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The Power of Love: An English Songbook / Alice Coote, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-02-14

Works: James Lyman Molloy: Love's Old Sweet Song; Maude Valérie White: So We'll Go No More A-roving, for voice & piano; The Spring Has Come, for voice & piano; The Devout Lover, for voice & piano; Edwa...
Performers: Coote, Alice; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

Alice Coote, one of the most distinctive mezzo-sopranos of today, makes her recital debut on Hyperion with pianist Graham Johnson, a stalwart of the label...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (2010-12-15&2010-12-15&2010-)....continue...

My Own Country: An English song collection / Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Hubert Parry: O Mistress Mine, for voice & piano (from English Lyrics, Set 2); My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird; Under the greenwood tree; Good Night; John Ireland: The trellis, for voice & piano (fr...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

My Own Country allows the highly respected Dame Felicity Lott to bring her delicacy and rich musical understanding to a collection of English songs inspired...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex, UK (05/14/2003-05/16/2003)....continue...

Voyage à Paris: The Melodies of Francis Poulenc / Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-06-14

Works: Francis Poulenc: Voyage à Paris ("Ah! la charmante chose"), song for voice & piano (Banalités), FP 107/4; Montparnasse; Hyde Park ("Les faiseurs de religion"), song for voice & piano, FP 12...
Performers: Jackson, Richard; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"This record will enchant you. Best of the Month" -Hi-Fi News...continue...
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British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

Summertime

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-05-25

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano (Hermit Songs), Op. 29/8; Edward Elgar: Op. 16; Gabriel Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Three centuries of song are represented here, and, as BBC Music Magazine's Hilary Finch put it "such is the skill of Johnson's programming that the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)....continue...

Call Me Flott / Felicity Lott sings Barber, Berlin, Porter et al

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-04-27

Works: Geoffrey Bush: It Was a Lover and His Lass; Francis Poulenc: Fancy ("Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred"), song for voice & piano, FP 174; Benjamin Britten: Fancie; Mervyn Horder: Under the Greenwood Tree; ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

A brand new release from Dame Felicity Lott, with Graham Johnson at the piano. Described as "The Queen of English Classical", here Felicity Lott, known...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England....continue...

Benjamin Britten - The Collector's Edition

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Canadian Carnival, for orchestra, Op...
Performers: Adey, John; Allen, Benjamin; Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Allison, Richard; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bailey, Norman; Ballard, Jerem...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Paavo, Järvi; Berglund, Paavo; Brown, Iona; Yuasa, Takuo; Hickox, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Harding, Daniel; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bedford, Steuart; Knu...
Ensemble: ; Endymion Ensemble

Benjamin Britten was without question one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. This 37-CD set features all of his most beloved works, giving...continue...

Hommage a Francis Poulenc

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Francis Poulenc: Le bestiaire (Cortège d'Orphée), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber ensemble), FP 15a; Cocardes, song cycle for voice & piano (or ensemble), FP 16; Trois poèmes ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Felicity Lott s'amuse d'Offenbach à Poulenc

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Belle Lurette, operetta in 3 acts; La Périchole; Georges Bizet: La Chanson de la rose, song for voice & piano; Chanson d'avril; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, op...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Felicity Lott s'amuse... "auf Deutsch"

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Franz Lehár: Dir sing ich mein Leid, waltz for voice & piano, V. 38; Komm zu mir zum Tee!, for voice & piano, V. 73; Kiss me my darling, for voice & piano, V. 71; Oscar Straus: Ich bin eine Frau...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Britten: Purcell Realizations / Lott, Gritton, Walker, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-07-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: Purcell Realizations; Purcell Realizations from Orpheus Britannicus; The Queen's Epicedium, for soprano or tenor & piano (Purcell Realization); Purcell Realizations from Harmonia Sa...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bostridge, Ian; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Jackson, Richard; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Rolfe Johnson, An...

'Altogether a marvellous treat - Another Hyperion triumph' (Classic CD)

'Two irresistible discs - typically painstakingly produced and documented - and would deserve four stars if...continue...

Britten: Folk Song Arrangements / Lott, Langridge, Johnson

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: Folksongs (7), Volume 1; Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements, for voice & piano; Folksong Arrangements, Vol. III "British Isles", for voice & piano; Folksong Arrangements, Vol. ...
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kampen, Christopher van; Langridge, Philip; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

"For the complete folk-song arrangements, this is the only game in town, so it's enough to note the much-reduced price of the reissue from Collins,...continue...

