BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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Sullivan, A: Ivanhoe
Janice Watson (Lady Rowena), Geraldine McGreevy (Rebecca), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Ulrica), Toby Spence (Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe), Peter Wedd (Maurice de Bracy), Andrew Staples (Locksley/The Squire); Adrian Partington Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones
We can at last hear what Sullivan conceived - and it's impressive...It deserves the first-rate performance it receives from David Lloyd Jones, a worthy stand-in for Hickox, working with an excellent... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Opera Choice
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[Berman invests] sufficient energy and dedication in his interpretations to allow the music to speak directly and fervently to the listener. It ’s also clear that members of the orchestra, the... — More…
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Sullivan: Cox and Box & Trial by Jury
James Gilchrist (Box), Neal Davies (Cox), Donald Maxwell (Bouncer), Rebecca Evans (Plaintiff), James Gilchrist (Defendant), Matthew Brook (Counsel for the Plaintiff), Donald Maxwell (Judge), Neal Davies (Usher), David Thaxton (Foreman); BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
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Ben-Haim, Bloch & Korngold: Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Lukasz Borowicz
Whether these works qualify as concertos or not, and/or whether they were originally conceived for cello or some other instrument, they are all highly engaging music of expressive largesse and... — More…
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Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss
Janice Watson, James Gilchrist, Roderick Williams, John Graham-Hall, Richard Stuart, Mark Richardson, Gail Pearson, Helen Williams, Neal Davies, Anne Collins
Adrian Partington Singers, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Written in the late 1920s when he was at the height of his powers, The Poisoned Kiss is Vaughan Williams's forgotten opera: this is the first complete recording. The composer chose his friend... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2004, Editor's Choice
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Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Mark Padmore (Prologue/Quint), Lisa Milne (Governess), Catrin Wyn Davies (Miss Jessel), Diana Montague (Mrs Grose), Nicholas Kirby Johnson (Miles), Caroline Wise (Flora)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Katie Mitchell directs very much in the BBC classic manner… Bly's grand but bleak interiors and iron-grey woodlands splendidly atmospheric. Hickox and his exceptional cast capture beautifully... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, DVD of the Month
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Sullivan, A: The Beauty Stone
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Stephen Gadd (baritone), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano), David Stout (bass), Richard Suart (baritone), Olivia Gomez (soprano), Sarah Maxted (mezzo-soprano) &...
a deftly woven score, intriguingly cast in several registers...Sullivan's sophisticated add another layer of delight. The recording and presentation are admirable...I wish Toby Spence's epicurean... — More…
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Gleich’s account of Senta’s ballad makes you want to hear her sing the role on stage; she has the true measure of Senta’s capacity for self dramatisation as she dreams of the Dutchman...Gleich... — More…
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Within a Dream - A Celebration of Richard Hickox
in association with the Richard Hickox Foundation
Richard Hickox
Inevitably when such a breadth of repertoire is being covered, we’re talking movements rather than complete works, but it’s been sympathetically programmed, and consequently the transitions... — More…
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