Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, Madrigals [John Pritchard, Raymond Leppard]

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

L'incoronazione di Poppea

 

Magda László (soprano)

Richard Lewis (tenor)

Frances Bible (mezzo-soprano)

Carlo Cava (bass)

Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

John Pritchard

Ballo: Volgendo il ciel

Cor mio, mentre vi miro

Al lume delle stelle

Io mi son giovinetta

Ohimè, se tanto amate

A quest'olmo

Lamento d'Ariana

April Cantelo (soprano)

Eileen Poulter (soprano)

Helen Watts (contralto)

Gerald English (tenor)

Robert Tear (tenor)

Christopher Keyte (baritone)

English Chamber Orchestra

Raymond Leppard

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The English Songbook [Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake]

The English Songbook

Charles Villers Stanford (1852-1924)

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)

Sleep

I will go with my father a-ploughing

Thomas Dunhill (1877-1946)

The Cloths of Heaven

William Denis Browne (1888-1915)

To Gratiana Dancing and Singing

Arthur Somervell (1863-1937)

To Lucasta, on going to the Wars

Frederic Delius (1862-1934)

Twilight Fancies

Edward German (1862-1936)

Orpheus with his lute

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Jillian of Berry

Cradle Song

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

The Dance continued

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Linden Lea

Silent Noon

Trad., arr. Charles Villers Stanford (1852-1924)

My love's an arbutus

anon.

The Death of Queen Jane

C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)

No longer mourn for me

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Since we loved

Trad., arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

The Salley Gardens

Peter Warlock (1894-1930)

Rest, sweet Nymphs

Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

Come away, Death

Now sleeps the Crimson Petal

Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961)

Bold William Taylor

Brigg Fair

anon.

The Little Turtle Dove

Ian Bostridge (Tenor)

Julius Drake (Pianoforte)

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English Song Collection: Disc 16 • Finzi

English Song Collection

Disc 16 • Gerald Finzi

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15
To a Poet, Op. 13a
By Footpath and Stile, Op. 2

Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Sacconi Quartet

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Orff: Carmina Burana [André Previn]

Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Carmina Burana

Sheila Armstrong (soprano)

Gerald English (tenor)

Thomas Allen (baritone)

St. Clement Danes Grammar School Boys’ Choir

London Symphony Orchestra Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

André Previn

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Kaija Saariaho: L'Amour de loin [Esa-Pekka Salonen]

Kaija Saariaho (°1952)

L'Amour de loin

Gerald Finley (tenor), Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano)
Peter Sellars (stage direction)
Finnish National Opera Chorus
Finnish National Opera Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Bonus: Interviews with Sellars, Saariaho and Salonen

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English Song Collection: Disc 13 • Finzi

English Song Collection

Disc 13 • Finzi

Gerald Finzi (1901-1958)
  I Said to Love, Op. 19b
Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18
Before and after Summer, Op. 16

Roderick Williams (baritone)
Iain Burnside (piano)

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Henry Purcell - King Arthur [Trevor Pinnock]

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

King Arthur

Gerald Finley (bass), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass), Angus Davidson (counter-tenor), Julia Gooding (soprano), Linda Perillo (soprano), James Oxley (tenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Jeremy Birchall (bass), Stephen Alder (bass), Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Mark Tucker (tenor), Carol Hall (soprano), Rachel Bevan (soprano), Nigel Short (counter-tenor), Caroline Ashton (soprano), Simon Davies (tenor), Simon Birchall (bass)

Choir of The English Concert

The English Concert

Trevor Pinnock

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English Song Collection: Disc 9 - Britten

English Song Collection

Disc 9 • Britten

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Canticle I, Op. 40, "My beloved is mine"
Canticle II, Op. 51, "Abraham and Isaac"
The Heart of the Matter
Canticle III, Op. 55, "Still Falls the Rain"
The Heart of the Matter
Canticle IV, Op. 86, "The Journey of the Magi"
Canticle V, Op. 89, "The Death of Saint Narcissus"

Philip Langridge (tenor), Jean Rigby (contralto)
Gerald Finley (baritone), Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Judi Dench (speaker), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Frank Lloyd (horn), Osian Ellis (harp)

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English Song Collection: Disc 17 - Finzi

English Song Collection

Disc 17 • Finzi

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14
Till Earth Outwears, Op. 19a
Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b

John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Iain Burnside (piano)

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Finzi: Love's Labours Lost Suite • Clarinet Concerto • Prelude • Romance [Alan Hacker, William Boughton]

Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

Suite from "Love's Labours Lost"
Clarinet Concerto*
Prelude
Romance

*Alan Hacker (clarinet)
English String Orchestra
William Boughton

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Haydn: 6 Great Masses [John Eliot Gardiner]

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

6 Great Masses

CD1

'Harmoniemesse', Hob. XXII:14 in B flat major

Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida, Hob. XXII:10 in B flat major 'Heiligmesse'

CD2

Missa in angustiis, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'

'Schöpfungmesse', Hob. XXII:13 in B flat major

CD3

'Theresienmesse', Hob. XXII:12 in B flat major

'Paukenmesse', Hob. XXII: 9 in C major

Joanne Lunn (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Donna Brown (soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Peter Butterfield (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass), Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Bernarda Fink (contralto), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Oliver Widmer (bass)

Monteverdi Choir

English Baroque Soloists

John Eliot Gardiner

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