Richard Hickox’s lengthy association with the Chandos CD label has been incredibly fruitful.
In the past 20 years, he has made an astonishing 280 recordings. In this interview he talks about this relationship, plus his latest project, a recording of Britten’s opera Owen Wingrave.
For 20 years, the French-born concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has been the last musician to walk onstage, just before performances begin….
His next disc, on the Naxos label, will feature another chamber group he plays in: the Mirage Quintet, consisting of flute, violin, viola, cello and harp…
An introduction to the theatre music of the great English composer Henry Purcell, in a new CD featuring the Aradia Ensemble under the direction of Kevin Mallon.
Purcell is still one of the most popular of all composers, and his music has been copied or borrowed by everyone from Benjamin Britten to Michael Nyman.
An interview with Gloria Coates, one of the most unusual and original voices to all American composers. Her music creates a sound world unlike that created by anyone else.
In this podcast, she talks about how she came to her ideas of sound and composition.
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Richard Hickox’s lengthy association with the Chandos CD label has been incredibly fruitful.
Tags: 10473(2), Benjamin Britten, Chandos, City of London Sinfonia, conductor, English choral music, English opera, English symphonic music, Naxos Classical Music Spotlight, Owen Wingrave, Richard Hickox, Richard Hickox Singers 
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