Fraser-Simson, Harold

Banalités - Songs by Poulenc, Ravel, Haydn, Wolf, Lord Berners, Copland, Rossini et al. / Thomas Blondelle, tenor; Danild Blumenthal, piano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2012-06-12

Works: Francis Poulenc: Banalités; Maurice Ravel: Sur l'herbe; Erik Satie: Mélodies (3) of 1916, for voice & piano; Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 11 "Miscellan&eacu...
Performers: Blondelle, Thomas; Blumenthal, Daniel

Thomas Blondelle, who finished second in the prestigious Concours Reine Elisabeth 2011, was chosen by the competition's partner BNP Paribas Fortis to record a song...continue...
Recording information: Flagey, Studio 4, Brussels (08/25/2011-08/28/2011)....continue...

Treasured Memories / Lloyd Linney, Michael Rickman

1 CD / Clear Note / 2011-11-15

Works: Harold Fraser-Simson: Vespers ("Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers"), for voice (or chorus) & piano; George Cory: Little Sailboat, for voice & piano (from Two Songs for Children); Richard Rodger...
Performers: Linney, Lloyd [Soprano]; Rickman, Michael [Piano]

Growing up in Georgia, Soprano Linney enjoyed a life that was rich with music from the time she was very young. She began singing in...continue...
Recording information: Elizabeth Hall, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida (12/15/2006-12/17/2006).

Includes hymns medley: for the beauty of the earth / this i by various composers.

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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...

Twice Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Anonymous, English: Morning Has Broken, song (Tune; Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Henry Purcell: Shepherd, leave decoying (from "King Arthur"), symphony & duet for 2 soprano...
Performers: Betts, Christopher; Birch, John; Blaze, Robin; Bowyer, Jeremy; Brough, Andrew; Carroll, Dara; Christer, Justyn; Criswell, Michael; Dutton, Paul; Higginbottom, Edward; King, Peter [Organ]; Lomas, Step...

Here, at last, the Boy Trebles collection long awaited to follow the worldwide bestseller "Once were Angels" GCCD 4040, from the 25-years of the Abbey...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...

Inga Nielsen - Voices, Live & Studio Recordings

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Athalia, HWV 52; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di L...
Performers: Andersen, Stig Fogh; Christiansen, Christian [Bass Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gurtler, Friedrich; Hannibal, Lars; Henning-Jensen, Gert; Nielsen, Arne; Nielsen, Inga; Noli, Alberto; Pappano, Antonio [C...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Kuhn, Gustav; Albrecht, Gerd; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Schoenwandt, Michael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Metzmacher, Ingo; Wallberg, Heinz; Firman, David

This two CD set spans a period of more than fifty years, from Inga Nielsen's first ever recording, made at the age of six accompanied...continue...

Fraser-Simson: The Maid of the Mountains / Kelly, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Harold Fraser-Simson: Maid of the Mountains, operetta
Performers: Ager, Jeanette; Bundy, Michael; Burgess, Sally; George, Michael; Kelly, Janis [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Suart, Richard; Taylor, Tom
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: New London Light Opera Chorus

"Corp has brought a sense of a spontaneous stage performance, with an ideal interaction between the characters. For Anglophiles, particularly those who enjoy G &...continue...

Treasures of Operetta - Ziehrer, Strauss, etc/ Knight, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-06-29

Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Der Schätzmeister; Der Fremdenführer; Die Drei Wünsche; Johann Strauss II: Casanova; Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin; Oscar Strau...
Performers: Morrison, Peter; Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Knight, Barry

London Pride / Catherine Bott, David Owen Norris

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-04-01

Works: Lionel Monckton: Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green, song; Madeleine Dring: Betjeman songs (5) for voice & piano; Sandy Wilson: The Boy Friend, musical; George Gershwin: A Foggy Day (in London Town), son...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Norris, David Owen

'Sumptuous performances all.' (Sunday Times)

'Catherine Bott, totally unexpected in lighter twentieth century repertoire, divulges new facets of her talents ... Noel Coward's London Pride...continue...

A Little Bit of Heaven / Butt, Gigli, Robeson, Lough, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2003-11-11

Works: Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Arthur Sullivan: The Lost Chord; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Traditional: My Lord, what a morning; Swing low, sweet chariot; Amazing Grace; Oh, what a beautifu...
Performers: Allin, Norman; Anderson, Marian; Bettendorf, Emmy; Brown, Lawrence [Classical]; Butt, Clara, Dame; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Francis, James; Gigli, Beniamino; Harris, Phil; Jackson, Mahalia; Lough, Er...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John, Sir; ; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir; Greenwood, Clifford; Wilbur, Jay; Robinson, Stanford
Ensemble: ; BBC Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Chorus; Chorus; Orchestra; Temple Church Choir; Vienna Boys' Choir

Joan Sutherland - Home Sweet Home

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 1992-10-08

Works: Julius Benedict: The Gipsy and the Bird; Luigi Arditi: Parla!; Il bacio; Federico Ricci: Crispino e la comare; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (2); La serenata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules M...
Performers: Bonifacio, Tina; Bonynge, Richard; Murray, Alexander; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonic Orchestra