Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]

Great European Choral Works / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Gaude, Maria virgo, motet for 5 voices; Diet...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Cornwell, Joseph; Crabtree, Libby; Davidson, Grace; Dean, Ruth; Dobell, Mark; Dunkley, Sally; Evans, Robert; Jones, Tim [Vocals]; Macdonald, Rob...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Since they were founded in 1979, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new...continue...

The Italian Collection / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

5 CD / Coro / 2012-03-13

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Te Deum, motet for double chorus & organ in C major; Iste confessor; Missa, for chorus & organ in A minor ("La stella"); Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrin...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Davidson, Grace; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Purves, Christo...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Featuring five of The Sixteen's most celebrated recordings, The Italian Collection is a sumptuous anthology of music. From Allegri's hauntingly beautiful Miserere to the virtuosity,...continue...
Recording information: Church of St Silas the Martyr, London, England (01/1992); St Augustine's, Kilburn, London (01/1992); St John's, Smith Square, London (01/1992); St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Ga...continue...

Kurt Weill: Symphonies 1 & 2; Broadway Songs; Concerto for Violin & Winds / Hampson, Hadley, Zimmermann

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 1 ("Berliner Symphonie"); Symphony no 2; Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; One Touch of Venus; Knickerbocker Holiday; The Firebrand of Florence; Love Life; Johnny ...
Performers: Adler, Stephen; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Carl, Jeffrey; Dee, Christopher; Dore, Michael; Edwards, Terry [Bass Vocal]; Fardell, Robert; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Green, Simon ...
Conductors: Bertini, Gary; Jansons, Mariss; McGlinn, John
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

The year 1933 marks a clear divide in the life and music of Kurt Weill (1900-1950). This was the year in which he fled Nazi...continue...
Recording information: Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); Philharmonie, Berlin (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); Lyndhurst Ha...continue...

Celebrations! (Royal and State) from Westminster Abbey

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-04-05

Works: Arthur Bliss: Royal Fanfares; Hubert Parry: I was glad; William Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Wash me throughly from my wickedness; Thou wilt keep him in perfect...
Performers: Aiken, Adam; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crouch, Jo; Franks, Roderick; Neary, Martin; New, John; Simcock, Iain
Conductors: Neary, Martin
Ensemble: London Brass

A rousing collection of compositions from many royal occasions and state events at Westminster Abbey, including coronations and royal weddings! This recording includes sixteen works...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Abbey (1988)....continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Christophers, Sampson, Padmore, The Sixteen, et al

3 CD / Coro / 2008-09-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Solomon; Esther, oratorio, HWV 50b; Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), cantata for soprano, recorder & continuo, HWV 134; Concerto for Harp in B ...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bircher, Katy; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Dawson, Lynne; Evans, Robert; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Purve...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

This brand new recording by one of the most celebrated ensembles in the world features distinguished soloists revered for their performances of Handel....continue...

Al fresco - Handel: Dixit Dominus / Simon Preston

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus, psalm, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G, HWV 238; Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, organ & continuo in G minor, HWV 241
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Auger, Arleen; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Dawson, Lynne; Dixon, Leigh
Conductors: Preston, Simon
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir; Westminster Abbey Orchestra

"...With Dixit Dominus the 22-year-old composer suddenly surprises us with an apparently unprepared display of musical competence and invention, and in a substantial piece of...continue...

The Christmas Collection

3 CD / Coro / 2007-09-04

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Burrows, Peter; Carwood, Andrew; Clarke, Fiona; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hodges, Christopher; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Gramophone Magazine
Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume.
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The Sixteen Edition - An American Collection

1 CD / Coro / 2006-05-09

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Reincarnations, for 4 voices, Op. 16; Irving Fine: The Hour Glass, for 4 voices; Steve Reich: Clapping Music, for 2 performers; Leonard Bernstein: Spring Song (from The Lark...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Cleverdon, Roger; Dean, Ruth; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Lane, Carys-Anne; Leonard, Sarah; Lockhart, William; Robertson, Nicholas
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Some of the most important and beautiful a cappella works of well-known names such as Barber, Bernstein and Copland are set alongside those by two...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Schütz: Musikalische Exequien, etc / Christophers, et al

