Jane Henschel
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Special offer. Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel
RecommendedRebecca Evans (Gretel), Jennifer Larmore (Hansel), Jane Henschel (The Witch), Rosalind Plowright (Gertrude), Robert Hayward (Peter), Sarah Tynan (Dew Fairy), Diana Montague (Sandman), Sarah Coppen (Cuckoo)
Philharmonia Orchestra & New London Children’s Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
What distinguishes this version is primarily the vigorous and large-scale conducting of Sir Charles Mackerras. —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2007, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
RecommendedIan Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise, Jane Henschel, Vivian Tierney
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
This performance captures the sense of dislocation essential to this chilling ghost story. —
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2002, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Janacek: Katya Kabanova
Cheryl Barker (Katya), Jane Henschel (Kabanicha), Robert Brubaker (Boris Grigoryevich), Peter Hoare (Tichon Kabanov), Peter Wedd (Kudryash), Victoria Simmonds (Varvara), Kathleen Wilkinson (Glasha), Gwynne Howell (Dikoi); Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi
…Rizzi illuminates… with almost Puccinian warmth, while keenly evoking the tightening tensions beneath. …Barker's… intense soprano, large for the role, makes Katya sound stronger than usual... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Opera Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
RecommendedJoan Rodgers (Governess), Ian Bostridge (Prologue/Peter Quint), Jane Henschel (Mrs Grose), Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel), Julian Leang (Miles), Caroline Wise (Flora)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
This performance captures the sense of dislocation essential to this chilling ghost story —
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Building a Library, November 2013, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2002, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Opera
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Christine Brewer (soprano), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Juliane Banse (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano), Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano), Jon Villars (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) & John Relyea (bass)
Toronto Children’s Chorus, City Of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus,...
Never have the fragments of first-movement themes, bouncing and billowing on a sea of azure blue, come across more clearly; never has the essential naivety of Mahler's vision been more convincing.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2005, Disc of the Month
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Albéniz: Henry Clifford
Aquiles Machado, Alessandra Marc, Carlos Álvarez, Jane Henschel, Ana Maria Martínez
Coro i Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, José de Eusebio
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Editor's Choice
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Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Vienna Radio-Symphony Orchestra & Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Bertrand De Billy
Bertrand de Billy is a strong advocate for the work in this live recording from a concert performance in the Vienna Konzerthaus. The sound is vivid enough and chorus and orchestra are splendid. —
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A Guided Tour of the Romantic Era, Vol. 14
Patrick de Hooge (piano), Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano), Jean Martin (piano), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Nicola Martinucci (tenor), Eduard Tumagian (baritone), Maria Kliegel (cello), Matthew Best (bass-baritone), Sarah Fryer (mezzo-soprano), William Kendall (tenor), Neville...
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano) & Gregory Kunde (tenor)
Houston Symphony, Hans Graf
From the first, scything horn cry, it's evident that this is going to be a Song of the Earth of real orchestral distinction...their lean but incisive quality makes for some real chamber-musical... —
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Jane Henschel (contralto), Yann Beuron (tenor), Phillipe Rouillon (bass), Gabor Breta (baritone) & Eric Martin-Bonnet (bass)
EuropaChorAkademie & Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Sylvain Cambreling
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