Gwynne Howell
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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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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Handel: Messiah
Elly Ameling, Anna Reynolds, Philip Langridge, Gwynne Howell
Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
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Special offer. Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedIl Tabarro
Lucio Gallo (Michele), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Luigi), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Giorgetta), Alan Oke (Tinca), Jeremy White (Talpa), Irina Mishura (La Frugola), Ji-Min Park (Venditore), Robert Anthony Gardiner (Due Amanti)
Suor Angelica
Ermonela...
a triumph...three wonderfully directed and expertly acted productions. Add in Pappano's impeccable conducting and his valuable introductions to the pieces, and you have a nigh-on ideal Trittico. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, DVD & Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Opera
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25
RecommendedJean Rigby (mezzo soprano), Alastair Miles (bass), Gerald Finley (baritone), John Aler (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Peter Evans (tenor) & Robert Poulton (baritone)
Corydon Singers & Orchestra & St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, Matthew Best
The recording is surely the best available —
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Building a Library, December 2001, First Choice
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
RecommendedChicago Symphony Chorus (chorus), Gwynne Howell (bass), Mallory Walker (tenor), Lucia Popp (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 21st Awards (1978), Best Choral Performance
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Beethoven - Mass in C major
Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Special offer. Exsultate Jubilate
Kiri te Kanawa
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
RecommendedFelicity Lott (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Samuel Magad (violin), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), William Shimell (baritone), Chicago Symphony Chorus (chorus)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
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Grammy Awards, 35th Awards (1992), Best Choral Performance
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