Robert Tear
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British Music Collection - Gustav Holst
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (baritone), Osian Ellis (harp)
Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Imogen Holst, Christopher Hogwood, Adrian...
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Beethoven: Mass in C & Missa Solemnis
RecommendedElly Ameling (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini draws an almost spiritual glow from the London Philharmonic in a luminous performance of the Missa Solemnis. The Et incarnatus est section is heart-stoppingly spine-tingling,... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedSung in English
Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. 150th Anniversary Box - Mahler Complete Works
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Paavo Järvi,...
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2010
16 CDs
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Special offer. Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos, Piano Works, Three Symphonies and Orchestral Works
RecommendedNikolai Lugansky (piano), Nikolai Lugansky (piano) & Alexander Kniazev (cello), Sheila Armstrong • Robert Tear • John Shirley-Quirk
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sakari Oramo, André Previn
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedElly Ameling, Janet Baker, Robert Tear & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Philip Ledger
Recorded in the mid-1970s at King's College Cambridge, this is definitely a 'vintage' Christmas Oratorio. Soloists Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Robert Tear and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau are on... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible & Alexander Nevsky
RecommendedRiccardo Muti/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra, Irina Arkhipova/Anatoly Mokrenko/Boris Morgunov/Ambrosian Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Ambrosian Chorus (chorus), Anatoly Mokrenko (bass-baritone), Boris Morgunov (narrator), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano vocals), Boris Morgunov...
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44, etc.
Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Robert Tear
London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Andre Previn
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