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FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: A Mass for Life / Songs of Sunset / Songs of Sunset / An Arabesque Dame Janet Baker, John Shirley Quirk, Heather Harper, Helen Watts / Royal Liverpool Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2011 ] "Groves is very good indeed and richly enjoyable" MusicWeb |
JOHN TAVENER
Akhmatova Requiem Elise Ross (soprano) Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky / Nash Ensemb [ NMC / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] John Tavener first came to public attention in 1968 with the premiere of his oratorio The Whale at the inaugural concert of the London Sinfonietta; The Beatles subsequently recorded this piece on their Apple label. Akhmatova Requiem will be... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Requiem / Idyll / A Song before Sunrise / Songs of Farewell Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) / Royal Choral Society / Royal Philharmonic / Meredith Davies / Sir Malcolm Sargent [ EMI British Composers / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "This disc deserves a warm welcome from enthusiasts for Delius." (Amazon.com) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas BWV170, BWV82. BWV159, BWV56, BWV211, BWV212 Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Julia Varady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Academy of St. Martin of the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2020 ] PENGUIN ROSETTE AWARD: Cantatas BWV 170, 82, 159 |
CARL ORFF
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Orff: Carmina Burana Norma Burrowes, Louis Devos, John Shirley-Quirk / Brighton Festival Chorus, Southend Boy's Choir, Royal Philharmonic orchestra, Antal Dorati [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] Carmina Burana is one of those pieces that almost always goes well. In fact, you have to work at giving a bad performance. Dorati's reading is one that makes a good case for Orff's masterpiece, even if it doesn't aspire to the heights of Eugen... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: The Canticles / A Birthday Hansel Peter Pears, John Hahessy, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, with Bary Tuckwell (horn), Osian Ellis (harp) & Benjamin Britten (piano) [ Decca / London / CD - released 21/Oct/1990 ] Written at intervals between 1947 and 1974 Britten's five Canticles are miniature cantatas sharing a spiritual intensity that derives from Britten's own religious belief. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Curlew River Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Harold Blackburn, Bryan Drake, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Records / CD - released 2/Jan/1989 ] "Curlew River - A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Tthe Burning Fiery Furnace Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Robert Tear, Stafford Dean / English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten [ Decca / London / CD - released 18/Nov/1990 ] This recording remains unique and carries that special authority only the composer himself can bring to his recordings. |
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Julie Andrews, Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, Jane Benson (2), Yul Brynner, Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Lorna Dallas, Doris Day, etc
Richard Rodgers - With A Song In My Heart [3 CD set] [ Reader's Digest / 3 CD Box Set - released 17/Jun/2013 ] Reader's Digest have the rights to the vast Sony (CBS) and RCA catalogues. This set contains classic recordings of musical standards by top artists of the 1960s. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet (complete opera recorded in 1971) Robert Tear, Elizabeth Harwood, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Meredith Davies [ EMI / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] "Elizabeth Harwood and Robert Tear are both excellent as Vreli and Sali, winningly characterful and clearly focused...[Shirley-Quirk] is firm and forthright with an apt hint of the sinister" Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** |
Shirley Scott
Four Classic Albums (Great Scott / Like Cozy / Hip Soul / Happy Talk) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] |
ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
Oklahoma! - Original Soundtrack Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Shirley Jones [ Pickwick Records / CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] The very first musical play to be written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, 'Oklahoma!' opened in New York in 1943 and would go on to run for an unprecedented 2,212 performances... |
Shirley Collins
Archangel Hill [ Domino / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino. It showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, some from traditional sources but others from... |
Shirley Scott
Talkin' Verve [ Verve Records / CD - released 15/Dec/1997 ] European import. |
HANDEL
Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) (Special price) Janet Baker / John Shirley-Quirk / Felicity Palmer / English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ DG Archiv / 3 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] "The orchestral group and continuo sound splendidly crisp. Ryland Davies and John Shirley-Quirk are most stylish, while both Felicity Palmer and Janet Baker crown the whole set with glorious singing...the recording quality is outstanding." (***... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610 [Vespers] / Motetes [with works by Gabrieli] Jill Gormez, James Bowman, John Shirley-Quirk, Philip Langridge, Michael Rippon / Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "Gardiner's purposeful approach is stirringly dramatic, boldly eventful and full of ideas" Gramophone |
HANDEL
4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum / Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74 Judith Nelson, Shirley Minty, James Bowman, David Thomas / Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "the choir sing most beautifully throughout and of the soloists, John Elwes is particularly sensitive to Handel's setting of charitable texts." (Gramophone on the Foundling Hospital Anthem) |
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... |
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) |
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) |
