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Vaughan Williams - Choral Works

Vaughan Williams - Choral Works

from CDA66420, CDA66655, CDA66511 & CDA66569


Vaughan Williams:

Serenade to Music

Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano), Linda Kitchen (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzosoprano) & John Connell (bass)

English Chamber Orchestra

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Thomas Allen (baritone)

English Chamber Orchestra

Flos Campi

Nobuko Imai (viola)

English Chamber Orchestra

Five Mystical Songs

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)

English Chamber Orchestra

Dona Nobis Pacem

A Cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra

Judith Howarth (soprano) & Thomas Allen (baritone)

Corydon Orchestra

Four Hymns

for tenor, viola and strings

John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Matthew Souter (viola)

Corydon Orchestra

O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

Lord, Thou has been our refuge

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)

The Pilgrim's Progress - A Bunyan Sequence

Text and music adapted by Christopher Palmer from the 1942 radio version of The Pilgrim's Progress.

Sir John Gielgud, Richard Pasco, Ursula Howells (speakers), Aidan Oliver (treble)

The City of London Sinfonia

A Song of Thanksgiving

Sir John Gielgud (speaker), Lynne Dawson (soprano) & John Scott (organ)

The London Oratory Junior Choir

Three Choral Hymns

Magnificat

Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Duke Dobing (flute) & Roger Judd (organ)

The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains

Bryn Terfel (baritone), Alan Opie (baritone), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Jonathan Best (bass), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Linda Kitchen (soprano)

The Hundredth Psalm


Corydon Singers, Matthew Best

Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams’s death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the the catalogue, the Serenade to Music, and includes such favourites as the Five Mystical Songs and The Hundreth Psalm. There are also two intriguing pairings: in Dona nobis pacem, RVW warns of the impending doom of WWII, in A song of thanksgiving we hear his moving response to its successful conclusion; in The shepherds of the delectable mountains we hear an early working of Bunyan’s literary masterpiece, later extensively reworked in the landmark 1942 BBC radio production of The Pilgrim’s Progress featuring Sir John Gielgud and reprised here, this time in condensed form.

“The performances are splendid, graced by such soloists as Thomas Allen (Dona nobis pacem, Five Mystical Songs) and Bryn Terfel (The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains)..The rapturous Serenade to Music has a cast of 16 singers fit to rival those of the original recording. Anne Dawson’s top note on the word “music” is spine-tingling.” Sunday Times, 1st June 2008 ****

“Performances like these don’t come along very often; each one is an absolute winner, and with rich, atmospheric recording quality the satisfaction is of a very special quality” CD Review

“Best has a fine sense of VW as a dramatic composer, bringing tremendous urgency to Dona Nobis Pacem and real passion to the Five Mystical Songs. Best's Serenade to Music is the original, not least in matching the star quality of the singers, but also in its magical atmosphere. He equally evokes VW's sensuous side, not only in Flos Campi but also in the Magnificat with its ecstatic writing for female voices.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 *****

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Hyperion - CDS44321/4

(CD - 4 discs)

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Mozart - Complete Operas

Mozart - Complete Operas

All 22 Mozart Operas from the 2006 Salzburg Festival


Czernowin:

Adama

Directed by: Claus Guth

Noa Frenkel, Yaron Windmüller, Andreas Fischer & Paul Lorenger

OENM - Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, Johannes Kalitzke

Mozart:

La finta giardiniera, K196

Directed by: Doris Dörrie

John Graham Hall, Alexandra Reinprecht, John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens, Ruxandra Donose, Adriana Kucerova & Markus Werba

Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

Il re pastore, K208

Kresimir Spicer, Annette Dasch, Marlis Petersen, Arpiné Rahdjian, Andreas Karasiak

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock

Lucio Silla, K135

Directed by: Jürgen Flimm

Roberto Saccà, Annick Massis, Monica Bacelli, Veronica Cangemi, Julia Kleiter, Stefano Ferrari

