classical music: Richard Hickox

classical music: Richard Hickox

classical music:

Richard Hickox

Purcell - Dido & Aeneas / Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond, Collegium Musicum 90

Maria Ewing, Karl Raymond

KULTUR VIDEO, 2008

Five Stars, Not Three
I hadn't planned to write an exhaustive review (or any at all) of this DVD, but I just couldn't let the one previous assessment, Giordano Bruno's three-star rating, stand alone. Actually, it's surprising that Mr. Bruno gave such a relatively low score, given his ...

Fantasia on Christmas Carols/ The First Nowell/ On Christmas Night

Vaughan Williams, City of London Sinfonia/ Joyful Company of Singers/ Sarah Fox/ Roderick Williams, ...

Chandos, 2006

RVW loved Christmas
In the early 1980s, I purchased a used, record club LP of Vaughan Williams' nativity play "The First Nowell." I've played the LP several times each Christmas and hoped eventually for a CD version to appear. This new performance under Richard Hickox's direction should ...

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (original 1913 version) / Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow - London ...

George Butterworth, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ...

Chandos, 2001

Blowing the dust off excellence
If you're even a casual RVW fan, this disc is a must-buy. This recording proves RVW's original version is brilliant and he should have left well enough alone. (Especially in regards to the final movement). This disc represents the perfection of modern recording and ...

Alwyn: Lyra Angelica; Pastoral Fantasia; Tragic Interlude; Lyra Angelica

William Alwyn, Richard Hickox, ...

Chandos, 1992

Majestic
I first heard this music on my clock radio. I had tuned in the local NPR station to help me fall asleep, but as soon as the "Pastoral Fantasia" played, I couldn't possibly sleep with such majestic and soulful music playing. I had never heard of Alwyn, and struggled ...

Stanford: The Revenge; Songs of the Sea; Songs of the Fleet [Hybird SACD]

Gerald Finley, Charles Villiers Stanford, ...

Chandos, 2006

Naval Heroes and the Mystery of the Sea
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) stuck close to his desk and never went to sea. But during his lifetime, Stanford's reputation was built with works like these--alternately swashbuckling and wistful essays on great British naval heroes and the romance and ...

Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas/Dona Nobis Pacem

Bryn Terfel, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ...

Angel Records, 1993

Vaughan Williams as the Pacifist
Ralph Vaughan Williams is far too often considered a secondary composers, one of the many gifted British artists whose works have never been as widely accepted (with notable exceptions!) as those from the European Continent. But Vaughan Williams is capable of powerful ...

Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man
John Ireland, Richard Hickox, ...

Chandos, 2003

Handel - Alcina / Auger, Jones, Kuhlmann, Tomlinson, City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Hickox

George Frideric Handel, Richard Hickox, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

THE RETURN OF THE BENCHMARK ALCINA
This 1985 recording is one of the great Handel opera recordings. It happened to go out of print around the time that Christie's live recording was issued in 2000, so music- and opera-lovers who have come to Handel lately might think that the Christie is the benchmark ...

The Most Relaxing Classical Album In the World Ever, Volume II

Yehudi Menuhin, Jacqueline Du Pre, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

Great music listein to while you read in bed
I have listened to this CD for the last several years before going to sleep at night. I love classical music, and this is great music to help make my soul feel at peace and unwind after a taxing day.

A Little Christmas Music: Kiri Te Kanawa; The King's Singers

various/traditional, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

a voice teacher and early music fan
WELL!!!THIS IS DIFFERENT!!!!! The King's Singers come to us steeped in the 500 year old English tradition of choral singing; and that's fine with me.!!!There are 6 singers in this group (the personnel change from time to time)namely: Jeremy Jackman and Alastair Hume ...

Classical Dreams: Music to Inspire

Samuel Barber, Gregorian Chant, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

If stranded on an island and had one disc...
I'd be tempted to make this the one, and I own over 2,000. I agree with what has been said above, but have a few thoughts of my own. I live near a major city with a known orchestra. Why are classical audienced declining? Maybe they're overplaying hackneyed works, ...

Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar; Two Coronation Anthems; Three Songs of Praise; Woodland Suite

Neal Davies, George Dyson, ...

Chandos, 2007

Fans of Walton's Belshazaar's Feast will enjoy Nebuchadnezzar
This large-scale, 48 minute choral work was composed a couple of years after Walton's take on the Book of Daniel story of Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego, and included the Song of the Three Holy Children. According to excellent notes by Lewis Foreman, Dyson must have ...

Funeral Music

Elisabeth Graf, Marcos Fink, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Beautiful
I know, you think funeral music, what? But, these are beautiful classical pieces with a more somber tone. I can listen to it all day. It's a two disc set, and even includes Agnus Dei, which is AKA the vocal rendition of Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber.

Delius: Sea Drift/Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius/Holst: The Hymn of Jesus

Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, ...

Polygram Records, 1995

historic recordings
This is a must have for any Elgar or choral music admirers. This 2-CD set contains a historic recording of Elgar's amazing oratorio "The Dream of Gerontius" conducted by Benjamin Britten, performed by London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with King's College Choir ...

From Australia

Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Westlake, ...

Sony, 1995

Australian Classical Music
How Australian can Australian get? Mix an australian world-leading guitarplayer with an all-Australian (chamber) orchestra and all-Australian classical composers (!!!) and get an all-Australian sound!!! Love it!!! I'm very fond of the sound of the Australian Chamber ...