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BARBER / DONIZETTI / BRITTEN / MOZART / VERDI
The Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances From 1966-67 Leontyne Price, Justino Díaz, Jess Thomas, Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker, Renata Scotto, George Shirley, Leonie Rysanek, Christa Ludwig, and many mo [ Metropolitan Opera / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] On September 16, 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center with the world premiere of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, with Leontyne Price and Justino Díaz in the title roles. That first season in the Met's new home not only... |
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ENCINA / de la TORRE / CAPIROLA / etc
From a Spanish Palace Songbook Margaret Philpot, Shirley Rumsey, Christopher Wilson, (lutes, guitars) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Captivating' (Daily Telegraph) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera recorded in 1970) Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Shirley Verrett, Ryland Davies / Royal Opera, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "Under Giulini's commanding and searching direction, the huge canvas is held together with unerring control" (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV244 (complete oratorio sung in English) Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Felicity Lott, Neil Jenkins / Bach Choir / Sir David Willcocks [ Decca Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Apr/2007 ] The classic recording, sung in English. This much loved English language performance of Bach's great setting of the Passion of Christ makes a welcome return to the Decca catalogue. |
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Shirley Horn
You Won't Forget Me [ Polydor / CD ] |
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BLISS / BRITTEN / HOLST
English Choral Music Shirley Minty (mezzo) Martyn Hill (tenor) Holst Singers / Hilary Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2002)- "Never tentative or imprecise, the voices blend beautifully. The upper voices in particular shine with a luminous quality, and are wonderfully fast and flexible." |
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ELGAR
Dream of Gerontius (with Holst - The Hymn of Jesus / Delius - Sea Drift) Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony / Benjamin Britten [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] A specially priced double CD |
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DONIZETTI
Anna Bolena (Complete opera) [Recorded in 1973] Beverly Sills, Paul Plishka, Shirley Verrett, Robert Lloyd, Stuart Burrows, Patricia Kern, Robert Tear / Symphony Orchestra / Julius Rudel [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "(Sill's) voice is crystal clear and has considerable warmth...Her incisiveness with words comes as no surprise, her technical accomplishment likewise. There is often a disarming simplicity and youthfulness in her singing." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
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FRANCESCO CANOVA DA MILANO
Lute Music-Fantasias Ricercars And Duets Christian Wilson (Solo Lute) / Shirley Rumsey (Lute Duettist) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "This record is especially valubale since it contains fabulous biographic notes by Christopher Wilson... Wilson is at his best. His playing is lively, and he brings out the polyphonic structure and shapes the form with great ease and flexibility. The... |
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Dame Shirley Bassey
Hello Like Before [ RCA Victor / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] One of the most iconic and indelible voices in British music, Dame Shirley Bassey returns with Hello Like Before, her most personal album yet, at the helm of celebrating her Diamond Jubilee of an incredible 60 years in the entertainment business!... |
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Dame Shirley Bassey
I Owe It All To You [ Decca / CD - released 25/Jun/2007 ] Deluxe Edition with expanded booklet featuring archive material and highlights from Dame Shirley Bassey's incredible career. |
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Dame Shirley Bassey
The Performance [ Polydor Records U.K. / CD - released 12/Nov/2009 ] Dame Shirley Bassey's first full studio album in over 20 years, 'The Performance' features songs written specifically for Shirley, by a stellar cast of contemporary artists, including the Manic Street Preachers, Pet Shop Boys, KT Tunstall and Rufus... |
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VINTAGE CHILDREN'S FAVOURITES
Vintage Children's Favourites [Includes 'Sparky's Magic Piano' & 'Tubby The Tuba'] Danny kaye, Shirley Temple, Arthur Askey, Sidney Torch, Alma Cogan, Vera Lynn, Rosemary Clooney, etc [ Nimbus Retrospective / 2 CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 48 Original mono recordings (1926 - 1959) |
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Don Shirley
The Best Of [ Not Now Music / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] This two CD set, accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: Jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical. Here there are moments when... |
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HAROLD MELTZER
Meltzer: Brion / Sindbad / Exiles Elizabeth Farnum (soprano) / Gregory Hesselink (cello) / John Shirley-Quirk (narrator) / Cygnus Ensemble / The Peabody Trio / Sequitur / James Baker [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "[Brion] is a haunting, quirky and continually inventive chamber work for a small ensemble including guitar and mandolin. It receives an elegant, colorful performance on a splendid recording of four fascinating chamber and vocal works by Mr.... |
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Berlioz, H
Roméo et Juliette Fassbaender, Gedda, Shirley-Quirk, ORF-Chor; ORF-Symphonieorchester, Gardelli [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 11/May/1987 ] |
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Shirley Scott
Talkin' Verve [ Verve Records / CD - released 15/Dec/1997 ] European import. |
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DEBUSSY
Pelleas et Melisande (Complete opera recorded in 1970) George Shirley, Elisabeth Söderström & Yvonne Minton / Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Boulez's sharply dramatic view of Debussy's atmospheric score is a performance which will probably not please the dedicated Francophile but it rescues Debussy from the lanquid half-tone approach which for long has been accepted as authentic. He is... |
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GLUCK
Alceste (complete opera recorded in stereo in 1981) Philip Gelling, Maldwyn Davies, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk / The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Royal Opera House / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "A great evening at Covent Garden rescued for posterity." (Gramophone on a previous release) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] "You can still enjoy Davis' lively and sympathetic direction, enthusiastic singing and playing by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, two fabulous female soloists." Arkivmusic |