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Performer: John Shirley-Quirk

MELTZER: Brion. 2 Songs from Silas Marner... (James Baker) (Review by Carson Cooman)

narrator 

MELTZER: Brion. 2 Songs from Silas Marner... (James Baker) (Review by Robert Carl)

narrator 

OVER THE SEA TO SKYE- Folksongs from Around the...: (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

ARGENTO: A Water Bird Talk (Review by James H. North)

bass baritone 

ASIA: Pine Songs. Sacred Songs. Songs from the Page of Swords (Review by John Story)

bass baritone 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Cantata 147. Chorales and Chorale Preludes for Advent and Christmas. The 6 Motets (Review by George Chien)

bass 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Cantata No. 56 (Review by George Chien)

bass 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Cantatas Nos. 56, 82, 159, 170, 211, 212 (Review by J. F. Weber)

bass 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Cantatas Sehet, wir gehn hinauf, BWV 159, Vergnügte ruh', BWV 1 70 (Review by J. F. Weber)

bass 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Mass in b (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Missa Solemnis in D, op. 123 (Review by Martin Anderson)

bass 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 7 (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

BERLIOZ: Cléopâtre—Scene lyrique. Herminie—–Scene lyrique. Mélodies (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

bass 

BERLIOZ: La Damnation de Faust (Review by Christopher Abbot)

Brander 

BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été, op. 7 (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

bass 

BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

bass 

BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie Dramatique, Op. 1 7 (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette— Symphonie Dramatique, Op. 17 (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

BERNSTEIN, LEONARD: Candide (Review by Richard A. Kaplan)

bass baritone 

BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Symphony No. 4 (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

BRITTEN: Billy Budd (Review by Paul Ingram)

Mr. Redburn 

BRITTEN: British Folksong Arrangements (Review by John Ditsky)

bass baritone 

BRITTEN: Canticle I. My beloved is mine. Op. 40. Canticle II. Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51. Canticle III. Still Falls the Rain, Op. 55. Canticle I. (Review by John D. Wiser)

baritone 

BRITTEN: The Burning Fiery Furnace (Review by Vincent Alfano)

bass 

BRITTEN: The Burning Fiery Furnace (Review by Vincent Alfano)

Shadrach 

BRITTEN: The Canticles (Review by John D. Wiser)

baritone 

BRITTEN: Tit for Tat (Review by James Miller)

baritone 

BRITTEN: Tit for Tat (Review by Michael Fine)

baritone 

BRITTEN: War Requiem. Sinfonia da Requiem. Ballad of Heroes (Review by J. F. Weber)

baritone 

BRITTEN: War Requiem. Sinfonia da Requiem. Ballad of Heroes (Review by Haig Mardirosian)

performance, want list 

BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 9 (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

BUTTERWORTH: Loveliest of Trees“ (Review by John W. Lambert)

baritone 

BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from “A Shropshire Lad.“ (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (Review by John W. Lambert)

baritone 

DELIUS: Requiem, for Soprano and Baritone Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra. Idyll, for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

DELIUS: Sea Drift. Appaiar hia (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

DELIUS: Songs of Farewell, for Chorus & Orchestra. Late Swallows (arr. Fenby). A Song Before Sunrise. To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water“. A Village Romeo and Juliet (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

DURUFLÉ, MAURICE: Requiem, Op. 9 (Review by George Chien)

baritone 

DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Stabat Mater (Review by Kenn Harris)

bass 

DVOŘÁK, ANTONIN: Stabat Mater, Op. 58 (28) (Review by John H. Yoell)

bass 

ELGAR: Collector’s Edition (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

bass 

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by James A. Altena)

Angel Of Agony 

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by Elliott Kaback)

performance, want list 

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by James A. Altena)

performance, want list 

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by James A. Altena)

Priest 

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (Review by Walter Simmons)

bass baritone 

ELGAR: The Light of Life, Op. 29 (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

ELGAR: The Light of Life, op. 29 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

ELGAR: The Light of Life, op. 29 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

Jesus 

ELGAR: The Shepherd's Song, op 16, no. 1. Introduction and Allegro, op. 47 (Review by John W. Lambert)

baritone 

FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, Op. 48 (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

bass 

FERRIS: Corridors of Light (Review by Paul A. Snook)

baritone 

FINZI: In Terra Pax. Introit. Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice. Magnificat (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

GLUCK: Alceste (Review by James Camner)

Le Grand-prêtre 

GLUCK: Alceste (Review by James Camner)

performance, want list 

GLUCK: Alceste (Review by James Camner)

