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Richard Strauss: Songs / Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Lieder (8), Op. 49; Die Nacht, Op. 10 no 3; Lieder (6), Op. 17; Leises Lied ("In einem stillen Garten"), song for voice & piano, Op. 39/1 (TrV 189/1); Lieder (5), Op. 69; Lieder (5),...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Many an artist can formulate a recital around the works of a single composer, but few so expertly and effortlessly as Dame Felicity Lott. Together...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (02/18/2002-02/20/2002)....continue...

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...

Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch / Felicity Lott

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-08-10

Works: Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch I
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

'A memorable achievement in every way ... lovingly and vividly brought to life by three superb artists, with a recording that for warmth, clarity and...continue...
Recording information: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol, England (1993-05-14_1993-05-16&1994-)....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...

The Best of Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Linden Lea; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The wasps; House of life; Variants (5) of 'D...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Greed, David; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Judd, James; Bakels, Kees; Lloyd-Jones, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest...continue...

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]

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]

Hyperion French Song Edition - L'Invitation au voyage

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-07-11

Works: Jules Cressonnois: L'invitation au voyage, song for voice & piano; Léo Delibes: Départ, song for voice & piano; Bonjour, Suzon; Regrets!, song for voice & piano; Charles Lecocq: La Cigale e...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

This latest recital from the eternal spring of Graham Johnsons pioneering research is entitled Linvitation au voyage. Johnson takes us on a fascinating armchair tour...continue...

Women's Lives & Loves / Lott, Kirchschlager, Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-06-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Erste Begegnung ("Von dem Rosenbusch"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liederspie; Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & piano (Fra...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Taking as its cue the 'Frauenliebe und Leben' cycles by Robert Schumann and Carl Loewe, this captivating duet recital follows the poet Chamisso's story of...continue...

Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Cinq Mars; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesa...
Performers: Delgado-Boge, Claire; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Marcinger, Ludovit; Martineau, Malcolm; Massis, Annick; Parat, Edwige; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Swierczewski, Michel; Goebel, Reinhard; Stryncl, Marek; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ; Musica Florea

A richly-colored voice, a perfect technique and a vivid musical imagination: the recipe for a portrait of an exceptional artist. 'Enchantment' is a personal selection...continue...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Fauré: Complete Songs Vol 4

2 CD / Hyperion / 2005-12-13

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Le Papillon et la Fleur, song for voice & piano in C major, Op. 1/1; Rêve d'amour, Op. 5 no 2; Dans les ruines d'une abbaye, song for voice & piano in A major, Op. 2/1; L'aur...
Performers: Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; McGreevy, Geraldine; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

This fourth and final volume in Hyperion's Faure's song series takes as its title a line from 'La Chanson d'Eve' - the matchless cycle which...continue...

Souvenirs de Venise / Songmakers' Almanac

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (23) of Various Nationality for voice & piano trio, WoO 158a; Franz Schubert: Der Gondelfahrer, D 808; Felix Mendelssohn: ...
Performers: Brooks, Brian; D'Alton, Hugo; Jackson, Richard; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Pearson, Justin [Cello]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"This fizzing multilingual Venetian 'Souvenir' slips down as gratefully as Prosecco and a hot day. Hahn's Venezia is a delicious epilogue." -Paul Riley, BBC Music...continue...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Fauré: Complete Songs Vol 3

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-08-09

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Puisque j'ai mis ma lèvre, song for voice & piano in C major; Tristesse d'Olympio, song for voice & piano; Hymne, song for voice & piano in G major, Op. 7/2; Sylvie, for voic...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; O'Hora, Ronan [Piano]; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone V...

This third installment in Hyperion's series, encompassing all Faure's songs, takes its title from the famous Silvestre setting 'Chanson d'amour' and guides the listener on...continue...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Fauré: Complete Songs Vol 2

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-05-10

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Mai, Op. 1 no 2; Puisqu'ici-Bas, for 2 voices & piano, Op. 10/1; Dans les ruines d'une abbaye, song for voice & piano in A major, Op. 2/1; Lydia, Op. 4 no 2; L'absent, Op. 5 no 3;...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Doufexis, Stella; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; McGreevy, Geraldine; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Ste...

"The discreet but authoritative Graham Johnson has masterminded a pleasing sequence of more than two dozen songs shared eight singers." - The Independent...continue...

