Chandos Sale - Physical up to 25% Off & Downloads up to 40% Off
Until the 30th October we are offering huge savings on Chandos titles - up to 40% off downloads and up to 25% off CD, SACD, DVD, and Vinyl.
Chandos Sale - Physical up to 25% Off & Downloads up to 40% Off, London Symphony Chorus (choir)
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Special offer. Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor)
Choristers of St Paul`s Cathedral, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox
Britten's War Requiem is the composer's most public statement of his pacifism.
The work is cast in six movements and calls for massive forces: full chorus, soprano soloist and full orchestra... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
This is admirable for the conductor's musicality and an idiomatic solo soprano. The baritone is dry of timbre but never less than intelligent. Much warmer and more resonant that many rivals. — More…
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Special offer. Orff: Carmina Burana
Laura Claycomb (soprano, Barry Banks (tenor) & Christopher Maltman (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus, Tiffin Boys’ Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
…it's the excellence of choruses and orchestra you keep coming back to… a richly enjoyable performance of a much-recorded masterpiece. — More…
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Special offer. Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano). Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Richard Hickox
'Drawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that scales genuine... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Susan Gritton (soprano) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
The choral singing is as alert and secure as one would expect from Hickox, and the balance with the orchestra is well judged too… Gerald Finley…a noble, warm-toned baritone soloist… — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Requiem
Michèle Crider (soprano), Markella Hatziano (mezzo-soprano), Gabriel Sadé (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
[Hickox's] pacing flows more freely than has become the rule in latterday performances, yet there is never a feeling of haste, simply of heightened intensity when his control of rubato and phrase... — More…
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies
Susan Gritton (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis
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Special offer. Holst: The Cloud Messenger, A Choral Fantasia, 7 Partsongs & other choral works
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Susanna Spicer (alto), Mark Milhofer (tenor), Patricia Rozario (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Finzi Singers, Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Paul Spicer
The Cloud Messenger is a 43-minute work of considerableimaginative power. Before its previoussingle-issue release it had been virtually forgottensince its disastrous premiere under Holst'sbaton... — More…
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Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedPhilip Langridge (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ameral Gunson (Auntie), John Graham-Hall (Bob Boles), John Connell (Swallow), Anne Collins (Mrs Sedley), Roderick Williams (Ned Keene);
London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Any reading that so potently confirms the genius of this piece must have a distinguished place in the discography. In the first place there's Langridge's tense, sinewy, sensitive Grimes. Predictably... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Best Opera Recording
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, etc.
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox
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