Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]

Michael Nyman: Collections of Film, Music, Photography

2 CD / MN Records / 2011-05-01

Works: Michael Nyman: Wonderland; Man and Boy; The Libertine; The Draughtsman's Contract; Prospero's Books; The Piano; Six Celan Songs; Acts of Beauty; The Ogre; Love Counts; I Sonetti Lussuriosi; MGV; The ...
Performers: Angel, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Barr, Nigel; Graham-Hall, John; McAlmont, David; Nyman, Michael [Piano]; Sheldon, William; Slater, Andrew [Baritone]; Summers, Hilary; Tierney, Vivian; Williams, Helen ...
Conductors: Nyman, Michael [Piano];
Ensemble: ; Michael Nyman Band; Motion Trio; Sentieri Selvaggi; Wingates Temperance Band

For You

2 CD / Signum UK / 2010-09-06

Works: Michael Berkeley: For You, opera
Performers: Cook, Allison; Lemmings, Christopher; Nicholas, Rachel; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Williams, Jeremy Huw
Conductors: Rafferty, Michael

For You is a new opera that brings together the music of composer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Michael Berkeley and Booker-prize winning author Ian...continue...
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Opera in English - Alan Opie sings Bel Canto Arias

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ernani; I due Foscari; Attila; Gaetano Donizetti: Dom Sébastien; Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavall...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Bayley, Clive; Chaundy, Stephen; Gavin, Julian; Hodges, Paul; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Patterson, Susan; Rose, Peter de; Wedd, Peter; Williams, Helen...
Conductors: Bellini, Gabriele; Parry, David

Alan Opie, one of the most distinguished baritones on the international opera scene today, is the latest singer to be featured in Chandos' 'Great Operatic...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss / Hickox, BBC National

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss, opera
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; McGilloway, Emer; Pearson, Gail; Richardson, Mark [Engineer]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Suart, Richard; Watson, Jan...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Written in the late 1920s when he was at the height of his powers, The Poisoned Kiss is Vaughan Williams's forgotten opera:...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 10 / Montague

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Chi sa qual sia, K 582; Christoph Willibal...
Performers: Beer, Susanne; Boylan, Orla; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Parry, David

Montague has been a regular contributor to the Opera in English series; this is her second solo album on the label. - "Above all it...continue...

Opera in English - Bruce Ford Sings Viennese Operetta

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns"); Immer nur Lächeln, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Das Land Des Lächeln...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Schoeman, Pieter; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Weller, Walter
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna / Parry, Larmore, Ford, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-05-01

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer; Magee, Garry; Natoli, Dominic; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David

"Pacini's music is often stirring, as befits an opera set against the background of Charles the Bold's expoits, and here David Parry conducts it with...continue...

Opera in English - Verdi: Ernani / Parry, Patterson, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Gavin, Julian; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Patterson, Susan; Rose, Peter de; Wedd, Peter; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David

"When all is said and done, this is an enjoyable 'Ernani' that should please its constituents and surprise its doubters." - Milazzo, ARG...continue...

Opera in English - Great Arias from Favorite Operas Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostock, Angela; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hampson, Thomas; Haymon, Cynthia; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; O'Neill, Dennis ...
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Elder, Mark; Bellini, Gabriele

This collection not only brings together the highlights from the more recent Opera in English recordings from Chandos, but also includes a 40-page booklet that...continue...

Opera in English - Verdi Celebration in English

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Falstaff; Inno delle nazioni, for voice, chorus & orchestra; I lombardi; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera;...
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Brecknock, John; Bullock, Susan; Craig, Charles; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Masterson, Valerie; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Mi...
Conductors: Parry, David; Elder, Mark; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 6 / Tomlinson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 38...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Shore, Andrew; Tomlinson, John; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; Leeds Parish Church Chorus

"John Tomlinson is one of the finest singing actors on the opera scene today. He is unsurpassed in Wagner, but here he dispays his versatility...continue...

Opera in English - Verdi: Il Trovatore / Parry, Opie, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-10-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Mason, Anne; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Sweet, Sharon; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David

The highly acclaimed Opera in English series from Chandos continues with the premier recording of Il Trovatore in English....continue...

Opera in English - Donizetti: Elixir of Love / Parry, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-10-19

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Banks, Barry; Holland, Ashley; Plazas, Mary; Shore, Andrew; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David

The Observer
'Barry Banks's Nemorino could hardly be better: flexible, secure in intonation and silken in tone... he was an inspired choice for the part.'
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