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SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphony No. 4, Fantasia Concertante & Fantasia on a Theme of Handel Howard Shelley (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] Penguin Guide 3 Star Awarded for general excellence of the disc |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Harmoniemesse / Salve Regina in E Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox, with Nancy Agneta, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, & Stephen Vacoe [ Chandos Chaconne / CD ] " Tempos are lively, rhythms alert and vital. In the Mass Hickox generates an exhilarating symphonic momentum in, say, the opening sections of the Gloria and Credo, and, aided by an outstandingly clear, well-balanced recording.." Gramophone |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Symphonies 3 & 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] "Intriguing, stimulating, disturbing - this music is all these. Arnold's orchestral palette is all jewelled colours but his treatment is diamond hard. Hickox and the LSO are splendid." Classical-Music.com |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Rape Of Lucretia Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Catherine Pierard, Donald Maxwell / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus." BBC Music Magazine, October 2014 **** |
Hirini Melbourne and Richard Nunns
Te Hekenga-a-rangi [ Rattle Records / CD - released 10/Jun/2003 ] Highly innovative use of traditional Maori instruments, female voice, etc. Includes exclusive, fascinating video footage on companion DVD |
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
Gottschalk: A Night In The Tropics Hot Springs Music Festival / Richard Rosenberg [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2007 ] "If you know Gottschalk's unorthodox two-movement symphony A Night in the Tropics...hearing Richard Rosenberg's scrupulous new restoration will be akin to hearing Mussorgsky's Boris after living with Rimsky-Korsakov. Most obviously, the new edition... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchestral Works Vol 2 [Incls. 'Suite For Orchestra - The B's'] Yvonne kenny (soprano) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] "Essential listening for pursuers of the English pastoral vein: stunningly performed and recorded." MusicWeb |
MIKLOS ROZSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hungarian Sketches - The Miklos Rozsa Collection Igor Gruppman (violin) Richard Bock (cello) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1996 ] The New Zealand Symphony under James Sedares recorded the majority of Rosza's concert works on Koch. This CD contains a generous selection of those recordings. |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Dalibor (complete opera) Ivan Kusnjer, Richard Samek, Aleš Vorácek, Dana Burašová / BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Singers, Jiri Belohlávek [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/2015 ] "The BBC Symphony Orchestra plays with elegant clarity and a keen sense of drama, while the cast of native Czech singers is a revelation … The BBC Singers make a fervent contribution too … [an] admirable recording" (Daily Telegraph) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Orchestral Works, Cello Concerto, Sea Pictures, Dream of Gerontius Jacqueline du Pre (cello) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) Richard Lewis (tenor) / Halle Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli [ EMI British Composers / 7 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2022 ] Born in London of Italian-French parents, Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970) trained as a cellist and played in theatre and café orchestras before joining the Queen's Hall Orchestra under Sir Henry Wood in 1916. |
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mario Lanza, Tony Martin, Richard Crooks, Howard Keel, Tony Bennett, and more
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Deep in My Heart - The Songs of Sigmund Romberg [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] Romberg created a long string of musicals, the most memorable being his operettas of the 20s, The Student Prince, The Desert Song and The New Moon. |
Jeff Wayne / Various Artists, includes Richard Burton (narrator)
The War of the Worlds [ Columbia Records / 2 CD - released 24/Jul/2007 ] Re-mixed by Jeff Wayne and producer Gary Langham, this is a fantastic re-issue of the 90-minute double album musical masterpiece, 'The War of the Worlds'. |
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FRANZ LEHAR
Lehár: The Czarevitch [sung in English] Jerry Hadley, Naomi Itami, Lynton Atkinson / English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Telarc / CD - released 16/Apr/1997 ] "...superb solos and duets....its scoring is similarly striking, with balalaikas to provide Russian colour, and saxophone and gypsy violin to give a touch of humour to the opening duet for the comedy pair..." Gramophone |
ROMBERG / KERN / OFFENBACH / ZELLER / LEHAR / STRAUSS
Love Live Forever - The Romance of Musical Comedy Joan Sutherland (soprano) / Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2016 ] "The sumptuous recording catches the glory of Sutherland's voice to perfection against a sparkingly rich orchestral and vocal backing." (Penguin Guide) |
LEO DELIBES
Delibes: Lakme (Complete opera recorded in 1968) Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier / Orchestra and chorus of Monte Carlo National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD - released 12/May/1999 ] "(Joan's) "Bell Song" is treasurable, with an ease of execution which is almost frightening and a sinuousness which reeks of oriental mystery. Bacquier's Nilakantha is magnificent." MusicWeb |
LEO DELIBES
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delibes: Lakme (Complete opera recorded in 1968 with complete libretto) Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier / Orchestra and chorus of Monte Carlo National Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD - released 12/May/1989 ] "(Joan's) "Bell Song" is treasurable, with an ease of execution which is almost frightening and a sinuousness which reeks of oriental mystery. Bacquier's Nilakantha is magnificent." MusicWeb |
PUCCINI / VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Love Duets Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1999 ] The ardour and passion of some of the best-known love duets from Italian Opera are brought out to the full by the stunning voices of two of the world's greatest singers. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1981 with libretto) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra / National Philharmonic / Richard Bonynge [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2001 ] Classic 1981 recording, with full libretto and translations. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Rigoletto (Highlights from the opera) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Huguette Tourangeau / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / CD - released 27/Sep/1988 ] "[Pavarotti] is an intensely characterful Duke: an unmistakable rogue but a charmer, too...[Sutherland] is glowingly beautiful as well as supremely assured technically. Milnes makes a strong Rigoletto." Penguin Guide |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (complete opera recorded in 1971) [2 CDs with libretto] Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/2000 ] "Though some of the girlish freshness of voice which marked the 1961 recording had disappeared by the 1971 set, Sutherland's detailed understanding was intensified. Power is there as well as delicacy, and the rest of the cast is first-rate." (Penguin |
