Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Thomas Hemsley (baritone)
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas RecommendedKirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Theo Adam (Sachs), Gwyneth Jones (Eva), Janis Martin (Magdalene), Waldemar Kmentt (Walther), Hermin Esser (David), Thomas Hemsley (Beckmesser) & Karl Ridderbusch (Pogner)
Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Karl Böhm
4 CDs
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Gluck: Alceste Vienna version
Kirsten Flagstad (Alceste), Raoul Jobin (Admeto), Alexander Young (Evandro), Marion Lowe (Ismene), Thomas Hemsley (Sommo Pontifice/Apollo/Infernal Spirit), Joan Clark (Eumelo), Rosemary Thayer (Aspasia), James Atkins (Herald/Oracle)
The Geraint Jones Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
It would not be idle to assert that Flagstad sounds like a young woman. Her top notes are strained and her intonation is often shaky. But she handles the words effectively enough to make you... — More…
3 CDs
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527 Leporello (Benno Kusche), Donna Anna (Margaret Harshaw), Don Giovanni (James Pease), The Commendatore (Hervey Alan), Don Ottavio (Léopold Simo neau), Donna Elvira (Sena Jurinac), Zerlina (Anny Schlemm), Masetto (Thomas Hemsley)
The Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,...
Often somewhat driven but always mercurial and dramatic, with a classic cast (women especially). — More…
3 CDs
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Mozart: The Mercy of Titus Joan Sutherland (Vitellia), Richard Lewis (Titus), Monica Sinclair (Sextus), Jennifer Vyvyan (Servilia), Anna Pollak (Annius), Thomas Hemsley (Publius)
London Mozart Players & BBC Chorus, John Pritchard
Richard Lewis is superb in the title role, while Sutherland shows why she won such acclaim as she was about to move into her best coloratura roles. Monica Sinclair has only two arias, but she... — More…
2 CDs
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Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
I urge anyone interested in postwar British opera to give Lyrita’s handsome issues a hearing. — More…
3 CDs
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Kirsten Flagstad - Dido And Aeneas & Götterdämmerung Arias Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Thomas Hemsley, Arda Mandikian, David Lloyd, Eilidh McNab, Sheila Rex & Anna Pollak
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Wilhelm Furtwangler
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