Gwynne Howell
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ)
The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner,...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedIl Tabarro
Lucio Gallo (Michele), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (La Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Venditore), Robert Anthony Gardiner (Due Amanti)
Suor Angelica
Ermonela...
a triumph...three wonderfully directed and expertly acted productions. Add in Pappano's impeccable conducting and his valuable introductions to the pieces, and you have a nigh-on ideal Trittico. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, DVD Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, DVD of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Opera
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta
This opera depicts the triangular relationship between Minnie, the saloon owner and 'mother' to the entire town of gold miners, Jack Rance, the sheriff and Dick Johnson (alias Ramerrez), a bandit... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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Janacek: Katya Kabanova
Cheryl Barker (Katya), Jane Henschel (Kabanicha), Robert Brubaker (Boris Grigoryevich), Peter Hoare (Tichon Kabanov), Peter Wedd (Kudryash), Victoria Simmonds (Varvara), Kathleen Wilkinson (Glasha), Gwynne Howell (Dikoi); Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi
…Rizzi illuminates… with almost Puccinian warmth, while keenly evoking the tightening tensions beneath. …Barker's… intense soprano, large for the role, makes Katya sound stronger than usual... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Opera Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, Opera Choice
2 CDs
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 RecommendedSung in English
Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bruckner: Mass in F minor & Psalm 150
Judith Booth (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
Hyperion clearly have another hit on their hands with this splendid release — More…
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Elgar: Coronation Ode & The Spirit of England
Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Collins (contralto), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass)
Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight. — More…
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Beethoven - Mass in C major
Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedIl Tabarro
Lucio Gallo (Michele), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (La Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Venditore), Robert Anthony Gardiner (Due Amanti)
Suor Angelica
Ermonela...
a triumph...three wonderfully directed and expertly acted productions. Add in Pappano's impeccable conducting and his valuable introductions to the pieces, and you have a nigh-on ideal Trittico. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Opera
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Beverly Sills and Friends
Works by Adam, Arne, Bellini, Bishop, Caldara, Donizetti, Handel, Lehar, Massenet, Moore, Offenbach & Schubert
Beverly Sills, Paula Robison, Charles Wadsworth, Leslie Parnas, Charles Treger, Stuart Burrows, Norman Treigle, Susanne Marsee, Eileen Farrell, Christian Du Plessis, Patricia Kern, Louis Quilico, Walter Cassel & Frances Bible
New York City Opera Orchestra, Emerson Buckley, The John Alldis...
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