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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 RecommendedSung in English
Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Beethoven: Mass in C & Missa Solemnis
RecommendedElly Ameling (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini draws an almost spiritual glow from the London Philharmonic in a luminous performance of the Missa Solemnis. The Et incarnatus est section is heart-stoppingly spine-tingling,... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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British Music Collection - Gustav Holst Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (baritone), Osian Ellis (harp)
Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Imogen Holst, Christopher Hogwood, Adrian...
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150th Anniversary Box - Mahler Complete Works
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Paavo Järvi,...
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2010
16 CDs
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos, Piano Works, Three Symphonies and Orchestral Works
RecommendedNikolai Lugansky (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano) & Alexander Kniazev (cello), Sheila Armstrong • Robert Tear • John Shirley-Quirk
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sakari Oramo, André Previn
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Handel: Acis and Galatea Jill Gomez, Robert Tear
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
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Monteverdi: Vespers Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's first version was made with some of the finest English singers of the day and the legendary Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
It may not be as polished, but its vitality stands up well... — More…2 CDs
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Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible, etc.
RecommendedIrina Arkhipova, Anatoly Mokrenko, Boris Morgunov, Anna Reynolds, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & John Shirley-Quirk
Ambrosian Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, André Previn & Riccardo Muti
Coruscating orchestral bite in Muti's Ivan (with the fabulous Ambrosian Chorus) knocks Previn's rough and ready Nevsky into second league, though moments of diaphanous lyricism lift the heart... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible & Alexander Nevsky
RecommendedRiccardo Muti/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra, Irina Arkhipova/Anatoly Mokrenko/Boris Morgunov/Ambrosian Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Ambrosian Chorus (chorus), Anatoly Mokrenko (bass-baritone), Boris Morgunov (narrator), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano vocals), Boris Morgunov...
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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