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1. J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2006)
performed by Adam Skeaping (viola da gamba), Alexa Turpin (flute), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Charles Tunnell (cello), Felicity Lott (soprano), John Bacon (violin), Lorraine Wood (cor anglais), Lorraine Wood (oboe d'amore), Michael Dobson (cor anglais)
composed by Johann Sebastian BachThis performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion is sung in English and played on modern instrument. If that bothers you, don't bother checking out ... More
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2. Adeste Fideles: Christmas Music from Westminster Cathedral (1993)
performed by Charles Wood (vocal harmony), Iain Simcock (organ), Philip Ledger (descant), Westminster Cathedral Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Gruber, Harold Darke, Henry John Gauntlett, Herbert Howells, Hubert Parry, John Francis Wade, John Tavener, Patrick Hadley, Peter Cornelius, Peter Warlock, William James Kirkpatrick -
3. Verdi: Masked Ball (2004)
performed by Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone), Ashley Catling (tenor), Brindley Sherratt (bass), Charles Kilpatrick (staging), Christopher Purves (baritone), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Jill Grove (mezzo-soprano), Linda Richardson (soprano), Roland Wood (baritone)
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5. Cage: The City Wears a Slouch Hat/Fads & Fancies in the Academy/A Chant with Claps (1996)
performed by Alice Horn (voices), Brian Brandt (voices), Charles Wood (voices), Charles Wood (whistle), David Avidor (voices), Don C. Gillespie (voices), Eric Kivnick (voices), Jerome Kitzke (voices), John M. Kennedy (voices), John M. Kennedy (whistle)
composed by John CageThis wonderfully imaginative, surreal, and entertaining radio piece for percussion, sound effects, and voices, with a text by Kenneth Patchen, was ... More
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6. Puccini: Madam Butterfly (2001)
performed by Ann Taylor (mezzo-soprano), Cheryl Barker (soprano), Clive Bayley (bass), D'Arcy Bleiker (baritone), Frances Brett (bass), Gregory Yurisich (baritone), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Paul Charles Clarke (tenor), Roland Wood (bass), Simon Birchall (bass)
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7. Sorrel Hays: Dreaming The World (1996)
performed by Ariadne String Quartet, Brian Charles (oboe), Charles Wood (percussion), Eric Kivnick (percussion), Jai Smith (percussion), John M. Kennedy (percussion), Maya Gunji (percussion), Sorrel Hays (electronic sax), Sorrel Hays (dx-7), Thomas Buckner (baritone)
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8. Poulenc: The Carmelites (2006)
performed by Anne-Marie Gibbons (mezzo-soprano), Ashley Holland (baritone), Catrin Wyn Davies (soprano), Charles Kilpatrick (staging), Christine Dix (vocals), Claire Mitcher (vocals), David Stephenson (baritone), Deborah Davison (vocals)
composed by Francis PoulencThe release of The Carmelites continues Chandos' English-language recordings of productions from the English National Opera, and while these may not ... More
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9. Sir George Grove / Crystal Palace (2001)
performed by Ada Crossley (vocals), Adelina Patti (vocals), Agnes Nicholls (vocals), Andrew Black (vocals), Belle Cole (vocals), Charles Santley (vocals), Clara Butt (vocals), David Bispham (vocals), Edward Lloyd (vocals), George Henschel (vocals)
composed by Charles Gounod, Charles Willeby, Felix Mendelssohn, Francesco Maria Veracini, Franz Joseph Haydn, George Frederick Handel, George Lloyd, John Liptrot Hatton, Maude Valérie White, Max Stange, Michael Costa, Robert Schumann, Thomas Moore -
10. The Music of the King's Consort (1991)
performed by Alison Crum (viola da gamba), Andrew King (tenor), Charles Pott (bass), Claron McFadden (soprano), Colin Lawson (clarinet), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), David Miller (theorbo), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Emma Kirkby (soprano)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Gabrieli, Giovanni Pergolesi, Heinrich Schütz, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Dowland, Tomaso Albinoni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
11. Christmas at St. Giles (1999)
performed by Charles Wood (vocal harmony), John Harris (organ), Martin Shaw (vocal harmony), Michael Harris (organ)
composed by Arthur Sullivan, Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Dietrich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Gustav Holst, John Francis Wade, John Tavener, Kenneth Leighton, Louis-Claude Daquin, Michael Praetorius, Olivier Messiaen, William Mathias -
12. Great Choral Favourites (2003)
performed by Adam Skeaping (viola da gamba), Alexa Turpin (flute), Alfreda Hodgson (alto), Andrew Newberry (organ), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (vocals), Charles Tunnell (cello), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Hugh Davies (vocals)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, John Stainer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