1 CD / Coro / 2006-05-09

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, SWV 426 "German Magnificat"; Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener, for soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo ad lib, SWV 432-433; Herr, nun ...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Beckley, Lisa; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Brown, Jonathan; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Evans, Robert; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Timothy; O...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: Symphony of Harmony & Invention

To date The Sixteen and the Symphony of Harmony and Invention have made over 90 recordings, many award-winning, in a range of work spanning the...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Hodie / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: William Walton: Make we joy now in this Fest, carol arrangement for chorus (Christmas Carols no 1); Kenneth Leighton: Carols (3), Op. 25; Peter Racine Fricker: A Babe Is Born; Edmund Rubbra: The Virg...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Forbes, Patricia; Hoffnung, Benedict; Jeffrey, Robin; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Lockhart, William; MacKenzi...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

"Outstanding, irrespective of the season." -Gramophone...continue...

Blest Cecilia - Britten: Choral Works Vol 1 / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; A Hymn of Saint Columba; Hymn to St Peter, Op. 56a; Antiphon, Op. 56b; Te Deum in C major; Jubilate Deo; Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; Festival Te Deum in E major,...
Performers: Berridge, Simon; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Daggett, Philip; Dean, Ruth; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Lane, Carys-Anne; Margaret Phillips, Margaret [Organ]; Miles-Jo...

"This perfectly marvelous compilation of religious choral music of Benjamin Britten is a most welcome return. Now called 'Blest Cecilia: Britten Choral Works 1", this...continue...

Handel: Israel in Egypt / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & the Nightingale" (no 13), HWV 295
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Evans, Robert; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; MacKenzie, Neil; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen; The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

It's not surprising that 'Isreal in Egypt' is much-performed. Hailstones and lightning, buzzing flies and leaping frogs, are all brilliantly evoked for choir and orchestra...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Purcell: Love's Goddess Sure was Blind

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Jehova, quam multi sunt, Z 135; Miserere Mei ("Canon 4 in 2"), canon for 4 voices, Z. 109; In the midst of life; Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"; Love's goddess sure...
Performers: Berridge, Simon; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Lane, Carys-Anne; MacKenzie, Neil; Orsler, Helen; Woodcock, David

'This magnificent contribution...breaks new ground in scholarship, matching it with performances of the highest order...the elegy 'O Dive Custos,' with the astonishingly boy-like voices of...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Martin: Mass for Double Choir, etc

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Frank Martin: Cantate pour le 1er août, for chorus & piano or organ; Choral Works (3) (Janeton, Si Charlotte avait voulu, Petite église) for male & female chorus; Ariel Songs (5), for choru...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Edwards, Catherine; Gunton, Simon; Hensel, Joanna; Kennedy, Richard; Margaret Phillips, Margaret [Organ]; Nieman, Paul; Nwanoku, Chi Chi; Saunders, Stephen [Tr...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

Frank Martin was arguably Switzerland's greatest composer. His shimmering Mass for Double Choir, completed in 1926 as "an affair between God and himself," is one...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Britten: A Ceremony of Carols

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; A Shepherd's Carol; The Sycamore Tree, carol for chorus; Sweet was the Song, carol for SSAA chorus; Missa Brevis, for boys' chorus & organ in D major, ...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Dunkley, Sally; Hopkins, Jamie; Lane, Carys-Anne; MacKenzie, Neil; Margaret Phillips, Margaret [Organ]; Outram, Rebecca; Williams, Sioned

"A disc of exceptional quality, reinforcing The Sixteen's reputation as one of the finest choirs of our day." -Gramophone...continue...

Britten: Death in Venice / Hickox, Chance, Langridge

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88
Performers: Adams-Barbaro, Jennifer; Allen, Ildiko; Batchelor, Julia; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bowley, John; Chance, Michael; Charlesworth, Stephen; Charrier, Paul; Fallas, Richard; Feaviour, Marg...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Singers

"...Maybe Richard Hickox is getting bored with praise, but here's some more. This is another major achievement for him, taped last year in Blackheath Concert...continue...

