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Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2009) cover
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HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera recorded in 2009)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sarah Connolly, Lucas Meachem, Lucy Crowe, Sara Fulgoni / Christopher Hogwood (cond)
[ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Dec/2009 ]
G - 'Dido is perfectly integrated, and the expressively stylised movements that McGregor has devised for the singers make a fascinating contrast to the gyrations of the corps de ballet. …The casts were excellent.' The Telegraph
Wagner: Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY cover
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walküre (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY
The Royal Opera / Stuart Skelton, Emily Magee, Nina Stemme, John Lundgren, Sarah Connolly / Antonio Pappano
[ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Mar/2020 ]
"Pappano has always had a special relationship with the Ring's second part…and the Royal Opera House Orchestra rewards him with some of its most sumptuous playing." BBC Music Opera Choice June 2020
Symphonies Nos 1, 2 "Resurrection" & 3 cover
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MAHLER
Symphonies Nos 1, 2 "Resurrection" & 3
Sally Matthews (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
[ Signum Philharmonia Series / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Feb/2014 ]
"What a ride it's been; a wilful First, a splendid Second and now an incandescent Third. Make no mistake, for all his faults - perceived or otherwise - this octogenarian conductor is a Mahlerian of considerable consequence" (MusicWeb)
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) cover
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio)
Sarah Connolly (alto) Susan Gritton (sop) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Mark Padmore (ten) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin / Daniel Reuss (dir)
[ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ]
Handel was 63 years old when he composed Solomon, one of his final masterpieces. This monumental oratorio depicts the three highpoints of the biblical king's life: the building of the temple, the famous judgment, and the visit of the Queen of Sheba....
Music Makers / Sea Pictures cover
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ELGAR
Music Makers / Sea Pictures
Sarah Connolly / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Simon Wright (Conductor)
[ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ]
"In the five Sea Pictures (Connolly) is deeply poetic in Sea Slumber-Song , airily whimsical and touching in Where Corals Lie and dramatic in The Swimmer (where the organ makes an exciting contribution). Recording quality is excellent" --Review by...
Des Knaben Wunderhorn [with Harmonia Mundi catalogue] cover
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MAHLER
Des Knaben Wunderhorn [with Harmonia Mundi catalogue]
Sarah Connolly, Dietrich Henschel / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees / Philippe Herreweghe
[ Harmonia Mundi Classique / CD/Book - released 10/Feb/2011 ]
"The two singers have here superb voices, and Philip Herreweghe's accompaniments leave almost nothing to be desired…" (BBC Music)
Requiem (with Grunenwald - Di Profundis) cover
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DURUFLE
Requiem (with Grunenwald - Di Profundis)
Sarah Connolly (Mezzo) Christopher Maltman (baritone) with Robert Cohen (cello) / Vasari Singers
[ Signum / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ]
"..delivered with consummate attention to detail by an extraordinarily able choir and an astonishingly perceptive organist, is a performance not just of Technicolor magic but some emotional depth too." Gramophone Magazine, August 2009
The Exquisite Hour cover
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Exquisite Hour
Sarah Connolly (Mezzo) Eugene Asti (Piano)
[ Signum / CD - released 30/May/2009 ]
"hugely impressive disc, testifying to the versatility and range of a singer who has already drawn comparisons with Janet Baker" The Guardian
Totenfeier / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen cover
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MAHLER
Totenfeier / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Sarah Connolly (Mezzo) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski
[ Signum / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ]
"rich, ardent singing of Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen." The Times, 29th September 2012 ***
Schumann: Songs of love and loss (Incls 'Liederkreis, Op. 39' & 'Frauenliebe und-leben, Op. 42') cover
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Songs of love and loss (Incls 'Liederkreis, Op. 39' & 'Frauenliebe und-leben, Op. 42')
Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) Eugene Asti (piano)
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ]
The British mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly here performs a collection of songs by Robert Schumann in a new album whose theme is 'Songs of Love and Loss'. There are two song cycles from the extremely prolific year of 1840 along with several songs from...
Songs cover
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KORNGOLD
Songs
Sarah Connolly (mezzo) William Dazeley (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano)
[ Signum / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ]
Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - July 2009
Dido and Aeneas cover
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PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Gerald Finley (baritone) / Lucy Crowe (soprano) / Choir and orchestra of the Enlightenment / Elizabeth Kenny
[ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ]
"Here is England's first great opera presented with a truly cohesive sense of theatrical purpose… Sarah Connolly is the driving force from the start" Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice (February 2009)
My True Love Hath My Heart: English Songs cover
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BRITTEN / HOWELLLS / IRELAND / RODNEY BENNETT / etc
My True Love Hath My Heart: English Songs
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ]
"It is good to find an English singer in her prime championing the lesser-known art songs of her native tradition, and making them sound not so much twee as magical" (Financial Times)
Phaedra, Op. 93 / A Charm of Lullabies / Lachrymae / Two Portraits / Sinfonietta, Op. 1 cover
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Phaedra, Op. 93 / A Charm of Lullabies / Lachrymae / Two Portraits / Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Maxim Rysanov (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner
[ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ]
"Gardner's sensitivity to the bittersweet Thirties idiom of the first portrait and the elegiac eloquence of viola soloist Maxim Rysanov in the second combine to highly atmospheric effect. Imaginative programme, highly recommended." Editor's Choice...
Viola Concerto ‘Ghosts of the Dance’ / Cello Concerto / Merciless Beauty cover
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GEFFREY BURGON
Viola Concerto ‘Ghosts of the Dance’ / Cello Concerto / Merciless Beauty
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Philip Dukes (viola) / Josephine Knight (cello) / City of London Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba
[ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ]
Chandos releases premiere recordings of Geoffrey Burgon's viola and cello concertos, alongside the song cycle Merciless Beauty, all performed by the City of London Sinfonia under Rumon Gamba.
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (recorded February 2011) cover
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (recorded February 2011)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Toby Spence (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
[ LPO Live / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ]
"This strikes me as the real deal..The players, on top form, are participants rather than accompanists..For all that [Spence's] timbre is unmistakeably English, on CD at least he is never drowned out and there is much sensitivity too" Gramophone
The Handel Collection: Incls 'Coronation Anthems', 'Alexander's Feast' & 'Samson' [12 CDs special price] cover
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HANDEL
The Handel Collection: Incls 'Coronation Anthems', 'Alexander's Feast' & 'Samson' [12 CDs special price]
Sarah Connolly (soprano) / The Sixteen / The Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Harry Christophers
[ Coro The Sixteen Edition / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2010 ]
Eight of The Sixteen's celebrated Handel recordings in one beautiful boxed set edition.
Heroes and Heroines (arias from Solomon, Alcina, Ariodante & Hercules) cover
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HANDEL
Heroes and Heroines (arias from Solomon, Alcina, Ariodante & Hercules)
Sarah Connolly (soprano) / The Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Harry Christophers
[ Coro The Sixteen 30th Anniversary / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ]
"Handel singing of a very high order from two very fine singers" - Editor's Choice Gramophone November 2004
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Sea Pictures cover
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Sea Pictures
Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
[ Chandos Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2014 ]
"[Davis's] patient and scrupulously observant conception of the whole work evinces a selfless authority, wisdom and instinctive ebb and flow" (Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2015 - Choral)
Parry: Scenes from Shelley''s ''Prometheus Unbound'' / Blest Pair of Sirens cover
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HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Scenes from Shelley''s ''Prometheus Unbound'' / Blest Pair of Sirens
Sarah Fox (soparno) Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo) David Butt Philip (tenor) Neal Davies (baritone) / Crouch End Fesitval Chorus, London Mozart Players
[ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Sep/2023 ]
"Worthy and welcome as earlier recordings are, they pale in energy, in precision and conviction beside the performances here." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Choral