Weir, Judith > Soprano

Weir: On buying a horse, etc / Bickley, Kennedy, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2007-01-05

Works: Judith Weir: On buying a horse; Ox Mountain was covered by trees; Songs from the Exotic, for soprano & piano; Scotch Minstrelsy, Songs (5) for voice & piano; The Voice of Desire; A Spanish Liederbook...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Tynan, Ailish; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

Much loved mezzo-soprano, Susan Bickley, and fast-rising stars Ailish Tynan and Andrew Kennedy perform songs written by one of Britain's leading composers, Judith Weir. With...continue...

Weir: Consolation of Scholarship / Scatterday, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-01-01

Works: Judith Weir: The Consolations of Scholarship, for soprano & 9 players; Piano Concerto; King Harald's Saga, opera for unaccompanied soprano; Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, concerto for 10 instruments
Performers: Bjerken, Xak; Felty, Janice; Kellock, Judith
Conductors: Stucky, Steven Edward; Scatterday, Mark
Ensemble: Ensemble X

The Scottish-born Judith Weir began her career as an oboist and took composition lessons with John Tavener and Robin Holloway. Her music is performed in...continue...

Jane Manning, Soprano

1 CD / NM Classics Import / 2002-01-28

Works: Judith Weir: Don't Let that Horse, for soprano (vocal) & horn; Peter Paul Nash: In a Walled Garden, for voice & ensemble; Justin Connolly: Poems of Wallace Stevens II, for soprano (vocal), clarinet &...
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Montgomery, Roger
Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels

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Weir: Night at the Chinese Opera / Parrott, Chance, et al

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-01-01

Works: Judith Weir: A Night at the Chinese Opera
Performers: Chance, Michael; Daymond, Karl; George, Michael [bass]; Grummet, Adey; Lynch, Frances; McCafferty, Frances; Robinson, Timothy; Thomas, Gwion; Thompson, Adrian
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Jane Manning sings Weir, Nash, Connolly, Bauld, Elias, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: Judith Weir: Don't let that horse; Peter Paul Nash: In a walled garden; Justin Connolly: Poems of Wallace Stevens II, Op. 14; Alison Bauld: Farewell Already; Brian Elias: Peroration; Anthony Payne: A...
Performers: Manning, Jane
Conductors: Montgomery, Roger [cond.]
Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels

Mary Wiegold's Songbook / Wiegold, Muldowney, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: John Dowland: Complaint, P 63; Galliard to Lachrimae, P 46; Lachrimae; Judith Weir: The Romance of Count Arnaldos; Colin Matthews: Cantata on the Death of Antony; Strugnell's Haiku; Simon Bainbridge:...
Performers: Wiegold, Mary
Conductors: Muldowney, Dominic; Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: Composers Ensemble

Requiem of Reconciliation

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1997-03-24

Works: Luciano Berio: Prologue, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (from Requiem of Reconciliation, collective composition); Friedrich Cerha: Introitus and Kyrie, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (from Requie...
Performers: Brown, Donna; Janzik, Tobias; Moffat, Julie; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth