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Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Choral Anthems / Ying Huang: soprano; Bo Skovhus: baritone

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; A Westminster Te Deum, for chorus & organ; On Another's Sorrow, for chorus & organ; I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, for chorus & organ; From The Song of Songs...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; Huang, Ying; Robinson, Olivia; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Blackford, Richard; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

MusicWeb International, January 2013
Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/22/2012); Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (02/22/2012); St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (199...continue...

Handel: Acis & Galatea, arr. Felix Mendelssohn / Jeni Bern: soprano; Benjamin Hulett: tenor; Nathan Vale: tenor; Brindley Sherratt: bass

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Oxford Philomusica

BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012
You might know Mozart's respray of Messiah, but Mendelssohn's Acis and Galatea? This is an attentive performance of an intriguing curiosity.
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Recording information: St. Michael's and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford (02/08/2012-02/10/2012)....continue...

Richard Blackford: Not in Our Time / Paul Nilon, tenor; Stephen Gadd, baritone

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Richard Blackford: Not in Our Time, oratorio
Performers: Dowie, Christopher
Conductors: Carr, Gavin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
Blackford's music is gesturally direct, aiming for visceral impact in the scrunching orchestral discord that represents the moment the Twin Towers collapsed...the performa...continue...
Recording information: Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset (09/18/2011-09/19/2011)....continue...

Lamentarium / works by Rossi, Marazzoli, Mazzocchi, Pasquinni / Atalante

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Luigi Rossi: Passacaglia; Spargete sospiri; Pender non prima vide sopra vil tronco "Pianto della Madonna"; Peccantum me quotidie, for voice & continuo; Oratorio per la Settimana Santa (Lament of the ...
Performers: Baka, Theodora; Balbeisi, Nadine [Soprano]
Conductors: Headley, Erin
Ensemble: Atalante

Erin Headley's sensational new group Atalante is named in honor of Leonardo da Vinci's friend and pupil Atalante Migliorotti, inventor of the lirone. That magic...continue...
Recording information: St George's, Chesterton, Cambs, UK (11/27/2010-11/30/2010)....continue...

Bernstein: Kaddish; Schoenberg / Pisar, Axelrod, Lucerne SO, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-05-13

Works: Kurt Weill: Das Berliner Requiem, cantata for tenor, baritone, male chorus & wind orchestra; Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46; Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for sopra...
Performers: Furmansky, Abbie; Immler, Christian M.; Remmers, Janjob
Conductors: Axelrod, John
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus

Schoenberg and Weill, both born in Europe and forced to emigrate after the National Socialists seized power, went on to develop rather contrasting forms of...continue...

Prima Voce - Charles Kullman - European Recordings 1931-1938

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Richard Wagn...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Grossmann, Walter; Illiard, Ellice; Kullman, Charles
Conductors: Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Goehr, Walter; Müller, Johannes; Dobrindt, Otto; Hauke, Ernst; Kunneke, Eduard; Ruth, Ludwig
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Complete European Columbia recordings of tenor Charles Kullman, made1931-38. Like so many other fine tenors of the period, Kullman was expected to record items that...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Boughton, Smart, Towers, et al

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-06-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Carr, Gavin; Hart-Davis, Michael; Smart, Alison; Towers, William
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English Symphony Orchestra

Prima Voce - Clara Butt

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-03-02

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Favorita; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Sosarme, HWV 30; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ludwig van Beethoven...
Performers: Ronald, Landon; Torrens, Grace
Conductors: Wood, Henry; Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Ketèlbey, Albert W.

Twentieth Century British Choral Music / Darlington, et al

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); Hodie (This D...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Barratt, Ian; Best, Roger; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Cornes, Jeremy; Farr, Stephen; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Gritton, Peter; Hamburger, Peter; Hodges, Mauric...
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

Pärt: The Music for Organ; Rautavaara, et al / Kevin Bowyer

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-07-10

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Toccata for organ, Op. 59; Laudatio trinitatis, for organ; Ta Tou Theou (...se mikä on Jumalasta...), for organ; Sofia Gubaidulina: Light and Darkness; Arvo Pärt: Mei...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin

The four composers represented come from the furthest eastern and northern parts of Europe. Rautavaara's Finnish language shares common ground with the Estonian of Part,...continue...

Christmas Organ Music / Kevin Bowyer

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-04-17

Works: Franz Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum for Piano, S 186; Johann Sebastian Bach: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler C...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin

Recording information: Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, England....continue...

Meditations for All Seasons - Music for Spring, Summer, etc

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6; Aaron Copland:...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Bennett, Elinor; Bowyer, Kevin; Cornes, Jeremy; Hall, Judith; Hamburger, Peter; Hodges, Maurice; Johnston, Robert; Jones, Martin [Piano]; Lawson, Colin; Leister, Karl;...
Conductors: Laredo, Jaime; Fischer, Adam; Boughton, William; Wright, Simon; ; Swierczewski, Michel; Tippett, Michael
Ensemble: ; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Brandis Quartet; English Northern Philharmonia; English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; Scottish Cha...

