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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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Schönberg: Das Chorwerk (1990)
performed by Christopher van Kampen (cello), Gunter Reich, James Ellis (mandolin), John Constable (piano), John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Collins (clarinet), Nona Liddell (violin), Roger Chase (viola), BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Arnold Schoenberg -
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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1990)
performed by Alfred Deller (vocals), David Kelly (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Josephine Veasey (vocals), Keith Raggett (vocals), Kenneth MacDonald (vocals), Norman Lumsden (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethe's "Faust" (2004)
performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Robert Schumann -
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 -
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 -
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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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 -
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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 -
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Handel: Samson (1993)
performed by Alexander Oliver (vocals), Benjamin Luxon (bass), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Felicity Lott (vocals), Gerald Ruddock (trumpet), Helen Watts (alto), Janet Baker (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Leslie Pearson (organ)
composed by George Frederick Handel