More By Artist: Mary O'Hara
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HASSE / GLUCK / BONONCINI / VINCI / VIVALDI / PORTA
Baroque Divas Vivica Genaux, Sonia Prina, Mary-Ellen Nesi and Romina Basso / Armonia Atenea, George Petrou [ Decca / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] Present-day prima donnas Vivica Genaux, Sonia Prina, Marry-Ellen Nesi and Romina Basso now follow in the footsteps of their fervid predecessors, presenting on disc a tongue-in-cheek survey of standout arias for mezzo soprano and contralto. |
BRAHMS / FAURE / SAINT-SAENS / SCHUMANN / DEBUSSY / etc
Songs to the Moon Allan Clayton, Mary Bevan, Myrthen Ensemble [ Signum / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] Described by The Telegraph as "the creme de la creme of young British-based musical talent", and praised in BBC Music Magazine for their "irresistible combination of arresting programing and vocal flair assembled around pianist Joseph Middleton", the... |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Macbeth / The Tempest / Marmion Overture Mary Bevan (soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Simon Callow (speaker) / BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews [ Dutton Epoch SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Feb/2018 ] "The BBC Concert Orchestra play with warmth and style, the BBC Singers go at it with spirit and Mary Bevan makes an enchanting Ariel. John Andrews does an excellent job of integrating the orchestra with Simon Callow's spoken chunks of Shakespeare" |
Benedictines Of Mary, Queen Of Apostles
Angels And Saints At Ephesus [ CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] Angels and Saints at Ephesus consists of pieces in English as well as Latin, in several different styles that provide an attractive progression from monophony to harmony to slightly richer shades and back again. |
HUGO WOLF
The Complete Songs Volume 4 Mary Bevan / Quirijn de Lang / Sholto Kynoch [ Stone / CD - released 2/Jan/2013 ] |
HANDEL
Song for St Cecilia's Day Mary Bevan (soprano) & Ed Lyon (tenor) / Ludus Baroque, Richard Neville-Towle [ Delphian / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] Following the widespread critical acclaim of their debut recording, 'Alexander's Feast', Ludus Baroque brings their celebrated verve to Handel's 'Song for St Cecilia's Day'. Coupled with his miniature cantata for tenor, 'Look down Harmonius Saint',... |
PATRICK HADLEY
Fen and Flood - A Cantata (with works by Vaughan Williams) Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano) & Leigh Melrose (baritone) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & The Joyful Company of Singers, Paul Dan [ Albion / Launch Music / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Here's something to fascinate any lover of British music...Jane Irwin is radiant in the solos and the Joyful Company of Singers is an excellent, well-balanced choir..Daniel has often demonstrated great warmth and understanding in his performances of |
BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Motets Choir Of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh [ Delphian / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
WILLIAM MUNDY
Mundy: Sacred Choral Music Choir of St Mary's Cathedral Edinburgh, Duncan Ferguson (Director) [ Delphian / CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] Already celebrated in surveys of John Taverner and John Sheppard, the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh now showcase the often overlooked music of William Mundy, which was at the heart of the Marian Catholic revival and then, just a few years... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Choral Works Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Ruby Hughes, Nicholas Mulroy, Scottish Chamber Orchestra Soloists, Duncan Ferguson [ Delphian / CD - released 19/Aug/2016 ] "…to round off their satisfying programme, Ferguson and his Edinburgh choir give an exemplary account of Tres sacrae cantiones…highly recommended." Choir & Organ |
CHESNOKOV
Chesnokov: Liturgy of St.John Chrysostom Op.42 Choir of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Arkadi Leontiev (tenor) / Nikolai Georgievsky (cond) [ Alto / CD ] "Chesnokov represents a late flowering of Russian Orthodox traditions in the years before the Revolution … composers sought to renew the style by returning it to its roots in Medieval Slavic chant. Chesnokov excelled in this style, and in his many... |
COLE PORTER
Kiss Me, Kate (Original Broadway Cast 1949) / Let's Face It (1941) Harry Clark, Harold Lang, Patricia Morison, Eddie Sledge, Mary Jane Walsh, Charles Wood, Alfred Drake & others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 28/Mar/2005 ] The overture is about to start. You cross your fingers and hold your heart. Those lines from the opening number of Kiss Me, Kate were probably running through the brains of everyone connected with the nowclassic musical when it opened on 30... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang' Majella Cullagh, Mary Nelson, Adrian Thompson / NSO of Ireland / RTe Phil Choir / Reinhard Seifrie [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] "This new budget-priced disc might introduce many listeners to a marvelous piece of music; it is a very good performance." American Record Guide |
Daniel O'Donnell, with Mary Duff and Derek Ryan
Back Home Again (2 CD + DVD) [ Big Jo-Ke / 3 CD/DVD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] 27 wonderful performances, including duets with Mary Duff. |
Daniel O'Donnell & Mary Duff
Together Again [ Big Jo-Ke / CD/DVD - released 24/Aug/2009 ] This Limited Edition of 'Together Again' includes the hugely popular song "Save Your Love" PLUS a 30-minute Bonus DVD of eight live tracks!! |
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Devilish Mary And The Holy Rollers
Devilish Mary And The Holy Rollers [ Lyttelton Records / CD - released 12/Dec/2014 ] Devilish Mary And The Holy Rollers started out trying to be a Western swing band. If you're familiar with that genre you'd recognise the format of that perplexing name. And they still play that style, to the great delight of many swing dancers... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio Mary Bevan (sop) Joanne Lunn (sop) Clare Wilkinson (mezzo) Nicholas Mulro (ten), etc / Dunedin Consort and Players, John Butt [ Linn / 2 CD - released 14/Oct/2016 ] "Way-too-early seasonal content (sorry), but this latest release from the Dunedin Consort is too good to wait. It's surely one of the finest accounts now available of Bach's Christmas Oratorio." Guardian Five Stars |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Samson Joshua Ellicott, Sophie Bevan, Fflur Wyn, Mary Bevan, Jess Dandy, Hugo Hymas / Dunedin Consort, John Butt [ Linn / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2019 ] "This new Samson now becomes the top recommendation: for its uniformly excellent soloists, its excitingly 'present' choral singing and, above all, its more urgent sense of theatre" Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Choral |
FRANCO ALFANO
Alfano: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet Elmira Darvarova (violin) / Scott Dunn (piano) / Mary Ann Mumm (violin) / Craig Mumm (viola) / Samuel Magill (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2011 ] "this disc…should at least get things moving in the right direction for this underrated composer." MusicWeb |
