More By Artist: Willard White
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PAUL McCARTNEY / CARL DAVIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Kiri Te Kanawa, Sally Burgess, Jerry Hadley, Willard White / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Carl Davis [ EMI / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio conducted by Carl Davis. |
SCOTT JOPLIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joplin: Treemonisha (Complete opera) Carmen Baltrop, Betty Allen, Curtis Rayam, Willard White / Original Cast Orchestra & Chorus / Gunther Schuller [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/1976 ] 'Performance and recording are first class' - Penguin Guide |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of Our Time (Oratorio) Cynthia Haymon soprano, Cynthia Clarey alto, Damon Evans tenor, Willard White bass, London Symphony Chorus. London Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "Hickox's version establishes its place against severe competition largely through the exceptionally rich recording and its distinctive choice of soloists, a quartet of black singers." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Acis and Galatea (Complete opera) Norma Burrowes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Martyn Hill, Willard White / The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/1986 ] "A joy ... glorious singing." International Music Guide |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids Salzburg Festival / Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White, Nikolai Schukoff / Vienna Philharmonic, Kent Nagano [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The opera, inspired by Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus - is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? - bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his... |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids (Complete Opera) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White, Nikolai Schukoff / Vienna Philharmonic, Kent Nagano [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The opera, inspired by Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus - is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? - bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his... |
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MOZART / BRITTEN / STRAVINSKY / ROSSINI / MONTEVERDI / GERSHWIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record [5 CD set] Various singers including Audrey Mildmay, Constance Willis, Sena Jurinac, Noel Mangin, Carol Vaness, Willard White, Natalie Dessay, etc [ EMI Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The Glyndebourne Festival is one of the great opera "feasts" of the year. Many great singers have appeared on its stage as it seeks out new talent and gives them all an excellent grounding in the art of performance. |
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70 Willard White, Rosalind Plowright, Linda Finnie & Arthur Davies / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] 'Never was there a more complete triumph', wrote The Times after the premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah. The performance, conducted by the composer at the 1846 Birmingham Music Festival, marked the beginning of the life of Elijah as one of the... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem KV 626 Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Willard White / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "John Elliot Gardiner with characteristic panache gives one of the most powerful performances on record" *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle Elena Zhidkova & Sir Willard White / London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "…Gergiev and his superlative orchestral forces and vocal soloists, supported by magnificent sound quality, present the enigmatic piece with great power, leaving us, as adequate performances always do, feeling stunned and somewhat bewildered." (BBC) |
