Frederick Delius - Fennimore and Gerda

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Fennimore and Gerda (Opera In Eleven Scenes)

Randi Stene (Mezzo Soprano) 

Judith Howarth (Soprano) 

Peter Coleman-Wright (Baritone) 

Mark Tucker (Tenor) 

Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir

Richard Hickox

Recorded in the Concert Hall of Danish Radio, Copenhagen, 11-14 May, 1997.

Antonin Dvorak - Rusalka (Opera in 3 Acts)

Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)

Rusalka – opera in three acts (1900)

Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil  on Karel Jaromír Erben's and Božena Němcová's fairy tales 

Cheryl Barker - Rusalka (soprano) 

Rosario La Spina - Prince (tenor) 

Anne-Marie Owens - Ježibaba (mezzo) 

Bruce Martin - Water Sprite (bass) 

Elizabeth Whitehouse - Foreign Princess (soprano) 

Barry Ryan - Gamekeeper/Huntsman (baritone) 

Sian Pendry - Turnspit (soprano) 

Sarah Crane - 1st Wood Nymph (soprano) 

Taryn Fiebig - 2nd Wood Nymph (soprano) 

Domenica Matthews - 3rd Wood Nymph (mezzo)

Opera Australia Chorus

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra/

Richard Hickox

rec. live, March 2007, Sydney Opera House

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos.5 & 6

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 5 Op.74 (1961) 

Symphony No. 6 Op.95 (1968)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recorded February 6-7, 1995

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 3 Op.63 (1954-57) 

Symphony No. 4 Op.71 (1960)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, November 22-23, 1993.

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No.1, Op. 22

Symphony No.2, Op.40

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, April 25-6, 1994.

William Lloyd Webber - Invocation; Serenade for Strings; Aurora

William LLOYD WEBBER (1914-1982)

Invocation

Aurora - tone poem for orchestra

Benedictus

Invocation

Jesus, Dear Jesus

Lento

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Mass: Princeps pacis

Nocturne

Serenade for Strings

Three Spring Miniatures

Julian Lloyd-Webber (Cello)

Tasmin Little (Violin)

Westminster Singers

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Recorded in: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London 8 July 1997, 24-25 July 1997 

and 14 November 1997

Arthur Bliss - A Colour Symphony; Violin Concerto

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

A Colour Symphony (1921-22, rev. 1932) 

Violin Concerto (1953-55) 

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox

rec. Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 17-18 January 2006

E.J. Moeran & Gerald Finzi - Orchestral Works

Moeran & Finzi Orchestral Works

Ernest John MOERAN (194-1950)

Sinfonietta

Serenade in G

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

The Fall of the Leaf

Nocturne - New Year Music

Northern Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Holst - The Wandering Scholar; Suite de Ballet; A Song in the Night

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934) 

Suite de Ballet 

A Song of the Night* 

The Wandering Scholar (Chamber Opera in One Act )

Alison………………………….Ingrid Attrot (soprano)

Pierre………………………… Neill Archer (tenor)

Louis………………………… Alan Opie (baritone)

Father Philippe……………….. Donald Maxwell (bass)

*Lesley Hatfield (violin) 

Northern Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Edmund Rubbra - Choral Works

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Choral Works

Song of the Soul, Op. 78 (1952) 

Four Mediæval Latin Lyrics, for baritone and string orchestra, Op. 32 (1947) 

Inscape, Suite for mixed choir, strings and harp, Op. 122 (1964) 

Veni, creator Spiritus, for mixed chorus and brass, Op. 130 (1965-6)

Advent Cantata: Natum Maria Virgine, Op. 136 (1968)

 

Stephen Varcoe (baritone) (op. 32 & 136)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus (op. 78, 122, 130 & 136)

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

rec. Blackheath Halls, London, 27-28 August 1999

Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder (orch. Henze), Siegfried Idyll; Staruss - Duett-Concertino, Ariadna auf Naxos (Overture and Scene)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Wesendonck Lieder (orch. Henze); 

Siegfried Idyll;

Träume, from Wesendonck Lieder (arr. for solo violin and orchestra) 

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

Overture and Dance Scene from Ariadne auf Naxos; 

Duett-Concertino

Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano)

Robert Plane (clarinet)

Stephen Reay (bassoon) 

Lesley Hatfield (violin) 

Christina Rhys (harp)

 

Northern Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Herbert Howells - Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2

Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983)

Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor Op.4

Piano Concerto No.2 in C major Op.39

Penguinski

Howard Shelley (piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recording Venue: Watform Colloseum: 22 & 23 May 2000.

