Countertenor > Robson, Christopher

Handel: Xerxes / Mackerras, Murray, Garrett, Masterson, Robson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Xerxes, HWV 40
Performers: Booth-Jones, Christopher; Garrett, Lesley; Masterson, Valerie; Murray, Ann; Rigby, Jean; Robson, Christopher
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus; English National Opera Orchestra

Nicholas Hytner's highly innovative production of Handel's comic opera won the coveted Laurence Olivier Opera Award. This live recording from the English National Opera stars...continue...
Run Time: 186 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French, English, Italian, Dutch, Greek...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Mortensen/Concerto Copenhagen, Scholl, Dam-Jensen, Stene [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-10-09

Works: George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Dam-Jensen, Inger; Knudsen, Palle; Lundgren, John; Maniaci, Michael; Robson, Christopher; Scholl, Andreas; Semmingsen, Tuva; Stene, Randi
Conductors: Mortensen, Lars Ulrik
Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen

In what is probably his most accomplished opera, freely based on historical characters, Handel probes with many facets of the human soul. 'Giulio Cesare' boasts...continue...
Run Time: 216 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Denmark
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Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-06-26

Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Blythe, Stephanie; Boothby, Richard; Bowman, James; Brosse, ...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Paul; Kraemer, Nicholas; S...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of London; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Agostino Steffani; Choir of the Age of Enlightenment; City of London Bar...

EMI's collection 100 Best Baroque includes a generous 460 minutes of some of the most familiar works or movements from works written during the Baroque era. There is a good mix of genres, including wo...continue...

Ancora - Casken: Golem / Bernas, Music Projects London

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-05-05

Works: John Casken: Golem
Performers: Beswick, Judith; Clarke, Adrian; Cotterell, Stephen; Hall, John; Harrhy, Paul; Hockings, David; Honour, Colin; Irvine, Robert; McFarlane, Belinda; Morris, Richard; Preston, Sophia; Robson, Christophe...
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: Music Projects, London

Handel: Xerxes / Bolton, Murray, Kenny, Kaufmann, et al

3 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-02-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse, HWV 40
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Chiummo, Umberto; Kaufmann, Julie; Kenny, Yvonne; Murray, Ann; Robson, Christopher; Zinkler, Jan
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Free / Libera

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Robert Prizeman: I am the day; Stay with me; Voca me; A Song of enchantment; Ave Verum; Do not stand at my grave and weep; When a knight won his spurs; A New Heaven; Lament; Twilight; Be still my sou...
Performers: Chadney, Anthony; Crawley, Ben; Neumann, Raoul; Platt, Joseph; Robson, Christopher
Conductors:
Ensemble: Libera

Handel: Ariodante / Bolton, Murray, Rodgers, et al

3 CD / Farao Classics / 2004-09-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33
Performers: Anderson, James [tenor]; Chiummo, Umberto; Kaufmann, Julie; Murray, Ann; Nilon, Paul; Robson, Christopher; Rodgers, Joan
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra

"Murray is the most vivid Ariodante on disc she's so thoroughly 'in' the character that she sweeps us along countertenor Robson is a super-villain in...continue...

Vivaldi: Laudate Pueri, Nisi Dominus / Dawson, Robson, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2004-04-06

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate pueri Dominum in G major, RV 601; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Robson, Christopher
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

In addition to his hundreds of concertos, the prolific Vivaldi wrote some 40 operas and oratorios, and at least 50 other sacred choral works -...continue...

Telemann: Musique de table [Tafelmusik] Vol 4 / Golden Age

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-20

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture, suite for 2 oboes, 2 violins, strings & continuo in B flat major (Tafelmusik III/1), TWV 5; Quartet for Flute, Violin, Cello, and Basso Continuo in E minor, TV 43 no...
Performers: Bishop, Julia; Blackadder, David; Bryson, Felicity; Edwards, Gavin; Foxwell, Heather; Glenton, Robert; Kershaw, Heather; Montgomery, Roger [horn]; Parker, Joanna; Robertson, Bernard; Robson, Christop...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Golden Age

"Despite [Telemann's] almost unbelievable musical fecundity, one finds a consistently high quality in his work. Each piece seems fresh, filled with alluring ideas...While Naxos's cycle...continue...