FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works, Volume 2 (Incl Norse Legend) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] Performance **** Sound Quality **** BBC Music Magazine |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Orchestral works Vol 1 (Incls 'Symphony for Strings, Op. 3') BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] 'John Scott is a first-rate soloist in this taxing work and Richard Hickox directs superbly paced and eloquent performances of this fine music.' BBC Music Magazine (five stars) |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 1 Op. 55 / Sonata for Organ, Op. 28 BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "Hickox and his players do Elgar proud on a spectacular disc. Richard Hickox is back on sovereign form for Elgar. The BBC Welsh forces are world-class here, in a reading that pulses along with clarity and splendour, building to a gloriously... |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 2 / In the South BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] 'Critical comment on the recording of the Second Symphony: Elgar's Second Symphony blossoms in the hands of Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.' Classic FM Magazine 'Disc of the month' |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 3 / So Many True Princesses Who Have Gone / etc BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] 'I'm more favourably inclined towards this magnificent SACD release because it seems to lay out its typical Elgarian indirectness in a more logical and easily discerned way..No serious Elgarian should even think of passing it by.' American Record Guide |
TIPPETT
The Rose Lake / Ritual Dances BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] To coincide with the centenary year of Tippett's birth, and following on from his highly successful recordings of the symphonies and other orchestral works, Richard Hickox has recorded two of the composer's most famous orchestral works, The Rose Lake... |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Symphonies Nos 3 & 7 BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) - "The seventh symphony receives a performance of real power from Hickox and his Welsh Orchestra. |
RUBBRA
Complete Symphonies BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Aug/2001 ] |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: Symphonies Nos 2 & 6 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Thanks to all concerned are in order - for Hickox's perceptive interpretation, the players' dedication and sensitivity and last but not least, the exemplary recorded sound that we rather take for granted on this label. Strongly recommended.' Gramophone |
EDWARD GREGSON
Orchestral Works [incls 'Concerto for Orchestra'] Richard Watkins (horn) Wissam Boustany (flute) / BBC Philharmonic, Bramwell Tovey [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "There really is something for everyone in this disc - glorious Arnoldesque tunes, stimulatingly serious expression, brilliant orchestration: a very Gregsonian cocktail. Enjoy!" (Gramophone) |
GRAINGER
The Grainger Edition Volumes 1-19 [special price] BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, with Penelope Thwaites (piano) [ Chandos Grainger Edition / 19 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Nothing here sounds, tired, routine or gap-filling dull. And certainly Grainger emerges as far more than pretty, cosy or genteel; more a case of romantic, folksy, dangerous, exultant, tumultuous and, yes, sentimental." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
GOODWIN / BLISS / ARNOLD / RAWSTHORNE / COATES / ALWYN / etc
British Film Classics [2 CD set] BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox; Earl Wild piano / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] 'British Film Classics' represents some of the greatest film music ever written in some of the finest recorded performances. The repertoire juxtaposes some much-loved film scores with unexpected and original items, to form a highly satisfying and... |
ROGER SMALLEY
Pulses for brass, percussion and electronics BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bernas [ NMC / CD - released 4/Jun/2005 ] "Pulses is still fresh and impressive 25 years on, its sound growing inexorably like cumulus clouds... The performers... do the piece full justice, prompting a query as to why it has not been played more often." The Wire 1994 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
The Pardoner's Tale / The Nun's Priest Tale / Franklin's Tale [Middle English] (Unabridged) Richard Bebb (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2007 ] These three tales from The Canterbury Tales are read in the original Middle English by Richard Bebb under the direction of Britain's foremost Chaucer scholar, Derek Brewer. This was Bebb's last recording-he died shortly after finishing it-but though... |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue / The Physician's Tale (Unabridged) Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc, Michael Maloney (narrators) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2006 ] The Canterbury Tales are widely read and studied. The Middle English in which they were first written differs sufficiently from modern English, in vocabulary and usage, that most of us require a contemporary translation. On this recording, the... |
HANDEL
Song for St Cecilia's Day Mary Bevan (soprano) & Ed Lyon (tenor) / Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle [ Delphian / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] Following the widespread critical acclaim of their debut recording, 'Alexander's Feast', Ludus Baroque brings their celebrated verve to Handel's 'Song for St Cecilia's Day'. Coupled with his miniature cantata for tenor, 'Look down Harmonius Saint',... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1937) with additional arias Bidu Sayao / Sydney Rayner / Richard Bonelli / Maurice Abravanel (cond) [ Naxos Immortal Performances / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Manon was Sayão's debut at the Met and introduces us to the exquisite, already accomplished art of this marvellously beautiful and gifted soprano. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Singers of the Century: 35 Supreme Voices Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Fritz Wunderlich, Richard Lewis, Leontyne Price, Mario Del Monaco, etc [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Thirty five magnificent voices in arias from operas we all know and love. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BRITTEN / HOLST / WARLOCK
English String Music Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Richard Studt (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Mar/2004 ] "the strings of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Richard Studt give freshly alive and highly spontaneous perfomrances" - Classic CD |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes / etc Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] This newly remastered recording presents a varied selection of orchestral works by Benjamin Britten, performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Richard Hickox, to mark the great composer's centenary year. |