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

Fine Arts Brass play Baroque - Bach, Handel, Vivaldi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-09-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings in D major; L' estro armonico, concertos (12) for 1-4 solo instruments, strings & continuo, Op. 3; Tomaso Albino...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fine Arts Brass Ensemble

Meditations for Autumn - Brahms, Barber, Chopin, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-09-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 15 in D flat major, ...
Performers: Johnston, Robert; Jones, Martin [Piano]; Leister, Karl; Partington, Adrian; Perlemuter, Vlado
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra

Prima Voce - Alma Gluck

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Élégie; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'Argent; Jean-Philippe Rameau: ...
Performers: Barone, Clement; Bourdon, Rosario; Chotzinoff, Samuel; Gluck, Alma; Lapitino, Francis J.; Rattay, Howard; Zimbalist, Efrem [Violin]
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Herbert, Victor; Hageman, Richard; Rogers, Walter B.

As in the similar case of John McCormack, it would be hard to exaggerate the extent of Gluck's popularity with the American public. It was...continue...

Prima Voce - Highlights / Amato, Anderson, Battistini, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Mikhail G...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Anderson, Marian; Battistini, Mattia; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Fleta, Miguel; Journet, Marcel; Lapitino, Francis J.; Lehmann, Lotte; ...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Sabajno, Carlo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Shaw, Robert; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Messner, J.; Cordone, Mario

This newest release from Nimbus' acclaimed "Prima Voce" series investigates the early history of the recording industry, which would hold little interest for us today...continue...

Prima Voce - Tito Schipa in Opera and Song

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Echantz, Jose; Gogorza, Emilio de; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Olivieri, Dino; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Riccardo, Alberto Fernanco; Pasternack, Josef A.

A comprehensive survey of the Italian tenor's art, this set includes all three previous Prima Voca releases of Schipa. Included are arias and songs by...continue...

Tippett conducts Tippett - Concertos, Ritual Dances, etc

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-05-19

Works: Michael Tippett: Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra; The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts; Praeludium, for brass, bells & percussion; Suite in D major for t...
Performers: Anderson, John; Ashton, Graham; Baillie, Alexander; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Caussé, Gérard [Viola]; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Cornes, Jeremy; Cullis, Rita; Curtis, Mark; Ha...
Conductors: Tippett, Michael; Boughton, William
Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia; English String Orchestra

This CD set is released in honor of Sir Michael Tippett, who passed away on January 8th, 1998. It contains important recordings of some of...continue...

Mendelssohn: Church Music / Robinson, St. John's Choir

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-01-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70; Hear my prayer; Psalms (3) for soloists & double chorus, Op. 78; Work(s); Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe, for double chorus; Heilig, Heilig Ist Gott, der Herr Zebaoth, f...
Performers: Atkinson, Alison; Davis, Peter R.; Morton, Peter; Peck, Martin
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

"Outstandingly performed anthology of too often slighted repertoire." -Classic CD...continue...

Christmas From Lichfield / Lumsden, Sharpe

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down; Gerald Hendrie: There Is No Rose; John Linton Gardner: Tomorrow Shall Be...
Performers: Choir of Lichfield Cathedral; Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Lumsden, Andrew; Sharpe, Robert [Organ/Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Lumsden, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Lichfield Cathedral Choir

Presents an attractively representative collection of music for an English Christmas service by one of Britains finest choirs, accompanied by the world renowned Lichfield organ....continue...
Personnel: Andrew Lumsden (organ).

Recording information: Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England....continue...

Prima Voce - Marian Anderson

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 81; Cantata no 112; St. Matthew Passion; Cantata no 12; St. John Passion; Christmas Oratorio; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Traditional Spiritual: City Called He...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Bloom, Robert; Fuchs, Joseph; Mayes, Samuel
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Prima Voce - Schipa in Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La donna ancora è fedele; Il Pirro e Demetrio; Il Tigrane; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nina, song for voice & piano (spurious; by V.L. Ciampi); George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; C...
Performers: Echantz, Jose; Gogorza, Emilio de; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Riccardo, Alberto Fernanco
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"...So why should you but this disc? The answer is the sound...I have heard just about all the Schipa transfers over the years, and from...continue...

For Weddings / Kevin Bowyer

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Ca...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin

Prima Voce - Tenors 1904-1937 / Caruso, Schipa, McCormack

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Dom Sébastien; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasq...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Sammarco, Giuseppe Mario; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Edward
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe

Oxford Church Anthems

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Charles Wood: O Thou, the central orb; Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and everlasting God; Herbert Howells: My eyes for beauty pine; Franz Schubert: Des Tages Weihe, D 763/Op. post. 146; Anton Bruckner: L...
Performers: Farr, Stephen

Vivaldi Concerti and Baroque Trumpet Music / Wallace

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Il Nome glorioso in terra (Climène), serenata (opera) in 1 act; Sonata (Concerto) à 6, for trumpet, 2 violins, 3 violas & continuo in C major, T. So 1; Concerto, for trumpe...
Performers: Fletcher, Lyn; Miller, John [Cornet/Trumpet]; Shulman, Andrew; Thomas, Peter [Violin]; Wallace, John [Trumpet]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra