HANDEL
12 Solo Sonatas Op 1 Academy of Anciet Music / Richard Egarr [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Handel wrote the solo sonatas of Opus 1 for the professional musicians of his London opera orchestra.They demand considerable skill and stamina both from the soloist and the continuo. Prominent bass parts give the sonatas a contrapuntal strength and... |
GRAINGER
Volume 18: Works for Unaccompanied Chorus Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2002 ] This is Volume 18 of the Chandos Grainger Edition |
WALTON / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HOLST / DELIUS / ELGAR / etc
Great British Orchestral Classics (Incls 'Nimrod' from 'Enigma' Variations by Elgar, Tintagel by Bax & Summer Night on the River by Delius) Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox / Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Norman Del Mar / etc [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] Chandos is famous for its recordings of British music and this 2-CD set, available for the price of one full-price disc, is a compilation of some of its finest and most popular recordings. |
Richard Adams & Nigel Gavin
Recent Works [ Ode Records / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] Finally, after many years of working together on & off in the Nairobi Trio, these two master musicians have issued this stunning album of duet performaces. |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Troilus & Cressida (Complete Opera) Alan Opie (baritone) Judith Howarth (soprano) Arthur Davies (tenor) / English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "As for the recorded sound, the bloom of the Leeds Town Hall acoustic allows the fullest detail from the orchestra, enhancing the Mediterranean warmth of the score, helped by the wide dynamic range." (Penguin Guide) |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works, Volume 4 (Includes Rebus & A Prayer) Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Chorus of Wales / BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - '... this is an essential purchase for Oration alone - and the music itself deserves the widest dissmenation.' Gramophone |
SIR LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] 'Throughout Richard Hickox draws brilliant playing from his band, energetic where necessary, sonically overwhelming in the Garden. Anthon Burton's notes are excellent, too, helpful and so objective that they don't tell you how good all the music on... |
LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This third volume in Chandos' successful Berkeley series, featuring music by Lennox and Michael Berkeley, is released to celebrate the centenary of Sir Lennox Berkeley's birth. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Lost Concerts (Rec 1947) [two CD set] Alfred Blumen (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Strauss [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "This London account communicates... fervently his tender and passionate belief in the piece." Gramophone Magazine, April 2009 |
EMMERICH KALMAN
Kalman: Die Bajadere (complete operetta recorded in 2014) Alfred Grünwald Heike Susanne Daum, Rainer Trost, Anke Vondung / Köln WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Richard Bonynge [ CPO / 2 CD - released 5/Jun/2019 ] "A wholly charming operetta excellently performed. Not to be missed by operetta lovers!" MusicWeb |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Spring Symphony / Welcome Ode / Psalm 150 Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor) / Southend Boys Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] This re-release of the Spring Symphony, complemented by two smaller but equally life-confirming works by Britten, marks the composer's centenary year. It also forms part of our ongoing Richard Hickox Legacy series, which pays tribute to this great co |
FINZI / BRITTEN / HOLST
Works for Choir and Orchestra Alison Barlow (sop) John Mark Ainsley (ten) David Hoult (bar) Stephen Varcoe (bar) / Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "If any lover of the music of English twentieth century composers does not have this disc in their collection, they should take steps to rectify the omission immediately." (Recording of the Month musicWeb Aug 2013) |
MUSIC FOR MANDOLIN
Music of Mandolin Alison Stephens, Sue Mossop (mandolins) with Poppy Holden (soprano) & Richard Burnett (fortepiano) [ Saydisc / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] "Excellent and musical players .... a pleasing introduction to the mandolin" The Gramophone |
ELGAR / TAFFANEL / FAURE / WOODALL / HARTY / BOWEN / etc
Intimate Landscapes Anda Hollins (flute) Richard Mapp (piano) [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 18/Nov/2002 ] Guest Principal Flute with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra |
IAN VENABLES
On the Wings of Love / Venetian Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Richard Hosford (clarinet) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 21 / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - December 2010) |
Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr
Handel:complete Violin Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Apr/2003 ] |
Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr
Mozart: Violin Sonatas [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] |
SCHUBERT
Sonatas for Violin and Piano Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Oct/2007 ] These sonatas written by a Schubert at the age of 19 and 20, just as he was about to enjoy his first successes in Vienna, are truly touched by grace. Openly inspired by the heritage of the great Classical masters - Mozart, Haydn, and of course... |
W.A. MOZART
Violin Sonatas (1781) Andrew Manze (violin) / Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] Composed after he settled in Vienna, Mozart’s “Auernhammer” sonatas, K.376, 377 and 380, are the first fruits of his freedom from Salzburg serfdom and a sign of his new, revolutionary spirit. |
PANDOLFI MEALLI
Violin Sonatas (1660) Andrew Manze (violin) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Fred Jacobs (theorbo) [ Channel Canal Grande / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "Let it be said at once that these sonatas are remarkably interesting discoveries, often chromatically bold, rhapsodic and full of vitality and the most elaborate fantasy" Gramophone, July 1994 |