Janice Watson
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Special offer. Delius: Mass of Life & Idyll
RecommendedJanice Watson (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Janice Watson (soprano) & Alan Opie (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony, The Bach Choir, David Hill
David Hill's impressive new recording with his Bach Choir (in the original German) boasts confident, ardent choral singing and orchestral playing, and a string solo team - even if Alan Opie,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th July 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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Sullivan, A: The Mikado
RecommendedDonald Adams (The Mikado), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Nanki-Poo), Richard Suart (Ko-Ko), Felicity Palmer (Katisha), Marie McLaughlin (Yum-Yum), Richard Van Allan (Pooh-Bah), Nicholas Folwell (Pish-Tush)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, May 2017, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedJanice Watson (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor) & Detlef Roth (bass)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
A decisive interpretation, reinforced by a near-flawless and totally committed performance, and driven by an energy and vitality that conductors half the age of the venerable octogenarian Mackerras... —
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Building a Library, March 2014, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Orchestral
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Special offer. Sullivan, A: Ivanhoe
Janice Watson (Lady Rowena), Geraldine McGreevy (Rebecca), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Ulrica), Toby Spence (Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe), Peter Wedd (Maurice de Bracy), Andrew Staples (Locksley/The Squire); Adrian Partington Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones
We can at last hear what Sullivan conceived - and it's impressive...It deserves the first-rate performance it receives from David Lloyd Jones, a worthy stand-in for Hickox, working with an excellent... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Opera Choice
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedPhilip Langridge (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ameral Gunson (Auntie), John Graham-Hall (Bob Boles), John Connell (Swallow), Anne Collins (Mrs Sedley), Roderick Williams (Ned Keene);
London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Any reading that so potently confirms the genius of this piece must have a distinguished place in the discography. In the first place there's Langridge's tense, sinewy, sensitive Grimes. Predictably... —
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Grammy Awards, 39th Awards (1996), Best Opera Recording
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Cantatas
RecommendedJudith Howarth, Janice Watson, Jean Rigby, John Mark Ainsley, José Van Dam
Corydon Singers & Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Special offer. Britten: Owen Wingrave
Peter Coleman-Wright (Owen Wingrave), Robin Leggate ( Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator), Elizabeth Connell (Miss Wingrave), Janice Watson (Mrs. Coyle), Sarah Fox (Mrs. Julien), Alan Opie (Spencer Coyle), Pamela Helen Stephen (Kate) & James Gilchrist (Lechmere)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard...
Hickox's excellent cast boasts some supreme exponents. Hickox draws haunting colours and chordings from his City of London Sinfonia, and the recording is flawlessly presented. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
Janice Watson (Fiordiligi), Diana Montague (Dorabella), Lesley Garrett (Despina), Toby Spence (Ferrando), Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo), Sir Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso); Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
This is an account of Così which seems to put momentum first. The opening chord, more ferocious than one would expect, gives way to a rattling overture, and tension and pace never let up. —
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Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes
Glenn Winslade (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Balstrode), Jill Grove (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), James Rutherford (Swallow), Christopher Gillett (Bob Boles), Nathan Gunn (Ned Keene)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Hodie & Fantasia on Christmas Carols
RecommendedJanice Watson (soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor) & Stephen Gadd (baritone)
Guildford Choral Society, St Catherine’s School Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
These are…engaging performances… in spacious modern sound… —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th November 2007
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