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Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings; Nocturne; Finzi: Dies Natalis / Mark Padmore, tenor; Stephen Bell, horn

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-05-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Nocturne, Op. 60; Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis, cantata for soprano (or tenor) & string orchestra, Op. 8
Performers: Bell, Stephen; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Shave, Jacqueline
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

Celebrated tenor Mark Padmore and the Britten Sinfonia present a program featuring some of the most beautiful English music for voice and orchestra ever written....continue...
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Schubert: Schwanengesang / Mark Padmore, tenor; Paul Lewis, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Auf dem Strom, D 943/Op. 119; Die Sterne, D 939/Op. 96 no 1
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Watkins, Richard

Tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Paul Lewis conclude their acclaimed Schubert triptych with this revelatory account of Schwanengesang, the third and last of the great...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (10/2010)....continue...

Schubert: Die schöne Mullerin / Mark Padmore

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]

"Two Deeply thoughtful artists pushing each other ever onwards."-Gramophone...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (09/2009)....continue...

Schubert: Winterreise / Mark Padmore, Paul Lewis

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-09-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]

Composed in 1827 and first performed privately for members of Schubert's circle, 'Winterreise' initially received a mixed reception. Now acknowledged as the greatest song-cycle ever...continue...

Britten: Before Life & After, Songs / Padmore, Vignoles

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-06-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Winter Words, Op. 52; Sail on, sail on (Moore's Irish Melodies, Vol. 4); The Miller of Dee (Folksongs of the British Isles, Vol. 3); At the mid h...
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"This is a sterling collection that has at its core the two greatest song cycles by Benjamin Britten, and two of the greatest that the...continue...

Johann Sebastian Bach - The Essentials

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-02-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Egarr, Richard; Frisch, Celine; Gilbert, Kenneth; Henschel, Dietrich; Jezovsek, Vasiljka; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Manze, Andrew; O...
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe; Müllejans, Petra; Junghanel, Konrad; Jacobs, René
Ensemble: ; Cantus Cölln ; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Ghent Collegium Vocale Orchestra; La Chapelle Royale Paris

How can one sum up on two CDs all that Johann Sebastian Bach contributed to music? The artists of harmonia mundi offer you this concise...continue...

Handel: As steals the morn, etc / Padmore, Manze, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alceste, incidental music, HWV 45; Semele; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Tamerlano; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Rodelinda; Esther; Jephtha; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il M...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Crowe, Lucy; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Spreckelsen, Katharina

"This represents a quantum leap forward for Mark Padmore, who now seems to be firmly in the line of Anthony Rolfe-Johnson and John Mark Ainsley...continue...

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito / Jacobs, Im, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-09-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Chappuis, Marie-Claude; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Foresti, Sergio; Im, Sunhae; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina
Conductors: Jacobs, René

'La clemenza di Tito', was Mozart's last opera, commissioned for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, King of Bohemia. Early Mozart scholars claimed he wrote...continue...

Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi, etc / Christie

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-09-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigals, Book 7; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Madrigals, Book 10; Presso un fiume tranquillo, dialogue for 7 voices & instruments (from Book 6), SV 116; Madrig...
Performers: Brand, Adrian; Brua, Claire; Cavallier, Nicolas; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Loonen, Bernhard; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine; Rivenq, Nicolas; Semellaz, Francoise
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Rameau: Castor & Pollux Highlights / William Christie, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-10-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Performers: Brua, Claire; Correas, Jerome; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Gens, Véronique; Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Bach: St John Passion / Herreweghe, Scholl, Rubens, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Kempenaers, Cecile; Noack, Sebastian; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rubens, Sibylla; Volle, Michael; Worner, Dominik
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Ghent Collegium Vocale

"...In his new release of the St. John Passion Herreweghe, by contrast with his earlier recording, has opted for Bach's 1725 Leipzig version in which...continue...

Bach: Cantates de Noël (Christmas Cantatas)

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1996-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 122, "Das neugeborne Kindelein" BWV 122; Cantata no 110, "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens" BWV 110; Cantata no 57, "Selig ist der Mann" BWV 57
Performers: Bach, Johann Sebastian; Jezovsek, Vasiljka; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale (Ghent)

Early Music Review
Philippe Herreweghe is possibly the very best Bach choral director.
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