Howard, Ann

Opera in English - Wagner: The Ring Cycle / Goodall, et al

16 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Attfield, Helen; Bailey, Norman; Belcourt, Emile; Clarke, Katie; Collins, Anne; Connell, Elizabeth; Conoley, Anne; Curphey, Margaret; Dempsey, Gregory; Evans, Anne; Ferguson, Robert; Grant, Clifford;...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: English National Opera Movement Group; English National Opera Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

The Nibelung's Ring can be enjoyed on many levels: as a fairy story, political allegory or philosophical tract, for example. In essence, it deals with...continue...

Opera in English - Wagner: The Valkyrie / Goodall, et al

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Attfield, Helen; Bailey, Norman; Clarke, Katie; Connell, Elizabeth; Conoley, Anne; Curphey, Margaret; Evans, Anne; Grant, Clifford; Howard, Ann; Hunter, Rita; Remedios, Alberto; Squires, Shilagh; Wal...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"...Goodall's conducting [was] weighty, sonorous, slow-moving but surely paced and deeply supportive of the voices. And what a cast he had, led by Remedios's ardent...continue...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Harnoncourt, Esswood

2 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1999-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Brown, Joanne; Cable, Margaret; Connors, Ursula; Cotrubas, Ileana; Cryer, Doreen; Gunson, Amy; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Howard, Ann; Jennings, Gloria; Jones, Della...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Kolbe, Helmuth
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

This CD was formerly available as Teldec 35022, and was originally released in 1973....continue...

Bernstein: Candide - Highlights / Brown, Smith, et al

1 CD / Jay Records / 1997-08-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide
Performers: Beudart, Mark; Bottone, Bonaventure; Cooper, Scott; Danby, Graeme; Grace, Nickolas; Greene, Leon; Hawkins, Jonathan; Howard, Ann; McCusker, Declan; Miles, Gaynor; Richards, Grant; Smith, Marilyn Hill...
Conductors: Brown, Justin
Ensemble: Scottish Opera Chorus; Scottish Opera Orchestra