Un Dieu Infernal 

GRAINGER: Bold William Taylor (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

GRAINGER: Dollar and a Half a Day (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

GRAINGER: Shallow Brown (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

GRAINGER: Shenandoah (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

GRAINGER: Shepherd’s Hey. Willow, Willow.I’m 17 Come Sunday. Bold William Taylor. There Was a Pig Went Out to Dig. My Robin Is to the Green Wood Gone. Lord Maxwell’s Goodnight. The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare. Let’s Dance Gay in Green Meadow. Scotch Strathspey and Reel. The Pretty Maid Milkin’ Her Cow. The Sprig of Thyme. Lisbon. The Lost Lady Found. Shallow Brown. Molly on the Shore. Shenandoah. Irish Tune from County Derry. Brigg Fair. Green Bushes. Under a Bridge. Dollar and a Half a Day. The Merry King. 6 Dukes Went A-fishin’. Stormy. The 3 Ravens. Died for Love. Country Gardens. The Power of Love. The Hunter in His Career. The Warriors (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

GRAINGER: Stormy (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

GRAINGER: Under a Bridge (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

GRAUN, CARL HEINRICH: The Death of Jesus (Review by John Ditsky)

bass 

GURNEY: I will go with my fathers-ploughing (Review by John W. Lambert)

baritone 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Judas Maccabaeus (Review by James A. Altena)

Simon 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Judas Maccabeus (Review by John Yohalem)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Judas Maccabeus (Review by Anthony D. Coggi)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Judas Maccabeus (Review by Anthony D. Coggi)

Simon 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by Arthur Lintgen)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by Huntley Dent)

bass baritone 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by Anthony D. Coggi)

baritone 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by John Yohalem)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by John Yohalem)

Manoa 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by Anthony D. Coggi)

Manoah 

HANDEL/MOZART/PROUT/SARGENT: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mass No. 10 in C, “Mass in Time of War” (Review by James H. North)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mass in Time of War. Insanae et vanae curae (Review by J. F. Weber)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (in English) (Review by Paul Turok)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by James H. North)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Seasons (Review by John Bauman)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Seasons (Review by John Bauman)

Simon 

HOLST, GUSTAV: A Somerset Rhapsody, op. 21b, H877 (Review by John W. Lambert)

baritone 

HOLST, GUSTAV: The Hymn of Jesus (Review by Elliott Kaback)

performance, want list 

IRELAND, JOHN: Songs (A) (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

KEEL: Trade Winds (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

LUTOSŁAWSKI: Symphonies No. 3; No. 4. Les Espaces du sommeil. (Review by Robert Carl)

baritone 

LUTOSŁAWSKI: Symphonies (Review by Paul Rapoport)

performance, want list 

LUTOSŁAWSKI: Symphony No. 3. L'Espaces du sommeil (Review by ROGER DETTMER)

baritone 

LUTOSŁAWSKI: Symphony No. 3. Les Espaces du Sommeil (Review by Paul A. Snook)

performance, want list 

LUTOSŁAWSKI: Symphony No. 3. Les Espaces du Sommeil. (Review by Mike Silverton)

baritone 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Review by Christopher Abbot)

bass 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Songs from “Des Knaben Wunrlerhorn.“ (Review by John Bauman)

bass 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 1 (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor ("Resurrection"). Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

baritone 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in E♭ (“Symphony of a Thousand“) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Christopher Abbot)

baritone 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Christopher Abbot)

baritone 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Arthur Lintgen)

baritone 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Christopher Abbot)

Pater Ecstaticus 

MELTZER: Brion. 2 Songs From “Silas Marner.” Sindbad. Exiles (Review by Robert Carl)

performance, want list 

MESSIAEN: Turangalîla-Symphonie (Review by Mike Silverton)

baritone 

MOZART: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (edited by Franz Beyer) (Review by George Chien)

bass 

MOZART: Requiem (Review by George Chien)

bass 

MOZART: Requiem, K. 626 (Review by John Bauman)

bass 

ORFF: Carmina Burana (Review by J. F. Weber)

baritone 

ORFF: Carmina burana (Review by J. F. Weber)

baritone 

PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Alexander Nevsky, op. 78 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Lieutenant Kijé (Review by Richard A. Kaplan)

bass baritone 

PURCELL-BRITTEN: When the cock begins to crow (Review by James Miller)

baritone 

PURCELL, HENRY: Dido and Aeneas (Review by Michael Ullman)

Aeneas 

PURCELL, HENRY: Dido and Aeneas (Review by Barry Brenesal)

