Sherratt, Brindley

Elgar: The Apostles / Sir Mark Elder, Halle Orchestra and Choir

2 CD / Halle Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Coote, Alice; Evans, Rebecca; Groves, Paul; Imbrailo, Jacques; Kempster, David; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Elder, Mark

This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a performance The Guardian described as...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (05/05/2012)....continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Nelson/CO of Europe, Wilson, DeShong, etc. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2011-10-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Blankestijn, Marieke; DeShong, Elizabeth; Schukoff, Nikolai; Sherratt, Brindley; Wilson, Tamara
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Gulbenkian Chorus, Lisbon

Soli Deo Gloria's DVD of Missa Solemnis shines a supreme light on this rarely performed choral masterpiece. Beethoven wrote that "music is the electrical soil...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew / BBC Singers

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Robert Saxton: The Wandering Jew, opera
Performers: Bundy, Michael; Cahill, Teresa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Danby, Graeme; Gibbs, Charles; Johnston, Robert; Lodge, Rebecca [Vocals]; Mirfin, Timothy; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Peacock, Adrian; Poole, Elizabeth...
Conductors: de Ridder, André
Ensemble: BBC Singers

The Times
This project blew me away...Saxton's tonal (or modal) musical language ranges from the cinematic spectacular to rapt spirituality. And the piece is compellingly delivered...continue...
Recording information: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 (2008-12-18_2008-12-19&2009-)....continue...

Rossini: Songs

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Quelques Riens pour album, for piano; Le sylvain ("Belles nymphes blondes"), for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, book 3), QR v/1; Péchés de vieillesse,...
Performers: Bosworth, Nicholas; Brownlee, Lawrence; Delunsch, Mireille; Larmore, Jennifer; Martineau, Malcolm; Sherratt, Brindley; Wilde, Mark; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine

If a time-machine could take us back through the centuries, which musical occasion might we choose to attend? Surely a soiree at Rossini's Parisian home...continue...
Personnel: Robin Newton (programming).

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (07/2008)....continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio Op. 72 / Elder, Kennedy, Milne, Sherratt, Kampe, et al

2 CD / Glyndebourne / 2009-03-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Cleverton, Anthony; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Kampe, Anja; Kerl, Torsten; Milne, Lisa; Sherratt, Brindley; Vale, Nathan; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor; Waddington, Henry
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

With 'Fidelio', Beethoven found the perfect vehicle to express his lifelong commitment to liberty. The work exposes the reality that at any moment in the...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 5 / Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2008-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 178, "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält" BWV 178; Cantata no 136, "Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz" BWV 136; Cantata no 45, "Es ist dir gesagt, Me...
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Lunn, Joanne; Rogers, Jane; Schwarz, Gotthold; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

John Eliot Gardiner's Bach cantata series continues with this new release featuring cantatas for the eighth and tenth Sunday after Trinity. The set begins with...continue...

Donizetti: Imelda de Lambertazzi / Elder, Cabell, et al

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2008-04-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Imelda de' Lambertazzi
Performers: Cabell, Nicole; Giordano, Massimo; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Lopardo, Frank; Pay, Antony [Clarinet]; Sherratt, Brindley; Westman, James
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

"Opera Rara have done it again. Just as the company produced the must-have opera recording of 2007 in 'Dom Sebastien', 'Imelda de' Lambertazzi' is guaranteed...continue...

Handel: Semele / Curnyn, Joshua, Summers, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Joshua, Rosemary; Pearson, Gail; Sherratt, Brindley; Wallace, Stephen
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

This 3 CD set represents the first complete recording on period insruments of Handel's 'Semele'. Written at the peak of Handel's powers, and derisively described...continue...

Meyerbeer: L'Esule di Granata (Highlights) / Carella, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-03-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts
Performers: Catling, Ashley; Claycomb, Laura; Custer, Manuela; Heley, John; Kelly, Paul Austin; Loveday, Martin; Palazzi, Mirco; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

"This package is a deluxe, as always. A full libretto is included, along with superb notes by Geroge Loomis that tell you everything that you...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Sir Thomas Allenl

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Pyotr Il'yich ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Sherratt, Brindley; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Parry, David

Sir Thomas Allen is a baritone admired and loved in equal measure. He is admired for the beauty of his voice, for the quality of...continue...

Opera in English - Verdi: Masked Ball / Parry, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Catling, Ashley; Grove, Jill; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Patterson, Susan; Purves, Christopher; Richardson, Linda; Sherratt, Brindley; Wood, Roland
Conductors: Parry, David

Sir Peter Moores has long wanted to record Verdi's 'A Masked Ball', and has been biding his time until the right cast was available. Susan...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 6 - La Partenza / Claycomb, Custer, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2004-01-01

Works: Michael Costa: Perche due cori insieme; Felice eta dell' oro', notturno (quintet); Lamento per Bellini, canzone; Count Antonio Belgiojoso: Il biglietto amoroso, canzonetta; Gaetano Donizetti: Inspira...
Performers: Claycomb, Laura; Custer, Manuela; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Natoli, Dominic; Robinson, Dean; Rossi, Nicola; Servile, Roberto; Sherratt, Brindley

Most of the songs and ensembles in this sixth volume of Opera Rara's acclaimed 'Il Salotto' series are about love. Not so surprising in a...continue...

Haydn: Heiligmesse, etc / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, et al

1 CD / Philips Import / 2003-05-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B flat major, H 22 no 13 "Schöpfungmesse"; Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9; Insanae et Vanae Curae...
Performers: Clarkson, Julian; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Lehtipuu, Topi; Lunn, Joanne; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists