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CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Anthony Rolfe Johnson

CATALOGUE NR: CD80500  (barcode: 0089408050022)
RECORD LABEL: Telarc
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 54.95
RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-1999

COMPOSER: Arthur Sullivan  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: The Mikado. The Yeoman of the Guard. Trial by Jury. The Pirates of Penzance. HMS Pinafore.
ORCHESTRA: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Charles Mackerras
ARTISTS: Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Marie McLaughlin   Rebecca Evans   Felicity Palmer

- Penguin Guide Rosette star 'As can be seen, the five Telarc operas also come together in a slip-case, with five CD's offered for the cost of three - in every a superb bargain.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDH55244  (barcode: 0034571152448)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion Helios
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Five Canticles
TRACKS: The Five Canticles : My beloved is mine op.40 / Abraham and Isaac op.51 / Still falls the rain op 55 / The Journey of the Magi op.86 / The Death of St Narcissus op.89 (Britten). Let the dreadful engines Z578. In the deep dismal dungeon of despair Z190. An Evening Hymn Z193 (Purcell).
ARTISTS: Michael Chance   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Alan Opie   Roger Vignoles

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'A superlative Hyperion disc' - Daily Telegraph - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CDH55378  (barcode: 0034571153780)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion Helios
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 28-Sep-2009

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Saint Nicolas op.42. Hymn to Saint Cecilia op.27.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Matthew Best
ARTISTS: Corydon Singers   Anthony Rolfe Johnson    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A very fine recording - Gramophone

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CATALOGUE NR: 102021  (barcode: 0807280202199)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jan-2006

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: The Rape of Lucretia - complete
ORCHESTRA: English National Opera
CONDUCTOR: Lionel Friend
ARTISTS: Jean Rigby   Richard van Allan   Alan Opie   Anthony Rolfe Johnson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 108 minutes / Recorded: studio recording 1987 sung in English - Apr-2006 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4595092  (barcode: 0028945950921)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Doubles
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 04-Feb-2002

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Spring Symphony op.44. Hymn to St Cecilia op.27. Five Flower Songs op.47. War Requiem.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and TNDR Sinfonieorchester
CONDUCTOR: John Eliot Gardiner
ARTISTS: Alison Hagley   Luba Orgonasova   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Bo Skovhus

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3984216312  (barcode: 0639842163125)
RECORD LABEL: Erato
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.55
RELEASE DATE: 23-Feb-1998

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Billy Budd - complete
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kent Nagano
ARTISTS: Thomas Hampson   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Eric Halfvarson   Gidon Saks

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'above all urgent and intense, less reflective than Britten's own recording for Decca of the revised, two-Act version'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDH55067  (barcode: 0034571150673)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion Helios
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jun-2001

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Michelangelo Sonnets and Winter Words
TRACKS: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22. Sonetto XVI - Si come nella penna e nell' inchiostro. Sonetto XXXI - A che piu debb'io mai l'intensa volgia. Sonetto XXX - Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume. Sonetto LV - Tu sa' ch'io so signor mie che tu sai. Sonetto XXXVIII - Rendete a gli occhi miei. Sonetto XXXII - S'un casto amor s'una pieta superna. Sonetto XXIV - Spirto ben nato in cui si specchia e vede. Canticle I 'My beloved is mine and I am his' (Francis Quarles) op.40. Four Folksong Arrangements: Down by the Salley Gardens. The trees they grow so high. Little Sir William. O Waly Waly. Winter Words (Thomas Hardy) op.52. At day-close in November. Midnight on the Great Western (or 'The Journeying Boy'). Wagtail and Baby (A Satire). The Little Old Table. The Choirmaster's Burial (or 'The Tenor Man's Story). Proud Songsters (Thrushes Finches and Nightingales). At the Railway Station Upway (or 'The Convict and Boy with the Violin'). Before Life and After.
ARTISTS: Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Graham Johnson    

- Sep-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2CD80157  (barcode: 0089408015724)
RECORD LABEL: Telarc
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 26-Jul-2004

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: War Requiem
ORCHESTRA: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Robert Shaw
ARTISTS: Benjamin Luxon   Lorna Haywood   Anthony Rolfe Johnson  

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CATALOGUE NR: 5091562  (barcode: 5099950915620)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jan-2008

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Peter Grimes - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Bernard Haitink
ARTISTS: Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Felicity Lott   Thomas Allen  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: clamshell box packaging - Proms-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4569432  (barcode: 5099945694325)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.95
RELEASE DATE: 08-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Peter Grimes op.33 - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONDUCTOR: Bernard Haitink
ARTISTS: Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Felicity Lott   Thomas Allen  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: third disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto in sung language English French and German - Jun-2010 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564672660  (barcode: 0825646726608)
RECORD LABEL: Warner Classics
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 25-Jul-2011

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Billy Budd - complete
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kent Nagano
ARTISTS: Thomas Hampson   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Christopher Maltman   Eric Halfvarson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: world premiere of the original version

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CATALOGUE NR: CDH55159  (barcode: 0034571151595)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion Helios
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 31-May-2004

