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Handel: Samson RecommendedJoshua Ellicott (tenor), Sophie Bevan(soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Vitali Rozynko (bass-baritone)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Butt has created the best Samson ever...These choral forces make for a vibrancy unique among Samson recordings…Butt’s deep grasp of both Handel’s rhetoric and of large-scale structure turns the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Ethel Smyth: Der Wald RecommendedNatalya Romaniw (Röschen), Claire Barnett-Jones (Iolanthe), Robert Murray (Heinrich), Andrew Shore (A Peddler), Morgan Pearse (Count Rudolf), Matthew Brook (Peter), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews
Der Wald may not be such an outstanding piece [as The Wreckers], but it is well worth getting to know. While Harry Brewster’s somewhat naïve libretto holds it back, Smyth’s score shows an impressive... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedLucy Crowe (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The English Concert & Choir, John Nelson
The theatrical instincts that have served Nelson so well in Berlioz ensure some detailed characterisation such as the semiquaver flurry of beating wings as the angels prepare to impart their... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd December 2023
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Bach: Ich habe genug. Cantatas BWV 32, 82 & 106 Joanne Lunn, Katie Bray, Hugo Hymas, Robert Davies, Matthew Brook, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
As with all their releases, John Butt and the Dunedins approach the scores from a scholarly angle (Butt’s approachable notes guide us through various musical and liturgical considerations) but... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Choral
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
RecommendedRecorded live at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 2008
Katharine Fuge (soprano), Matthew Brook (bass)
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
The recorded sound has great immediacy, and the chorus produces a beautifully sustained and richly coloured vocal tone. Gardiner's flexibility in tempo, phrasing and dynamics (which Brahms favoured)... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSusan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith & Matthew Brook
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt
The chief strength of this account lied in the excellent instrumental playing (the recorders that form the 'warbling choir' addressed in Galatea's first aria are sheer magic)… — More…
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Building a Library, July 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Disc of the Month
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JS Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63
Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig
Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It’s an absolute joy – far too good to keep for Christmas. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Handel: Jephtha RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Jephtha), Susan Bickley (Storge), Sophie Bevan (Iphis), Robin Blaze (Hamor), Matthew Brook (Zebul) & Grace Davidson (Angel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers's taut, vibrant, and beautifully sprung account is bright and dazzling, yet so often the score ought to inhabit the tortured light and shade of Caravaggio...the choruses are finely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Fleur Barron (Dido), Matthew Brook (Aeneas), Giulia Semenzato (Belinda), Avery Amereau (Sorceress), Tim Mead (Spirit), Nicky Spence (Sailor), Hilary Cronin (Second Woman), Helen Charlston, Martha McLorinan (Witches), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
The suspense, vibrancy and richly layered musical textures of chorus and band have no equal in the discography. The Witches’ scene is an exuberant Gothic festival, with creepily dilating long... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Haydn: The Creation
Sarah Tynan (soprano), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers
an exceptional account of the oratorio from all points of view…but what is wholly exceptional is the diction of both soloists and choir; you can hear every word without referring to the text... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Charles Daniels (Evangelist), Peter Harvey (Christus), Bethany Seymour, Helen Neeves (sopranos), Sally Bruce-Payne, Nancy Cole (altos), Joseph Cornwell, Julian Podger (tenors), Matthew Brook (basses)
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Peter Seymour
significant readings that inspire further thinking about this greatest of all Passions. — More…
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Handel: Ariodante
RecommendedJoyce DiDonato (Ariodante), Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Polinesso), Sabina Puértolas (Dalinda), Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Matthew Brook (King of Scotland), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (Odoardo)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
in Alan Curtis's scrupulously detailed performance, Joyce diDonato's gleaming legato and coloratura are upstaged by the elegance of Karina Gauvin's Ginevra. While diDonato offers recklessly inventive... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th May 2011
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Building a Library, January 2019, Recommended Recording
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) - Cantatas 1, 3, 6), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) - Cantatas 2, 4, 5.
