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Britten: War Requiem; Sinfonia da Requiem; Ballad of Heroes (1991)
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Roderick Elms (organ), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers (choir, chorus), Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Handel: Messiah (1993)
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), John Wakefield (tenor), Leslie Pearson (harpsichord), Ralph Downes (organ), William Lang (trumpet), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra
composed by George Frederick Handel -
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass), René Kollo (tenor), Vienna Boys' Choir (boy's choir), Vienna State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler -
Vaughan Williams: Hodie & Fantasia on Christmas Carols (2000)
performed by Gavin Williams (organ), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Barrow (baritone), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Philip Ledger (organ), Richard Lewis (tenor), Bach Choir (choir, chorus), Choir of Westminster Abbey (choir, chorus)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
Bach: St. John Passion (1995)
performed by Adam Skeaping (viola da gamba), Adrian Beers (double bass), Adrian Thompson (vocals), Alfreda Hodgson (vocals), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Gwynne Howell (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), James Brown (oboe), Jenny Hill (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
performed by Arleen Augér (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass), René Kollo (tenor), Yvonne Minton (contralto), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler -
André Previn Conducts Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; Violin Concerto; Bass Tuba Concerto; 3 Portraits (2016)
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), James Buswell (violin), John Fletcher (tuba), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Sir Ralph Richardson (speech/speaker/speaking part), London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
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Mozart: Sacred Music (1995)
performed by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), George Malcolm (organ), Helen Watts (alto), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Philip Ledger (organ), Robert Tear (tenor), Schola Cantorum of Oxford (choir, chorus)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
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Vivaldi: Glorias; Dixit Dominus; Magnificat; Beatus vir (1995)
performed by Andrew King (tenor), Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano), David Briggs (organ), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Helen Watts (contralto), Ian Partridge (tenor), Isobel Buchanan (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi -
Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58; Legends, Op. 59
performed by Anna Reynolds (alto), Edith Mathis (soprano), Elmar Schloter (organ), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Wieslaw Ochman (tenor), Bavarian Radio Chorus (choir, chorus), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
composed by Antonin Dvorák -
Elgar: The Kingdom; Coronation Ode (1993)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Felicity Lott (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Margaret Price (soprano), Richard Morton (tenor), Royal Military School of Music Band, Stephen Roberts (bass), Yvonne Minton (contralto)
composed by Edward Elgar -
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Arnold Schoenberg: Serenade; Five Pieces For Orchestra (1993)
performed by Alain Neveux (piano), André Saint-Clivier (mandolin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Guy Arnaud (clarinet), Jacques Ghestem (violin), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Marie-Therese Ghirardi (guitar), Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain
composed by Arnold Schoenberg -
Delius: Sea Drift; Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; Holst: The Hymn of Jesus (1995)
performed by John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Peter Pears (tenor), Yvonne Minton (vocals), BBC Theatre Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus), King's College Choir of Cambridge (choir, chorus), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst -
The Opera Lover's Philadelphia (1994)
performed by Anita Cerquetti (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), David Hill (organ), Elena Souliotis (vocals), Felicity Palmer (vocals), George Malcolm (organ), Helen Watts (vocals), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Amilcare Ponchielli, Francesco Cilča, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
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Handel: Judas Maccabeus (1992)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Christopher Keyte (bass baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Jean Temperley (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Patricia Clark (soprano), Amor Artis Chamber Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by George Frederick Handel -
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 (1985)
performed by Alastair Ross (organ), David Monrow Recorder Ensemble, Felicity Palmer (soprano), James Bowman (counter tenor), Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello), Jill Gomez (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Malcolm Hicks (organ), Michael Rippon (bass)
composed by Claudio Monteverdi -
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Britten: Owen Wingrave; Six Hölderlin fragments; The Poet's Echo (1993)
performed by Benjamin Britten (piano), Benjamin Luxon (vocals), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Heather Harper (vocals), Janet Baker (vocals), Jennifer Vyvyan (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano), Nigel Douglas (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2016)
performed by Delia Wallis (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Frank Patterson (tenor), Gillian Knight (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), John Constable (organ), John Constable (harpsichord), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Josephine Veasey (soprano)
composed by Henry Purcell -
Britten: Gloriana (1993)
performed by Alan Opie (vocals), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Christopher Cornall (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Dominic Gill (vocals), James Miller-Coburn (vocals), Janice Watson (vocals), Jenevora Williams (vocals), John Mark Ainsley (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten