Release Date: 01 January 2016
Label: Heritage Records / Heritage
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5060332661435
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: CASE SINGS SOMERVELL
Description
'The aristocrat of English baritones', said Michael Oliver. He was a versatile singer, with a repertoire that stretched from Faure to Schoenberg, and his noble countenance made him perfect to sing Christ in Bach's St Matthew Passion, his signature role. But his eloquent and lyrical voice, combined with his impeccable enunciation, also made him the ideal exponent of English song, qualities that are clearly demonstrated in these recordings of Elgar, Somervell and Butterworth. These recordings are taken from an early SAGA LP of Elgar songs dating from 1969 and his farewell solo recording for Pearl in 1974 featuring Somervell'sMaudand Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'.
Alfreda Hodgson; Keith Swallow; Alan Rowlands; Ludmila Navratil
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NEW PHILHARMONIA/RPO/POPE
Philharmonia Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Myer Fredman; Charles Mackerras; Lionel Friend
Various
Maria Garzon
Bridge String Quartet
John Shirley-Quirk; Viola Tunnard; Martin Isepp; Eric Parkin
Rolf Gupta & Oslo filharmonien
Ketil Bjornstad & Sandra Lied Haga
Vox Urbane
Sophie Dervaux, La Folia Barockorchester
Sergio Vartolo
Robert Plane (clarinet); Elias String Quaret, Gould Piano Trio; James Gilchrist (tenor); Tim Horton
Nordic Affect/Marco Casonato/Massimo Marchese/La Spagna baroque orchestra/Alejandro Marias
Michael Foyle, Iain Burnside
