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City Of London Sinfonia
Band, GB
Classical
A.k.a. The Richard Hickox Orchestra
English chamber orchestra based in London, founded by Richard Hickox in 1971 as The Richard Hickox Orchestra, it changed its name to City of London Sinfonia (CLS) in 1979. It has been resident orchestra at Opera Holland Park since 2004. Richard Hickox remained its music director and artistic director until his death in November 2008. Its current music director is Stephen Layton and its current principal conductor is Michael Collins (3). Past guest conductors have included Marin Alsop and Douglas Boyd.
Members
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shostakovich & Schnittke Piano Concertos | Paul Lewis, Nick Betts, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2018 | Compil. |
| Works For Chorus And Orchestra | Gerald Finzi . Benjamin Britten . Gustav Holst - John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Varcoe, The Britten Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2013 | Compil. |
| The Very Best Of John Rutter | John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia | 2011 | Album |
| Viola Concerto - Merciless Beauty - Cello Concerto | Geoffrey Burgon - Philip Dukes, Josephine Knight, Sarah Connolly, City Of London Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba | 2010 | Album |
| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | City Of London Sinfonia, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andrew Watkinson | 2010 | Compil. |
| Respighi | Janet Baker, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2010 | Album |
| Piano Concertos; Concert Champêtre; Organ Concerto | Jean-Bernard Pommier . Anne Queffélec . Maggie Cole . Gillian Weir, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Francis Poulenc | 2008 | Compil. |
| Charpentier Messe de minuit pour Noël / Poulenc Motets | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Francis Poulenc, St. John's College Choir, City Of London Sinfonia, George Guest | 2007 | Album |
| The Turn Of The Screw | Benjamin Britten, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2005 | Album |
| Death In Venice | Benjamin Britten, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2005 | Album |
| The Choral Collection | John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia | 2005 | Album |
| Symphony No 11 / Variations On A Theme By Carl Nielsen | Robert Simpson, City Of London Sinfonia, Matthew Taylor | 2004 | Album |
| Mass Of The Children And Other Sacred Music | John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, Cantate Youth Choir, City Of London Sinfonia | 2003 | Album |
| The John Rutter Christmas Album | John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia | 2002 | Compil. |
| Gloria: The Sacred Music Of John Rutter | The Cambridge Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By John Rutter | 2002 | Album |
| Violin Concerto • In Years Defaced • Prelude • Romance | Gerald Finzi, Tasmin Little, John Mark Ainsley, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2001 | Album |
| As Damas Trocadas (The Mistress And The Maid Or The Triumph Of Humility) | Marcos Portugal – City Of London Sinfonia, Álvaro Cassuto | 2001 | Album |
| Gloria (And Other Sacred Music) | John Rutter, Polyphony, City Of London Sinfonia, The Wallace Collection, Andrew Lumsden, Stephen Layton | 2001 | Album |
| La Stravaganza, Volume 2 | Antonio Vivaldi - Nicholas Kraemer, City Of London Sinfonia, Andrew Watkinson | 2000 | Album |
| Inscape • Four Mediaeval Latin Lyrics • Song Of The Soul • Advent Cantata • Veni, Creator Spiritus | Edmund Rubbra - Stephen Varcoe, Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2000 | Album |
| Symphonies, Vol. 2 | Johann Baptist Vanhal, City Of London Sinfonia, Andrew Watkinson | 2000 | Album |
| The Art Of The Oboe | Tomaso Albinoni, Vincenzo Bellini, Domenico Cimarosa, Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Friedrich Händel, Vincenzo Righini, Anthony Camden, City Of London Sinfonia, The London Virtuosi, Nicholas Ward, John Georgiadis | 1999 | Compil. |
| La Stravaganza, Vol. 1 | Antonio Vivaldi - Nicholas Kraemer, City Of London Sinfonia, Andrew Watkinson | 1999 | Album |
| Westminster Mass | Roxanna Panufnik etc, Westminster Cathedral Choir, City Of London Sinfonia, James O'Donnell | 1999 | Album |
| Requiem & Magnificat | John Rutter - The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia | 1998 | Compil. |
| English String Music | Richard Hickox, City Of London Sinfonia | 1998 | Compil. |
| Invocation | William Lloyd Webber : Tasmin Little, Julian Lloyd Webber, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1998 | Album |
| Famous Flute Concerti | Antonio Vivaldi, Capella Istropolitana, City Of London Sinfonia, Jaroslav Krček, Nicholas Kraemer | 1997 | Compil. |
| Concerto Pour Deux Pianos ・ Sinfonietta ・ Aubade | Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Francis Poulenc | 1996 | Album |
