Claude Debussy - Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (L.124)

Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano

Nathalie Stutzmann, mezzo-soprano

Sylvia McNair, soprano

Leslie Caron, narrator

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas

Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, London, September 30 - October 2, 1991.

Leonard Bernstein - Candide

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918'1990)

Candide

Adolph Green, Dr Pangloss; Martin

Christa Ludwig, Old Lady, Soprano

Clive Bayley, Bear-Keeper; Inquisitor; Tsar Ivan, Bass

Della Jones, Paquette, Soprano

Jerry Hadley, Candide, Tenor

John Treleaven, Alchemist; Inquisitor; Sultan Achmet; Crook, Tenor

June Anderson, Cunegonde, Soprano

Kurt Ollmann, Maximilian; Captain; Jesuit Father, Baritone

Lindsay Benson, Doctor; Inquisitor; King Stanislaus

Neil Jenkins, Merchant; Inquisitor; Prince Charles Edward, Tenor

Nicolai Gedda, Governor; Vanderdendur; Ragotski, Tenor

Richard Suart, Junkman; Inquisitor; King Hermann Augustus, Baritone

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein

July 1, 1991

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

Ravel - Complete Orchestral Works

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)

Complete Orchestral Works

London Symphony Orchestra

Claudio Abbado

Disc 1

Bolero

Rapsodie Espagnole

My Mere L'Oye (Ballet)

Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte

Disc 2

Daphnis Et Chloe (Complete)

Chorus – London Symphony Chorus

Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales

Disc 3

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Alborada Del Gracioso

Sheherazade (Ouverture)

Menuet Antique

Une Barque Sur L'ocean

L'Eventail de Jeanne (Fanfare)

La Valse

Previously released material: 1981 - 1989

Mendelssohn - Symphony No.2 "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise) Op. 52

Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)

Symphonie No. 2 "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise) Op. 52 (1840)

Elizabeth Connell

Karita Mattila

Hans Peter Blochwitz

London Symphony

Chorus and Orchestra

Claudio Abbado

Released: November 4, 1987

Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem / LSO; Gianandrea Noseda

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Requiem

Soloists:

Erika Grimaldi,

 Daniela Barcellona, 

Francesco Meli,

 Michele Pertusi

 

London Symphony Orchestra, 

London Symphony Chorus

Gianandrea Noseda

Chorus Director:

Simon Halsey

Prokofiev - Ivan the Terrible & Alexander Nevsky

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)

Ivan the Terrible (Oratorio Op.116)*

Michael Lankester Version

Alexander Nevsky (Cantata Op.70)**

Christopher Plummer (narrator)* 

Tamara Sinyavskaya* 

Sergei Leiferkus* 

Dolora Zajick** 

New London Children’s Choir*

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus* **

Mstislav Rostropovich* **

Gustav Holst - The Cloud Messenger; The Hymn of Jesus

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

The Cloud Messenger

The Hymn of Jesus

Richard Hickox , London Symphony Chorus , London Symphony Orchestra ,
Della Jones (Mezzo-soprano)

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.1 "A Sea Symphony"

 

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

SYMPHONY No.1 "A SEA SYMPHONY"

John Shirley-Quirk, Heather Harper
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
André Previn

Elgar - The Spirit of England, Land of Hope and Glory and other Choral Works

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

The Spirit of England,
Land of Hope and Glory and other Choral Works

Northern Sinfonia; London Symphony Chorus; Richard Hickox

Vaughan Williams - The Complete Concertos

Ralph Vaughan Williams: 

The Complete Concertos

David Theodore (Oboe);Patrick Harrild (Tuba); Kenneth Sillito (Violin); Michael Davis (Violin); Howard Shelley (Piano)

London Symphony Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

Bryden Thomson

Herbert Howells - Stabat Mater

Herbert Howells (1892-1983) 

Stabat mater

Neill Archer (tenor)London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Geoffrey Burgon - Requiem

Geoffrey BURGON (1941-2010)

 Requiem (1976)

City of London Sinfonia / London Symphony Chorus / Wooburn Singers

Jennifer Smith, soprano / Ann Murray, mezzo soprano / Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor

Conductor Richard Hickox