HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
Gawain (complete opera) Marie Angel / Anne Howells / Richard Greager / John Tomlinson [ NMC / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] Birtwistle's fascination with myth and ritual has influenced many of his works and this opera, its libretto by David Harsent, is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with a plot featuring castles, eerie nocturnal... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses ''Groae Orgelmesse' & 'Missa Cellensis' Mark Padmore, Susan Gritton / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] "Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due liturgical gravity...a clear first choice." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Sept 2002) |
GEORGE DYSON
Nebuchadnezzar / Woodland Suite / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "Enthusiasts for the festive yet idiosyncratic mainstream of British choral music need look no further." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
COPLAND / PIAZZOLLA / HOGBERG / BRAHMS / etc
Dances to a Black Pipe Martin Frost (clarinet) / Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "This partnership of soloists and orchestra is an inspired one, not least in the smaller-scale pieces...There is a quirky and highly personal essay in lieu of booklet-note from Fröst himself." (Gramophone) |
JEAN FRANCAIX
The music for solo piano, duo & duet Martin Jones, with Richard McMahon & Adrian Farmer (pianos) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] " Martin Jones and his accompanying colleagues also obviously have a high regard for his music and that comes out in sparklingly brilliant performances." (MusicWeb) |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
The Gondoliers (1950 recording) Martyn Green, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Styler, Ella Halman, Richard Watson, Leonard Osborn / D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Isidore Godfrey [ Naxos Historical Great operetta recordings / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "This recording will appeal to collectors who are confirmed Gilbert and Sullivan fans, particularly to those who want to hear why Martyn Green was such a beloved Savoyard." (ClassicalNet) |
BRITTEN
Serenade / Nocturne / Les Illuminations / Noyes Fludde Martyn Hill (tenor) / Frank Lloyd (horn) / Coull String Quartet / Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra from Schools of Salisbury and Chester / Richard Hicko [ Virgin de Virgin / 2 CD - released 21/May/2006 ] [Song cycles] ‘Rewarding alternatives to the classic recordings by Peter Pears... Ravishing.’ Penguin Guide |
EUGENE GOOSSENS
Symphony No. 1 / Phantasy Concerto Howard Shelley, piano / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "With Howard Shelley as the soloist, the performance has a glittery sheen; it's an attractive, likable work that deserves at least an occasional outing." The Guardian, 20th February 2009 **** |
LORD BERNERS
The Lord Berners Collection Meriel Dickinson (mezzo soprano), Peter Dickinson, Richard Rodney Bennett, Lord Berners (piano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Peter Lawson (piano), Philha [ Heritage Records / 2 CD - released 12/May/2017 ] In the years immediately after the First World War, Gerald Berners was one of the leading avant-garde composers in England. His work was the subject of a number of controversies in the musical world and, to the popular UK press, he became known as... |
JACQUES IBERT
Chamber Music Michael Dussek (piano), Bryan Lewis (harp), Richard Alsop (double bass), Bridge Quartet [ Somm / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death, French composer Jacques Ibert is a major composer who won the Prix de Rome in his youth was a pupil of Fauré. |
Mimi And Richard Farina
The Best Of Mimi & Richard Farina [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Memories [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Pack Up Your Sorrows [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi And Richard Farina
Reflections In A Crystal Wind [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Mimi & Richard Farina
The Complete Vanguard Recordings [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
Monica Huggett, Richard Savino
Duets for Violin & Guitar (music of Giuliani and Paganini) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] "one of the best orchestral recordings of the digital era" - Stereophile |
MAX BRUCH
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] As part of a tribute to Lydia Mordkovitch, this re-issue features Bruch's Violin Concertos Nos 2 and 3 performed by Lydia Mordkovitch with Richard Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra. Both were recorded in 1998 in Blackheath Halls in London. |
MOZART / BACH
Mozart's Real Musical Father Duo Pleyel: Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya [ Linn Records / CD - released 11/Nov/2022 ] Following their superb Dussek album (5 stars in BBC Music Magazine), Duo Pleyel's Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya explore the seminal role a musical father figure can play in shaping another composer. From Mozart's first meeting with... |
JAMES DILLON
East 11th Street Music Projects London / Richard Bernas, conductor [ NMC / CD - released 4/Jun/2005 ] Gramophone Award nomination - Best Contemporary Recording 1993 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses 'Paukenmesse' / Incidental music to 'Alfred, Kanig der Angels / Te Deum Nancy Argenta, Catherine Denley, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/1998 ] The Chandos Mass Edition continues |