More By Artist: Helen O'Connell
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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 |
HANDEL
Judas MacCabeus (recorded in 1971) Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk / Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Johannes Somary [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "The solo singing is excellent with Alexander Young a ringing tenor, and Helen Watts singing the opening aria in Act III exquisitely. Very good recording... the effect is wholly natural - and a sense of commitment throughout from all departments." -... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HOWELLS / WALTON / BOWEN
British Music for Viola and Orchestra Helen Callus (viola) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Marc Taddei [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Helen Callus plays with sumptuous tone matched by flawless intonation" Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Isolation Songbook Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Michael Craddock (baritone) / Alexander Soares (piano) [ DELPHIAN / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] The feeling which many of us experienced in spring 2020 as, country by country, the world went into lockdown - a sense of life gone into standstill - was especially acute for musicians, deprived suddenly of both their livelihoods and the human... |
PURCELL / MONTERVERDI / STROZZI / ECCLES / PARK / etc
Battle Cry: She Speaks Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) Toby Carr (theorbo) [ Resonus / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] "Charlston plumbs the texts with cut-glass diction and full-bodied as a good claret, and she offers highly expressive readings of the texts, plumbing their depths with cut-glass diction and a glorious range of colours and timbres...She's adeptly... |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Finta Semplice (complete opera recorded in 1983) Helen Donath, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Holl, Teresa Berganza / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager(cond) [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] "Helen Donath is her usual bright-toned and fluent self and she has a fine trill; Teresa Berganza is lovely too, nuanced as always and still in creamy voice. Light and springy, even more delectable is Jutta-Renate Ihloff in the soubrette role." |
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Händel, Ge
Weihnachtskonzert: Ausschnitte aus "Der Messias", Concerto Grosso op. 6,8, Ave verum corpus KV 618, Laudate Dominum KV Helen Donath, Regensburger Domspatzen; Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Kurt Eichhorn [ ORFEO / CD - released 1/Sep/1997 ] |
Helen Forrest
The Golden Years Of - I Had The Craziest Dream [ Jasmine / 4 CD - released 1/Sep/2003 ] This box set compiled and produced by Geoff Milne is a huge collection from one of the most popular of female big band singers and includes both broadcast and studio material dating back to 1938. |
Helen Forrest
The Voice Of The Big Bands [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/1997 ] Arguably the most underrated singer of the 20th Century. Her impeccable phrasing and unparalleled range and breath control made it so easy to be heard over a 17 piece band.... |
Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw
Sweeter As The Years Go By [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Oct/1998 ] Give yourself a real treat and catch a fabulous band led by clarinettist Artie Shaw at the Blue Room of the Hotel Lincoln and hear the delectable Helen Forrest, "The Voice Of The Big Bands". It is to her this collection of songs is dedicated... |
Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw
Volume Two - Sweet And Simple [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/1999 ] On 11th July, 1999, Helen Forrest died of heart failure - she was 82. Thus 'The Voice Of The Big Bands', which sustained many a grieving heart through the later Depression years and the Second World War, was stilled forever. |
Helen Grayco
Oop Shoop: The Rare Singles and More [ Jasmine / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Helen Grayco is best remembered today as the beautiful and sultry vocalist with the Spike Jones orchestra, headlining his various TV shows for more than a decade. During that time, she recorded a string of singles for the London, Mercury and RCA... |
VIVALDI
Music for Vespers Helen Groves, Nigel Short, Ruth Gleave, Paul Agnew / Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore |
Helen Humes
Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do [ Essential Jazz Classics / CD - released 27/Feb/2012 ] |
RICHARD HEUBERGER
Heuberger: Der Opernball (The Opera Ball) (complete Operetta Film, 1970. Sung in German) Helen Mané, Harald Serafin, Maria Tiboldi, Maurice Besançon, Tatjana Iwanow / Symphony Orchestra Kurt Graunke, Munich, Willy Mattes [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] Richard Heuberger (1850-1914) was born into a well-to-do middle-class family from Graz. He trained initially as an engineer, but after studying for a degree in music, he was appointed director of the Vienna Singakademie. Heuberger created many... |
Helen Medlyn and Penny Dodd
Darling Its Hell [ Medlyn / Dodd Music New Zealand / CD - released 31/Oct/2006 ] Those two "hell" cabaret divas - the divine Miss Medlyn and Miss Dodd - offer eleven delicious songs of love that lie in the warm, luxurious lap of jazz. |
Helen Merrill / Clifford Brown
Helen Merril With Clifford Brown (Vinyl) [ Wax Time / LP - released 26/Sep/2011 ] Limited edition vinyl reissue. |
Helen O'Connell
A Long Last Look [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Helen O'Connell had a long career from singing in groups in the '40s to being a solo artist and star of TV shows in the '50s This is the first in depth look at Helen's singles from 1951 - 1957. |
WOLF / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS
Helen Watts - Lieder Recital Helen Watts (contralto), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2019 ] Presented on CD for the first time and newly remastered, a pair of Romantic Lieder recitals by the Welsh contralto who inherited the mantle of Kathleen Ferrier. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
