Christopher Purves

Carolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Christopher Purves (Saul), Sarah Connolly (David), Robert Murray (Jonathan), Elizabeth Atherton (Merab), Joélle Harvey (Michal), Mark Dobell (High Priest), Jeremy Budd (Witch of Endor) & Stuart Young (Ghost of Samuel) The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano), Bryan Hymel (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Gábor Bretz (bass) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Guildhall School Singers, Tiffin Children's Chorus, Tiffin Girls' Choir, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Sir Simon Rattle

Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin), Roland Wood (Caractacus), Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard) & Alastair Miles (Claudius) Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins

Angelika Kirchschlager (Lucretia), Peter Coleman-Wright (Tarquinius), Ian Bostridge (Male Chorus), Susan Gritton (Female Chorus), Christopher Purves (Collatinus), Benjamin Russell (Junius), Claire Booth (Lucia), Hilary Summers (Bianca) Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Oliver Knussen

Christopher Purves (bass) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Fleur Barron (Adrianna), Axelle Fanyo (Refka), Nicholas Phan (Yonas), Christopher Purves (Tsargo), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Kate Royal, Claire Booth (sopranos), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Hallé Choir, Ben Gernon, Vimbayi Kaziboni

Christopher Purves (baritone) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

Christopher Purves (The Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie), Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin

Charles Daniels (Orfeo), Faye Newton (Euridice), Emily Van Evera (Messaggiera), Clare Wilkinson (Speranza/Proserpina), Curtis Streetman (Caronte), Christopher Purves (Plutone), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Guy Pelc (Apollo) Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott

Christopher Purves (Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie) & Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, George Benjamin (conductor) & Katie Mitchell (director)

Christopher Purves (Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie) & Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, George Benjamin (conductor) & Katie Mitchell (director)

Anja Harteros (Alcina), Vesselina Kasarova (Ruggiero), Deborah York (Oberto), Sonia Prina (Bradamante), Veronica Cangemi (Morgana), John Mark Ainsley (Oronte), Christopher Purves (Melisso) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Ivor Bolton

Lucy Crowe (soprano), Tim Mead (counter-tenor), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone) Le Concert d’Astrée Orchestre et Chœur, Emmanuelle Haïm

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Werner Gura (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone) Accentus Chamber Choir, Insula Orchestra, Laurence Equilbey

Christine Brewer (Leonore), Richard Margison (Florestan), Robert Lloyd (Rocco), Rebecca Evans (Marzellina), Peter Wedd (Jaquino), Pavlo Hunka (Don Pizarro), Christopher Purves (Don Fernando/Second Prisoner); Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

Christopher Purves (Figaro), Rebecca Evans (Susanna), Yvonne Kenny (Countess), William Dazeley (Count), Diana Montague (Cherubino) Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry

Karen Cargill (Marguerite), John Irvin (Faust), Christopher Purves (Méphistophélès), Jonathan Lemalu (Brander), London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Edward Gardner

Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano)

Rosemary Joshua, James Bowman, Susan Bickley, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Outram & Andrew Kennedy London Handel Choir, Laurence Cummings

James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass) Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr

Christopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie Kosky (director)

Christopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor) The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie Kosky (director)

Christopher Purves (baritone) Huddersfield Choral Society, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel

Joanne Lunn, Melanie Marshall, James Gilchrist & Christopher Purves The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass) The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan/Der Wanderer), Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde), Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried), Daniela Köhler (Sieglinde), Eric Cutler (Siegmund), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Mime), Christopher Purves (Alberich) Philharmonia Zürich, Gianandrea Noseda, Andreas Homoki

David Loeb (shinobue), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Gerard Lesne (counter-tenor), Catherine Greuillet (soprano), Caroline Pelon (soprano) Seminario Musicale, Il

Mireille Delunsch (soprano), Helene Jossoud (mezzo-soprano), Gerard Theruel (baritone), Manfred Fink (tenor), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo-soprano), Hasmik Papian (soprano), Claudio Otelli (bass-baritone), Simon Lindley (organ), Christopher Purves (baritone), John Cheek (bass), Claire Rutter (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Chen-Ye Yuan (baritone), Thomas Hammons (bass-baritone), Robert Orth (baritone) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lille National Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Nicolaus Esterhazy Chorus, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Lyon National Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Leeds Philharmonic Ch, Adrian Leaper, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Bohdan Warchal, Bela Drahos, Yoav Talmi, Jun Markl, James Judd, Paul Daniel, Michael Tippett, Marin Alsop, Kees Bakels, Vasily Petrenko, David Hill, Michael Halasz

Alfie Boe, Sarah Brightman & Juliette Pochin

Majella Cullagh (Ninetta), Barry Banks (Giannetto), Prunella Scales (The Magpie), Jeremy White (Fabrizio), Susan Bickley (Lucia), Nerys Jones (Pippo), Russell Smythe (Fernando), Christopher Purves (Il Podestà)) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

Rebecca von Lipinski (soprano), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Nuccia Focile (soprano), Elisabetta Scano (soprano), Colin Lee (tenor), Nicola Rossi Giordano (tenor), Dean Robinson (bass), Philharmonia Orchestra, Gabriele Bellini

Anthony Negus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Lisa Milne (soprano), Leigh Melrose (baritone), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Sarah Tynan (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor), Rosie Hay, Samantha Hay, Amanda Baldwin, Welsh National Opera Chorus

Invocation: Julia Gooding (soprano), Ana-Maria Rincon (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), Rufus Müller (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass), Florian Deuter (violin), Mark Caudle (cello), Frances Kelly (Welsh harp) Directed by Timothy Roberts (harpsichord)

Michael Chance (alto), Christopher Purves (bass), Miriam Allan (soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), James Rutherford (bass), David Allsopp (counter-tenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Laurie Reviol (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Julian Podger (tenor), Steffen Balbach (bass), Patrick van Goethem (counter-tenor), Andre Morsch (bass), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Michael Berner (tenor), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Melinda Paulsen (alto), Charles Humphries (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Raimund Nolte (bass), Sinead Pratschke (soprano), Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Charles Humphries (counter-tenor) Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Monastery Baroque Orchestra, Musica Florea, Jurgen Budday

Carmen Giannattasio (Ermoine), Patricia Bardon (Andromaca), Paul Nilon (Pirro), Colin Lee (Oreste), Bülent Bezdüz (Pilade), Graeme Broadbent (Fenicio), Rebecca Bottone (Cleone), Victoria Simmonds (Cefisa), Loïc Félix (Attalo) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry

Stephen Cleobury, Tom Pickard (soloist), James Gilchrist (soloist), Christopher Purves (soloist), Christine Rice (soloist), Elin Manahan Thomas (soloist), Henry Websdale, Guy Johnston (soloist), Charlie Baigent (soloist), Tom Etheridge, Douglas Tang, Alison Balsom (soloist), Parker Ramsay, Thomas Alban (soloist), Andrew Kennedy (soloist), Ailish Tynan (soloist), Roderick Williams (soloist), Ben-San Lau, Matthew Sandy (soloist), Richard Gowers, George Gibbon (soloist), Joel Williams (soloist), Choir of King's College Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Academy of Ancient Music, Britten Sinfonia, Sawston Village College Choir, CUMS Chorus, King's Voices, Christopher Seaman

Invocation, Timothy Roberts

Rolando Villazón (tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Simon Wall (tenor), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor) & Christopher Purves (baritone), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Véronique Gens (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Laurent Naouri (bass-baritone), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (alto) & Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) Le Concert Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim

Krassimira Stoyanova (Maria di Rohan), José Bros (Riccardo), Christopher Purves (Enrico), Brindley Sherratt, Loïc Félix (Armando di Gondì), Graeme Broadbent (Il Visconte di Suze), Christopher Turner (Aubry), Riccardo Simonetti (Un Familiare di Chevreuse), Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo - appendix arias) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Natalie Dessay (soprano)

A cast of outstanding Handelians includes David Daniels, Véronique Gens, Lynne Dawson, Dame Janet Baker, Arleen Augér, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ian Bostridge, Gérard Lesne, Vivica Genaux, Sophie Daneman and Patricia Petibon

Sinead Pratschke (soprano), Charles Humphries (counter-tenor), Catherine King (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Purves (bass), Mark Le Brocq (tenor) Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Musica Florea, Jurgen Budday

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass), Miriam Allan (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Erich Klug (bass), Kurt Kempf (tenor), Birgit Kurtz (soprano), Rolf Plagge (piano) Maulbronner Kammerchor, Moscow State Academic Choir, Jürgen Budday, Andrej Koshewnikow

Michael Chance, Ruth Holton & Philip Salmon Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

Natalie Dessay, Sandrine Piau, Sonya Yoncheva, Jaël Azzaretti, Laura Claycomb, Aurélia Legay, Magali Léger, Françoise Masset, Patricia Petibon (sopranos), Anne Sofie Von Otter, Ann Hallenberg, Renata Pokupić, Karine Deshayes, Delphine Haidan (mezzos), Marijana Mijanović, Sara Mingardo (contraltos), Pascal Bertin, Philippe Jaroussky (countertenors), Rolando Villazón, Topi Lehtipuu (tenors), Stéphane Degout, Christopher Purves (baritones), Lorenzo Regazzo (bass) Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Miriam Allan (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass) Hanoverian Court Orchestra, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Jurgen Budday

Gentlemen of the Chappell, His Majesties Sagbutts and Cornetts, Peter Bassano

Lisa Milne (Siân), Leigh Melrose (Evan), Christopher Purves (The General), Sarah Tynan (Megan), Peter Hoare (Mal) Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Anthony Negus

John Graham-Hall (Peter Grimes), Susan Gritton (Ellen Orford), Christopher Purves (Balstrode), Felicity Palmer (Auntie), Ida Falk Winland (First Niece), Simona Mihai (Second Niece), Peter Hoare (Bob Boles), Daniel Okulitch (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs. Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace Adams), George Von Bergen (Ned Keene) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Robin Ticciati (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Sophie Daneman (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Katherin Robbin (soprano), Robin Blaze (bass) & Christopher Purves (tenor) The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer

Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan/Der Wanderer), Camilla Nylund (Brünnhilde), Klaus Florian Vogt (Siegfried), Daniela Köhler (Sieglinde), Eric Cutler (Siegmund), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Mime), Christopher Purves (Alberich) Philharmonia Zürich, Gianandrea Noseda, Andreas Homoki

Christopher Purves (Walt Disney), David Pittsinger (Roy Disney), Donald Kaasch (Dantine) & Janis Kelly (Hazel Disney) Teatro Real Madrid, Dennis Russell Davies

Joanne Lunn, Melanie Marshall, James Gilchrist & Christopher Purves The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Tassis Christoyannis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page), Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Peter Hall (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho), Paolo Battaglia (Pistol) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Tassis Christoyannis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page), Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Peter Hall (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho), Paolo Battaglia (Pistol) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Choru, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Richard Jones (director)

Stéphane Degout (baritone), Gyula Orendt (baritone), Peter Hoare (tenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Stéphane Degout (King), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston/Stranger), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Samuel Boden (Boy/Young King), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Christopher Purves (Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie) & Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, George Benjamin, Katie Mitchell