Sheila Armstrong
Born: 13th August 1942, Ashingto
Nationality: British
Dr. Sheila Armstrong is an English soprano, equally noted for opera, oratorio, symphonic music and lieder.
Armstrong was born in Ashington. Educated at the Royal Academy of Music, she was winner of the Mozart Prize and of the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 1965, and was a trustee of the award fund.
She was active in English opera and oratorio from 1965, making her Covent Garden debut in 1983, and appeared in concert and recitals, again mainly in England. She also made many recordings, notably of English music.
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams
Sarah Chang (violin), Christopher Balmer, Ian Partridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison, Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble & Christopher Keyte (bass) Sinfonia of London, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Jacques Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Music Group of London, Sir John Barbirolli, Vernon Handley, Bernard Haitink, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Adrian Boult
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Special offer. The Essential Vaughan Williams
Hugh Bean (violin), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Gerald Moore (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & David Willison (piano), Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble & Christopher Keyte (bass), Ian Partridge (tenor), James Lancelot (organ) & Ivan Sharpe (treble), John Scott Whiteley (organ), Ian Partridge (tenor) & Janet Craxton (oboe), David Daniels (countertenor) & Martin Katz (piano), John Eaton (treble), Nigel Perrin (alto), Robin Doveton (tenor) & David van Asch (bass), Thomas Williamson (organ), Benjamin Bayl (organ) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sinfonia of London, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Madrigal Singers, Jacques Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Baccholian Singers of London, York Minster Choir, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Bach Choir, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Neville Marriner, Christopher Bishop, Sir David Willcocks, Martin Neary, Philip Moore, David Willcocks, Stephen Cleobury
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Special offer. Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos, Piano Works, Three Symphonies and Orchestral Works
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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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Leonard Bernstein, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Oldham (chorus master), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
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