| Choral Works | Gustav Holst - Richard Hickox / London Symphony Chorus / The Joyful Company Of Singers / City Of London Sinfonia / Patricia Rozario | 1996 | Album |
| Italian Oboe Concertos | Arcangelo Corelli, Vincenzo Bellini, Domenico Cimarosa, Federigo Fiorillo, Vincenzo Righini, Sir John Barbirolli, Anthony Camden, Julia Girdwood, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Ward | 1996 | Album |
| Stillness And Sweet Harmony | The Cambridge Singers With The City Of London Sinfonia Directed By John Rutter | 1996 | Compil. |
| Eis Thanaton / Theophany | John Tavener : Richard Hickox, Patricia Rozario, Stephen Richardson, City Of London Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | 1996 | Album |
| Oboe Concertos Nos. 1 - 3, Air And Rondo, Suite, Overture To "Otho" | Georg Friedrich Händel, Anthony Camden, Julia Girdwood, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Ward | 1996 | Album |
| The Marriage Of Figaro / Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" | English Sinfonia, City Of London Sinfonia, Czech Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra Of St. John's | 1996 | Compil. |
| Händel Water Music (Complete) | City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By Richard Hickox | 1996 | Album |
| Concerto For 28 Players / Variations / Little Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / A Manx Suite | Malcolm Arnold – City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1996 | Album |
| Works For Chorus And Orchestra | Percy Grainger, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe, Penelope Thwaites, The Joyful Company Of Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1996 | Album |
| Violin Concertos | Mayumi Seiler, City Of London Sinfonia - Joseph Haydn | 1995 | Album |
| A Downland Suite | John Ireland, Richard Hickox, City Of London Sinfonia | 1995 | Album |
| Violin Concertos / The Fair Melusina | Mayumi Seiler, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 1995 | Album |
| Cello Concerti Vol. 2 (RV 400, 401, 408, 413, 422 & 531) | Antonio Vivaldi, Raphael Wallfisch, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Kraemer | 1995 | Album |
| The Heart's Assurance / Concerto For Double String Orchestra / Little Music For String Orchestra / Divertimento On Sellinger's Round | Sir Michael Tippett - John Mark Ainsley, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Cello Concerti Vol. 1 - RV 398, 399, 404, 406, 410, 412 & 419 | Antonio Vivaldi, Raphael Wallfisch, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Kraemer | 1995 | Album |
| Cello Concerti, Vol. 3 (RV 402, 403, 407, 409, 418, 423 & 424) | Antonio Vivaldi - Andrew Watkinson, Raphael Wallfisch, Nicholas Kraemer, City Of London Sinfonia | 1995 | Album |
| Violin Concerto / Children’s Suite After Walter De La Mare | Sir George Dyson - Lydia Mordkovitch, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| Cello Concerti Vol. 4 (RV 405, 411, 414, 416, 417, 420 & 421) | Antonio Vivaldi, Raphael Wallfisch, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Kraemer | 1995 | Album |
| Wind Concerti RV 122, 533, 537, 538, 539, 545 & 560 | Antonio Vivaldi, City Of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Kraemer | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony In G | Sir George Dyson - City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1994 | Album |
| Les Nuits D'Été / La Sensitiva | Janet Baker, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Hector Berlioz / Ottorino Respighi | 1994 | Album |
| Violin Concerto, Coriolan Overture | Mayumi Seiler, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Ludwig van Beethoven | 1994 | Album |
| St Paul's Suite • Brook Green Suite • Double Concerto • A Fugal Concerto • Lyric Movement • Two Songs Without Words | Gustav Holst - City Of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox | 1994 | Album |
| Christmas Day In The Morning | The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Stephen Varcoe Directed By John Rutter | 1993 | Album |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Benjamin Britten, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1993 | Album |
| The Lark In The Clear Air (Traditional Songs) | The Cambridge Singers With Members Of The City Of London Sinfonia Directed By John Rutter | 1993 | Album |
| Music For Strings | Herbert Howells, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1993 | Album |
| Stabat Mater, Gloria | Catherine Dubosc, Westminster Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Francis Poulenc | 1993 | Album |
| Lyra Angelica / Autumn Legend / Pastoral Fantasia / Tragic Interlude | William Alwyn – City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1992 | Album |
| Aretusa, Lauda Per La Natività Del Signore, Il Tramato, Trittico Bottecelliano | Ottorino Respighi - Janet Baker, City Of London Sinfonia, The Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox | 1992 | Album |
| Flute And Harp Concerto K299 (297c) - Oboe Concerto K271k - Flute And Oboe Concerto | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri, Susan Milan, Skaila Kanga, David Theodore, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1992 | Album |
