Browse: Heather Harper (soprano)
This page lists all recordings performed by Heather Harper.
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand' RecommendedHeather Harper, Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger (sopranos), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Helen Watts (contralto), Rene Kollo (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Now at last Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand can be heard on record at something approaching its full, expansive stature. Here is a version from Solti which ... conveys the feeling of a great... — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 15th Awards (1972), Classical Album of the Year
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Britten: War Requiem RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor)
Choristers of St Paul`s Cathedral, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox
Britten's War Requiem is the composer's most public statement of his pacifism.
The work is cast in six movements and calls for massive forces: full chorus, soprano soloist and full orchestra... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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Britten: War Requiem RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano). Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Richard Hickox
'Drawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that scales genuine heights... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel
RecommendedPhilippe Entremont (piano), Jill Gomez (soprano), Jose van Dam (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Camerata Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra (members), Cleveand Chorus, Members of the Ensemble intercontemporain,...
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 18th Awards (1975), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z630, etc. RecommendedApril Cantelo (soprano), Wilfred Brown/Robert Tear/Iam Partridge (tenors), Christopher Keyte (bass), Elsie Morison/Heather Harper/Mary Thomas (sopranos), John Whitworth (countertenor), David Galliver/Wilfred Brown (tenors), John Cameron (baritone), Hervey Alan/Trevor Anthony (basses)
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Beethoven: Mass in C & Missa Solemnis
RecommendedElly Ameling (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini draws an almost spiritual glow from the London Philharmonic in a luminous performance of the Missa Solemnis. The Et incarnatus est section is heart-stoppingly spine-tingling,... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2012, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano), Ryland Davis (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Colin Davis
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 RecommendedSung in English
Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Sir Arthur Bliss: The Beatitudes Promenade Premiere, Albert Hall, London. BBC Broadcast 31 August 1964
Heather Harper (soprano) & Gerald English (tenor)
Goldsmiths Choral Union, Royal Choral Society, Wembley Philharmonic Society, BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Recorded live in the Royal Festival Hall 6th February 1961
Carlo Maria Giulini
This is a concert, not a theatre performance, and it is highly enjoyable. The BBC recording, in mono of course, is excellently balanced…Master and man are well matched Corena…is a fully rounded... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Collectionneur
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