The Sound of Classical
Richard Hickox · Andrew Davis · Bryden Thomson · Charles Bruffy · Charles Mackerras · Edward Gardner · Harry Christophers · Neeme Järvi · Rumon Gamba · Vernon Handley
The Sound of Classical (2016), CD, on Chandos. Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, performed by Richard Hickox, Andrew Davis, Bryden Thomson, Charles Bruffy; 19 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Anthem no. 1: Chorus ‘Serve the Lord With Gladness’
George Frideric Handel - Chandos Anthem no. 1, HWV 246 “O be joyful in the Lord”: Chorus “Serve the Lord with gladness”
La traviata, Act 1: Violetta’s Aria ‘Give Me Freedom to Be Happy’
Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Act I. “Give Me Freedom to Be Happy”
Charles Mackerras, English National Opera, Valerie Masterson
Symphony no. 1 in E flat major: I. Allegro moderato e feroce (excerpt)
Piano Concerto in A major, op. 85: II. Larghetto
Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Piano Concerto no. 2 in A minor, op. 85
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. Scene 2. Dido’s Lament ‘When I Am Laid in Earth’
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
Symphony no. 6 in E flat minor, op. 111: III. Vivace (excerpt)
A London Symphony (Symphony no. 2): II. Lento (excerpt)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony in G major (Symphony no. 2)
Images, First Series: 1. Reflets dans l’eau
Claude Debussy - Images, Livre 1, L. 110, CD 105 : No. 1. Reflets dans l’eau
The Dream of Gerontius, Part II: Choir of Angelicals ‘Praise to the Holiest in the Height’
Edward Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38: Part II, V. But hark! a grand mysterious harmony
All-Night Vigil, op. 37: ‘Amen. Come, Let Us Worship God, Our King’. Poco allegro
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Всенощное бдение, op. 37: 1. Приидите, поклонимся
Stabat Mater: X. Finale. ‘Amen! Amen! In sempiterna saecula’
Gioachino Rossini - Stabat Mater
Richard Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, London Symphony Chorus
Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6, Book II: X. Balladenmäßig. Sehr rasch
Hungarian Dance in G minor, WoO 1 no. 1
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance for Solo Piano, WoO 1 no. 1 in G minor