Janacek - The Diary of One Who Disappeared; Sinfonietta

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928)

Tagebuch eines Verschollenen

(The Diary of One

Who Disappeared)

for tenor, three women voices and piano

Orchestral version: Ota Zitek & Vaclav Sedlacek

Sinfonietta op. 60

Philip Langridge (tenor)

Brigitte Balleys (contralto)

Marcus Creed (chorus master)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Women of the RIAS Kammerchor

Claudio Abbado

Recorded: 1987-11-21 at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Britten - War Requiem; Sinfonia da Requiem; Ballad of Heroes

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

War Requiem, Op. 66 (1962)

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1941)

Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 (1939) 

Heather Harper (soprano); 

Philip Langridge (tenor); 

Martyn Hill (tenor – Ballad); 

John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone); 

Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral; 

London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Richard Hickox

rec. 24-28 February 1991, St. Jude’s Church, Central Square, London

Shostakovich - The Orchestral Songs Vol.1

Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) 

Orchestral Songs, Vol. 1

Two Krylov Fables

Four Romances on Poems by Alexander Pushkin

Six Songs on Verses by British Poets

From Jewish Folk Poetry

Larissa Dyadkova, Mezzo soprano

Sergei Leiferkus, Baritone

Luba Orgonasova, Soprano

Nathalie Stutzmann, Contralto 

Philip Langridge, Tenor

Gothenburg Opera Chorus

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Neeme Järvi

Michael Tippett - A Child of Our Time

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)

A Child of Our Time (1944)

Sheila Armstrong, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk

Brighton Festival Chorus

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andre Previn

Recorded in EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (July 5th & 6th. 1986)

Michael Tippett - King Priam

Michael Tippett (1905-1998)

King Priam

Ann Murray soprano 

Heather Harper soprano 

Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano 

Norman Bailey bass 

Philip Langridge tenor 

Robert Tear tenor 

Stephen Roberts bass 

Thomas Allen baritone 

Yvonne Minton soprano 

London Sinfonietta Chorus 

London Sinfonietta 

David Atherton 

Recorded in: Kingsway Hall, London, November 1980

Britten - Folk Song Arrangements Vol.2

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Folk Song Arrangements Vol.2

Philip Langridge

Thomas Allen

BBC Singers

Northern Sinfonia

Steuart Bedford

Simon Joly

Britten - Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance op.71

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Curlew River

A Parable for Church Performance Op.71 (1964)

Philip Langridge, Thomas Allen, Gidon Saks, Simon Keenlyside

London Voices, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner

Britten - Folk Song Arrangements

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Folk Song Arrangements

Felicity Lott (Soprano); Philip Langridge (Tenor)

Graham Johnson (Piano); Carlos Bonell (Guitar)

Britten - Peter Grimes / Hickox, Langridge

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Peter Grimes Op 33

Alan Opie baritone

  Ameral Gunson contralto

  Anne Collins contralto

  Janice Watson soprano

  John Connell bass

  John Fryatt tenor

  Emily Hall tenor

  Matthew Best bass

  Pamela Helen Stephen mezzo-soprano

  Philip Langridge tenor

  Roderick Williams baritone

  Yvonne Barclay soprano

 

 

  London Symphony Chorus

  Opera London

  City of London Sinfonia

  Richard Hickox

 

  Recorded in:

  Blackheath Halls, London

  2-3, 5-7 July & 31 August 1995