Stephen Richardson
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Davies, Peter Maxwell: Taverner
Martyn Hill (Taverner), David Wilson-Johnson (Jester), Stephen Richardson (Henry VIII), Fiona Kimm (Virgin Mary), Michael Chance (Priest/God), Quentin Hayes (White Abbot) & Peter Sidhom (Richard Taverner)
Fretwork, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta Voices, His Majestys Sagbutts...
The opera is full… bitterly ironic juxtapositions, such as the 'holy' chanting from monks heard against the cynical Realpolitik of the negotiations between King and the Cardinal. Making the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Opera
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Opera, April 2010, Recording of the Month
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Adès: The Tempest
RecommendedSimon Keenlyside (Prospero), Kate Royal (Miranda), Toby Spence (Ferdinand), Ian Bostridge (Caliban), Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), Philip Langridge (Alonso), Donald Kaasch (Antonio), Jonathan Summers (Sebastian), David Condier (Trinculo), Stephen Richardson (Stefano), Graeme Danby (Gonzalo)
The Chorus...
…everyone reaches out to the purple passages when Adès touches something rich and strange. Those include the evolution of the young lovers' music from homages to midsummer Britten and Tippett... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Opera Recording
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedAlan Oke (Peter Grimes), Giselle Allen (Ellen Orford), David Kempster (Captain Balstrode), Gaynor Keeble (Auntie), Alexandra Hutton (First Niece), Charmian Bedford (Second Niece), Robert Murray (Bob Boles), Henry Waddington (Swallow), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), Christopher Gillett (Rev. Horace...
[Bedford] has the sea-swell of the work deep in his bones...[Oke's] is a strong, ballasted performance, less purely plangent than many, but deeply moving in its simple strength and keen imagination...There's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Opera Award Winner
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Knussen: Higglety Pigglety Pop! & Where the Wild Things Are
Cynthia Buchan, Lisa Saffer, Rosemary Hardy. Christopher Gillet, David Wilson-Johnson, Stephen Richardson, Mary King
London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Stravinsky: The Nightingale & The Rite of Spring
Olga Trífonova (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Pippa Longworth (soprano) & Paul Whelan (bass-baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft
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Verdi: Don Carlos
Julian Gavin (Don Carlos), Janice Watson (Elisabeth), Alastair Miles (Philip II), William Dazeley (Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa), Jane Dutton (Eboli), Sir John Tomlinson (Grand Inquisitor), Julia Sporsén (Thibault), Clive Bayley (Old Monk)
Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, Richard Farnes
Best of the principals are Alastair Miles's distinctive King Philip; John Tomlinson's terrifying Grand Inquisitor and Clive Bayley's Monk. Opera North's choral and orchestral forces are both... — More…
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Weill: Royale Palace & Der Neue Orpheus
Kathryn Harries (soprano), Michael Davis (violin)
BBC Singers (womens's voices), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Stephen Betteridge, chorus master
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Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps et Le rossignol
Robert Tear (tenor), Olga Trifonova (soprano), Pippa Longworth (soprano), Stephen Richardson (bass), Andrew Greenan (baritone), Paul Whelan (bass-baritone), Peter Hall (tenor), Simon Preece (bass), Sally Burgess (alto)
London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices, Robert...
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Britten: Albert Herring
James Gilchrist (Albert), Pamela Helen Stephen (Nancy), Roderick Williams (Sid), Stephen Richardson (Mr Budd), Rebecca Evans (Miss Wordsworth), Alan Opie (Mr Gedge), Anne Collins (Mum), Susan Bullock (Lady Billows), Sally Burgess (Florence Pike)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox more than any rival brings out the fun of Britten's comic chamber opera, lifting rhythms in an infectious way. The result is warm and welcoming...James Gilchrist is outstanding,... — More…
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Stravinsky: The Flood, Abraham and Isaac & Requiem Canticles
Lucy Shelton (soprano), Susan Bickley (contralto), Peter Hall (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Stephen Richardson (bass)
London Sinfonietta, New London Children's Choir, Oliver Knussen, James Wood
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