Alfreda Hodgson
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Special offer. Evgeny Svetlanov conducts Rachmaninov & Prokofiev
Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Elena Prokina (soprano) & Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov
[Svetlanov's] right on top of his game in this performance and so too are the Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.The music leaps out of the loudspeakers right from the start...This is a tremendous,... —
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedSung in English
Peter Pears (Evangelist), Heather Harper (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (Jesus), John Shirley-Quirk (bass)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether Baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast), the result... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Alison Hargan (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), David Rendall (tenor), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass) & Stephen Roberts (bass)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Supported by a strong cast of soloists, Hickox delivers a warmly expressive and subtly nuanced interpretation which really catches fire in the more inspired second part of Elgar's oratorio. —
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Special offer. Britten: Spring Symphony, Welcome Ode & Psalm 150
Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor)
City of London School Choir (Boys), City of London School for Girls Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Southend Boys Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
The standard of performances is consistently high...Even if you have some of the repertoire in your collection already I’d suggest you don’t make the mistake I made when these discs were first... —
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Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 3
Sena Jurinac (soloist), Christa Ludwig (soloist), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), John Mitchinson (soloist), Heather Harper (soloist), Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (soloist), John Shirley-Quirk (soloist), Donald Mitchell, Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Marianne Häggander (soloist), Robert Tear (soloist),...
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Decca Sound: The Analogue Years 1969 – 1980
János Starker (Cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano), Anita Priest (Organ), John Georgiadis (Violin), Kyung Wha Chung (Violin), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Baritone), Meriel Dickinson (Contralto), Sir Peter Pears (Tenor), Jenny Hill (Soprano),...
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Opening the Doors
Don Garrard (bass), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone, bass), Rachel Mathes (soprano), Stafford Dean (bass), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Peter Katin (piano), Philip Fowke (piano), Adrian Shepherd (cello), Jonny Blanc (tenor), Catherine Wilson (soprano), David Fieldsend (tenor), David Hillman (tenor),...
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Haydn: The Creation, etc.
Lucia Popp, Werner Hollweg & Kurt Moll
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Brighton Festival Chorus, Antal Dorati
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Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
John Noble, Raimund Herincx, John Carol Case, Wynford Evans, Christopher Keyte, Geoffrey Shaw, Bernard Dickerson, Sheila Armstrong, Marie Hayward Segal, Gloria Jennings, Ian Partridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Terence Sharpe, Robert Lloyd, Norma Burrowes, Alfreda Hodgson, Joseph Ward, Richard Angas, John...
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Layton James (harpsichord), Jon Humphrey (tenor), Richard Stilwell (baritone), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Kaaren Erickson (soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw
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