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
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Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

The English Song Series 5 - Quilter / Rolfe-Johnson, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Roger Quilter: Shakespeare Songs (5), Op. 23; Take, o take those lips away, song for voice & piano, Op. 23/4; O mistress mine, for voice & piano, Op. 6/2; How Should I your true love know?, for voice...
Performers: Fuller, Louisa; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; McCready, Ivan; Milne, Lisa; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"Soprano Lisa Milne and tenor Anthony Rolfe Johnson both deliver satisfying performances. Both display sensitivity, musicality, intelligence, and technical prowess. The accompaniments are likewise fin...continue...

The English Song Series 1 - Walton / Lott, Hill, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: William Walton: The Winds, for voice & piano; Tritons, for voice & piano; Beatriz's Song, for voice and guitar or strings (from radio music for "Christopher Columbus"); Under the Greenwood Tree, for ...
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]

"Waltonites will be pleased to know that the music is served well. Martyn Hill is sometimes thrown by the tricky intonation and declamation of 'Anon...continue...

Favourite English Songs / Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Maude Valérie White: So We'll Go No More A-roving, for voice & piano; Edward Elgar: Queen Mary's Song, for voice & piano; Thomas Dunhill: The Wind among the Reeds, song cycle for voice & orchest...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Felicity Lott is joined by Graham Johnson in this recital disc entitled "Favorite English Songs" which combines some of the best-known songsin the British repertoire...continue...

A. E. Housman - A Shropshire Lad / Bates, Johnson, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2001-12-01

Works: Alfred Edward Housman: 1887 From Clee to heaven the beacon burns; The Recruit ("Leave your home behind, lad"); Reveille ("Wake; When smoke stood up from Ludlow; Farewell to barn and stack and tree; O...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

'An outstanding release' (Classic CD)...continue...

Britten: Winter Words, etc / Graham and Anthony Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-07-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; Canticle I; Folksongs (7), Volume 1; The Trees They Grow So High (Benjamin Britten); Little Sir William, for voice & piano (F...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"Anthony Rolfe Johnson gives wonderful performances of two of Britten's finest song cycles and the ardent Canticle I, consistently beautiful in vocal quality, and almost...continue...

A French Collection - Bizet, et al / Hill, Johnston, Ferber

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-03-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Où voulez-vous aller?; Viens, les gazons sont verts, song for voice & piano; César Franck: Nocturne, M 85; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Clair de lune; Ta...
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

Love Songs - Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu / Kozená, Johnson

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-08-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Love Songs (Písne milostmé) (8) for voice & piano, B. 160 (Op. 83) (revision of Cypresses, B. 11); Cypresses, B 11; In folk tone, Op. 73/B 146; Bohuslav Martinu: Novy S...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena

"Magdalena Kozena's...voice has maturity, depth and flexibility, and her diction is impeccable...The results [of this recording], supported by perceptive and idiomatic accompaniment from Graham Johnso...continue...

The Essential Pierre Bernac / Poulenc, Moore, Johnson

3 CD / Testament / 1999-03-10

Works: Charles Gounod: Sérénade; Ce que je suis sans toi, song for voice & piano; Au rossignol; Venise, song for voice & piano (Six Songs no 6); Prière, song for voice & piano; Chanson du...
Performers: Bernac, Pierre; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Poulenc, Francis
Conductors: Beydts, Louis

This 3 CD set from Testament focuses on the music of Poulenc, Gounod, Faure, Debussy and Satie. Bernac's performances of these masterworks of the French...continue...

Britten: The Red Cockatoo, Sonnets of John Donne / Bostridge

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-11-01

Works: Pelham Humfrey: Lord! I have sinned; A Hymne to God the father "Wilt thou forgive that sin"; William Croft: A Hymn on Divine Musick; Benjamin Britten: Evening, Morning, Night, songs (3) for medium vo...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

España! / Ann Murray, Graham Johnson, Songwriters' Almanac

1 CD / Hyperion / 1993-11-11

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección (7) de canciones amatorias; Joaquín Turina: Corazon de mujer; Hector Berlioz: Zaïde, boléro for voice, castsnets & piano or orchestra, Op. 19/1;...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...