Haydn – Die Schöpfung – Antal Doráti

remembering Antal Doráti on his birthday

(9 April 1906 – 13 November 1988)

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Salve Regina *
Die Schöpfung +

Arleen Auger - soprano *
Alfreda Hdgson - contralto *
Anthony Rolfe Johnson - tenor *
Gwynne Howell - bass *
Lucia Popp - soprano +
Werner Hollweg - tenor +
Kurt Moll - bass +
Helena Döse - soprano +
Benjamin Luxon - baritone +
The London Chamber Choir *
The Argo Chamber Orchestra *
Brighton Festival Chorus +
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra +
László Heltay - conductor *
Antal Doráti - conductor +

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A Gilbert & Sullivan Gala - Alwyn, Hickox

Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900):
arias from:
Iolanthe
Ruddigore
The Gondoliers
The Yeomon of the Guard
The Mikado
Patience
The Pirates of Penzance
Haddon Hall
HMS Pinafore
The Sorcerer
The Grand Duke

Valerie Masterson - soprano
Sheila Armstrong - soprano
Robert Tear - tenor
Benjamin Luxon - baritone
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Kenneth Alwyn - conductor
Northern Sinfonia of England
Richard Hickox - conductor

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Dvořák - Requiem; Kodály - Psalmus Hungaricus - Kertész

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Requiem, op.89 *
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967):
Psalmus Hungaricus, op.13 +
Hymn of Zrinyi #

Pilar Lorengar - soprano *
Erzsébet Komlóssy - contralto *
Robert Ilosfalvy - tenor *
Tom Krause - bass *
Lajos Kozma - tenor +
Benjamin Luxon - baritone #
Ambrosian Singers *
Brighton Festival Chorus + #
Wandsworth School Boy's Choir +
London Symphony Orchestra * +
István Kertész - conductor * +
László Heltay #

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Weill - Kleine Dreigroschenmusik; Violin Concerto; Mahagonny Songspiel

Kurt Weill (1900-1950):
Kleine Dreigroschenmusik - suite for Wind Orchestra from "The Threepenny Opera"
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op.12 *
Mahagonny Songspiel +

Nona Liddell - violin *
Meriel Dickinson - mezzo-soprano +
Mary Thomas - mezzo-soprano +
Philip Langridge - tenor +
Ian Partridge - tenor +
Benjamin Luxon - baritone +
Michael Rippon - bass

The London Sinfonietta
David Atherton - conductor

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