Aeneas 

PURCELL, HENRY: The Fairy-Queen (ed. Britten, Holst) (Review by Huntley Dent)

bass 

PURCELL, HENRY: The Tempest (Review by Huntley Dent)

bass 

RACHMANINOFF: I shall tell you nothing; Again you leapt, my heart; April! Vernal, festive time;Twilight has fallen;Oh stay, my love, forsake me not; Morning; The Water Lily; Like blossom dew-freshen'd to gladness; Brooding; A Prayer; How few the joys; 1 came to her; The Heart's Secret; All once I gladly owned; Come, let us rest; Two Partings; Beloved let us fly; Christ is Risen; Daisies (Review by Douglas Collins)

baritone 

RACHMANINOFF: Songs (Review by Douglas Collins)

baritone 

RACHMANINOFF: The Bells (Review by Tom Godell)

baritone 

RACHMANINOFF: The Bells (Review by Richard A. Kaplan)

bass baritone 

RACHMANINOFF: The Bells, op. 35 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Hippolyte et Aricie (Review by Huntley Dent)

Thésée 

SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Die Jakobsleiter (fragment, orchestrated by Winfried Zillig). Chamber Symphony No. 1, op. 9. Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene (Review by James H. North)

baritone 

SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Die Jakobsleiter (fragment, orchestrated by Winfried Zillig). Chamber Symphony No. 1, op. 9. Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene (Review by James H. North)

He Who Is Chosen 

SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Die Jakobsleiter, Erwartung, Op. 17, Die glückliche Hand, Op. 18. Four Lieder with Orchestra, Op. 22. Chamber Symphonies (Review by John W. N. Francis)

baritone 

SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Serenade, Op. 24. GurreLieder (Review by ROGER DETTMER)

bass baritone 

SCHÜTZ, HEINRICH: The Resurrection Story, SWV 50 (Review by J. F. Weber)

baritone 

SCHÜTZ, HEINRICH: The Resurrection Story, SWV 50 (Review by J. F. Weber)

Jesus 

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13 (“Babi Yar“) (Review by Elliott Kaback)

performance, want list 

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar" (Review by Richard Burke)

baritone 

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 (“Babi Yar“) (Review by Royal S. Brown)

bass 

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 (“Babi Yar“) (Review by John Bauman)

bass 

SPONTINI: La vestale (Review by John Story)

Kunrad 

STANFORD, CHARLES VILLIERS: Drake's Drum (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

STRAUSS, RICHARD: Feuersnot. (Review by John Story)

Kunrad 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Oedipus Rex (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

baritone 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Pastorale (Bryn-Julson). Deux Poèmes de Paul Verlaine (Shirley-Quirk). Two Poems of Konstantin Bal'mont (Bryn-Julson). Three Japanese Lyrics (Bryn Julson). Three little Songs (Review by ROGER DETTMER)

bass baritone 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Pulcinella (revised version) (Review by Elliott Kaback)

bass 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Pulcinella. Jeu de cartes (Review by Paul Sargent Clark)

bass 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Songs (Review by ROGER DETTMER)

bass baritone 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Firebird (Review by Marc Mandel)

bass 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: A Child of Our Time (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: The Vision of St. Augustine; The Rose Lake (Review by Joel Kasow)

performance, want list 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 5 Tudor Portraits. 5 Variants of "Dives and Lazarus" (Review by James Miller)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) (Review by John D. Wiser)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (Review by Royal S. Brown)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (Review by Robert McColley)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Leae (Review by John W. Lambert)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 1 (“A Sea Symphony“) (Review by James Miller)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Pilgrim's Progress (Review by Walter Simmons)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Pilgrim's Progress (Review by Walter Simmons)

performance, want list 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar's Feast. Improvisations on a Impromptu of Benjamin Britten. Portsmouth Point. Scapino (Review by Vincent Alfano)

bass 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar’s Feast (Review by Andrew Quint)

baritone 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Coronation Te Deum (excerpts). Troilus and Cressida (excerpts) (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

baritone 

WALTON, WILLIAM: The Bear (Review by James Miller)

bass 

WALTON, WILLIAM: The Bear (Review by James Miller)

Luka 

WALTON, WILLIAM: The Bear (Review by James H. North)

Luka 

WARLOCK: Captain Stratto n's Fancy (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

WOLF, HUGO: 3 Poems of Michelangelo (Review by Henry Fogel)

baritone 

WOLF, HUGO: Italienisches Liederbuch (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

bass baritone 

 

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