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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Gluck - Iphigénie en Aulide, La Rencontre imprévue & Don Juan
Gluck: | Iphigénie en Aulide Jose van Dam, Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson & John Aler Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre De L’Opera de Lyon La Rencontre imprévue Lynne Dawson, Claudine Le Coz, Catherine Dubosc & Sophie Marin-Degor Orchestre De L’Opera de Lyon Don Juan English Baroque Soloists |
'Iphigenie en Aulide' was the opera with which Gluck set out to conquer the lyric stage in Paris in April 1774. France was the only country to resist the fashion for Italian opera that prevailed everywhere else in civilised Europe in the first half of the 18th century and to develop instead its own national form of serious opera, the tragedie lyrique. As an acknowledged master of theItalian manner, therefore, Gluck's appearance in Paris was bound to be controversial… He had a useful ally in Paris, however, in the person of the newly crowned young queen Marie Antoinette, who had previously, as an Austrian archduchess, been one of his singing pupils at the Viennese court, and could always quell dissent during the long and stormy rehearsals for the new opera by threatening to fetch the queen. In the event the opera was a great success and Gluck quickly became established as the new saviour of French opera, a worthy inheritor of the mantle of Lully and Rameau. | 
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Arleen Auger (soprano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Diana Montague (contralto), Leigh Dixon (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Simon Birchall (bass) Choir & Orchestra of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston “Dixit Dominus Is A Sure Winner: It’s No Wonder That The Italians Were Taken Aback By The Sheer Boldness Of Handel’s Genius. You Can Positively Hear Him Stretching His Musical Wings In This Music.” – Stanley Sadie | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | England, My EnglandThe Story Of Henry Purcell
Susan Graham, Stephen Varcoe, Lynne Dawson, Nancy Argenta, James Bowman and Michael Chance The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner. Directed by Tony Palmer Tony Palmer directs this unique film drama about the great English composer Henry Purcell. Very little is known about his life, but the script, by Charles Wood and the late John Osborne, solves this problem by launching a group of actors in the 1960s on a voyage of discovery into the 1660s & late-17th century England, the extraordinary period in which Purcell lived.
The all-star cast includes Michael Ball, Simon Callow, Corin Redgrave, Letitia Dean, John Shrapnel, Robert Stephens and many other well-known names. But it is Purcell’s music which is the driving force of this dramatisation, with a stunning soundtrack performed by a line-up of superb artists such as Susan Graham, Stephen Varcoe, Lynne Dawson, Nancy Argenta, James Bowman and Michael Chance. The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. “Looks and sounds like a masterpiece - wonderful to hear as it is to behold. Overwhelming...it will blow you out of your seat.” The Australian | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Alistair Miles, Derek Lee Ragin, John Mark Ainsley, Donna Brown & Lynne Dawson Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloist, John Eliot Gardiner '...it is not likely to be surpassed on disc for a long time' The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Disc | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Nancy Argenta, Donna Brown, Lynne Dawson, Barbara Hendricks, Ruth Holton, Anne Sofie von Otter, Carolyn Watkinson, Michael Chance, Derek Lee Ragin, John Mark Ainsley, Neil Mackie, Nigel Robson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alastair Miles & Stephen Varcoe Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (Recorded: January 1984-June 1990) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Heavenly HandelSelections from: Serse; Rodelinda; Armida; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo; Admeto; Hercules; L’Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato; Julius Caesar; Arminio; Alcina; Rinaldo; Rodrigo; Deidamia; Giulio Cesare.
