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Folk Songs of the British Isles - Legendary Voices / John McCormack, Kathleen Ferrier, Richard Lewis et al. /

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2012-09-25

Works: English Traditional: The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Cushie Butterfield, music hall song (tune "Pretty Polly Perkins"); Lincolnshire Poacher, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; O can ye sew cu...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Britten, Benjamin; Dawson, Peter; Hammond, Joan, Dame; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Lush, Ernest; MacColl, Ewan; MacEwan, Sydney, Father; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; McKellar, Ke...
Conductors: Wilson, Robert; Roberton, Hugh S.; Sharples, Bob; Sims, Ivor E.; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...continue...

Carillon Bells of Britain

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Scottish Traditional: Charlie Is My Darling, folk song; John Anderson, My Jo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin; Lorenz Hart: Petite Suite; Louis-Clau...
Performers: Aldington, Raymond; Gebruers, Adrian

Includes etude(s) for guitar by Fernando Sor....continue...

Hommage à Bidu Sayao

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2009-10-03

Works: Spoken Word: Conductor Donald Voorhees introduces Bidú Sayao; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Pucc...
Performers: Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Voorhees, Donald
Conductors: Voorhees, Donald; Merola, Gaetano; Stopak, Joseph; Breisach, Paul; Barlow, Howard

Considered by many music and opera lovers as one of the greatest lyric sopranos of all times, Bidu Sayao had a legendary career which was...continue...

Commuter Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-08-25

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 2; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6; George Fr...
Performers: Cominati, Roberto; Doherty, Diana; Dyer, Paul; Grigoryan, Slava; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hunt, Rosanne; Jiang, Lin; Kent, Linda; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Kolomiitseva, Marina; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Macliv...
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin; Steinberg, Pinchas; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Divall, Richard; Serebrier, José; O'Leary, Mark; ; Weymark, Brett; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Stanhope, Dav...
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek; Macquarie Trio

Emilia / Graham Dalby, Esterházy Orchestra

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-05-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Nicholas Brodszky: I'll Walk with God, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); English Traditional: Over the H...
Performers: Busher, Andrew; Dalby, Emilia; Whyman, Pete
Conductors: Dalby, Graham; Lamb, Ben

Emilia Dalby was born in London in 1995 but migrated to Wiltshire after winning a choral scholarship to Salisbury Cathedral, where she sang for four...continue...
Recording information: Olympic Studios, London....continue...

The Art of the Harp [Box Set]

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2009-01-08

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Ground for Harpsichord in D minor, Z D222 "Celebrate this Festival"; Christian Pezold: Minuets (2), for keyboard in G maj...
Performers: Giles, Alice; McGuire, Marshall

Chloe

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2008-01-29

Works: David Downes: Angel's Song, for voice; The Voice of Home, song; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; The Last Rose of Summer, folk song; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; S. Schwartz /...
Performers: Agnew, Chloe; Agnew, David; Foster, Liz

Personnel: Chloë Agnew (vocals); David Agnew (oboe); Liz Foster (background vocals).

Recording information: Pussman Sound (East), Dublin, Ireland....continue...