Barber: Vanessa / Slatkin, Graham, Brewer, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Vanessa, Op. 32
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Brewer, Christine; Burden, William; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Graham, Susan; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Christine Brewer...[gave] a performance of extraordinary emotional and vocal span. What a cast of formidable American singers this was. There was Susan Graham, with an...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

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur, Dioclesian, etc/Pinnock

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Music in "The Prophetess; Or, The History of Dioclesian" (after John Fletcher and Philip Massinger,; Timon of Athens,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Stephen; Amps, Kym; Argenta, Nancy; Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Davidson, Angus [Counterten...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert; English Concert Choir

Pergolesi: Marian Vespers / Higginbottom, Daneman, Kiss, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-01-28

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Marian Vespers, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra (reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno)
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Daneman, Sophie; Higginbottom, Edward; Kiss, Noemi; McGillivray, Alison
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

This world premiere recording reveals a new masterwork by the 18-century Italian master Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, brilliantly reconstructed by musicologist Malcom Bruno from the composer's...continue...

James Macmillan: Birds of Rhiannon / Macmillan, BBC Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-24

Works: James MacMillan: Magnificat, for chorus & orchestra; Nunc dimittis, for chorus & orchestra; Exsultet, symphonic fanfare (2 versions); Màiri, for a cappella chorus; The Gallant Weaver, for a capp...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bourne, Richard; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davidson, Geoffrey; Feaviour, Margaret; Haslam, Micaela; Johnston, Robert; MacKenzie, Neil; Meynell, Eleanor; Murgatroy...
Conductors: MacMillan, James
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Singers

This new CD contains premiere recordings of James MacMillan's music for chorus and orchestra. The 'Birds of Rhiannon' defies easy classification. MacMillan calls it a...continue...

Opera in English - Puccini: Madam Butterfly / Abel, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Bayley, Clive; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bleiker, D'Arcy; Brett, Frances; Clarke, Paul Charles; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Rigby, Jean; Taylor, Ann; Wood, Roland; Yuris...
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

An accomplished cast of world-renowned singers performs one of the world's best-loved operas. Paul Charles Clarke, who takes the role of Pinkerton in this recording,...continue...

Handel. 'alexander Balus'.

2 CD / Hyperion / 1997-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander Balus
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Daniels, Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Denley, Catherine; George, Michael; McFadden, Claron; Pott, Charles; Raskin, Tom
Conductors: King, Robert

Music for Queen Mary - Henry Purcell

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-04-04

Works: Henry Purcell: I was glad when they said unto me, O Lord, Z 19; Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z 46; Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444; Now does the glorious day appear (Ode for Queen Mar...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Chance, Michael; Chateauneuf, Paula; Kirkby, Emma; Prevost, Stephen le; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Neary, Martin
Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey; New London Consort

This disc received a 1996 Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Album."...continue...

Handel: Judas Maccabaeus / Robert King, Jamie MacDougall

2 CD / Hyperion / 1992-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Denley, Catherine; George, Michael; Kirkby, Emma; MacDougall, Jamie
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

'A profusion of colourful delights ... persuasive evidence indeed that what may seem mediocre on the page can spring to life, given the artistry and...continue...

Handel: Dixit Dominus, etc / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-02-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Nisi Dominus, psalm, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G, HWV 238; Silete venti, HWV 242; Dixit Dominus
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Brett, Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Dunkley, Sally; George, Michael; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; R...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen; The Sixteen Orchestra

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Gardiner, Rolfe-Johnson, Baird, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Baird, Julianne; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Dawson, Lynne; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Milner, Howard; Montague, Diana; Nichols, Mary; Robertson,...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: St John Passion / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-02-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Archer, Neill; Argenta, Nancy; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Campbell, Richard; Darke, Valerie; Earle, Richard; Goodman, Roy; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass V...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists