Since you are interested in Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BOCCHERINI / CHOPIN / POPPER / SAINT-SAENS / WAGNER / etc
Casals Encores Alban Gerhardt (cello) Cecile Licad (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication and bold imagination. Casals, I feel sure, would have approved." (BBC Music Chamber Choice Aug 2011) |
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' |
FAURE
Requiem, Op. 48 / La Naissance de VACnus, Op. 29 / Pavane, Op. 50 / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Libby Crabtree (soprano) Mary Plazas (soprano) James Rutherford (bass) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) / BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] "The Pavane and Cantique de Jean Racine both breathe the calm of the Requiem. While they are enjoyable makeweights, the disc's revelation is a wonderful performance of the rarely heard La Naissance de Venus… this piece is a little gem" Gramophone |
MICHAEL & LENNOX BERKELEY
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 30 / Concerto for Orchestra 'seascapes' Philippe Schartz (trumpet) Kathryn Stott, Howard Shelley (pianos) BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Kathryn Stott and Howard Shelley are the formidable exponents of this 'super-piano', while here in the Michael Berkeley pieces Richard Hickox inspires incisive playing from the members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales." (BBC Music) |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) / Overture to 'the Wasps' Susan Gritton (soprano) Gerald Finley (baritone) London Symphony chorus and orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 'Gritton's fearless and star-bright soprano waved the flags of the nations, and with [Geralrd] Finley, finally hoisted the anchor to set free the voyaging soul.' Hilary Finch, The Times, 06 June 2006 |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 / Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Mariss Jansons [ BR Klassik SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] The symphonic poem "Francesca da Rimini" stands opposite one of Tchaikovsky's most popular works on this SACD - the Symphony No. 5 in E minor. The poetic-dramatic work "Francesca da Rimini", based on an episode from Dante's "Inferno", which unfolds a... |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works [6 CD set] Various Soloists / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2012 ] The complete orchestral works by Frank Bridge are here released in an attractive six-disc box for the first time, as part of the new Hickox Legacy commemorative series on Chandos Records, leading up to (and continuing beyond) the fifth anniversary,... |