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It has the same sense of freshness as previous releases…[with] a pleasing transparency of texture, and nimbly sprung rhythms under John Butt’s scholarly direction — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Vaughan Williams - Sancta Civitas Christina Pier (soprano) & Matthew Brook (baritone), Matthew Brook (baritone) & Andrew Staples (tenor)
The Bach Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choristers & Winchester College Quiristers, David Hill
David Hill directs both these works with a strong sense of their overall shape…Anyone coming to these works for the first time through these recordings is unlikely to be disappointed. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Choral
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Purcell: Royal Odes Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The King’s Consort, Robert King
In Welcome Glorious Morn for Queen Mary in 1691 we reach a higher musical level. Both Carolyn Sampson and Matthew Brook suavely maintain their vocal lines against the ingenious but busy aria... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 RecommendedKatherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Layton unwraps it with all due festive pomp and circumstance...In a work incontestably smitten with the alto voice, Iestyn Davies triumphs...Gilchrist's relaxed and lyrical Evangelist maintains... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2013
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A. Scarlatti & Handel: Dixit Dominus Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford & The Brook Street Band, Owen Rees
Rees's perceptive direction keeps the contrasting layers balanced and he has assembled a strong solo team- headed up by Elin Manahan Thomas and Matthew Brook - to complement the attentive playing... — More…
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Rameau: Anacreon Matthew Brook (Anacréon), Anna Dennis (Chloé) & Agustín Prunell-Friend (Batile)
The Choir of the Enlightenment & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Jonathan Williams
Rameau fans will rejoice over this world premiere recording … there’s elegant, expressive heart-warming singing from Matthew Brook and Anna Dennis. One of the chief pleasures lies in the band’s... — More…
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JS Bach: St John Passion Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelista), Matthew Brook (Jesus), Robert Davies, Joanne Lunn & Clare Wilkinson
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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In chains of gold Dunedin Consort: Susan Hamilton (Soprano), Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo soprano), Ashley Turnell (Tenor), Warren Trevelyan-Jones (Tenor), Matthew Brook (Bass), John Kitchen (Organ)
The singers luxuriate in the glowing acoustics of Midlothian’s Crichton Collegiate Church, lending warmth to immaculate performances of Tallis’s restful evening motet, O nata lux, Byrd’s intricate... — More…
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Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Emily Owen (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), David de Winter (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), Edward Grint (bass-baritone), The King's Consort, Robert King
‘Arise My Muse’ (1690) is performed from a new, clearer edition which still allows accomplished singers like Charles Daniels and Iestyn Davies to fashion the melodic lines brilliantly with individuality... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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Mozart: Requiem
Joanne Lunn (soprano), Rowan Hellier (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) and Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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Handel: Esther
RecommendedSusan Hamilton (Esther), Nicholas Mulroy (Mordecai), Matthew Brook (Haman), Thomas Hobbs (1st Israelite), Robin Blaze (Priest), James Gilchrist (Habdonah / Assuerus) & Electra Lochhead (Israelite Boy), Nicholas Wearne (organ continuo)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Paradoxically, a two-voices-to-a-part chorus achieves more immediacy than a larger choir, coupled with a stylish and delightfully intimate band. Yet again, Butt demonstrates that less can be... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th May 2012
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Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance & Death of Tintagiles Rosa Mannion (soprano), Thomas Randle (tenor) & Matthew Brook (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelist), Matthew Brook (Jesus), Susan Hamilton (soprano), Cecilia Osmond (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Annie Gill (alto), Malcolm Bennett (tenor) & Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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Sullivan, A: Ivanhoe Janice Watson (Lady Rowena), Geraldine McGreevy (Rebecca), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Ulrica), Toby Spence (Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe), Peter Wedd (Maurice de Bracy), Andrew Staples (Locksley/The Squire); Adrian Partington Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones
