Owen Brannigan
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedPeter Pears (Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Marion Studholme, Iris Kells (Nieces)
Orchestra and Chorus of...
Almost 50 years on, Britten's own recording is still fresh. His conducting has great naturalness and the sound is amazing for 1958. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Remastered CD
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Coming soon. Elgar From the Archives, Vol. 5
Joan Hammond, Marjorie Thomas, William Herbert, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, Richard Standen, BBC Chorus & BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Glady Ripley, Sir Malcolm Sargent, George Weldon, Philharmonia Orchestra
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love
Heddle Nash (Shallow), Parry Jones (Sir Hugh Evans), Gerald Davies (Slender), Andrew Gold (Peter Simple), Denis Dowling (Page), Roderick Jones (Sir John Falstaff), John Kentish (Bardolph), Denis Catlin (Nym), Forbes Robinson (Pistol), April Cantelo (Anne Page), Laelia Finneberg (Mrs Page), Marion...
Conducted with nonchalant skill by Stanford Robinson, the playing and singing are nearly flawless, with one singer after another happily showing how to rise to an opportunity while not hogging... —
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Special offer. Cavalli: La Calisto
James Bowman (countertenor), Janet Hughes (soprano), Peter Gottlieb (baritone), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Teresa Kubiak (soprano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ugo Trama (bass), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Marjorie Biggar (mezzo-soprano), Federico...
Leppard conducts a superb cast with Janet Baker in one of her greatest roles as the Goddess Diana, Ileana Cotrubas a touching Calisto and James Bowman in his prime as Endimione. —
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Réédition
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Moonrise Kingdom (Original Soundtrack)
Peter Jarvis and His Drum Corps, Hank Williams, Trevor Anthony (speaker), Owen Brannigan (bass), David Pinto (boysoprano), Darian Angadi (boysoprano), Stephen Alexander (boysoprano), Caroline Clack (soprano), Marie-Therese Pinto (soprano), Eileen O'Donovan (soprano), Merlin Channon, The Drifting...
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Marion Studholme (First Niece), Iris Kells (Second Niece), John...
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Special offer. Tate, P: The Lodger
Owen Brannigan (George Bunting), Johanna Peters (Emma, his wife), Marion Studholme (Daisy, their daughter), Joseph Ward (The Lodger), Alexander Young (Joe Chandler, a young detective), John Thornley (A paper-boy), Ranken Bushby (A policeman), Trevor Anthony (A cockney), Rachel Paine (A cockney Woman),...
Tate’s firmly-structured score employs a lyrical, natural arioso, intensifying into more formal arias, duets and ensembles at emotional touch-points. Her style is darkly tonal, in the manner... —
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Folk Songs of the British Isles
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Gerald Moore (piano), Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), Peter Dawson (bass-baritone), John McCormack (tenor), Mary O’Hara (soprano), Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger, Kenneth McKellar (tenor), Ian Wallace (bass-baritone),...
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Britten: Noye's Fludde and The Golden Vanity
Owen Brannigan, Sheila Rex, Trevor Anthony, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Benjamin Britten (piano)
English Opera Group orchestra, Norman del Mar, Russell Burgess
Britten wrote these two works for children, but don't imagine that they're cosy and childish.
Many of his friends thought that there remained much of the child in him, and this clearly comes... —Purchase product
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