Elizabeth Watts
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Handel: Brockes-Passion
RecommendedRobert Murray, Cody Quattlebaum, Elizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes, Tim Mead, Gwilym Bowen, Nicky Spence
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
This formidably well-documented project is matched by a comparably sympathetic performance, Egarr paces the piece unhurriedly, recognising Handel’s often vivid responses to Brockes’s graphic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, the Young Person's Guide To the Orchestra Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo), Allan Clayton (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
It is a fine, taut reading [of the Spring Symphony] with some superb singing by all concerned, swifter than some rivals, in the finale a shade too much so, with some muddy articulation. — More…
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CPE Bach: Magnificat
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Lothar Odinius (tenor) & Markus Eiche (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann
a fine reconstruction of the second half of a concert [CPE Bach] conducted in Hamburg on Palm Sunday, 1786. So vivacious is the choral singing and orchestral playing under Hans-Chrisoph Rademann... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th February 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244 RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Christopher Maltman (bass), Richard Egarr (director & harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of the AAM
Singing and playing are highly polished and assured throughout, with James Gilchrist superb as the Evangelist, and Matthew Rose a credible if rather forceful Jesus — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Mozart: Requiem
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Phyllis Pancella (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Eric Owens (bass-baritone), & Robert Nairn (double bass obbligato)
Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers
[Owens's] instrument sounds magisterial as it rolls along, matching well with the three remaining soloists. Elizabeth Watts is a luminous soprano. Phyllis Pancella can rely on the almost contralto-like... — More…
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George Dyson: Choral Symphony & St. Paul's Voyage to Melita
Joshua Ellicott (tenor), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Caitlin Hulcup (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone)
The Bach Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
This is the Symphony’s premiere recording. It is a very good one. Conductor David Hill shapes the opening movement, an amalgam of overture and chorus, with evident affection…[Dyson’s] individuality... — More…
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 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
No one could accuse Richard Egarr of skimping in this new John Passion...It's not just the pedigree of the solo line-up that oozes luxury...Egarr whips up venomous indignation for the crowd's... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Elizabeth Watts, with her voice combining warmth and purity, is well suited to Bach's personal outpouring of both penitence and jubilation...[she] is on top form and the playing under Harry... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2011, Editor's Choice
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Varèse - Orchestral Works Volume 2
Thomas Bloch (ondes martenot), Christopher Lyndon-Gee (piano), Maria Grochowska (flute), Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Men’s Voices of Camerata Silesia
With Varèse fans still revelling in Riccardo Chailly's groundbreaking 1998 Decca cycle, anybody else approaching this provocative and inflammable music better have something profound to say:... — More…
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Musique pour l'apocalypse zombie
Susan Belling (vocals), Thomas Bloch (ondes martenot), Michel Redolfi (electronics), Bruno Mathieu (organ), Raymond Curfs (timpani), Dimity Hall (violin), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Irina Morozova (viola), Irina Schnittke (piano), Julian Smiles (cello), Elisabeth Watts (soprano), Olivia Robinson (soprano),...
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