Retrospect Opera
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Smyth: The Boatswain's Mate
Nadine Benjamin (Mrs Waters), Edward Lee (Harry Benn), Jeremy Huw Williams (Ned Travers), Simon Wilding (Policeman), Ted Schmitz (The Man), Rebecca Louuise Dale (Mary Ann), Mark Nathan (chorus)
Lontano Ensemble, Odaline de la Martinez
Awards:
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Opera, October 2016, Recording of the Month
2 CDs
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Smyth: The Wreckers
Anne-Marie Owens (Thirza), Justin Lavender (Mark), Peter Sidhom (Pascoe), David Wilson-Johnson (Lawrence), Judith Howarth (Avis), Anthony Roden (Tallan), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (Harvey/A Man), Annemarie Sand (Jack)
Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Odaline de la Martinez
Smyth shows a keen instinct for musical drama, while her score…exudes energy and momentum…The cast here give a good account of their roles, with Justin Lavender and Anne-Marie Owens impassioned... — More…
2 CDs
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Ethel Smyth: Fête Galante
A Dance-Dream in One Act: Poetic version by Edward Shanks, after Maurice Baring’s story
Charmian Bedford (soprano), Carolyn Dobbin (mezzo), Felix Kemp (baritone), Simon Wallfisch (baritone), Mark Milhofer (tenor), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Dame Felicity Lott (reciter), Valerie Langfield (piano)
Lontano Ensemble, Odaline de la Martinez
If you’ve never quite warmed to Ethel Smyth’s orchestral or choral music, here’s a disc that might just win you to her cause...It’s an ensemble piece in every sense, and under Odaline de la... — More…
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$18.25