Roocroft, Amanda

Hubert Parry: Works for Orchestra & Chorus - Te Deum; Magnificat; England; Jerusalem / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Neeme Jarvi

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Hubert Parry: Te Deum, for chorus & orchestra; England, for chorus & orchestra; The Birds of Aristophanes, suite for orchestra; Jerusalem; The Glories of Our Blood and State, for chorus & orchestra; ...
Performers: Roocroft, Amanda
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

With a foreword by Parry enthusiast HRH The Prince of Wales, this release features orchestral and choral works spanning the length of Parry's composing life,...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (05/17/2012-05/19/2012)....continue...

Tell Me the Truth About Love songs by Britten, Schumann, Boulanger, Chausson et al. / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Joseph Middleton, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: Tell me the Truth about Love, for voice & piano (Cabaret Songs); Early one morning, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5); Robert Schumann: Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & p...
Performers: Middleton, Joseph [Piano]; Roocroft, Amanda

Charting the course of a love affair - in song - through the eyes of a young woman who begins by asking the universal question,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex (08/19/2011-08/26/2011)....continue...

Janacek: Jenufa / Roocroft, Polaski, Dvorsky, Schukoff [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-09-27

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa
Performers: Dvorsky, Miroslav; Ejsing, Mette; Ferrandez, Sandra; Polaski, Deborah; Roocroft, Amanda; Schukoff, Nikolai Andrej; Sola, Miguel; Szemeredy, Karoly
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Teatro Real Chorus; Teatro Real Orchestra

The vulnerable young woman at the heart of Janacek's breakthrough opera is a signature role for the English soprano Amanda Roocroft. Here, in Stéphane Braunschweig's...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Janacek: Jenufa / Roocroft, Polaski, Dvorsky, Schukoff [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-09-27

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa
Performers: Dvorsky, Miroslav; Ejsing, Mette; Ferrandez, Sandra; Polaski, Deborah; Roocroft, Amanda; Schukoff, Nikolai Andrej; Sola, Miguel; Szemeredy, Karoly
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Teatro Real Chorus; Teatro Real Orchestra

The vulnerable young woman at the heart of Janacek's breakthrough opera is a signature role for the English soprano Amanda Roocroft. Here, in Stéphane Braunschweig's...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Sp...continue...

Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice & Piano, Vol. 2

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Edward Elgar: Speak My Heart, song for voice & piano; Is she not passing fair?, song for voice & piano; Songs (2 completed of 4), for voice & piano, Op. 31; The Shepherd's Song, Op. 16, no 1; The Lan...
Performers: Jarnot, Konrad; Mees, Reinild; Roocroft, Amanda

The second release in Channel Classics' project to record Elgar's complete songs for voice and piano features the eloquent British soprano Amanda Roocroft and British...continue...
Recording information: Muziekcentrum Frits Philips Eindhoven (04/2008/01/2009)....continue...

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Vaugham Williams: Choral Works / Best, Corydon Singers, et al

4 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi; Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viol...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Barratt, Christine; Best, Jonathan; Bowen, John; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Dawson, Lynne; Dobi...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams' death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the Hyperion...continue...

Elgar: Complete Songs for Voice and Piano Vol 1 / Roocroft, Jarnot, Mees

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Self-Banished; Song Cycle, Op. 59; In moonlight; Pleading, Op. 48; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Sea Pictures, Op. 37; The Wind at Dawn; Songs (2) for voice & piano, Op. 41; Dry those...
Performers: Jarnot, Konrad; Mees, Reinhild; Roocroft, Amanda

To mark last year’s 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), Channel Classics, in cooperation with the Amsterdam-based Twentieth-Century Song Foundation, has...continue...

None but the Lonely Heart / Roocroft, Martineau

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2008-01-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The sun has set, song for voice & piano, Op. 73/4; Lullaby, Op. 16/1; Songs (6), Op. 6; Songs (6), Op. 73; To forget so soon; None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; Claude...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Roocroft, Amanda

Winner of the 2007 Olivier Award for her outstanding portrayal of Jenufa at English National Opera, Amanda Roocroft is recognized as Britain's leading lyricdramatic soprano....continue...

Maria Callas - 100 Best Classics

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor; Symphony no 8 in ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Banse, Juliane; Brewer, Christine; Doese, Helena; Hampson, Thomas; Hodgson, Alfreda; Isokoski, Soile; Keenlyside, Simon; Rea, Sean; Relyea, Jo...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

The recording of Sir Simon Rattle's cycle the Mahler Symphonies commenced in 1986 with the Second Symphony and was completed in 2002 with the Fifth....continue...

Welcome to the Voice

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-15

Works: Steve Nieve: Welcome to the Voice
Performers: Belton, Ian; Bonney, Barbara; Cassidy, Paul; Costello, Elvis; Fulgoni, Sara; Haveron, Andrew; Manfrino, Nathalie; Nieve, Steve; Quessada, Antoine; Ribot, Marc; Roocroft, Amanda; Rothenberg, Ned; Stin...
Conductors: Teodori, Muriel
Ensemble: Brodsky String Quartet; Le choeur des amis français ; London Voices

"The true salvation is the human voice." When these words are sung by Sting on the title track of Welcome to the Voice, we are...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Various [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Lloyd, Robert; Roocroft, Amanda; Ryhanan, Jaako; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"This is a unique new production of the four-act Italian version of Don Carlo and by and large it works very well. The two-disc set...continue...
Run Time: 199 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works / Haitink, Chang

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-11-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Chang, Sarah; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Roocroft, Amanda; Summers, Jonathan
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte / Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Gilfry, Rodney; James, Eirian; Mannion, Rosa; Roocroft, Amanda; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

"The first advantage of this film of the opera is Carlo Tommasi's ravishing decor that accords with what the libretto predicates, conjuring 18th-century Naples overlooked...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1996-04-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; John Williams: Schindler's List; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Donohoe, Peter; du Pré, Jacqueline; Erdbeer, Johannes; Galway, James...
Conductors: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Sutherland, Iain; Muti, Riccardo; Previn, Andre; Sanderling, Kurt; Tennstedt, Klaus; Myers, Stanley; Cu, Ismael Fernandez de la; ...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir of Cambridg...

This set includes both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Mystical Songs / Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1990-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Hill, Martyn; Howell, Gwynne; Imai, Nobuko; Kitchen, Linda; Montague...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra