Evans, Rebecca

Elgar: The Apostles / Sir Mark Elder, Halle Orchestra and Choir

2 CD / Halle Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Coote, Alice; Evans, Rebecca; Groves, Paul; Imbrailo, Jacques; Kempster, David; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Elder, Mark

This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a performance The Guardian described as...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (05/05/2012)....continue...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

The Decca Delius Edition / Charles Mackerras [8 CDs]

8 CD / Decca / 2012-01-24

Works: Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; In a Summer Garden, rhapsody for orchestra, RT vi/17; A Village Romeo and Juliet; North Country Sketches, for orchestra, RT vi/20; Appalachia - Ame...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Forsberg, Bengt; Hampson, Thomas; Hoare, Peter [; Kars, Jean-Rodolphe; Little, Tasmin; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Mora, Barry; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Washington, Daniel
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Collins, Anthony

Marking the 150th Anniversary of Delius' birth date in 1862, Decca Classics releases the 'Delius Edition' - the most comprehensive Collection of Delius' music ever...continue...

Hiraeth / Great Voices of Wales

1 CD / Delta (UK) / 2011-03-01

Works: Anonymous: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing; Welsh Traditional: Hiraeth (Longing); Hyder, folk song; Charles Gounod: The St. Cecilia Mass; Thomas Morley: My bonny lasse she smyleth, madrigal fo...
Performers: Ashton, Wyn; Evans, Rebecca; Jones, Garfield; Jones, Mair Wyn; Morriston Orpheus Choir; Williams, Alun Tregellis

Choral Festival / Great Voices of Wales

1 CD / Delta (UK) / 2011-03-01

Works: Joseph Parry: Dies irae; Curtis Mann: Let it Be Me; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Christmas Traditional: Rise Up, Shepherd; Johann Strauss II: Casanova; Richard Rodgers: Carousel; Welsh Traditional: ...
Performers: Adrian, Enid; Ashton, Wyn; Evans, Rebecca; Jones, Mair Wyn; Morriston Orpheus Choir; Williams, Alun Tregellis

Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.

Includes cadwyn o emyn donau cymreig, medley for chorus by various composers....continue...

Welsh Choral Spectacular

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Franz Lehár: Giuditta (Judith); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; The Magic Flute; Tr...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Evans, Wynne; Howard, Jason; Howard, Jeffrey; Lewis, Pete; Llywlyn, Huw; Morgan, Timothy; Thwaite, Annabel; Totterdale, Peter; Williams, Huw [Organ]; Wyn, Fflur
Conductors: James, Haydn; Humphreys, Alwyn

Recording information: The Royal Albert Hall....continue...

Liszt Abroad

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-11-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Gastibelza (Bolero), song for voice & piano, S. 286 (LW N27); Comment, disaient-ils, S 276 no 2 (2nd version); Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, S 272; Die Lor...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Evans, Rebecca; Rose, Matthew; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

"The recording is excellent and with a playing time of almost 80 minutes we are offered a lot of music for our money. Signum can...continue...
Recording information: Warehouse, London, England....continue...

Twin Spirits / Sting, Keenlyside, Styler, Evans, Krylov, Clein, Burnside [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-09-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Works; Clara Wieck Schumann: Works
Performers: Burnside, Iain; Clein, Natalie; Evans, Rebecca; Jacobi, Derek; Keenlyside, Simon; Krylov, Sergej; Paremski, Natasha; Sting; Styler, Trudie

'Twin Spirits' is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic...continue...
Run Time: 206 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Opera in English - Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles / Cohen, Keenlyside, Banks, Evans, Miles, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Banks, Barry; Evans, Rebecca; Keenlyside, Simon; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Cohen, Brad
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Bizet's exotic opera 'The Pearl Fishers' is not as well known as 'Carmen' but contains a wealth of attractive music, including the popular duet 'Au...continue...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Mackerras, Miles, Focile, et al

3 CD / Telarc / 2008-09-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Corbelli, Alessandro; Davies, Ryland; Evans, Rebecca; Focile, Nuccia; Mentzer, Susanne; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Murphy, Suzanne; Vaness, Carol
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Mozart: Highlights from Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro

2 CD / Telarc / 2008-08-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Brewer, Christine; Chiummo, Umberto; Corbelli, Alessandro; Davies, Ryland; Evans, Rebecca; Focile, Nuccia; Hadley, Jerry; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Mentzer, Susanne; Miles,...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Hickox/Collegium Musicum 90 / Ewing, Daymond [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-06-24

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Burgess, Sally; Daymond, Karl; Evans, Rebecca; Ewing, Maria; Rozario, Patricia
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Maria Ewing, as Dido, heads an outstanding cast of young British singers in a film of Henry Purcell's much-loved tragic opera. With spectacular sets this...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, French
Country of Origin: USA...continue...

