More By Artist: Willard White
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PAUL McCARTNEY / CARL DAVIS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Kiri Te Kanawa, Sally Burgess, Jerry Hadley, Willard White / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Carl Davis [ EMI / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio conducted by Carl Davis. |
SCOTT JOPLIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joplin: Treemonisha (Complete opera) Carmen Baltrop, Betty Allen, Curtis Rayam, Willard White / Original Cast Orchestra & Chorus / Gunther Schuller [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/1976 ] 'Performance and recording are first class' - Penguin Guide |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of Our Time (Oratorio) Cynthia Haymon soprano, Cynthia Clarey alto, Damon Evans tenor, Willard White bass, London Symphony Chorus. London Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "Hickox's version establishes its place against severe competition largely through the exceptionally rich recording and its distinctive choice of soloists, a quartet of black singers." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Acis and Galatea (Complete opera) Norma Burrowes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Martyn Hill, Willard White / The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Archiv / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/1986 ] "A joy ... glorious singing." International Music Guide |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids Salzburg Festival / Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White, Nikolai Schukoff / Vienna Philharmonic, Kent Nagano [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The opera, inspired by Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus - is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? - bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his... |
HANS WERNER HENZE
Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids (Complete Opera) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Sean Panikkar, Russell Braun, Willard White, Nikolai Schukoff / Vienna Philharmonic, Kent Nagano [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The opera, inspired by Euripides' tragedy The Bacchae, is as seductive as it is topical: When Dionysus - is he a charlatan? is he a demigod? - bursts into the intact world of ancient Thebes, he plunges a city into chaos. In stark contrast to his... |
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MOZART / BRITTEN / STRAVINSKY / ROSSINI / MONTEVERDI / GERSHWIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record [5 CD set] Various singers including Audrey Mildmay, Constance Willis, Sena Jurinac, Noel Mangin, Carol Vaness, Willard White, Natalie Dessay, etc [ EMI Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2009 ] The Glyndebourne Festival is one of the great opera "feasts" of the year. Many great singers have appeared on its stage as it seeks out new talent and gives them all an excellent grounding in the art of performance. |
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70 Willard White, Rosalind Plowright, Linda Finnie & Arthur Davies / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] 'Never was there a more complete triumph', wrote The Times after the premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah. The performance, conducted by the composer at the 1846 Birmingham Music Festival, marked the beginning of the life of Elijah as one of the... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem KV 626 Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Willard White / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque / Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "John Elliot Gardiner with characteristic panache gives one of the most powerful performances on record" *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle Elena Zhidkova & Sir Willard White / London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "…Gergiev and his superlative orchestral forces and vocal soloists, supported by magnificent sound quality, present the enigmatic piece with great power, leaving us, as adequate performances always do, feeling stunned and somewhat bewildered." (BBC) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Rusalka, Op. 114 (complete opera recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY La Monnaie Opera / Myrtò Papatanasiu, Pavel Černoch, Annalena Persson, Willard White / Ádám Fischer (cond) [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Jul/2016 ] "The cast throw themselves into [the production] with admirable energy, but it's simply too calculated and posturing...musically this isn't at all bad. Adam Fischer's conducting is smooth, rich and idiomatic, his principals good." (BBC Music) |
GERSHWIN
Porgy and Bess (Complete opera) Willard White, Leona Mitchell, McHenry Boatwright / The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus / Lorin Maazel [ Decca Originals / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "This superb recording established the work's formidable status beyond question...Maazel includes the complete text...some half hour of virtually unknown music" The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
KURT WEILL
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (complete opera recorded in 2010) Measha Brueggergosman / Jane Henschel / Willard White / Michael Konig / Teatro Real Madrid / Pablo Heras-Casado [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 9/Nov/2011 ] Bel Air present the hard-hitting new production of Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Catalan collective, La Fura dels Baus, from the Teatro Real de Madrid. |
WAGNER
Die Walkure (Complete Opera recorded in 2007) Osterfesrspiele Salzburg / Robert Gambill / Mikhail Petrenko / Willard White / Joanna Porackova / Eva Johansson / Simon Rattle (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "In what is both Mr. Rattle's and Aix's first Ring Cycle, "Die Walküre," the Ring's second chapter, was magically transformed by the enclosed space and lively acoustics of the Grand Théâtre de Provence." New York Times, July 5, 2007 |
KURT WEILL
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Teatro Real, Madrid / Measha Brueggergosman, Jane Henschel, Willard White, Michael Konig / Pablo Heras-Casado (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/May/2012 ] "Superbly filmed by Andy Sommer, it makes for uncomfortable viewing, particularly during the current economic crisis. You might, however, find it musically less convincing. There's exceptional conducting from Pablo Heras-Casado, but the singing is... |
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Willard White
Paul Robeson Legacy [ Linn / SACD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] |
Willard White, bass baritone Royal London Philharmonic Orchestra Carl Davis, conductor
Willard White in Concert [ Regis Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2004 ] one of the world's leading bass baritones |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Complete Opera) Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey / Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2017 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE 100 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME "A performance that entranced audiences at Glyndebourne and which crosses over to CD virtually intact, revealing what a great dramatic world Gershwin conjured up." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Willard White in Concert Willard White Royal / Liverpool Philharmonic, Carl Davis [ Alto / CD - released 11/Sep/2015 ] As one of the world's leading bass baritones Willard White is in constant demand…... Although gifted with a wonderful sense of humour, he is also known for his portrayal of unsympathetic characters such as Nick Shadow, and Mefistopheles |