| The Johann Sebastian Bach Collection | Johann Sebastian Bach - John Rutter, City Of London Sinfonia | 1992 | Album |
| Oboe Concerto / Three Concerti Grossi | William Alwyn - Nicholas Daniel, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1992 | Album |
| GLIERE / GINASTERA: Harp Concertos | Reinhold Glière, Alberto Ginastera, Rachel Masters, Eileen Hulse, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1992 | Album |
| Concerto Leggiero (For Piano & Strings) / Concerto Da Camera / Concerto Da Chiesa | Sir George Dyson - Eric Parkin, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1992 | Album |
| Fancies | John Rutter - The Cambridge Singers And City Of London Sinfonia | 1992 | Album |
| The Shepherds Of The Delectable Mountains | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Matthew Best, John Gielgud, Corydon Singers, City Of London Sinfonia | 1992 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No 21 In C, K467 / Piano Concerto No 12 In A, K 414 / Concert Rondo For Piano & Orchestra In A, K 386 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, City Of London Sinfonia, Westdeutsche Sinfonia, Ambache Chamber Orchestra | 1992 | Compil. |
| Symphony In C / Pavane / Divertissement / Le Tombeau De Couperin | Georges Bizet / Gabriel Fauré / Jacques Ibert / Maurice Ravel, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1991 | Album |
| Magnificat / The Falcon / Two Festival Anthems | John Rutter, Patricia Forbes, The Cambridge Singers, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, City Of London Sinfonia | 1991 | Album |
| Symphony Of Psalms / Mass / Canticum Sacrum | Igor Stravinsky - Westminster Cathedral Choir, City Of London Sinfonia, James O'Donnell, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Roberts | 1991 | Album |
| The Four Seasons | Andrew Watkinson, City Of London Sinfonia - Antonio Vivaldi | 1991 | Album |
| The Four Seasons | Andrew Watkinson, City Of London Sinfonia - Antonio Vivaldi | 1991 | Album |
| The Handel Collection | Georg Friedrich Händel, City Of London Sinfonia, John Rutter, Harry Bicket | 1990 | Album |
| The Concertos For Solo Keyboard | Maggie Cole, Gillian Weir, Jean-Bernard Pommier, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Francis Poulenc | 1990 | Album |
| Finzi | Gerald Finzi, Richard Hickox, Norma Burrowes, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, The London Symphony Orchestra, The Richard Hickox Singers, City Of London Sinfonia | 1990 | Album |
| A Portrait Of The Cambridge Singers | The Cambridge Singers Directed By John Rutter With The City Of London Sinfonia | 1990 | Compil. |
| L'Incoronazione di Poppea | Claudio Monteverdi, Arleen Auger, Della Jones, Sarah Leonard, Linda Hirst, James Bowman, Gregory Reinhart, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1990 | Album |
| The Pilgrim's Progress: A Bunyan Sequence | Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Gielgud, Richard Pasco, Corydon Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Matthew Best | 1990 | Album |
| Pulcinella - Danses Concertantes | Igor Stravinsky, Ann Murray, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1990 | Album |
| Modern Masters II | David Ward-Steinman / Paul Turok / Norman Dello Joio / Henry Cowell / Paul Creston - City Of London Sinfonia, David Amos | 1990 | Album |
| Te Deum And Other Church Music | John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia | 1990 | Album |
| Alto Rhapsody / Four Songs Op. 17 / Infelice / Psalm 42 | Janet Baker, London Symphony Chorus, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Johannes Brahms / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 1990 | Album |
| "If There Were Dreams To Sell" - English Orchestral Songs | Stephen Varcoe, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1989 | Album |
| Rhapsody In Blue (Jazz Band Version), Appalachian Spring (Suite), Quiet City, Knoxville, Adagio | George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1989 | Album |
| Stabat Mater | Gioacchino Rossini - Helen Field • Della Jones, Arthur Davies • Roderick Earle, London Symphony Chorus, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1989 | Album |
| A Little Christmas Music | The King's Singers With Special Guest Kiri Te Kanawa, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1989 | Album |
| Christmas With The Cambridge Singers | The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By John Rutter | 1989 | Album |
| Great Handel Choruses | Georg Friedrich Händel - Regent Chamber Choir, City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By Gary Cole | 1989 | Album |
| Faure Requiem / Messe Basse | Gabriel Fauré, Westminster Cathedral Choir, City Of London Sinfonia, David Hill | 1988 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No.5 | Cristina Ortiz, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox, Ludwig van Beethoven | 1988 | Album |
| Poulenc - Gloria And Other Choral Music | Francis Poulenc, Donna Deam, The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, John Rutter | 1988 | Album |
