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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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 -
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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Bach: St. Matthew Passion in English (1994)
performed by Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (vocals), Felicity Lott (soprano), Hugh Davis (vocals), John King (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Malcolm Arthur (vocals), Michael Pearce (vocals), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Paul Hillier (vocals)
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 -
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Phaedra (1990)
performed by Benjamin Luxon (vocals), Bryan Drake (vocals), Elizabeth Bainbridge (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), Janet Baker (soprano), Janet Baker (vocals), Jenny Hill (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra
composed by Benjamin Britten -
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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 -
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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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 -
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 -
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 -