Tomlinson, John

Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartók

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Béla Bartók: Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Pictures (2) for Orchestra, Op. 10/Sz 46; Hungarian Sketches, for orch...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Grimaud, Helene; Kremer, Gidon; Norman, Jessye; Percy, Neil; Polgar, Laszlo; Shaham, Gil; Simon, ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartok's major orchestral works, the complete...continue...

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

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...

James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years At The Met

193 CD / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera; Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; John Harbison: The Gr...
Performers: Adams, Warren; Baker, Matt; Baker, Matt [Photography]; Bjorneboe, Andreas; Cardoso, Simone; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Flair, Nicholas; Fracker, Richard; Gallo, Sarah Weber; Greenlaw, Ian; Guyer, Joyce; ...
Conductors: Levine, James

The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met: a Box Set of 32...continue...

Classical Legends - In Their Own Words

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Spoken Word: Classical Legends in Their Own Words
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bumbry, Grace; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Kissin, Evgeni; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Toml...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Klemperer, Otto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Erede, Alberto; Abbado, Claudio; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Ashkenazy, Vladi...

Gramophone Magazine
All is co-ordinated by Jon Tolansky...[who] is good at putting things in context and moving the whole presentation along with the seamless legato that...continue...

Puccini - The Definitive Collection / Pavarotti, Freni, Sutherland, et al

11 CD / Decca / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Appelt, Hans-Dieter; Baratti, Walter; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bunnell, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Frese, Sieg...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Mehta, Zubin; Levine, James

Stravinsky: Oedipus rex, Firebird, Symphonies of Wind Instruments / Welser-Möst, London PO, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-06-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Lipovsek, Marjana; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz

Grammy-nominated conductor Franz Welser-Most enjoyed a fruitful, celebrated tenure with the London Philharmonic Orchestra from 1990–1996, a relationship that was fortunately recorded by EMI Clas...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Freni, Domingo, Bruson

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-05-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Allen, Paschal; Bruson, Renato; Curtis, Mark; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fryatt, John; Gambill, Robert; MacPherson, George; Rydl, Kurt [Bass Vocal...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe

Penguin Guide
No doubt [Rostropovich's] influence from the centre of the string texture contributes to the eloquence of the famous Adagio, which, like the performance as...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Rawnsley, Davies, Tomlinson, et al (in English) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-02-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Davies, Arthur; McLaughlin, Marie; Rawnsley, John; Rigby, Jean; Tomlinson, John
Conductors:

Run Time: 130 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: USA
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Documents of the Munich Years, Vol. 5

2 CD / Oehms / 2004-12-14

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73
Performers: Biss, Jonathan; Dilcheva, Kremena; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Levine, James

Opera in English - Wagner: The Flying Dutchman

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Begley, Kim; Halfvarson, Eric; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]; Tomlinson, John; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David

Stemme is now being hailed as one of the most exciting new Wagnerian sopranos on the scene. She recently received rave reviews for her performance...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 8 / J. Tomlinson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-04-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Ca...
Performers: Coote, Alice; Tomlinson, John; Vaughan, Elizabeth
Conductors: Parry, David

BBC Music Magazine
John Tomlinson is one of the finest singing actors on the opera scene today. He is unsurpassed in Wagner, but here he displays...continue...

Opera in English - Baroque Celebration

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-03-26

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Don Quixote, Z 578; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Rinaldo
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; English National Opera Orchestra

Opera in English - Great Arias from Favorite Operas Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostock, Angela; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hampson, Thomas; Haymon, Cynthia; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; O'Neill, Dennis ...
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Elder, Mark; Bellini, Gabriele

This collection not only brings together the highlights from the more recent Opera in English recordings from Chandos, but also includes a 40-page booklet that...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 6 / Tomlinson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 38...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Shore, Andrew; Tomlinson, John; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; Leeds Parish Church Chorus

"John Tomlinson is one of the finest singing actors on the opera scene today. He is unsurpassed in Wagner, but here he dispays his versatility...continue...

Opera in English - Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Parry, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Gedge, Nicholas; Ginty, Eugene; Joshua, Rosemary; Kenny, Yvonne; MacIntyre, Stuart; Montague, Diana; Parfitt, Paul; Rhys-Davies, Jennifer; Roberts, Gareth; Shaw, Geoffrey; Shore, Andrew; Tomlinson, J...
Conductors: Parry, David

Penguin Guide
Parry paces the score most persuasively, and the orchestral sound is aptly sumptuous...Diana Montague is a winningly expressive Octavian, and Rosemary Joshua a sweet-toned...continue...

Great Opera Houses

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; I lombardi; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Attila; Otello; Macbeth; La traviata; Don Carlos; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: No...
Performers: Braun, Victor; Burrows, Stuart; Davies, Ryland; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Elkins, Margreta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Johnson, Robert; Jones, Della; Jones, Isola; Kraus, Philip; Maslennikov, Alexei; Massar...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Kubelik, Rafael

Opera in English - Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parry, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-11-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliac...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Banks, Barry; Bayley, Clive; Bronder, Peter; Clarke, Paul Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Dazeley, William; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hargraves, Matthew; Haymon, Cynthia...
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele; Daniel, Paul

This is the premiere recording in English of Donizetti's sparkling comic opera. Conductor David Parry has been unanimously praised for his direction throughout the Opera...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Barenboim, Cuberli, Meier, Rodgers

3 CD / Erato Import / 1992-02-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Borwitzky, Ottomar; Carthy, Nicholas; Cuberli, Lella; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Heilmann, Uwe; Meier, Waltraud; Pertusi, Michele; Rodgers, Joan; Rosenthal, Willi; Salminen, Matti; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Martinu: The Greek Passion

2 CD / Supraphon Import / 1990-08-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: The Greek Passion (Recké pasije), opera, H. 372
Performers: Cullis, Rita; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; Gwynne, David; Harris, John [Tenor Vocal]; Joll, Phillip; Jonasova, Jana; Lawton, Jeffrey; Mitchinson, John; Moses, Geoffrey...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir