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J. S. BACH
9 Cantatas [18, 59, 89, 90, 106, 118, 152, 161, 182] Sheila Armstrong, Rotraud Hansman, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz & Max van Egmond / Concerto Amsterdam, Monteverdi Chor Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2008 ] |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The New Collector's Edition Joan Rodgers, William Shimmell, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Richard Hickox, Helen Watts, Janet Baker, Robert Tear, etc [ Warner Classics / 30 CD Box Set - released 30/Sep/2022 ] This edition presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs. |
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W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera) Peter Schreier, Arleen Augér, Edith Mathis, Julia Varady, Helen Donath / Salzburger Rundfunk- und Mozarteumchor, Leopold Hager [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Leopold Hager...paces the arias admirably and draws clean, euphonious playing from the Mozarteum Orchestra. The cast could scarcely be bettered, as the presence of singers like Helen Donath and Edith Mathis in the secondary roles implies" Gramophone |
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MONTEVERDI
L'incoronazione Di Poppea (complete) Helen Donath, Elisabeth Söderström, Cathy Berberian, Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood & Philip Langridge, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 3 CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio) Peter Schreier (conductor & Evangelist), Helen Donath, Andrea Ihle, Marjana Lipovsek / Staatskapelle Dresden [ Decca Philips Originals / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] 'the soloists make a strong, consistent team...full, bright and atmospheric recording...the layout on three CDs make this issue competitive.' Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Rotraud Hansmann, Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max Van Egmond / Vienna Boys' Choir, Viennensis Chorus, Concentus musicus Wien, Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2007 ] 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 50) BBC MUSIC -'It has little of the sheen and polish of present-day recordings but a raw commitment and lithe pioneering spirit which is often intoxicating.' Gramophone 1995 |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz: Piano Music Vol 1 [Incls Iberia, books 1-4 (complete)] Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) Helen Gonzalez (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "I was sufficiently impressed with González'[s] interpretation of Iberia that even those who have heard it performed by other pianists will not want to pass by his recording." Examiner.com |
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AMY BEACH
Quartet for Strings, Op. 89; Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 34; Pastorale, Op. 151; etc Ambache (with Gabrielle Lester (violin), Helen Keen (flute ) and Diana Ambache (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Penguin Stereo Guide (Rosette Recording) - 'Amy Beach's music inhabits conservative rather than progressive ground, a universe or two removed from American contemporaries like Ives. Nevertheless it is fine work, and it's good to welcome this... |
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LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), llan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] " Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us an historically informed recording of the Beethoven Ninth that conveys the drama, humanity, and transformative release of this incomparable work." Fanfare |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Walkure (The Valkyries) (complete opera recorded live in 1941) Astrid Varnay / Helen Traubel / Lauritz Melchior / Kerstin Thorborg / Friedrich Schorr / Alexander Kipnis / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Erich Leins [ Naxos Great Opera Performances / 3 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] Saturday 6th December 1941 was a momentous afternoon in the history of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, The opera - Die Walkure - was well enough known to the theatre and radio audiences that day, but this particular performance was eagerly... |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szmanowski: Stabat Mater & Harnasie Lucy Crowe, Pamela Helen Stephen & Gabor Bretz / BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Oct/2013 ] "Lucy Crowe especially has a beautifully clean and pure voice and makes the most ethereal sound in this gorgeous music. Her partnership with Pamela Helen Stephen is a joy to hear." (Musicweb) |
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BARTOK / R. STRAUSS / PUCCINI / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER
Birgit Nilsson: The Great Live Recordings [1953-1976] Birgit Nilsson, with, Regina Resnik, Leonie Rysanek, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jon Vickers, Helen Donath, Walter Berry, etc [ Sony Classics / 31 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2018 ] "Many of these live recordings have been remastered, mostly very adequately, from radio broadcasts, and include samples at least of all her major roles...The casts for some of these performances are the stuff of legend now." The Guardian |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion, BWV244 [First version Leipzig 1727] Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Bethany Seymour, Helen Neeves, Sally Bruce-Payne, Nancy Cole, Matthew Brook / Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Peter Seymour [ Signum / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/May/2015 ] "Nancy Cole, a very promising young singer...a musical and coherent performance...some fine singing by many of the singers and lovely playing especially by the strings." (Early Music Review) |
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WILLIAM BYRD
The Honour of William Byrd Chelys Consort of Viols, Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) [ BIS / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Instrumental and vocal music from the late Renaissance. |
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GEORG TINTNER
Tintner: Violin Sonata / Variations on a Theme of Chopin / Piano Sonata / Trauermusik Cho-Liang Lin (violin) / Helen Huang (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] The Austrian-born Georg Tintner achieved fame as a conductor but considered himself a 'composer who conducts', with an ambition 'to write beautiful music'. His early works are tonal and Romantically influenced, while later music - notably the Violin... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Creation Mass Susan Gritton (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chaconne / CD ] "The Creation Mass is no less resplendent or searching than, say, the Nelson Mass or the Harmoniemesse, a glorious affirmation of Haydn's reverent, optimistic yet by no means naive faith. Even by Haydn's standards, the work is startling in its... |
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J. S. BACH
Elly Ameling - Bach Edition Elly Ameling (soprano) with Hermann Prey, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Marga Höffgen, Fritz Wunderlich ,Werner Krenn, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 20 CD Box Set - released 21/Apr/2023 ] Compiled here for the first time are all of Elly Ameling's Bach recordings for both Decca and Philips: an 'original jackets' treasury of Cantatas, Passions and oratorios which would make a first-rate introduction to the composer's sacred music. |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & 5 Helen Donath (soprano) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Eliahu Inbal [ Brilliant Classics / 15 CD - released 18/Aug/2005 ] "A highly recommendable issue for impecunious Mahler fans." (MusicWeb April 2003 Bargaibn of the Month) |
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ERNESTO HALFFTER
Piano Music Guillermo Gonzalez (piano) / Helen Gonzalez (piano) [ Naxos Spanish Classics / 2 CD - released 5/Sep/2006 ] Halffter's piano works, which he began writing when only thirteen, span his entire career and reflect not only the influence of Scarlatti, but that of the Spanish Renaissance, Stravinsky, Ravel, with whom he studied extensively, and the French... |