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Haydn’s Mass in Time of War is known in Germany as the Paukenmesse (Timpani Mass), owing to Haydn’s extraordinarily ominous use of solo drums in
Richard Hickox’s celebrated 1991 recording of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem remains one of the best in the catalog and it now makes its re-appearance in
Herbert Howells remains one of the most elusive yet ultimately rewarding composers of the 20th century English Musical Renaissance. His style owes something to Vaughan
This reissue gathers together some of the couplings to Richard Hickox’s complete set of Tippett symphonies, which now have been redistributed in a boxed set.
Edmund Rubbra’s symphonies do not yield up their secrets easily. The idiom is unadventurous, and Rubbra’s relentlessly contrapuntal musical syntax lacks the sort of drama
This is a terrific opera video, a rare success due not only to excellent performances and fine production courtesy of the BBC, producer Fiona Morris,
Richard Hickox already has recorded Carmina Burana with the LSO forces (last available on Regis). That was a version of no special distinction, and neither
Richard Hickox’s small-scaled, period-practice approach gives Schubert’s Mass in E-flat an overall lighter feel than usual. The clearly defined instrumental textures and incisive phrasing sound
Although this recording is billed as “Orchestral Works Volume 1”, Chandos already has several Leighton orchestral pieces in its catalog, including the Third Symphony, the
Maybe this is just a subjective impression, but it seems that Vaughan Williams’ choral works are going out of fashion. A couple of decades ago
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