R. Strauss: Songs / Marie McLaughlin, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Drossel ("Ich will ja nicht in Garten geh'n"), song for voice & piano, o.Op. 34 (TrV 49, AV 34); Lieder (8), Op. 49; Schlichte Weisen (5), Op. 21; Die Nacht, Op. 10 no 3; Der m&#...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]

'Gorgeous singing' (The Sunday Telegraph)

'Bring[s] a bright, wide-eyed wonder to songs of both night and of brilliant morning and a beguiling sense of dream-spinning in...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...
Conductors:
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...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Fauré: Complete Songs Vol 1

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-02-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Les Matelots, song for voice & piano in E flat major, Op. 2/2; Seule!, song for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 3/1; Chanson du pêcheur ("Ma belle amie est morte"), song for vo...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Doufexis, Stella; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; McGreevy, Geraldine; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

"Showing a greater variety than some other releases in the related Hyperion series, the music on the volume is divided among seven singers, all of...continue...

British Music - Green & Pleasant Land

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: E.J. Moeran: Symphony in G minor, R. 71; Gerald Finzi: Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 17; Arthur Somervell: The Shropshire Lad, song cycle; Frederick Delius: Aquarelles ...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Farrington, Iain; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Whitton, Christopher
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Robinson, Christopher; ; Penny, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; Duke Quartet; English Northern Philharmonia; Maggini Quartet; Northern Sinfonia; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Ro...

A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by...continue...

The English Song Series 3 - Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-02-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: It Was a Lover and His Lass, partsong for female chorus; The Lawyer, folk song for voice & violin (English Folksongs for voice & violin no 2); The Splendour Falls, song for vo...
Performers: Fuller, Louisa; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; Metcalfe, John; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"Safely stowed, another derelict from the Collins English song series comes aboard the well-stocked Naxos vessel, bound, we'll hope, for along and prosperous voyage. It...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...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Musique adorable! - Chabrier: Songs

2 CD / Hyperion / 2002-08-01

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Early Songs (9), for voice & piano; Le Pas d'armes du Roi Jean, song for voice & piano; Ivresses!, grande valse for voice & piano; L'invitation au voyage, for voice & piano; Sé...
Performers: Burden, William; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Leveaux, Ursula; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; McGreevy, Geraldine; Spence, Toby; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

"Here is something so joyous and heart-warming that it's difficult to know where to start anyone with a love of French music and poetry will...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...

The Songs of Chausson / Lott, Murray, Trakas, Johnson, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2001-04-01

Works: Ernest Chausson: Mélodies (7), Op. 2; Mélodies (7), for voice & piano, Op. 2; Le Charme, for voice & piano, Op. 2/2; Sérénade Italienne, for voice & piano, Op. 2/5; Le rideau de...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; McGreevy, Geraldine; Murray, Ann; Trakas, Chris Pedro
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chilingirian Quartet

"Older collectors will recall the decades between tantalizing, tiny handfuls of Chausson's 'melodies'... When, at last, an 'integrale' turned up for review several years ago,...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...

Hahn: Chansons Grises, etc / Martyn Hill, Graham Johnson

2 CD / Hyperion / 2000-04-01

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Les fontaines, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book II"); A Chloris; Études Latines; Mélodies (20), Volume 1; Rondels; Mélodies (20), Volume 1; L'enamourée; ...
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

'Beautifully performed' (Gramophone)

'Delicate, stylish performances' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'A very recommendable issue' (Hi-Fi News)

'Martyn Hill's tenor is perfec...continue...

Ireland: Songs / Milne, Ainsley, Maltmann, Johnson

2 CD / Hyperion / 1999-07-01

Works: John Ireland: Songs Sacred and Profane, songs (6) for voice & piano; Santa Chiara; Songs (2), for voice & piano (1928); Songs (3) to Poems by Arthur Symons, for voice & piano; Tutto è sciolto, f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Milne, Lisa

Three marvelous young singers come together with Graham Johnson to present this 2-CD set of virtually all of the songs of this reticent but much...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Songs / François Le Roux, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-02-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Work(s); Guitare, song for voice & piano; Rêverie, song for voice & orchestra; L'attente; Le Chant de ceux qui vont sur mer, song for voice & piano; Le pas d'armes du R...
Performers: Davies, Philippa; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; LeRoux, Francois [Baritone Vocal]; Osostowicz, Krysia

"...The twenty-seven songs are all little gems. They range from early, youthful efforts to melodies from his last year, and embraced an amazingly wide variety...continue...

Hyperion French Song Edition - Hahn / Lott, Bickley, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 1996-07-01

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Mélodies (20), Volume 1; Mélodies (20), Volume 1; Rêverie, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I"); Seule, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I"); Les cygnes,...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Bostridge, Ian; Gould, Chris; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

"The second volume of Hyperion's French Song Edition is hardly less appealing than the first. For four of the Etudes Latines Ian Bostridge joins the...continue...

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...