COMPOSER: Caroline Norton  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: In Praise of Woman
TRACKS: Juanita (Caroline Norton). My Mother (Miss LH of Liverpool). Orpheus (Virginia Gabriel). In the gloaming (Annie Fortescue Harrison). The Throstle (Maude Valerie White). My soul is an enchanted boat (White). The Devout Lover (White). So we'll go no more a-roving (White). Slave Song (Teresa del Riego). A window bird sate mourning (Liza Lehmann). Ah moon of my delight (Lehmann). The Lily of a Day (Lehmann). Thoughts have wings (Lehmann). Henry King (Lehmann). Charles Augustus Fortescue (Lehmann). Till I wake (Amy Woodforde-Finden). Kashmiri Song (Woodforde-Finden). Possession (Ethel Smyth). The Aspidistra (Rebecca Clarke). Shy One (Clarke). In Praise of Woman (Elizabeth Poston). As I walked out one evening (Elisabeth Lutyens). Have you seen but a bright lily grow? (Elizabeth Maconchy). Meditation for his Mistress (Maconchy). Crabbed age and youth (Madeleine Dring). To the Virgins (Dring). Epitaph (Phyllis Tate).
ARTISTS: Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Graham Johnson    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 150 years of English woman composers - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CDA668012  (barcode: 0034571168012)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.00

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Tsongs
TRACKS: The arrow and the song. L'absent. Au rossignol. Ave Maria. Biondina - Cycle. Boléro. Ce que je suis sans toi. Chanson de printemps. Clos tapaupiere. Envoi de fleurs. The fountain mingles with the river. If thou art sleeping maiden (Viens! Les gazons sont vert). Ilala (Stances à la mémorie de D Livingstone). A lay of the early spring. Loin du pays. Ma belle amie est morte. Maid of Athens. Mignon. My true love hath my heart. O that we two were maying. Oh, happy home!. Oh, blessed flower!. Où voulez-vouz aller?. La pâquerette. Prière. Rêverie. Le Soir. Le temps des roses. Trust her not!. Sérénade. Venise. The Worker
ARTISTS: Felicity Lott   Ann Murray   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Graham Johnson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Exemplary... enchanting... ravishingly sung (The Daily Telegraph) - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the soloists here are at their very finest'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6407282  (barcode: 5099964072821)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Armide - complete
ORCHESTRA: City of London Sinfonia
CONDUCTOR: Richard Hickox
ARTISTS: Felicity Palmer   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Sally Burgess   Raimund Herincx

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: third disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto with translation

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CATALOGUE NR: 4192502  (barcode: 0028941925022)
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.99
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COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: L'Orfeo - complete
CONDUCTOR: John Eliot Gardiner
ARTISTS: Anne Sofie von Otter   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Nancy Argenta   His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: OA0926D  (barcode: 0809478009269)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 29-Aug-2005

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria - complete
ORCHESTRA: De Nederlandse Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Glen Wilson
ARTISTS: Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Graciela Araya   Toby Spence   Brian Asawa

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 16:9 Anamorphic / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo Dolby Digital DTS Surround Sound / Region Code: All / Duration: 176 minutes / Recorded: live in Het Muziektheater Amsterdam - Nov-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 1 star

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CATALOGUE NR: OA0927D  (barcode: 0809478009276)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 28.69
RELEASE DATE: 29-Aug-2005

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria - complete
ORCHESTRA: De Nederlandse Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Glen Wilson
ARTISTS: Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Graciela Araya   Toby Spence   Brian Asawa

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 Anamorphic / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo Dolby Digital DTS Surround Sound / Region Code: All / Duration: 176 minutes / Recorded: live in Het Muziektheater Amsterdam

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CATALOGUE NR: OA0972BD  (barcode: 0809478009726)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 76.99
RELEASE DATE: 29-Jan-2007

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Pierre Audi's Monteverdi Box Set
TRACKS: Cynthia Haymon / Brigitte Balleys / Michael Chance / Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset - L'incoronazione di Poppea. Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Toby Spence / Brian Asawa / Baroque Ensemble / Glen Wilson - Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria. John Mark Ainsley / Michael Chance / Brigitte Balleys / Tragicomedia / Stephen Stubbs. Lorna Anderson / Maarten Koningsberger / Adrian Martin / ASKO Ensemble / David Porcelijn - Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.
ARTISTS: Brigitte Balleys   Michael Chance   Cynthia Haymon   Anthony Rolfe Johnson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 16:9 anamorphic / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo DTS Surround / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 570 minutes / Subtitles: GB F D ES IT NL

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN6574  (barcode: 0095115657423)
RECORD LABEL: Chandos Collect
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Coronation Ode op.44. The Spirit of England op.80
ORCHESTRA: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Alexander Gibson
ARTISTS: Teresa Cahill   Anne Collins   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   Gwynne Howell

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CDJ33037  (barcode: 0034571130378)
RECORD LABEL: Hyperion
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Aug-2000

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert
TITLE: Schwanengesang
TRACKS: Auf dem Strom D493. Herbst D945. Bei dir allein D866. Irdisches Gluck D866 No.4. Lebensmut D937. Schwanengesang Part 1. Liebesbotschaft D957/1. Kriegers Ahnung D957/2. Fruhlingssehnsucht D957/3. Stanchen D957/4. Aufenthalt D957/1. In der Ferne D957/6. Abschied D957/7. Glaube Hoffnung und Liebe D955. Schwanengesang Part 2. Der Atlas D957/8. Ihr Bild D957/9. Das Fischermadchen D957/10. Die Stadt D957/11. Am Meer D957/12. Der Doppelganger D 957/13. Die Taubenpost D965A (formerly D957/14).
ARTISTS: John Mark Ainsley   Anthony Rolfe Johnson   David Pyatt   Graham Johnson

- Oct-2000 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2000 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'The final volume in Hyperion's complete Schubert Lieder series lives up to the high standards set by the best of the previous releases in this impressive undertaking.' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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