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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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Walton: Troilus and Cressida RecommendedClive Bayley (Calkas), James Thornton (Antenor), Arthur Davies (Troilus), Nigel Robson (Pandarus), Judith Howarth (Cressida), Yvonne Howard (Evadne), David Owen-Lewis (Horaste), Alan Opie (Diomede)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox
Troilus and Cressida is here powerfully presented as an opera for the central repertory, traditional in its red-blooded treatment of a big classical subject. Few operas since Puccini's have such... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Elgar: Caractacus
Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin), Roland Wood (Caractacus), Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard) & Alastair Miles (Claudius)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
Elgan Llŷr Thomas and Elizabeth Llewellyn are especially touching, while in the title role, baritone Roland Wood is on terrific form. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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Sir Michael Tippett, 1905-1998: The Nimbus Recordings
Martino Tirimo (piano), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Gerard Caussé (viola), Alexander Baillie (cello), Craig Ogden (guitar)
Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Medici String Quartet, English String Orchestra, St. John's College Choir,...
[Nimbus'] commitment to preserving the composer's own readings of his music during his lifetime was noble, assiduous and beyond reproach ... The achievement, as revealed on this four-CD collection,... — More…
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (highlights) RecommendedJohn Tomlinson (Boris), Stuart Kale (Prince Shuisky), Clive Bayley (Varlaam), Joan Rodgers (Xenia), Susan Parry (Feodor), Yvonne Howard (Old Nurse), Matthew Best (Pimen)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
John Tomlinson has made the part of Boris his own, and this generous, 75-minute selection of excerpts from Boris Godunov is highly recommendable, even when compared with current Russian versions... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, Op. 11 Sally Burgess (Judith), Sir John Tomlinson (Duke Bluebeard/Minstrel)
Opera North Orchestra, Richard Farnes
This new version… is splendidly recorded, and Farnes coaxes some superb playing from the orchestra. Sally Burgess makes a fine Judith, bringing out the firmness of her love for Bluebeard, as... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Opera Choice
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Walton: Troilus and Cressida Judith Howarth (soprano), Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Brian Cookson (tenor), Peter Bodenham (tenor), Keith Mills (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone) James Thornton (baritone), Clive Bayley (bass), Bruce Budd (bass), Stephen Dowson (bass) & David Owen-Lewis...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
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Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra Howard Shelley (piano and conductor), with Tasmin Little (violin) & Tim Hugh (cello)
Opera North Orchestra, with Opera North Chorus
there are several reasons to shout about it...there's Shelley himself: a pianist whose quiet musicality and unobtrusive virtuosity shine through everything he touches...Throughout the set, there's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2012, Editor's Choice
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Bassoons rarely equal best-sellers: that could be about to change… Chandos have a real find on their hands with Karen Geoghegan. — More…
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Fairytale Operas
Hänsel und Gretel, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Angelika Kirchschlager, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen, Lucy Crowe, Emma Bell, Sergei Leiferkus, Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Opera North
