Wigmore Hall Live > Cantata/Oratorio

Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a

2 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-02-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

Recorded for Wigmore Hall Live in January 2010 by the Early Opera Company, one of Britain’s leading early music ensembles, the group features contralto Hilary...continue...
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Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, etc; Brahms: Songs Op. 57 / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Julius Drake

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-11-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Robert Schumann: Lieder aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Claude Debussy: Fantoches; George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine

"The stillness achieved in the song which deals with the coming of the couple's child, 'Sußer Freund', is spellbinding, and the profundity of the expression...continue...

Wagner, Wolf, Britten, etc: Songs / Brewer, Vignoles

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-04-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Hugo Wolf: Goethe Lieder; Benjamin Britten: Cabaret songs (4) for Hedli Anderson, for voice & piano; John Carter: Cantata, for voice & piano; Spoken Word: Announcem...
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Grammy Award winning American soprano Christine Brewer's appearances in opera, concert and recital are marked with her own unique timbre, at once warm and brilliant,...continue...

Finzi: Dies Natilis; Walton / Spence, Morton, et al

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-03-04

Works: Gerald Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 11; Dies Natalis, cantata for soprano (or tenor) & string orchestra, Op. 8; William Walton: Sonata for Strings (transcription by Walton...
Performers: Spence, Toby
Conductors: Morton, Jonathan
Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble

Toby Spence was recently described by the Guardian as ‘British opera's blue-eyed boy, having scored big successes at this year's Edinburgh Festival production of Britten's...continue...

Mahler, Handel, etc / Lieberson, Vignoles

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-04-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Theodora; Peter Lieberson: Rilke Songs (5); Ashoka's Dream, opera; Spoken Word: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's spoken introducti...
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"The major work in Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson's recital is the five Ruckert settings of Mahler, whose orchestrally conceived piano parts are realised by Roger Vignoles. The...continue...