Milhofer, Mark

Select Anthems

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Maurice Greene: Lord, Let Me Know Mine End, anthem for chorus; The King Shall Rejoice, anthem for chorus; How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, O Lord, for Ever?, anthem for chorus; Voluntary for organ no 1 ...
Performers: Bowes, Tim; Capper, Simon; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Finnis, Jerome; Gordon, Colin; Gresford, William; Grier, Paul; Hallchurch, Philip; Hodkinson, Richard; Lea, Richard; Lochmann, Daniel; Milhofer,...

Wolf-Ferrari: La vedova scaltra / Martin, Sollied, Muraro, D'Aguanno, Milhofer, Zanellato, Rossi, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: La vedova scaltra, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Casagrande, Antonio; D'Aguanno, Emanuele; Esposito, Alex; Favaron, Luca; Milhofer, Mark; Muraro, Maurizio; Rossi, Elena; Sollied, Anne-Lise; Zancopé, Claudio; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Martin, Karl

Wolf-Ferrari's comic opera 'La vedova scaltra' (The Cunning Widow), is among the works he based on plays by Goldoni. It matches closely the conventions of...continue...

Wolf-Ferrari: La vedova scaltra / Karl Martin/Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Anne-Lise Sollied [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: La Vedova Scaltra
Performers: D'Aguanno, Emanuele; Esposito, Alex; Milhofer, Mark; Muraro, Maurizio; Rossi, Elena; Sollied, Anne-Lise; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Martin, Karl
Ensemble: Teatro La Fenice Chorus; Teatro La Fenice Orchestra

Wolf-Ferrari's comic opera 'La vedova scaltra' (The Cunning Widow), is among the works he based on plays by Goldoni. It matches closely the conventions of...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Italy
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Howells: Choral Works / Spicer, Bicket, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Herbert Howells: Te Deum ("For the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol"); Even such is time; The summer is coming; The House of the Mind, motet for chorus & organ; Two Madrigals, for chorus; Salve...
Performers: Bernays, John; Bicket, Harry; Carwood, Andrew; Cotterill, Marianne; Crookes, Anna; Daneman, Sophie; Gritton, Susan; Hadleigh-Wilson, Nicholas; Kemp, Nicola-Jane; Lane, Carys-Anne; Lumsden, Andrew; Mi...

This collection is drawn from four successful releases from the early 1990s with the dynamic Finzi Singers, directed by Paul Spicer. The Singers produce sounds...continue...
Includes work(s) for chorus: nunc dimittis by Herbert Howells....continue...

Vivaldi: Tito Manlio / Accademia Bizantina, Dantone

3 CD / Naïve / 2006-01-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738
Performers: Beronesi, Debora; Castri, Barbara Di; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Milhofer, Mark; Ulivieri, Nicola; Vasquez, Christian Senn
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio

With its outstanding format, its luxurious instrumentation and its numerous gems never to be recycled, Tito Manlio thus remains a brilliant symbol of the Mantuan...continue...

Purcell: Complete Sacred Music / King, King's Consort, et al

11 CD / Hyperion / 2002-12-01

Works: Henry Purcell: O sing unto the Lord, anthem for soprano, alto, tenor, 2 basses, chorus, 2 violins, viola & organ, Z; O praise God in His holiness, anthem for alto, tenor, 2 basses, chorus, 2 violins,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bowes, Tim; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Burrowes, Connor; Campbell, Colin; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Evans, Robert; Finnis, Jerome; Geo...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"In preparing these performances, King has taken full account of the historical circumstances at the Chapel Royal in the reign of King Charles II. I...continue...

Holst: The Cloud Messenger, A Choral Fantasia, etc / Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-05-18

Works: Gustav Holst: The Cloud Messenger, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 30, H. 111; The Hymn of Jesus, for 2 choruses, female semi-chorus & orchestra, Op. 37, H. 140; Ave Maria, Op. 9b/H 49; Motets (2), for c...
Performers: Jones, Della; Milhofer, Mark; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Wheatley, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The Cloud Messenger is a 43-minute work of considerable imaginative power. Before its previous single-issue release it had been virtually forgotten since...continue...

Opera in English - Puccini: La bohème / Parry, Haymon, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-07-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Dazeley, William; Hall, Peter; Haymon, Cynthia; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Milhofer, Mark; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Parfitt, Paul; Shore, Andrew
Conductors: Parry, David

"This is the best that I've heard yet in Chandos's series of operas in English, good enough in fact to create a delemma. Does one...continue...

Britten: Choral Edition Vol 2 / Spicer, The Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-02-17

Works: Benjamin Britten: Jubilate Deo, for chorus & organ in E flat major; Te Deum in C major; Antiphon, Op. 56b; Missa Brevis, for boys' chorus & organ in D major, Op. 63; A Wedding Anthem, for soprano, te...
Performers: Burt, Robert; Drake, Susan; Elliott, Rachel; Lane, Carys-Anne; Lumsden, Andrew; Milhofer, Mark; Simpson, Olive; Wagstaff, Lindsay; Wheatley, Rachel
Conductors: Spicer, Paul
Ensemble: Finzi Singers

Following the exemplary first volume, The Finzi Singers continue their prestigious Britten recording cycle with Volume Two of their Britten Choral Edition. The Finzi's are...continue...

Britten: Choral Edition Vol 1 / Spicer, The Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-02-18

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Peter, Op. 56a; A Hymn of Saint Columba; Hymn to the Virgin; Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; Rejoice in the Lamb, festival cantata for trumpet, ATB soloists, chorus & organ, ...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Cooper, Julie; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Lane, Carys-Anne; Lumsden, Andrew; Milhofer, Mark; Preece, Simon; Singers, Finzi; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Yates, Belinda

Handel: Deborah / King, Kenny, Gritton, King's Consort

2 CD / Hyperion / 1993-12-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deborah, HWV 51
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Campbell, Colin; Denley, Catherine; George, Michael; Gritton, Susan; Kenny, Yvonne; Milhofer, Mark; Peacock, Adrian
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

'An important addition to the Handel discography. Handelians will revel in its rediscovery' (The Sunday Times)

Superb ... The recording is another of these inspired...continue...