Tomlinson, John

Great Opera Houses

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; I lombardi; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Attila; Otello; Macbeth; La traviata; Don Carlos; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: No...
Performers: Braun, Victor; Burrows, Stuart; Davies, Ryland; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Elkins, Margreta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Johnson, Robert; Jones, Della; Jones, Isola; Kraus, Philip; Maslennikov, Alexei; Massar...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Kubelik, Rafael

Martinu: The Greek Passion / Mackerras, Mitchinson, Field

2 CD / Supraphon / 1999-02-04

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Greek Passion
Performers: Cullis, Rita; Davies, Arthur; Field, Helen; Geliot, Michael; Gwynne, David; Harris, John [tenor]; Joll, Phillip; Jonasova, Jana; Lawton, Jeffrey; Mitchinson, John; Moses, Geoffrey; Savory, Catherine;...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera in English - Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parry, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-11-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliac...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Banks, Barry; Bayley, Clive; Bronder, Peter; Clarke, Paul Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Dazeley, William; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hargraves, Matthew; Haymon, Cynthia...
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele; Daniel, Paul

This is the premiere recording in English of Donizetti's sparkling comic opera. Conductor David Parry has been unanimously praised for his direction throughout the Opera...continue...

Opera Rara Collection - 20 Selected Highlights

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-09-10

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi; Virginia, opera; Il Salotto; Gaetano Donizetti: Gabriella di Vergy, opera; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Ugo conte di Parigi, opera; L'Assedio di Calais; Emilia di Live...
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Arthur, Maurice; Browne, Sandra; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cook, Deborah; Davies, Joan; Eaglen, Jane; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Gray, Lissa; Hargraves, Ma...
Conductors: Parry, David; Francis, Alun; Judd, James
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Listening to the nearly 80 minutes of this disc was, for me, analogous to what I felt as a child entering a candy shop: Every...continue...

Donizetti: Gabriella di Vergy / Francis, Andrew, et al

2 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Gabriella di Vergy, opera
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Arthur, Maurice; Davies, Joan; Plessis, Christian du; Tomlinson, John; Winfield, John
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera in English - Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Daniel, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-05-19

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Cookson, Brian; Curtis, Mark; Dowson, Stephen; Howard, Yvonne; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Parry, Susan; Rodgers, Joan; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia; Leeds Parish Church Chorus; Opera North Chorus

"With the rich sonics, superior dynamic range, and deep, wide soundstage typical of a Chandos production, the five extended excerpts (Coronaation Scene, Varlaam's Song, Scene...continue...

Mozart: Arias / Cecilia Bartoli

1 CD / Erato / 1996-09-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lucio Silla, K 135; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Kenny, Yvonne; Tomlinson, John

Mozart: Don Giovanni - Highlights / Barenboim, Furlanetto, Tomlinson, Salminen, Meier, Berlin PO, et al

1 CD / Erato / 1994-06-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Borwitzky, Ottomar; Carthy, Nicholas; Cuberli, Lella; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Heilmann, Uwe; Meier, Waltraud; Pertusi, Michele; Rodgers, Joan; Rosenthal, Willi; Salminen, Matti; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Barenboim, Bayreuther Festspiele

4 CD / Teldec / 1993-09-07

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Close, Shirley; Dijkstra, Hebe; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Floeren, Ruth; Hölle, Matthias; Johansson, Eva; Katagiri, Hitomi; Secunde, ...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Barenboim, Cuberli, Meier, Rodgers

3 CD / Erato Import / 1992-02-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Borwitzky, Ottomar; Carthy, Nicholas; Cuberli, Lella; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Heilmann, Uwe; Meier, Waltraud; Pertusi, Michele; Rodgers, Joan; Rosenthal, Willi; Salminen, Matti; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Verdi: La Traviata / Bonynge, Sutherland, Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 1991-10-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Elvin, William; Jones, Della; Lambriks, Marjon; Manuguerra, Matteo; Oliver, Alexander; Pavarotti, Luciano; Summers, Jonathan; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Tomlinson, John; Wil...
Conductors: Tonini, Antonio; Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

Wagner: Parsifal / Barenboim, Berliner Philharmoniker

4 CD / Teldec Import / 1991-10-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bechly, Daniela; Burgess, Sally; Coburn, Pamela; Hauman, Constance; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Holle, Matthias; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kuttenbaum, Annette; Leidland, Hilde; Maus, Peter; Meier,...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Così fan Tutte / Barenboim, Cuberli, Bartoli

3 CD / Erato / 1990-10-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Cuberli, Lella; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Rodgers, Joan; Streit, Kurt; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Martinu: The Greek Passion

2 CD / Supraphon Import / 1990-08-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: The Greek Passion (Recké pasije), opera, H. 372
Performers: Cullis, Rita; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; Gwynne, David; Harris, John [Tenor Vocal]; Joll, Phillip; Jonasova, Jana; Lawton, Jeffrey; Mitchinson, John; Moses, Geoffrey...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Handel: Messiah / Pinnock, Auger, von Otter, Chance, Crook

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1988-10-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Pinnock, Trevor; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert

Puccini: Tosca / Rescigno, Freni, Pavarotti, Milnes

2 CD / Decca / 1988-07-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Baratti, Walter; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Tajo, Italo; Tomlinson, John; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Gardiner, Rolfe-Johnson, Baird, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Baird, Julianne; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Dawson, Lynne; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Milner, Howard; Montague, Diana; Nichols, Mary; Robertson,...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bellini: La Sonnambula / Bonynge, Sutherland, Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 1987-02-09

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Buchanan, Isobel; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jones, Della; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra