Gillett, Christopher

James Whibourne: Luminosity

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-02-23

Works: James Whitbourn: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium regale), for chorus & organ; Alleluia jubilate, for chorus & organ; A Prayer of Desmond Tutu, for narrator, chorus & percussion; He carried me...
Performers: Andrade, Levine; Curran, Sean; Eaton, Daniel [Bass Vocal]; Gilday, Victoria [Soprano Vocal]; Gillett, Christopher; Jones, Steffan [Percussion]; Ker, Andrew [Percussion]; Parkes, Henry [Organ]; Wright...
Conductors: Berry, Matthew

Best known for his inspired 'Son of God Mass' for saxophone, choir and organ, the British composer, conductor and writer James Whitbourn is admired for...continue...
Recording information: Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England (07/11/2009/07/12/2009)....continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Tan Dun: Tea: A Mirror Of Soul [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Tan Dun: Tea
Performers: Gillett, Christopher; Lundy, Nancy Allen; Richardson, Stephen
Conductors: Tan Dun
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Grammy and Academy Award winning composer-conductor Tan Dun has made an indelible mark on the world music scene with an expansive and creative repertoire. His...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Britten: Peter Grimes / Davis, Winslade, Watson, LSO

3 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2004-08-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Buchanan, Alison; Davies, Ryland; Gillett, Christopher; Gunn, Nathan; Lemalu, Jonathan; Matthews, Sally; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Rutherford, James; Watson, Janice; Winslade, Glenn; Wyn-Rogers, Cathe...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

"Hearing this performance in the theater would be a most satisfying experience, but in a recording one wants more. Any lover of Britten's music really...continue...

Opera Classics - Britten: Albert Herring / Bedford, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-03-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
Performers: Barstow, Josephine; Bonner, Yvette; Bowling, Temime; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gillett, Christopher; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Della; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice];...
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

"The musicians of the Northern Sinfonia treat the score very much as extended chamber music, with the instruments almost as characters in their own right....continue...

Andriessen: Rosa - The Death of a Composer

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-05-16

Works: Louis Andriessen: Rosa
Performers: Andriessen, Louis; Angel, Marie; Gillett, Christopher; Kralingen, Miranda van
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

Right from the first notes of the overture, "Rosa" has an urgency you won't find in most new operas. We hear a tenor saxophone, sounding...continue...
REVIEWS:

New York Times (Publisher) (7/9/00, p.23) - "...[Andriessen's] music is as strongly pulsed, short-phrased and repetitive as Philip Glass's, but it comes out of a sourer and darker harm...continue...

Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore / New Sadler's Wells Opera

2 CD / Jay Records / 1999-07-13

Works: Arthur Sullivan: HMS Pinafore
Performers: Gillett, Christopher; Grace, Nickolas; Lawlor, Thomas; Ormiston, Linda; Parfitt, Paul; Ritchie, Elizabeth; Roebuck, Janine; Sandison, Gordon; Thomson, Paul
Conductors: Phipps, Simon
Ensemble: New Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra