Jean Rigby
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Special offer. The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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Special offer. Bruckner: Mass in F minor & Psalm 150
Judith Booth (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
Hyperion clearly have another hit on their hands with this splendid release — More…
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Beethoven: Cantatas
RecommendedJudith Howarth, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José Van Dam
Corydon Singers & Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Delius: A Mass of Life, etc.
Rebecca Evans, Joan Rodgers, Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Peter Coleman-Wright
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Waynflete Singers, Richard Hickox
This is only the third commercial recording of AMass of Life. The previous two recordings were the 1952 Beecham (no longer available) and the 1971 Groves on EMI. You might imagine modern recording... — More…
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Special offer. Beethoven - Mass in C major
Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Special offer. Dyson: Quo Vadis
Cheryl Barker (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Richard Hickox
Like so many British composers Dyson, even before he died in 1962, suffered neglect through writing in a conservative idiom that critics were all too ready to label 'out of date'. Originally... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Editor's Choice
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Bruckner - The Three Masses
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Keith Lewis (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), James O'Donnell (organ), Colin Sheen, Roger Brenner, Phillip Brown (trombones), Olga Hegedus (cello), Thomas Martin (double bass), Juliet Booth (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley...
The F minor Mass can certainly be regarded as being among the finest music Bruckner ever created.
The intensity of religious feeling is heightened rather than diminished by the sumptuous orchestral... — More…3 CDs
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Special offer. Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Jean Rigby (Lucretia), Nigel Robson (Male Chorus), Catherine Pierard (Female Chorus), Donald Maxwell (Tarquinius), Alastair Miles (Collatinus), Alan Opie (Junius), Patricia Rozario (Lucia), Ameral Gunson (Bianca)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus. — More…
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Special offer. Puccini: Madam Butterfly
Cheryl Barker (Butterfly), Jean Rigby (Suzuki), Paul Charles Clarke (Pinkerton), Gregory Yurisich (Sharpless), Stuart Kale (Goro), D'Arcy Bleiker (Yamadori), Clive Bayley (The Bonze)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Yves Abel
A clear recommendation for those wanting Butterfly in English; even those who don't will find Abel's handling of the score absorbing from first to last — More…
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Britten: Albert Herring
John Graham-Hall (Albert), Patricia Johnson (Lady Billows), Felicity Palmer (Florence Pike), Alan Opie (Sid), Jean Rigby (Nancy)
Soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Peter Hall