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Britten: Owen Wingrave Op 85 / Hickox, Coleman-Wright, Gilchrist, Watson, Fox, Leggate, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-06-24

Works: Benjamin Britten: Owen Wingrave, opera, Op. 85
Performers: Coleman-Wright, Peter; Connell, Elizabeth; Fox, Sarah; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Tiffin School Boys Chorus

Owen Wingrave was commissioned by BBC Television in 1966 and has been described as something of a Cinderella amongst Britten's operas despite an imaginative and...continue...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, K 588 / Mackerras, Watson, Montague, Maltman, Spence, Garrett, Et Al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cohen, John; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Montague, Diana; Schneider, Ronald; Spence, Toby; Watkin, David; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

'Cosi fan tutte' is Mozart's third opera to a Da Ponte libretto. It is in 'opera buffa' style and has only six characters, two couples...continue...

Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition / Hickox, et al

8 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Watson, Janice; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

The combination of ideal, sympathetic soloists and the combined Collegium Musicum 90 choral and orchestral forces led the way to an enormously successful series, which...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Brewer, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Arthur Sullivan: The Golden Legend, ...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Brewer, Christine; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Parry, David

"[Christine Brewer is] a rare creature: a genuine dramatic soprano, producing a generous column of brightly colored yet solid tone up to (at least) 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 - Great Operatic Arias / Sir Thomas Allenl

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Pyotr Il'yich ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Sherratt, Brindley; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Parry, David

Sir Thomas Allen is a baritone admired and loved in equal measure. He is admired for the beauty of his voice, for the quality of...continue...

Opera in English - Barry Banks sings Bel Canto

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Stabat mater; Le Comte Ory; Mosè in Egitto; Ermione; La gazza ladra; Armida; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress; Gaetano...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Boe, Alfred; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Parry, David

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

Janacek: Jenufa / Mackerras, Watson, Barstow, Ellet, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-06-29

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa
Performers: Barstow, Josephine; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Drumm, Imelda; Ellet, Charlotte; Fairs, Alan; Hampton, Claire; Hay, Rosemary; McCullough, Marian; Pope, Sarah; Robson, Nigel; Vaughan, Elizabet...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra

"Watson's voice is beautiful, lyrical and warm, and she delineates a moving interpretation. Most of the singers, who are all closely miked, have good diction,...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss / Hickox, BBC National

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss, opera
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; McGilloway, Emer; Pearson, Gail; Richardson, Mark [Engineer]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Suart, Richard; Watson, Jan...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Written in the late 1920s when he was at the height of his powers, The Poisoned Kiss is Vaughan Williams's forgotten opera:...continue...

Britten: Peter Grimes / Richard Hickox, Philip Langridge

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-04-23

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Barclay, Yvonne; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Collins, Anne; Connell, John; Fryatt, John; Graham-Hall, John; Harrison, Ned; Langridge, Philip; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Wat...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Westrop, Stephen
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

"Electrifying as their rivals are, the LSO singers seem just that much more arresting...the sense of total music-theatre is present throughout and it's excitingly laid...continue...

Haydn: Theresienmesse, Kleine Orgelmesse / Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-03-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As you may suspect, these are period instrument performances. If you dislike that concept you need read no further...Richard Hickox proves sympathetic to the music,...continue...

Poulenc: Gloria, Stabat Mater / Tortelier, Watson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-05-23

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148
Performers: Watson, Janice
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Singers

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
We are immediately struck, at the start of the Gloria, by the radiantly warm but clean orchestral sonority: only later does an...continue...