Chor und Orchester des Teatro La Fenice Venedig, Tomas Netopil

Ascanio in Alba K111

Directed by: David Hermann

Iris Kupke, Sonia Prina, Marie-Belle Sandis, Charles Reid, Diana Damrau, Christian Benzhaf, Katharina Vötter

Chor und Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim, Adam Fischer

Bastien und Bastienne, K50

Directed by: Thomas Reichert

Aleksandra Zamojska, Evmorfia Metaxaki, Bernhard Berchtold, Radu Cojocariu & Alfred Kleinheinz

Salzburger Marionettentheater & Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, Elisabeth Fuchs

Der Schauspieldirektor, K486

Directed by: Thomas Reichert

Aleksandra Zamojska, Evmorfia Metaxaki, Bernhard Berchtold, Radu Cojocariu & Alfred Kleinheinz

Salzburger Marionettentheater & Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, Elisabeth Fuchs

La Betulia liberata, K118

Jeremy Ovenden, Marijana Mijanovic, Julia Kleiter, Franz-Josef Selig, Irena Bespalovaite & Jennifer Johnston

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen

Il sogno di Scipione

Directed by: Michael Sturminger

Blagoj Nacoski, Louise Fribo, Bernarda Bobro, Iain Paton, Robert Sellier & Anna Kovalko

Chor des Stadttheaters Klagenfurt & Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, Robin Ticciati

Lo sposo deluso

(Irrfahrten II) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on unfinished works: Abendempfindungen, Lo Sposo Deluso, L'Oca del Cairo, and Rex Tremendus.

Josef Wagner, Marisa Martins, Jeremy Ovenden, Matthias Kliink, Malin Hartelius, Silvia Moi, Miljenko Turk, Ann Murray & Marianne Hamre

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter

La Finta Semplice

(Irrfahrten I) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on La Finta Semplice.

Malin Hartelius, Josef Wagner, Matthias Klink, Marina Comparato, Silvia Moi, Jeremy Ovenden & Miljenko Turk

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter

Zaïde, K344

Directed by: Claus Guth

Noa Frenkel, Yaron Windmüller, Andreas Fischer & Paul Lorenger

OENM - Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, Johannes Kalitzke

Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38

ximilian Kiener, Ekaterina Tretjakova, Anja Schlosser & Astrid Hofer

Orchester der Universität Mozarteum, Josef Wallnig

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35

Michiko Watanabe, Bernhard Berchtold, Monika Wäckerle & Christiane Karg

Orchester der Universität Mozarteum, Josef Wallnig

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384

Directed by: Stefan Herheim

Laura Aikin (Konstanze), Valentina Farcas (Blonde), Charles Castronovo (Belmonte), Dietmar Kerschbaum (Pedrillo) & Franz Hawlata (Osmin)

r Staatsopernchor & Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

Die Zauberflöte, K620

Directed by: Pierre Audi

René Pape (Sarastro), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Paul Groves (Tamino), Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night), Inga Kalna (First Lady), Karine Deshayes (Second Lady), Ekaterina Gubanova (Third Lady), Christian Gerhaher (Papageno), Irena Bespalovaite (Papagena), Franz Grundheber (Speaker), Burkhard Ulrich (Monostatos), Franz Grundheber (Priest), Simon O'Neill (Man in Armour), Peter Loehle (Man in Armour) & Xavier Mas (Priest)

Members of the Vienna Boys Choir, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Don Giovanni, K527

Directed by: Martin Kusej

Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni), Ildebrando D‘Arcangelo (Leporello), Christine Schäfer (Donna Anna), Melanie Diener (Donna Elvira), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Zerlina), Robert Lloyd (Il Commendatore), Piotr Beczala (Don Ottavio) & Luca Pisaroni (Masetto)

Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Daniel Harding

Così fan tutte, K588

Directed by: Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann

Ana María Martínez (Fiordiligi), Sophie Koch (Dorabella), Shawn Mathey (Ferrando), Stéphane Degout (Guglielmo), Sir Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso) & Helen Donath (Despina)