Opera in English - Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Performers: Coppen, Sarah; Evans, Rebecca; Hayward, Robert; Henschel, Jane; Larmore, Jennifer; Montague, Diana; Plowright, Rosalind; Tynan, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: New London Children's Choir

"Simply unmissable for any fans of this opera, Anglophone or not, Mackerras balances the songful and the sinister with absolute sureness. There is not a...continue...

Paer: Sofonisba (Highlights) / Guidarini, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-11-14

Works: Ferdinando Paër: Sofonisba, opera
Performers: Crowe, Lucy; Evans, Rebecca; Larmore, Jennifer; Lee, Colin; Nilon, Paul; Palazzi, Mirco
Conductors: Guidarini, Marco
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra

"A delightful array of talent has been gathered by Opera Rara to essay excerpts from a rarely heard score. Paul Nilon, Jennifer Larmore, Rebecca Evans...continue...

Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights / Mackerras, Welsh Opera

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-10-25

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Mikado; HMS Pinafore; Pirates of Penzance; Yeomen of the Guard; Trial by Jury
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Archer, Neill; Banks, Barry; Davies, Gareth Rhys [Baritone Vocal]; Evans, Rebecca; Folwell, Nicholas; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Gossage, Julie; Howells, Anne; McLaugh...

"this anthology is a delight. - Daily Press...continue...

Gilbert & Sullivan: Cox and Box, Trial by Jury / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Cox and Box; Trial by Jury
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Evans, Rebecca; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Thaxton, David; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Chamber Choir

"Chandos and conductor Richard Hickox present, conveniently and joyously, Sullivan's two wonderful one-act operettas on one disc, and in doing so make one wonder if...continue...

Opera in English - Beethoven: Fidelio / Parry, Brewer, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Catling, Ashley; Evans, Rebecca; Hunka, Pavlo; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Margison, Richard; Purves, Christopher; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David

"Christine Brewer is so much in command, and in such splendid voice, that there is no doubt that it is Vanessa's story." - Gramophone "The...continue...

Opera in English - Mozart: The Magic Flute / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Banks, Barry; Bronder, Peter; Chambers, Celia; Cullagh, Majella; Evans, Rebecca; Fikret, Nazan; Fox, Sarah; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; Hancock, Gareth; Jones, Victoria; Keenl...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Sir Charles Mackerras has spent many years researching performance practice of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He is a noted authority on Mozart's operas, having...continue...

Opera In English - Great Arias & Ensembles Vol 3

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Idomeneo; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Aida, opera; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Banks, Barry; Bardon, Patricia; Clarke, Paul Charles; Eaglen, Jane; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gavin, Julian; Gedda, Nicolai; Gritto...
Conductors: Parry, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Daniel, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir

Opera in English - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Bonner, Yvette; Danby, Graeme; Dazeley, William; Evans, Rebecca; Graham-Hall, John; Joyce, Victoria; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; McCafferty, Frances; Montague, Diana; Purves, Christoph...
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the most intelligent and certainly the most involving traversal of the opera on record for many years... being able to follow every nuance of the...continue...

Opera in English - Mozart: Idomeneo / Parry, Ford, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Davies, Ryland; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Montague, Diana; Patterson, Susan
Conductors: Parry, David

David Parry's conducting has been consistently praised throughout this series, as much for its dramatic pacing as for its elegance and style. 'There's an intensity...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover / Best, Bottone, Evans

2 CD / Hyperion / 2004-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Bottone, Bonaventura; Coote, Alice; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, Wynford; Gooding, Julia; Hulton, Adrian; Jenkins, Neil; Nicoll, Harry; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Poulton, Robert; Saun...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra

'Enchanting, heartwarming' (Fanfare, USA)

'This sparkling recording makes it clear that 'Hugh the Drover' is a work that deserves to be staged professionally at regular intervals....continue...

Beethoven: Mass in C Major / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86; Elegiac song (Elegischer Gesang) ("Sanft wie du lebtest") for 4 voices & string quartet, Op. 118; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, cantata for chorus & o...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Hickox has already shown his affinity for Haydn's masses, so it is no surprise that this Beethoven mass, written in a Haydnesque style for Prince...continue...

Opera in English - Yvonne Kenny 2 - R. Strauss, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Capriccio, Op 85; Franz L...
Performers: Edwards, Catherine; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Tim; Kenny, Yvonne; Quinteiro, Eligio; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Woodhouse, Nigel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninov, Franck: Cello Sonatas / Isserlis, Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-07-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Danse Hongroise, Op. 6, no 2 (original); Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; César Franck: Le sylphe, M 73; Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Panis angeli...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Hough, Stephen; Isserlis, Steven

These performances are distinguished by the inspired combination of the renowned energy and panache of Isserlis with the fastidious translucency of Hough's playing, in music...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony, etc /Hickox, Evans, LSO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody for orchestra no 2 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"); The Running Set, fantasia on jig-rhythms for orchestra; Norfolk Rh...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Albert Herring / Hickox, Gilchrist, Stephen, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-02-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
Performers: Bonner, Yvette; Bottone, Rebecca; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Collins, Anne; Evans, Rebecca; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Monk, Gregory; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Richardson, Stephen [Bass...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

This is the first digital recording of Albert Herring. The recording was made following a series of live performances and the theatrical excitement that marked...continue...

Gilbert & Sullivan / Mackerras, Welsh National Opera, et al

5 CD / Telarc / 1999-07-27

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Mikado; Pirates of Penzance; HMS Pinafore; Trial by Jury; Yeomen of the Guard
Performers: Adams, Donald; Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Archer, Neill; Banks, Barry; Evans, Rebecca; Folwell, Nicholas; Garrett, Eric; Gossage, Julie; Howells, Anne; Knight, Gillian; Maxwell, Donald; McLau...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Telarc presents a special boxed set of the five most popular Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in highly praised performances led by Sir Charles Mackerras. "A...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress / Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-05-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
Performers: Bell, Donaldson; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Coxon, Richard; Egerton, Francis; Evans, Rebecca; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Fisher, Jonathan; Gritton, Susan; Hayward, Robert; Keyte, Christopher;...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This premiere digital studio recording of Vaughan Williams's powerful and moving epic follows a highly successful performance at the Barbican Hall, London, in November, 1997....continue...

Delius: A Mass of Life, Requiem / Hickox, Bournemouth SO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-03-18

Works: Frederick Delius: Requiem, for soprano, baritone, double chorus & orchestra, RT ii/8; A Mass of Life (Eine Messe des Lebens), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, RT ii/4
Performers: Coleman-Wright, Peter; Evans, Rebecca; Rigby, Jean; Robson, Nigel; Rodgers, Joan; Waynflete Singers
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Waynflete Singers

"The Mass can be a problematic work, but Hickox proved in his 1996 recording, here reissued, that given a sumptuous recording, sensitive orchestral playing and...continue...

Gilbert and Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard, Trial by Jury

2 CD / Telarc / 1995-10-24

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard; Trial by Jury
Performers: Adams, Donald; Archer, Neill; Banks, Barry; Davies, Gareth Rhys [Baritone Vocal]; Evans, Philip Lloyd; Evans, Rebecca; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Hoare, Peter [; King, John; Mason, Ralph; Massocchi, Pe...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus; Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore / Mackerras, Welsh Opera

1 CD / Telarc / 1994-10-25

Works: Arthur Sullivan: HMS Pinafore
Performers: Adams, Donald; Allan, Thomas; Evans, Philip Lloyd; Evans, Rebecca; King, John; Palmer, Felicity; Schade, Michael; Seymour, Valerie; Suart, Richard; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance / Mackerras, etc

1 CD / Telarc / 1993-10-26

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance
Performers: Adams, Donald; Ainsley, John Mark; Bishop, Michael [Engineer]; Evans, Rebecca; Folwell, Nicholas; Gossage, Julie; Ilett, Rosalind; Knight, Gillian; Suart, Richard; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone V...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra