DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] Recorded in Bournemouth in 1994, this album, highly recommended by the Penguin Guide a year later, is now re-issued at 'classic Chandos' price. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra playing under the baton of Richard Hickox, Delius's palette of... |
KORNGOLD / STEINER / YOUNG / ROZSA
Captain Blood / The Three Musketeers / Scaramouche / The King's Thief (original film scores) Brandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Kaufman (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "An ensemble that has this genre of music running clearly in its collective blood....A valuable issue altogether" (MusicWeb July 2006) |
ANDRE TCHAIKOVSKY
The Merchant of Venice (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Richard Angas (Duke of Venice), Christopher Ainslie, Charles Workman, Adrian Clarke, Norman Patzke / Erik Nielsen [ EuroArts Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Apr/2015 ] "Bergian in idiom, it's a fine if uneven piece...Magdalena Anna Hofmann is a superb Portia; Jason Bridges exudes charm as Lorenzo; Eröd and Ainslie are heartbreaking and unforgettable." (The Guardian) |
LIZA LEHMANN / ARTHUR SOMERVELL / MAUDE WHITE
Splendid Tears: Setting of Alfred, Lord Tennyson Brian Thorsett, Richard Masters [ EM Records / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] A perusal of a catalogue of English-language musical settings quickly reveals the powerful attraction composers have had to the verse of Tennyson. |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle -: Sung in English (translation by Chester Kallman) Sally Burgess, Sir John Tomlinson / Opera North Orchestra, Richard Farnes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Eileen Farrell, Carol Smith, Richard Lewis, New York Philharmonic & Westminster Choir, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "Bernstein's first recording of the Missa Solemnis is notable for its high-voltage theatrical impact and committed choral singing. Introspective moments are hampered by close miking." (BBC Music) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Baroque Festival Capella Istropolitana, Richard Erdlinger [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/1994 ] Baroque Festival: Selected works by Pachelbel, Sammartini and more |
TRADITIONAL
The Manchester Carols Carol Ann Duffy, Sasha Johnson Manning / Manchester Carollers / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tanner [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] This new sequence of Christmas carols was written in 2007 by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy and composer Sasha Johnson Manning, and premièred in the same year. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 / Valiant for truth / Prelude and Fugue in C minor / etc Carys Lane (soprano) Ian Watson (organ) Malcolm Hicks (organ) / Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. - "this stimulating VW compilation undoubtedly deserves a hearty welcome." (Gramophone) |
Charles Richard-Hamelin
Échos: Chopin, Granados & Albéniz [ Analekta / CD - released 14/Feb/2025 ] Charles Richard-Hamelin continues his exploration of the works of Chopin, combining them with rare Spanish works composed at the turn of the 19th century. Frédéric Chopin, Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados were all virtuoso pianists whose music is... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos 22 + 24 Charles Richard-Hamelin Les Violons du Roy, Jonathan Cohen [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] In their very first recording together, pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin and the Violons du Roy present Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano concertos No. 22 and No. 24 that are replete with passionate outbursts, startling contrasts, rich orchestration and... |
PUCCINI
Puccini = Passion - The Richard Bonynge Edition Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Orchestra Victoria / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "[Barker] is known as a highly skilled and committed singer who gives her all on the stage ... her tone, support of the voice and vocal characterisation is a joy ... Barker's interpretations make as satisfying a disc of this demanding repertoire as I... |
DVORAK
Rusalka (complete opera in English) Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Rosario La Spina (tenor) / Bruce Martin (baritone) / Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Opera Australia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Cheryl Barker's voice opens up excitingly on the top notes, but in the medium-high range her timbre has no especial qualities. She gives a committed performance" (MusicWeb March 2008) |
The Choir of Llandaff Cathedral. Directed by Richard Moorhouse with Michael Hoeg (organ)
The Complete New English Hymnal (Vol 19) (Includes 'When I survey the wondrous Cross') [ Priory / CD - released 20/Dec/2004 ] Recorded in Llandaff Cathedral on 27th, 28th & 29th April 2004 |
WILLIAM BYRD
Cantiones Sacrae Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "If you like Byrd motets well upholstered and tightly shaped, generous in dynamic contrasts, this CD will do nicely." (MusicWeb May 2007) |
PETER PHILIPS
Cantiones Sacrae 1612 Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Philips is so skilful in writing antiphonal and echo effects that you could easily think you were listening to pieces for double choir...In this recording from 2002, Richard Marlow and his mixed-voice choir are excellent." (Gramophone Oct 2010) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Classics for Choir Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow [ Alto / CD - released 25/Nov/2014 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hymns from Cambridge (with Descants) Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow [ Alto / CD - released 7/Nov/2021 ] |
TRADITIONAL
Hymns From Trinity: 21 Favourite Hymns with descants Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] 21 favourite hymns with single & double descants devised by Richard Marlow. Incs A great & might wonder; Lo! He comes with clouds descending; Now thank we all our God; To the name that brings salvation. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / SCHUBERT / PARRY / ALLEGRI / FRANCK / etc
Miserere: Choral Favourites Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow [ Sony Essential Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Almost entirely undergraduates of the college, the choir of Trinity College comprises around thirty Choral Scholars. |