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Parry: Invocation to Music, etc / Bamert, Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-03-21

Works: Hubert Parry: The Soul's Ransom, sinfonia sacra for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Choric Song from Tennyson's "The Lotus Eaters" for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Blest Pair of Sirens for chorus & or...
Performers: Cook, Brian Rayner; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Anne; Elms, Roderick; Jones, Della; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Chandos has been a major player in the long overdue rehabilitation of Parry's music. Here his most important large-scale choral works are available as a...continue...

Howells: Missa Sabrinensis, etc / Rozhdestvensky, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Herbert Howells: Missa Sabrinensis; Stabat Mater, for tenor solo, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Archer, Neill; Hill, Martyn; Jones, Della; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

This disc presents classic Chandos recordings of two spectacular choral works by a supreme master of the British choral tradition. Herbert Howell's music is distinctive...continue...

Opera in English - J. Baker sings Scenes from Julius Caesar

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Booth-Jones, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Davies, Noel; James, David; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"This is an intense, compelling, moving hero who sings with style, beauty, and musicianship of a high order. If you prefer highlights to complete sets,...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 9 / Andrew Shore

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-07-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Banks, Barry; Dawson, Lynne; Holland, Ashley; Howard, Jason; Jones, Della; Kilpatrick, Charles; Plazas, Mary; Shore, Andrew
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; English National Opera Orchestra

Opera in English - Baroque Celebration

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-03-26

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Don Quixote, Z 578; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Rinaldo
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; English National Opera Orchestra

Opera in English - Great Arias from Favorite Operas Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostock, Angela; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hampson, Thomas; Haymon, Cynthia; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; O'Neill, Dennis ...
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Elder, Mark; Bellini, Gabriele

This collection not only brings together the highlights from the more recent Opera in English recordings from Chandos, but also includes a 40-page booklet that...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 7 / Della Jones

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi; La Cenerentola; Guglielmo Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Gaetano Donizetti: La F...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Jones, Della; Magee, Garry; Mason, Anne; Plazas, Mary; Richards, Paul; Shore, Andrew; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele

"...Della Jones is a Welsh mezzo in her mid-fifties, which makes the youthful energy and tonal steadiness heard on this disc all the more amazing......continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 5 / Kenny, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; King A...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the Australian soprano is in fine voice throughout, with the clearest English diction since her fellow-antipodean Joan Hammond, a smooth legato and ringing top notes...Barry...continue...

Grainger Edition Vol 14 - Music for Chamber Ensemble 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-06-27

Works: Percy Grainger: Lord Peter's Stable-Boy, folk song for elastic scoring (3 instruments to full orchestra) (DFMS 1); The Shoemaker from Jerusalem (Jerusalems Skumager), folk song for flute, trumpet, vi...
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Jones, Della; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Opera in English - Rossini: The Barber of Seville

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-03-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rhys-Davies, Jennifer; Rose, Peter de; Ross, Christopher; Shore, Andrew; Snipp, Peter
Conductors: Bellini, Gabriele
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus

Opera in English - Verdi: La Traviata / Mackerras, Masterson

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-07-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Brecknock, John; Byles, Edward; Dowling, Denis; Earle, Roderick; Gibbs, John; Jones, Della; Kitchiner, John; Masterson, Valerie; Plessis, Christian du; Pogson, Geoffrey; Squires, Shilagh
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus

Opera in English - Handel: Julius Caesar / Mackerras, et al

4 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Booth-Jones, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Davies, Noel; James, David; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"Seemingly stuffy 'opera seria' format was no hindrance to Handel in creating works rich in human drama and musical invention...A highly intelligent, singable English translation...continue...

Grainger Edition Vol 12 - Songs for Mezzo / Jones, Thwaites

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Percy Grainger: David of the White Rock, folk song for voice & piano (BFMS unnumbered); Died for Love (Percy Grainger); Sprig of thyme; Willow, Willow, song for voice & piano (OEPM 1); Near Woodstock...
Performers: Jones, Della; Lavender, John; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Thwaites, Penelope; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Again Grainger amazes, amuses, arouses, intrigues. These 'Songs for mezzo' originate in Britain (with an excellent sequence of Scottish songs), Jutland and...continue...

Holst: The Cloud Messenger, A Choral Fantasia, etc / Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-05-18

Works: Gustav Holst: The Cloud Messenger, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 30, H. 111; The Hymn of Jesus, for 2 choruses, female semi-chorus & orchestra, Op. 37, H. 140; Ave Maria, Op. 9b/H 49; Motets (2), for c...
Performers: Jones, Della; Milhofer, Mark; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Wheatley, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Cloud Messenger is a 43-minute work of considerable imaginative power. Before its previous single-issue release it had been virtually forgotten since...continue...

Opera in English - Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parry, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-11-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliac...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Banks, Barry; Bayley, Clive; Bronder, Peter; Clarke, Paul Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Dazeley, William; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hargraves, Matthew; Haymon, Cynthia...
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele; Daniel, Paul

This is the premiere recording in English of Donizetti's sparkling comic opera. Conductor David Parry has been unanimously praised for his direction throughout the Opera...continue...

Hindemith: Sancta Susanna, etc / Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sancta Susanna, opera in 1 act, Op. 21; Das Nusch-Nuschi, ballet opera for marionettes in 1 act, Op. 20; Tuttifäntchen, suite from the incidental music for violin & orchestra; So...
Performers: Bullock, Susan; Gunson, Ameral; Jones, Della
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Leeds Festival Chorus

"It's hard to imagine a wider variety of music written by one composer over a span of five years than we hear on this disc,...continue...

Walton: The Bear / Hickox, Northern Sinfonia

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-11-01

Works: William Walton: The Bear, extravaganza
Performers: Jones, Della; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

Rossini: Stabat Mater / Hickox, Field, Jones, Davies, Earle

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Earle, Roderick; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; Jones, Della
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia