Hemsley, Thomas

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

Britten: Les Illuminations; War Requiem

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-07-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; War Requiem, Op. 66; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7)
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Even though Ansermet was a great fan of Britten, he was never able to record his works because of their recording contracts with Decca. This...continue...
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Prima Voce - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z 626; Wagner / Jones, Flagstad, Schwarzkopf, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-03-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Clark, Raymond; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hemsley, Thomas; Lloyd, David; Mandikian, Arda; Pollak, Anna; Rex, Sheila; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Jones, Geraint; Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; Mermaid Singers

'Dido & Aeneas' is an opera by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, from a libretto by Nahum Tate. It is based on a story from...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Leitner, Sutherland, Wunderlich, Cappella Coloniensis

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-01-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Dijck, Jeannette Van; Hemsley, Thomas; Monti, Nicola; Procter, Norma; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis

This recording is the first official release in any format of this once-in-a-lifetime concert performance featuring Dame Joan Sutherland and Fritz Wunderlich. In 1959 performances...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Jones, Atkins, Young, Lowe, Clark, Thayer, Flagstad, Hemsley, et al

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-08-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Atkins, James; Clark, Joan; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hemsley, Thomas; Jobin, Raoul; Lowe, Marion; Thayer, Rosemary; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Jones, Geraint
Ensemble: Geraint Jones Singers

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

4 CD / Orfeo / 2008-07-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Adam, Theo; Erich Klaus; Esser, Hermin; Feiersinger, Sebastian; Feldhoff, Heinz; Franzen, Hans; Hemsley, Thomas; Johns, William; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Linke, Fritz; ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

Bliss: The Olympians / Fairfax, Ambrosian Singers & Soloists, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-06-10

Works: Arthur Bliss: The Olympians, opera in 3 acts, F. 97
Performers: Bohan, Edmund; Dickerson, Bernard; Hemsley, Thomas; Herincx, Raimund; McAlpine, William; Minty, Shirley; Pashley, Anne; Robinson, Forbes; Woodland, Rae
Conductors: Fairfax, Bryan

In the 1920s, Arthur Bliss was probably the most talked-about composer in England, and certainly the most widely performed abroad. He was knighted in 1950...continue...

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Jones, Flagstad, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-03-11

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Clark, Raymond; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hemsley, Thomas; Lloyd, David; Mandikian, Arda; Pollak, Anna; Rex, Sheila; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Jones, Geraint
Ensemble: Mermaid Singers

German Opera Masterworks - Bethoven: Fidelio, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; ...
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Brendel, Wolfgang; Carral, Dora; Chiappi, Mario; Cotrubas, Ileana; Crass, Franz; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Dunn, Mignon; ...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Prêtre, Georges

Exciting live recordings taped 1945–1972 featuring the greatest operas from Mozart to Strauss. It was Mozart who first established a viable, lasting school of German...continue...

Britten Conducts Britten Operas Vol 2

10 CD / Decca / 2005-03-15

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64; Phaedra, Op. 93; The Rape of Lucretia; Turn of the Screw, chamber opera, Op. 54; Death in Venice, opera, Op. 88; Gloriana, opera, Op. 53
Performers: Adams, Stephen James; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Eric; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barstow, Josephine; Bates, Angela Vernon; Bauer, Michael; Bowen, Kenneth; Bowma...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Welsh National Opera Chorus

These recordings of the remaining five Britten operas in the Decca catalog are conducted by mixture of the composer and two colleagues, Steuart Bedford and...continue...

The British Music Collection - Holst: Savitri, Hymns, etc

2 CD / Decca Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns (4 groups) from the Rig Veda, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 26, H. 97-100; Sávitri, chamber opera, Op. 25, H. 96; Partsongs (7) for soprano, female chorus & strings, O...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bogorad, Julia; Ellis, Osian; Greenbank, Kathryn; Hemsley, Thomas; Longfield, Susan; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Holst, Imogen; Hogwood, Christopher; Boult, Adrian; Howarth, Elgar
Ensemble: BBC Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Grimethorpe Colliery Band; Purcell Singers; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Wagner: Die Meistersinger / Rafael Kubelik

4 CD / Arts / 2003-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Baillie, Peter; Crass, Franz; Diakov, Anton; Engen, Keith; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Grumbach, Raimund; Hemsley, Thomas; Janowitz, Gundula; Kogel, Richard; Kohn, Karl Christian; K...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Pretre, Janowitz, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-01-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Carral, Dora; Cotrubas, Ileana; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gonzales, Carmen; Hemsley, Thomas; Janowitz, Gundula; Luchetti, Veriano; Ridderbusch, Karl
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Britten the performer 1 - Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rossini

1 CD / BBC Legends Import / 1999-04-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18), Op. 52; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: In the garden, near the ford, for soprano, mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 46/4; Evening, duet for soprano, mezzo-soprano & p...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Britten, Benjamin; Harper, Heather; Hemsley, Thomas; Pears, Peter, Sir

"...what glorious Brahms it is! ...Music-making of this kind, so compelling and expressive, affectively detailed and abundantly warm, would be difficult to find in today's...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Leitner, Sutherland, Ruggiero, et al

2 CD / Melodram / 1998-10-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Dijck, Jeannette Van; Hemsley, Thomas; Monti, Nicola; Procter, Norma; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis

Bach: Cantatas - Ein feste Burg, etc / Gönnewein, Jones

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1997-01-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Brown, Wilfred; Clift, Denis; Hemsley, Thomas; Selwyn, Edward; Sotin, Hans; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Watts, Helen
Conductors: Jones, Geraint; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Consortium Musicum; Geraint Jones Orchestra; Geraint Jones Singers; South German Madrigal Choir Stuttgart

Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream / Britten, London SO

2 CD / Decca Import / 1990-02-06

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Deller, Alfred; Harper, Heather; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Hemsley, Thomas; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Lumsden, Norman; MacDonald, Kenneth; Pears, Peter, Sir; Raggett, ...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Good CD Guide
This recording remains as fresh and inspired as the day it was made. Britten's taut, disciplined yet magical reading is unsurpassed.
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