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Opera In English - Puccini Passions

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-04-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Edgar, opera; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angel...
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Clarke, Paul Charles; Dazeley, William; Eaglen, Jane; Haymon, Cynthia; Hayward, Robert; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Le Brocq, Mark; Lee, Colin; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; O'Neill,...
Conductors: Orchestr, Philharmonia Pit; Abel, Yves; Parry, David; Hancock, Gareth

This set includes brand new recordings - with premiere recordings of Manon Lescaut and La Rondine in English. Here is an excellent compilation as an...continue...

Opera In English - Great Arias & Ensembles Vol 3

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Idomeneo; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Aida, opera; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Banks, Barry; Bardon, Patricia; Clarke, Paul Charles; Eaglen, Jane; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gavin, Julian; Gedda, Nicolai; Gritto...
Conductors: Parry, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Daniel, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir

Dove: Flight / Parry, Robson, McFadden, Coxen, Page, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: Jonathan Dove: Flight, opera
Performers: Coxon, Richard; Magee, Garry; Mason, Anne; McFadden, Claron; Page, Steven [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Plazas, Mary; Robson, Christopher [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Taylor, Ann; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Barito...
Conductors: Parry, David

"When Dove took flight at Glyndebourne it was in high style, with not one but two aircraft landing, a storm outside to match the emotional...continue...

Fauré: Requiem, etc / Tortelier, Plazas, Stephen, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-11

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; La naissance de Venus, for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra or piano ("mythological scene"), Op. 2; Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48
Performers: Crabtree, Libby; Plazas, Mary; Robinson, Timothy; Rutherford, James; Scott, Jonathan; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Choir

Fauré: Requiem, etc / Tortelier, Plazas, Stephen, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; La naissance de Venus, for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra or piano ("mythological scene"), Op. 2; Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48
Performers: Crabtree, Libby; Plazas, Mary; Robinson, Timothy; Rutherford, James; Scott, Jonathan; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Choir

"Recorded in All Saints, Tooting in January this year, this SACD is a very welcome addition to Hickox's fine Vaughan Williams cycle for Chando. It's...continue...

Opera in English - Bizet: Carmen / Parry, Bardon, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Garrett, Nicholas; Gavin, Julian; Harrison, Sally; Hegarty, Mary; Kilpatrick, Charles; Le Brocq, Mark; Magee, Garry; McCaldin, Clare; Parfitt, Paul; Plazas, Mary; Stafford-Allen, To...
Conductors: Parry, David

Opera in English - Puccini: Turandot / Parry, Eaglen, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Bayley, Clive; Eaglen, Jane; Gedda, Nicolai; Le Brocq, Mark; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Plazas, Mary; Sidhom, Peter; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David

"For some people, this recording may be the best way to experience Eaglen's Turandot - her physique does not suggest a beauty men would risk...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 - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Parry, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Banks, Barry; Bayley, Clive; Cullagh, Majella; Magee, Garry; Plazas, Mary; Shore, Andrew; Tierney, Vivian
Conductors: Parry, David

"With its already substantial catalogue of complete operas, the Opera in English series now (and, rather surprisingly, only now) turns to Mozart. We have come...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 - Donizetti: Elixir of Love / Parry, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-10-19

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Banks, Barry; Holland, Ashley; Plazas, Mary; Shore, Andrew; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David

The Observer
'Barry Banks's Nemorino could hardly be better: flexible, secure in intonation and silken in tone... he was an inspired choice for the part.'
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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...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 1 / Ford, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-02-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Plazas, Mary
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

There has always been an inexplicable gap in recorded music where opera in English is concerned. There is an obvious demand for the genre. American-born...continue...