Steven; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Nagano, Kent

"John Adams's most recent major vocal work is not quite an oratorio nor quite an opera... so 'staged oratorio' is probably the best label for...continue...
Personnel: Dawn Upshaw (soprano); Phillip Dennis (tenor); Brian Cummings (countertenor); Willard White (baritone); Brycyn "Juvie" Evans, Robert Fardell, Martin Nelson, Simon Preece (bass voice); J&#...continue...