A cast of outstanding Handelians includes David Daniels, Véronique Gens, Lynne Dawson, Dame Janet Baker, Arleen Augér, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ian Bostridge, Gérard Lesne, Vivica Genaux, Sophie Daneman and Patricia Petibon | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: | Don Giovanni, K527 (complete opera) Andreas Schmidt, Alastair Miles, Amanda Halgrimson, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Gregory Yurisich, Nancy Argenta, Gerald Finley Die Zauberflöte, K620 (complete opera - Prague & Vienna versions) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Andreas Schmidt, Beverly Hoch, Guy de Mey, Dawn Upshaw, Olaf Bär, Cornelius Hauptmann, Catherine Pierard |
Schütz Choir of London & London Classical Players, Roger Norrington | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Purcell - The Complete Sacred Music (The Complete Anthems and Services)
Purcell: | Hear me, O Lord, the great support, Z133 Thou wakeful shepherd that dost Israel keep (A Morning Hymn), Z198 Who hath believed our report?, Z64 I will love thee, O Lord, ZN67 Great God and just, Z186 Plung'd in the confines of despair, Z142 O praise the Lord, all ye heathen, Z43 My heart is fixed, O God, Z29 I was glad when they said unto me, 1685 O consider my adversity, Z32 Beati omnes qui timent Dominum, Z131 I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 In the black dismal dungeon of despair, Z190 Save me, O God, Z51 Thy way, O God, is holy, Z60 Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust, Z16 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, Z9 Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z135 Full of wrath, his threatening breath, Z185 Bow down thine ear, O Lord, Z11 Magnificat & Nunc Dimitus in G minor, Z231 Be merciful unto me, Z4 They that go down to the sea in ships, Z57 The Lord is my light, Z55 The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof, Z54 Blessed is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven, Z8 O Lord God of hosts, Z37 Let God arise, Z23 Blessed be the Lord my strength, Z6 O Lord our Governor, Z141 In guilty night (Saul and the Witch of Endor), Z134 I will give thanks unto the Lord, Z21 O sing unto the Lord, Z44 O praise God in his holiness, Z42 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z46 It is a good thing to give thanks, Z18 O give thanks unto the Lord, Z33 Let mine eyes run down with tears, Z24 My beloved spake, Z28 Blessed are they that fear the Lord, Z5 Behold now, praise the Lord, Z3 I will give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, Z20 My song shall be always, Z31 Te Deum & Jubilate Deo in D, Z232 Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z10 The Lord is king, be the people never so impatient, Z53 Begin the song, and strike the living lyre, Z183 Thy word is a lantern unto my feet, Z61 Tell me, some pitying angel (The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation), Z196 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes, Z136 O Lord our Governor, Z141 Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 Hosanna to the highest, Z187 O God, thou hast cast us out, Z36 Behold, I bring you glad tidings, Z2 Since God, so tender a regard, Z143 Early, O Lord, my fainting soul, Z132 Sleep, Adam, and take thy rest, Z195 Awake, ye dead, Z182 The earth trembled, Z197 The way of God is an undefiled way, Z56 Lord, not to us, but to thy name, Z137 Lord, what is man?, Z192 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth, Z52 O, all ye people, clap your hands, Z138 My heart is inditing of a good matter, Z30 O Lord, rebuke me not, Z40 With sick and famish'd eyes, Z200 How long, great God?, Z189 Awake, and with attention hear, Z181 O God, thou art my god, Z35 We sing to him, whose wisdom form'd the ear, Zl99 Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, Z47 O, I'm sick of life, Z140 O God, the king of glory, Z34 Let the night perish (Job's Curse), Z191 When on my sick bed I languish, Z144 Rejoice in the Lord alway ('The Bell Anthem'), Z49 Why do the heathen so furiously rage together?, Z65 Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth?, Z26 O Lord, grant the King a long life, Z38 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live, Z22 How have I stray'd, Z188 Mass in B flat, Z230 Hear my prayer, O God, Z14 Out of the deep have I called, Z45 Blessed is he that considereth the poor, Z7 The Lord is king, and hath put on glorious apparel, Z69 Unto thee will I cry, Z63 Praise the Lord, O my soul, O Lord my God, Z48 Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z184 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z25 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, Z13a/Z13b Turn thou us, O good Lord, Z62 O Lord, thou art my God Z41 An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, Z1 |
Lynne Dawson, Susan Gritton (sopranos), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Paul Agnew, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Mark Milhofer, Mark Padmore (tenors), Colin Campbell, Robert Evans, Micahel George, Stephen Varcoe (basses) Choir of New College Oxford, King's Consort Choir, King's Consort, Robert King | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Thomas Randle, Mark Padmore, Lynda Russell, Lynne Dawson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Michael George, Jonathan Best The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Lynne Dawson, Nicole Heaston, Magdalena Kožená, John M. Ainsley Chorus of Les Musiciens du Louvre & Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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