Cantata, Opera and Oratorio Discography
Premiere of Andrew Downes' The Marshes of Glynn, 1986, Birmingham Conservatoire
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CDs
The Marshes of Glynn (tenor soloist, chorus and orchestra)
Opera - Far from the Madding Crowd
DVDs
Opera - Far from the Madding Crowd
The Ballad of St Kenelm (soprano soloist, narrator, actors and small orchestra)
Videos
New Dawn (oratorio)
LPs
The Marshes of Glynn (tenor soloist, chorus and orchestra)
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Cantatas and Oratorios
Operas
CDs
THE MARSHES OF GLYNN. CENTENARY FIREDANCES - Reissue on CD of these two works formally recorded on LP and cassette. Centenary Records CR002 /CR861. Review (April 2001).
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Centenary Firedances: Movement 1 - AC Ride | ||
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Centenary Firedances: Movement 2 - Sea of Flowers | ||
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Centenary Firedances: Movement 3 - Irish Dance | ||
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Centenary Firedances: Movement 4 - Gentle Rain | ||
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Centenary Firedances: Movement 5 - Fire Ride | ||
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Centenary Firedances: All Movements | ||
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The Marshes of Glynn: Movement 1 | ||
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The Marshes of Glynn: Movement 2 | ||
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The Marshes of Glynn: Movement 3 | ||
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The Marshes of Glynn: All Movements |
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - sound track to the opera in five acts with libretto by Cynthia Downes. Recorded at the highly acclaimed world premiere performances at the 2006 International Thomas Hardy Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Millennium Scholars soloists and the Central England Ensemble, Musical Director David Trippett. Also available on DVD - see under DVDs below.
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Libretto
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Prelude: Orchestra | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 1, Scene 1: Outside Bathsheba's aunt's cottage | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 1, Scene 2: At the front door of the cottage | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 1, Interlude 1: "Gabriel's fate" | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 1, Scene 3: Inside the Maltster's | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 2, Scene 1: Inside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 2, Scene 2: Outside the Barracks | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 2, Scene 3: Inside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 2, Scene 4: All Saints' Church | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 2, Interlude 2: Shearer's Dance. Outside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 2, Scene 5: The Shearing Supper. Outside Bathsheba's House | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 3, Scene 1: Outside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 3, Scene 2: Two more weeks later. Outside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 4, Scene 1: Harvest Supper. Outside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 4, Scene 2: A few days later. Outside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 4, Scene 3: A few more days later. Outside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 5, Scene 1: On a path leading towards Greenhill Sheep Fair | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 5, Scene 2: At Greenhill Sheep Fair | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 5, Scene 3: Somewhere in the fields | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 5, Scene 4: Christmas Eve in Mr Boldwood's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts, Act 5, Scene 5: Fifteen months later on Lady Day. Inside Bathsheba's house | ||
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Far from the Madding Crowd, Opera in Five Acts: All Tracks |
DVDs
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD - an opera in five acts with libretto by Cynthia Downes. Filmed at the highly acclaimed world premiere performances at the 2006 International Thomas Hardy Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Millennium Scholars soloists and the Central England Ensemble, Musical Director David Trippett, Director Abigail Cave-Bigley.
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Cost of DVD - £20 inc. p+p
THE BALLAD OF ST KENELM
A setting for solo soprano voice, narrator, actors and instrumental ensemble (fl/picc, ob, bsn, tpt, perc, 4 vlns, 2 vlas, 2 vcs, db) of the long poem by FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG.
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Videos
NEW DAWN an Oratorio in Two Parts - Soloists Debbie Bennett, Louise Brownbill, Tom Solomon and Lawrence Broomfield, Birmingham Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, Guitar Ensemble and Chorus, conducted by Steven Lloyd.
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LPs
THE MARSHES OF GLYNN - John Mitchinson, tenor, with Birmingham Conservatoire Choir & Orchestra, conducted by Damian Cranmer Centenary Records 861.
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