Gardiner, John Eliot > Brown, Donna

Originals - Handel: Saul / Gardiner, Miles, Dawson, Ragin, Ainsley

3 CD / Philips / 2007-08-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Brown, Donna; Dawson, Lynne; Holton, Ruth; Mackie, Neil; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Oberst, Simon; Ragin, Derek Lee; Salmon, Philip; Savage, Richard; Slane, Philip
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Handel: Agrippina / Gardiner, Jones, Miles, Ragin, et al

3 CD / Philips / 2007-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Performers: Brown, Donna; Chance, Michael; Clarkson, Julian; Jones, Della; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Mosley, George; Ragin, Derek Lee; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Della Jones gives a masterful performance in the title role. John Eliot Gardiner has not recorded many Handel operas, nor directed many in the theatre....continue...

Grand Prix - Haydn: The Creation / McNair, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Brown, Donna; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilfrey, Rodney; McNair, Sylvia; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

"yet his (Gardiner) is a fun Creation and a real enrichment of the library Gardiner stands firm as an easy first choice; a re-creator of...continue...

Haydn: Nelsonmesse, Theresienmesse, etc / Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Philips Import / 2003-01-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Te Deum in C major, H 23c no 1; Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12
Performers: Brown, Donna; Bruce-Payne, Sally; Butterfield, Peter; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Gardiner's soloists are as minutely responsive as his choir and orchestra, with the pure-toned Donna Brown ethereal in the two 'Et incarnatus est' settings and...continue...

Verdi: Requiem; Quattro Pezzi Sacri

2 CD / Philips Import / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Brown, Donna; Canonici, Luca; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Monteverdi Choir; Orgonasova, Luba; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot