Choral > Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

Essential Carols - Over 2 hours of timeless Christmas favorites

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The Holly and the Ivy (English); While...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Clarvis, Paul; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kampen, Christopher van;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Rutter, John; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Handford, Maurice

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Fauré: Requiem / John Rutter - Cambridge Singers

1 CD / Collegium / 2011-07-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Tantum ergo, for vocal soloists, 3-part women's chorus & organ in E major, Op. 65/2; Ave Maria, sacred song for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) & o...
Performers: Ashton, Caroline; Holton, Ruth; Scott, John; Stantage, Simon; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

2010 sees the re-release at mid-price of John Rutter's Gramophone Award-winning 1984 recording of Faure's Requiem. The first-ever performance on disc of the work in...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of University College School, London....continue...

Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / John Eliot Gardiner

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach Cantatas, Vol. 2

2 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2010-03-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 2, "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV 2; Cantata no 10, "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren," BWV 10 (BC A175); Cantata no 76, "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gotte...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Larsson, Lisa; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

SDG's Bach Cantata series Vol 2: Cantatas for the Second Sunday after Trinity & Cantatas for the Third Sunday after Trinity. Performing to an audience...continue...

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / Gardiner

6 CD / Erato / 2007-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Festal Mass at the Imperial Court of Vienna 1648 / Seymour

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-07-17

Works: Girolamo Fantini: Sonata Imperiale No 1 "Del Colloreto"; Missa Veni sponsa Christi; Sonata Imperiale No 2; Andreas Rauch: Attolite Portas; Jubilate Deo; Benedicite; Pater Noster; Cantate Domino; Giov...
Performers: Cable, Margaret; Collins, David; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daggett, Philip; Kampen, Anthony Van; Laird, Michael; Langford, Roger; North, Nigel [Lute]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Seymour, Yvonne; Steel...
Conductors: Seymour, Peter
Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London; Yorkshire Baroque Soloists

The works on this record constitute a complete Mass likely heard shortly after the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, celebrating the end...continue...

Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition / Hickox, et al

8 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Watson, Janice; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

The combination of ideal, sympathetic soloists and the combined Collegium Musicum 90 choral and orchestral forces led the way to an enormously successful series, which...continue...

War's Embers

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-05-09

Works: Gerald Finzi: Requiem Da Camera; Ivor Gurney: The Twa Corbies, for voice & piano; Black Stichel for voice & piano; Blaweary, for voice & piano; The Fiddler of Dooney; Goodnight to the Meadow, for voi...
Performers: Benson, Clifford; George, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

'If you enjoy English song, this set is a must ... The singers are Britain's best, and their excellence is matched by the accompaniments of...continue...

Hummel: Mass, etc / Richard Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Te Deum, for chorus & orchestra in D major, WoO 16, S. 70; Quod quod in orbe, gradual for chorus & orchestra, Op. 88; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 2 in E flat major...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Murray, Ann; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"It is astonishing that such fine pieces have been so completely neglected. They here inspire Hickox and his team to performances just as electrifying as...continue...

Collectors Edition - Bach: Christmas Oratorio, etc

9 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Archer, Neill; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; Collin...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

Best Loved Christmas Carols / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (En...
Performers: Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Jones, George; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor]; Trotter, Thomas; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Well...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge

This is the perfect set for the Christmas Season! It features the very best holiday music from the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, who have...continue...
Personnel: Tom Armstrong (descant); Francis Grier, John Wells (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (1964-1979)....continue...

Tête á Tête - Vivaldi: Vêpres pour la Nativité de la Vierge

2 CD / Naïve / 2003-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Antienne; Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 595; Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 600; In exitu Israel in C major, RV 604; ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Elwes, John; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy

This recording reconstructs a service of 'Vespers for the Nativity of the Virgin' employing works composed at that time. The office consists of five psalms...continue...

Purcell: Complete Sacred Music / King, King's Consort, et al

11 CD / Hyperion / 2002-12-01

Works: Henry Purcell: O sing unto the Lord, anthem for soprano, alto, tenor, 2 basses, chorus, 2 violins, viola & organ, Z; O praise God in His holiness, anthem for alto, tenor, 2 basses, chorus, 2 violins,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bowes, Tim; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Burrowes, Connor; Campbell, Colin; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Evans, Robert; Finnis, Jerome; Geo...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"In preparing these performances, King has taken full account of the historical circumstances at the Chapel Royal in the reign of King Charles II. I...continue...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis / Hickox, Gritton, Winter, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in honorem BVM, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in E flat major ("Missa St. Joseph" /; Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Mariazel...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As ever, Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due...continue...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis, Missa sunt bona mixta malis / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5; Missa Sunt Bona Mixta Malis, for chorus & organ in D minor, H. 22/2
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"...[The "Missa Cellensis"] is pervaded by the brilliant C major sonority of trumpets and timpani, served up with the young Haydn's typical confidence and verve....continue...

Haydn: Heiligmesse, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B flat major, H 22 no 13 "Schöpfungmesse"; Missa Sancti Nicolai, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in G major ("Nikolaimesse"), H. 22/6
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"This is the fourth disc of Richard Hickox's Haydn Masses for Chandos...The performances have been full of vitality and vigor without rushing the music. Though...continue...

Haydn: Nelson Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Ave Regina Coelorum for soprano, chorus, 2 violins & organ in A major, H. 23b/3; Missa brevis, for 2 sopranos, chorus, organ & strings i...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

The fifth disc in the enormously successful Haydn Mass Edition features the most popular of all Haydn's masses, the "Nelson Mass." The outstanding combination of...continue...

Haydn: Paukenmesse, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-01-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Te Deum, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in C major, H. 23c/1; Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9; Alfred,...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Take warning: this disc uses period instruments. If you can't abide them, you will not like this. Yet it is one of the most significant...continue...

Haydn: Harmoniemesse, Salve Regina / Hickox, Argenta, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-11-18

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Harmoniemesse"), H. 22/14
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Haydn's Alpha and Omega here: his first major work, the Salve regina of 1756, juxtaposed with his last, the Harmoniemesse of 1802, so-called because of...continue...

Stanford: Stabat Mater, etc / Hickox, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-07-15

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Stabat Mater Op. 96; Hymns (6), Op. 113; Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate) for chorus, brass & organ, in B flat major, Op. 10
Performers: Attrot, Ingrid; Battiwalla, Darius; Robson, Nigel; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Brass

"...Chandos again puts in a bid to be crowned champion among all record companies as a purveyor of gloriously realistic sound - plangent, imposing, yet...continue...

Haydn: Creation Mass, etc / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-11-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Schöpfungsmesse"), H. 22/13; Missa Rorate coeli desuper, in G major (lost), H. 22/3
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

"...this new reading eclipses both [Marriner on EMI & Guest on London] in the quality of its choir and soloists, the subtlety of Hickox's direction...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...

Haydn: Theresienmesse, Kleine Orgelmesse / Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-03-19

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"As you may suspect, these are period instrument performances. If you dislike that concept you need read no further...Richard Hickox proves sympathetic to the music,...continue...

Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia / Gardiner, English Baroque

1 CD / Erato Import / 1995-05-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629
Performers: Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

Bach: Mass in B minor / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Tucker, Mark; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato / Gardiner

2 CD / Erato Import / 1992-09-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55
Performers: Davies, Maldwyn; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

Britten, Finzi, Holst: Choral Works / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-10-01

Works: Gerald Finzi: Requiem Da Camera; Benjamin Britten: Deus in adjutorium meum, motet for chorus (from "This Way to the Tomb"); Chorale on an Old French Carol, for double chorus; Cantata misericordium, f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alley, John [Piano]; Barlow, Alison; Dorey, Susan; Hoult, David; Roberts, Edward; Singers, Britten; Tees, Stephen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Ward, Nicholas [Conductor]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Britten Singers; City of London Sinfonia

Vivaldi: Gloria; Bach: Magnificat / Hickox, Kirkby, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-03-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ostro picta in D major, RV 642; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bonner, Tessa; Chance, Michael; Kirkby, Emma; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90