We can at last hear what Sullivan conceived - and it's impressive...It deserves the first-rate performance it receives from David Lloyd Jones, a worthy stand-in for Hickox, working with an excellent... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Opera Choice
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Handel: Ariodante
Matthew Brook (Il Re de Scozia), Karina Gauvin (Ginevra), Joyce DiDonato (Ariodante), Topi Lehtipuu (Lurcanio), Sabina Puertolas (Dalinda), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Polinesso), Anicio Zorzi Giustiani (Odoardo), Il Complesso Baroco, Coro del Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
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JS Bach: Magnificat & Kuhnau: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
Johanna Winkel (soprano), Johannette Zomer (soprano), James Laing (countertenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Arion Orchestre Baroque, Alexander Weimann
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The Sunlight on the Garden: The Songs of Stephen Wilkinson
Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Anna Markland (piano), Ian Buckle (piano)
[Clare Wilkinson] compares him to Finzi, Gurney and Quilter. There are, however, elements of expressionism in his music, an emotional concentration and a sharp sense of irony that make him at... — More…
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Britten Choral Edition Volume 1 Andrew Carwood (tenor), Andrew Lumsden (organ), Belinda Yates (soprano), Carys Lane (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Julie Cooper (soprano), Kathryn Cook (alto), Matthew Brook (bass), Richard Wyn-Roberts (alto), Simon Preece (bass)
Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer
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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
Ian Bostridge (Idomeneo), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Idamante), Lisa Milne (Ilia), Barbara Frittoli (Elettra), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Arbace), Paul Charles Clarke (Gran Sacerdote), John Relyea (La Voce di Nettuno), Felicity Hammond, Louise Innes (Due Cretesi), James Gilchrist, Matthew Brook (Due Troiani)
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Timothy Salter - After the Sun
A continuous setting of words by three poets - Henry Vaughan, Rainer Maria Rilke & Edward Lowbury - that reflect in their different ways curiosity about death
Matthew Brook (baritone), Rebecca Kozam (oboe, cor anglais), Timothy Salter (piano)
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The People's Mass Dunedin Consort: Susan Hamilton (1st soprano), Libby Crabtree (2nd soprano), Kate Hamilton (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (baritone), Noel Mann (bass)
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Salter, T: After the Sun
A continuous setting of words by Henry Vaughan, Rainer Maria Rilke & Edward Lowbury, that reflect in their different ways curiosity about death
Timothy Salter (piano), Matthew Brook (baritone) & Rebecca Kozam (oboe, cor anglais)
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Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance & Death of Tintagiles Rosa Mannion (soprano - Mary), Thomas Randle (tenor - Hugh), Matthew Brook (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
A Cotswold Romance is a gift from Vaughan Williams to those who hold the music of Hugh theDrover in deep affection but who, under torture, would probably have to admit that the opera itself is... — More…
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Purcell: Masques from Dioclesian & Timon of Athens Christopher de la Hoyde (treble), Iestyn Davies (treble), Catherine Pierard (soprano), James Bowman (alto), Ian Bostridge (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Michael George (bass), Nathan Berg (bass)
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
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Johann Christoph Bach: Welt, gute Nacht Julia Doyle, Katharine Fuge, Clare Wilkinson, Jeremy Budd, James Gilchrist, Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook & Peter Harvey
The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Bach of any generation from Gardiner's eminently engaged and engaging forces is self-recommending; yet for its rarity value alone Welt, gute Nacht is as important a release as that of a B minor... — More…
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expertly performed by a choir of 21 singers, under the composer's direction. Freshly melodic music, with imaginatively contoured part-writing. — More…
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All the soloists are excellent, and thoughtful casting among the four baritones and bass-baritones has allotted the Israelite father to Matthew Brook, who brings just that touch of extra warmth... — More…
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Dodgson: Margaret Catchpole - Two Worlds Apart William Wallace (tenor), Nicholas Morris (bass), Kate Howden (soprano), Michael Bundy (bass), Jonathan Hanley (tenor), Mark Saberton (baritone), Robyn Allegra Parton (soprano), Leonora Dawson-Bowling (mezzo-soprano), Alistair Ollerenshaw (baritone), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Peter Willcock (bass),...
Australian mezzo-soprano Kate Howden provides Antipodean representation – and much more besides – as Catchpole. William Wallace beguiles as bad boy Will Laud and Alistair Ollerenshaw is strong... — More…
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