Nigel Hess
Nigel Hess’s beautifully wrought melodic music is a firm favourite with audiences of music for concerts, ballet, theatre, and TV and film. His most performed scores include the original soundtrack to the film Ladies in Lavender, A Christmas Overture, his Piano Concerto for Lang Lang, and countless favourites for wind and brass bands.
Discography
| Title | Performer(s) | Year | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arise, My Love | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| Be Thou My Vision | Sir Antonio Pappano/The Coronation Orchestra | 2023 | Decca | ||
| Benedictus | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| Celebration Overture, A | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| Chansons de Normandie | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| Christmas Overture, A | John Rutter/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2008 | Collegium | ||
| Christmas Overture, A (wind band) | Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess | 2013 | Chandos | ||
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra | Christopher Warren-Green/Lang Lang/London CO | 2008 | UCJ | ||
| East Coast Pictures | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2000 | Fly | ||
| East Coast Pictures | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | Buy Now | |
| East Coast Pictures | Michael Fowles/The Leyland Band | 2001 | Faber Music | Buy Now | |
| Global Variations | James Gourlay/The Leyland Band/Michael Fowles | 2003 | Faber Music | Buy Now | |
| Global Variations | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2000 | Fly | ||
| Global Variations | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | ||
| Kyrie | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| Ladies in Lavender Suite | Joshua Bell/Nigel Hess/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2004 | Sony Classical | ||
| Ladies in Lavender Suite | 2005 | Naxos | |||
| March Barnes Wallis | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| Monck's March | Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess | 2013 | Chandos | ||
| New London Pictures | Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess | 2013 | Chandos | ||
| Nocturne | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| Scramble! | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | Buy Now | |
| Scramble! | Band of the Royal Air Force/Stuart Stirling | 1998 | Bandleader | Buy Now | |
| Shakespeare Pictures | Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess | 2013 | Chandos | ||
| Stephenson's Rocket | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2000 | Fly | ||
| Stephenson's Rocket | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | ||
| Thames Journey | National Youth Wind Orchestra of GB | 1997 | NYWOGB | ||
| Thames Journey | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | ||
| Thames Journey | James Gourlay/The Leyland Band/Michael Fowles | 2003 | Faber Music | Buy Now | |
| The Lakes of Cold Fen | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| The Lochnagar Suite | Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess | 2013 | Chandos | ||
| The Old Man of Lochnagar Suite | BBC Concert Orchestra/BBC Singers/Central Band of the Royal Air Force/St Catharine's College Girls' Choir/Metro Voices/The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth/Richard Balcombe/Sofi Jeannin/Duncan Stubbs/Nick Grace/Eleanor Grant/Emma Tring/Christopher Bowen/Piers Lane/Nicholas McCarthy/Benjamin Hughes/Sir Derek Jacobi | 2021 | Orchid Classics | Buy Now | |
| The TV Detectives | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | ||
| The Winds of Power | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | Buy Now | |
| Theme from Ladies in Lavender (wind band) | Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess | 2013 | Chandos | ||
| To the Stars! | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra/Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos |