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 | |
| 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 | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Nigel Hess | 2000 | Fly | ||
| Global Variations | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | ||
| Global Variations | James Gourlay, The Leyland Band, Michael Fowles | 2003 | Faber Music | Buy Now | |
| 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 | |||
| Lakes of Cold Fen, The | 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 | |
| Lochnagar Suite, The | Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess | 2013 | Chandos | ||
| 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 | |
| Old Man of Lochnagar Suite, The | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| TV Detectives, The | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | ||
| Winds of Power, The | London Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Nigel Hess | 2006 | Chandos | Buy Now |