La Flute enchantée - French Works for Flute and Orchestra (Jolivet, Godard, Chaminade, Martin, Ibert, Saint-Saens)

La Flute enchantée

French Works for Flute and Orchestra

Andre JOLIVET (1905-1974)

Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra (1949)

Cecile CHAMINADE (1857-1944) 

Concertino for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 107

Frank MARTIN (1890-1974)

Ballade

Benjamin GODARD (1849-1895) 

Suite de trois morceaux Op. 116

Camille SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921) 

Ascanio

Jacques IBERT (1890-1962)

Concerto for Flute & Orchestra

Susan Milan (flute)

Michael Dussek (piano)

City of London Sinfonia

Richard Hickox

Recorded at St Silas The Martyr, Kentish Town, London. 16-18 November 1989

William Walton - Christopher Columbus; Hamlet and Ophelia

Sir William WALTON (1902 - 1983)

Christopher Columbus - 

A Musical Journey (1942) (concert version arr. 2002 Carl Davis and Patrick Garland)

Hamlet and Ophelia (1947)  

(Suite arr. 1967 Muir Matheson from the Hamlet film score.)

Julian Glover, speaker ... Christopher Columbus

Jamie Glover, speaker ... ironic spirit / herald

Caroline Carragher, soprano ... Isabella

Jean Rigby, Mezzo-soprano ... Beatriz / woman

Philip Lloyd Holtam, speaker ... Sailor / voice

Craig Ogden, guitar; Tom Randle, tenor solo; Roderick Williams, baritone solo

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Richard Hickox

Nick Whiting, leader; Adrian Partington, chorus master

Recorded in Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, UK, 17 May 2004. 

William Alwyn - Complete Symphonies; Sinfonietta for Strings

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

The Complete Symphonies

Sinfonietta for Strings

Symphony No. 1 (1949) 

Symphony No. 2 (1953) 

Symphony No. 3 (1956) 

Symphony No. 4 (1959)

Symphony No. 5 "Hydriotaphia" (1973) 

Sinfonietta for Strings (1970) 

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

recorded Mar 1992 - Jan 1994 all digital recordings 

Gustav Holst - The Wandering Scholar; A Song of the Night; Suite de Ballet

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934) 

Suite de Ballet  

A Song of the Night* 

The Wandering Scholar Chamber Opera in One Act   

*Lesley Hatfield (violin)

Ingrid Attrot (soprano)

Neill Archer (tenor)

Alan Opie (baritone)

Donald Maxwell (bass)

Northern Sinfonia 

Richard Hickox

Britten - War Requiem; Sinfonia da Requiem; Ballad of Heroes

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

War Requiem, Op. 66 (1962)

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1941)

Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 (1939) 

Heather Harper (soprano); 

Philip Langridge (tenor); 

Martyn Hill (tenor – Ballad); 

John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone); 

Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral; 

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Richard Hickox

rec. 24-28 February 1991, St. Jude’s Church, Central Square, London

Delius - Sea Drift; Songs of Farewell; Songs of Sunset

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Sea Drift

Songs of Farewell

Songs of Sunset

Sally Burgess (soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone)

Waynflete Singers; Southern Voices

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Richard Hickox

Rec 27-28 February 1993, Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre

Tippett - Symphony No.2; Suite for New Year

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)

Symphony No. 2

Suite from New Year*

Timothy Holmes (saxophone)*

Alan Taylor (electric guitar)*

Robert Millett (drums)*

Kyle Horch (saxophone)*

Melanie Bush (saxophone)*

Steven Smith (electric guitar)*

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Tippett - Symphony No.1; Piano Concerto

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)

Symphony No. 1

Piano Concerto

Howard Shelley (Piano)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Release Date: February 28, 1995