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck

Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87

Directed by: Günter Krämer

Richard Croft (Mitridate), Netta Or (Aspasia), Miah Persson (Sifare), Bejun Mehta (Farnace), Ingela Bohlin (Ismene), Colin Lee (Marzio), Pascal Bertin (Arbate)

Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble, c Minkowski

Idomeneo, K366

Ramón Vargas (Idomeneo), Magdalena Kozená (Idamante), Ekaterina Siurina (Ilia), Anja Harteros (Elettra), Jeffrey Francis (Arbace), Robin Leggate (Gran Sacerdote), Günther Groissböck (La Voce) & Andreas Schlager (Neptune)

Camerata Salzburg & Salzburger Bachchor, Sir Roger Norrington

Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Directed by: Brian Large

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Röschmann & Christine Schäfer

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

L'oca del Cairo

(Irrfahrten III) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on unfinished works: Abendempfindungen, Lo Sposo Deluso, L'Oca del Cairo, and Rex Tremendus.

Josef Wagner, Marisa Martins, Jeremy Ovenden, Matthias Kliink, Malin Hartelius, Silvia Moi, Miljenko Turk, Ann Murray & Marianne Hamre

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter


. . . striking productions of all 22 operas, plus a wealth of bonus interviews with conductors, singers, and other members of the artistic team . . . Part of the enticement lies with the casts and productions. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), for example, features such top-tier artists as the spectacular Diana Damrau as the Queen of the Night, René Pape as a sterling, pensive High Priest Sarastro, and Paul Groves as Tamino . . . this performance of the opera is as compelling visually as it is vocally. Don't miss Pape's designer denim casuals and provocatively demonic goatee in the bonus section . . . Le Nozze di Figaro has a dream cast . . . Of these productions, 90% reflect the zeitgeist of new directors who tend to appeal to viewers of all ages. Some of the more obscure directors especially whet the appetite . . . On the levels of edification, enjoyment, and sheer entertainment-the last value sorely missing from many audio-only recordings-this remarkable project scores a solid 10. Record Review

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Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196

Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196

Directed by: Doris Dörrie


John Graham Hall, Alexandra Reinprecht, John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens, Ruxandra Donose, Adriana Kucerova & Markus Werba

Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

From the Salzburger Landestheater, Salzburg Festival 2006

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Handel: Messiah (highlights)

Handel: Messiah (highlights)


Lynne Dawson, Hilary Summers, John Mark Ainsley & Alastair Miles

Brandenburg Consort & King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury

Regis - RRC1260

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Berlioz: Huit Scènes de Faust, etc.

Berlioz:

Huit Scènes de Faust

Hymne des Marseillais


Susan Graham, Susanne Mentzer, François Le Roux, John Mark Ainsley

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Decca - 4750972

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Finzi: Violin Concerto, etc.

Finzi:

Violin Concerto

Tasmin Little (violin)

In Years Defaced

6 songs

John Mark Ainsley (tenor)

Prelude, Op. 25 for string orchestra

Romance for String Orchestra, Op. 11


City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - May 2001

Building a Library

First Choice - December 2006

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Purcell: Dioclesian, etc.

Purcell:

Dioclesian

(complete opera)

Masque from Timon of Athens


Catherine Peirard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore, Ian Bostridge, Michael George

Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox

Chandos Chaconne - CHAN0569

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Finzi / Britten / Holst - Choral Works

Finzi / Britten / Holst - Choral Works


Britten:

Deus in adjutorium meum (Psalm 70)

Chorale after an Old French Carol

Cantata Misericordium, Op. 69

Finzi:

Requiem de Camera

Holst:

Psalm 86

Psalm 148


Alison Barlow (soprano), David Hoult (baritone), John Alley (organ), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)

Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Building a Library

First Choice - December 2006

Chandos - CHAN8997

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Handel: Messiah

Handel: Messiah


Lynne Dawson, Hillary Summers, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles

The Brandenburg Consort, The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

Performed on original instruments.

Brilliant Classics - 92463

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Handel: Messiah

Handel: Messiah


Lynne Dawson, Hillary Summers, John Mark Ainsley, Alastair Miles

The Brandenburg Consort, The Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

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