| Requiem (1893 Version) And Other Choral Music | Gabriel Fauré - The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia Directed By John Rutter | 1988 | Album |
| Horn Concertos & Concert Rondo | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Richard Watkins With City Of London Sinfonia | 1988 | Album |
| Fauré : Requiem, Op.48/Tantum Ergo/Messe Basse/Maria, Mater Gratiae | Gabriel Fauré : Westminster Cathedral Choir / City Of London Sinfonia - David Wilson-Johnson, Aidan Oliver, Harry Escott, David Hill | 1988 | Album |
| Piano Concerto No. 5 | Ludwig van Beethoven / Cristina Ortiz / City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By Richard Hickox | 1988 | Album |
| Dies Natalis/Clarinet Concerto/A Farewell To Arms | Gerald Finzi, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1988 | Album |
| Mass De Minuit Pour Noël / Motets | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Francis Poulenc, St. John's College Choir, City Of London Sinfonia, George Guest | 1988 | Album |
| Britten, Cello Symphony; Bridge, Oration For Cello And Orchestra | Benjamin Britten, Frank Bridge, Steven Isserlis, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1988 | Album |
| Water Music | Georg Friedrich Händel, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1987 | Album |
| Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 24 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Howard Shelley, City Of London Sinfonia | 1987 | Compil. |
| Christmas Night. Carols Of The Nativity | The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By John Rutter | 1987 | Album |
| Water Music Handel | Georg Friedrich Händel, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1987 | Album |
| Piano Concertos Nr 1 & 2 | Ludwig van Beethoven / Cristina Ortiz / City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By Richard Hickox | 1987 | Album |
| Horn Concertos & Concert Rondo | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Richard Watkins With City Of London Sinfonia | 1987 | Album |
| Ferguson: Amore Langueo, Piano Concerto etc. | Richard Hickox, Howard Ferguson, Gerald Finzi, City Of London Sinfonia | 1987 | Album |
| Piano Concertos 3 & 4 | Ludwig van Beethoven - Cristina Ortiz, City Of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox | 1987 | Album |
| Mozart: Horn Concertos & Concert Rondo | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Watkins, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1987 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 (D.200) & No. 8 In B Minor 'Unfinished' (D.759) | Franz Schubert, City Of London Sinfonia Directed By Richard Hickox | 1986 | Album |
| The Mozart Collection | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - John Rutter, City Of London Sinfonia | 1986 | Album |
| Alcina | Georg Friedrich Händel - Arleen Auger • Della Jones • Kathleen Kuhlmann • Eiddwen Harrhy • Patrizia Kwella • Maldwyn Davies • John Tomlinson • Opera Stage Chorus • City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1986 | Album |
| Nelson Mass = Nelson Messe | Joseph Haydn, Barbara Bonney, Anne Howells, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Roberts, London Symphony Chorus, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1985 | Album |
| Hurry To Bethlehem: The Christmas Music Of John Rutter | John Rutter Conducts The Cambridge Singers And City Of London Sinfonia With Brian Kay | 1985 | Album |
| Serenade For Strings / Elegy For Strings ∙ Sospiri / An English Suite / Suite In F 'Lady Radnor's Suite' | Sir Edward Elgar / Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Richard Hickox, City Of London Sinfonia | 1984 | Album |
| Sāvitri / The Dream-City | Gustav Holst - Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Stephen Varcoe, The Richard Hickox Singers, Colin Matthews, Patrizia Kwella, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1983 | Album |
| In Terra Pax / Introit / Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice / Magnificat | Gerald Finzi - Norma Burrowes, John Shirley-Quirk, City Of London Sinfonia, The Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox | 1979 | Album |
| Requiem (1893 Version First Recording) / Cantique De Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré, Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, John Scott, Simon Standage, The Cambridge Singers And City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By John Rutter | Album | |
| Clarinet Concerto K622 - Flute & Harp Concerto K299 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, David Campbell, Philippa Davies, Rachel Masters, Richard Hickox, City Of London Sinfonia | Album | |
| Excerpts From The Nutcracker Ballet | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, City Of London Sinfonia, John Hollingsworth | Album | |
| Introduction & Allegro | Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert, Vanessa McKeand, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | Compil. |
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