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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits; Five Variations of Dives and Lazarus (1998)
performed by Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Cox (flute), Robert Bourton (bassoon), Timothy Hugh (cello), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
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Berlioz: Complete Orchestral Works (1997)
performed by Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Denis Wick (trombone), John Constable (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), José Carreras (tenor), Nobuko Imai (viola), Renata Scheffel-Stein (harp), Robert Tear (tenor), Roy Jowitt (clarinet), Thomas Allen (baritone)
composed by Hector Berlioz -
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Delius: A Mass of Life; Songs of Sunset; An Arabesque (1992)
performed by Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Robert Tear (tenor), London Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Frederick Delius -
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 -
Music by Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Holst (1996)
performed by Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Ralph Downes (organ), Wilfred Brown (tenor), King's College Choir of Cambridge (choir, chorus), Purcell Singers (choir, chorus), English Chamber Orchestra
composed by Gerald Finzi, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams -
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 -
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Haydn: The Creation; Missa in tempore belli (2007)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Andrew Davis (organ), Heather Harper (soprano), James Blades (tympani [timpani]), James Lancelot (harpsichord), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Keith Harvey (cello), Pamela Bowden (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn -
Bach: Cantatas Nos. 170, 82 & 159 (1991)
performed by George Malcolm (organ), Janet Baker (contralto), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Philip Ledger (harpsichord), Philip Ledger (organ), Robert Tear (tenor), Roger Lord (oboe), St. Anthony Singers (choir, chorus), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
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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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 -
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (1996)
performed by April Cantelo (vocals), Eric Shilling (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), John Cameron (vocals), John Mitchinson (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Josephine Veasey (vocals), Richard Salter (vocals), Robert Tear (vocals), Viola Tunnard (piano)
composed by Hector Berlioz -
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