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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 / Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok Florestan Trio, with Susan Gritton (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] The Florestan judges its performances extremely well...The players maintain a raw, nervy quality - this is playing close to the edge...Highly recommended." (International Record Review) |
HANDEL
English Arias James Bowman (counter Tenor), Susan Gritton (soprano) The King'S Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 8/Dec/2007 ] 'This beautiful collection of songs and duets from Handel oratorios finds the 52-year-old English countertenor in quite amazing form ... His voice remains phenomenally agile. Unmissable' (The Sunday Times) |
HANDEL
Saul (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton, Nancy Argenta, Mark Padmore / Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ DG Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "This superbly recorded new version of Saul is the first to offer a serious challenge to John Elliot Gardiner's 1989 performance. With equally incisive, disciplined choral singing, the result is comparably over whelming. What finally trips me towards... |
HANDEL
Solomon (Complete Oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Susan Bickley, Susan Gritton / Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / 3 CD - released 8/Aug/2001 ] for the first time in the full, original version |
PURCELL
Complete Secular Solo Songs Barbara Bonney / Susan Gritton / Charles Daniels / Roger Covey-Crump / James Bowman / Michael George / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 23/Mar/2010 ] 'Those who need all of Purcell's songs at their fingertips should invest in Hyperion's three-disk survey of secular songs, with outstanding performances by Barbara Bonney, Rogers Covey-Crump and James Bowman' (The New York Times) |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (complete opera recorded in 2010) Bayerische Staatsoper / Alain Vernhes, Susan Gritton, Bernard Richter / Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/Jun/2011 ] "Tcherniakov's production is probably the most physically active Dialogues ever staged. Everyone is seemingly in constant motion...Sylvie Brunet is a memorably formidable and pitiable Croissy...Helen Guilmette's Constance, lively but never cloying or |
POULENC
Dialogues des Carmélites (complete opera recorded in 2010) Bayerische Staatsoper / Alain Vernhes, Susan Gritton, Bernard Richter / Kent Nagano (conductor) [ Bel Air Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/May/2011 ] A passionate lover of the human voice, Francis Poulenc composed the Dialogues des Carmélites in 1953, using a libretto he himself had written from a screenplay by Georges Bernanos. |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 5 (Incls Stabat mater RV621) Robin Blaze, Susan Gritton, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies / The KIng's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'A superlative recording and exemplary notes add to the desirability of an absolute must' (Goldberg) |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol. 9 (Laudate Pueri RV602; Salve Regina RV618; Vos aurae per montes RV634; etc) Carolyn Sampson, Susan Gritton, Joanne Lunn (sopranos) Joyce Didonato (mezzo soprano) Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) The Choir of the King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Aug/2003 ] The penultimate disc of this highly-acclaimed series of Vivaldi's complete sacred music. |
HANDEL
Messiah (Complete Oratorio recorded in 1997) Dorothea Roschmann / Susan Gritton / Gabrieli Consort / McCreesh [ Archiv / 2 CD Box Set ] "A bright and individual reading, bringing out the drama of the music, with extreme speeds in both directions." * * * 3 Stars PENGUIN STEREO GUIDE |
BRITTEN
The Complete Purcell Realizations Felicity Lott, Susan Gritton (sopranos) Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano) James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge (tenors) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'Altogether a marvellous treat - Another Hyperion triumph' (Classic CD) |
GLUCK
Paride ed Elena (Complete Opera) Magdalena Kozena, Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / 2 CD - released 24/Jul/2005 ] "If anyone can, Kozena can - an impressive restoration of a forgotten opera" (Gramophone) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses ''Groae Orgelmesse' & 'Missa Cellensis' Mark Padmore, Susan Gritton / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] "Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due liturgical gravity...a clear first choice." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Sept 2002) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WALTON / HOLST / STANFORD / QUILTER / BRITTEN / etc
An Anthology of English Song (2 CDs) Neal Davies (baritone) Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) Bernadette Greevy (mezzo-soprano) Susan Gritton (soprano) Nik Hancock-Child (baritone) etc [ Naxos English Song Series / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] Song, the combination of words and music, has taken highly characteristic forms in the various countries of the world, with the music shaped by the sounds of words, the particular linguistic patterns of vowels and consonants, and of grammar. |
SMETANA
The Bartered Bride (Complete Opera) Neal Davies / Yvonne Howard / Susan Gritton / Geoffrey Moses / Philharmonia Orchestra / Royal Opera Chorus / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "A crisp, witty translation gives added sparkle to a terrific performance" - Editor's Choice Gramophoen Magazine November 2005 |
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