Jonathan Summers
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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Sarah Chang (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
This set presents RVW in a slightly heretical way that will appeal to those whose RVW tastes have become jaded or for those who have, for whatever reason, been put off by the mainstream cycles.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, May 2022, Recommended Recording
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Adès: The Tempest
RecommendedSimon Keenlyside (Prospero), Kate Royal (Miranda), Toby Spence (Ferdinand), Ian Bostridge (Caliban), Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), Philip Langridge (Alonso), Donald Kaasch (Antonio), Jonathan Summers (Sebastian), David Condier (Trinculo), Stephen Richardson (Stefano), Graeme Danby (Gonzalo)
The Chorus...
…everyone reaches out to the purple passages when Adès touches something rich and strange. Those include the evolution of the young lovers' music from homages to midsummer Britten and Tippett... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Opera Recording
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Verdi: La Traviata
Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Alfredo), Matteo Manuguerra (Giorgio Germont), Della Jones (Flora), Marjon Lambriks (Annina), Jonathan Summers (Barone Douphol), John Tomlinson (Marchese d'Obigny)
The London Opera Chorus & The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Sutherland's second studio Traviata shows her on mature if still considerable form alongside the ebullient Pavarotti and the considered Matteo Manuguerra. —
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Orff: Carmina Burana
RecommendedArleen Auger (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), John van Kesteren (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Choir, Riccardo Muti
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Building A Library, June 2021, Recommended Recording
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Britten: Peter Grimes
RecommendedJon Vickers (Grimes), Heather Harper (Ellen), Jonathan Summers (Balstrode), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie), Forbes Robinson (Swallow), Patricia Payne (Mrs Sedley), Thomas Allen (Ned Keene), Richard Van Allan (Hobson)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
the cast is fine and the tension cumulative —
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Grammy Awards, 22nd Awards (1979), Best Opera Recording
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Britten: Gloriana
RecommendedJosephine Barstow, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Philip Langridge, John Mark Ainsley, Jonatham Summers, Alan Opie and Bryn Terfel
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Best of Category - Opera
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Britten: Gloriana
RecommendedJosephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
The Cinderella among Britten's operas finally received its due with this recording. The superb cast and Mackerras's sure touch reveal Gloriana as a touching insight into the travails of leadership. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Opera
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Puccini Passions
Mary Plazas (soprano), Cheryl Barker (soprano), Gregory Yurisich (baritone), Stuart Kale (tenor), Paul Charles Clarke (tenor), Jane Eaglen (soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Peter Wedd (tenor), Peter Sidhom (bass), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Susan Patterson...
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Special offer. Fairytale Operas
Hänsel und Gretel, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Adventures of Pinocchio
Angelika Kirchschlager, Diana Damrau, Thomas Allen, Lucy Crowe, Emma Bell, Sergei Leiferkus, Victoria Simmonds, Jonathan Summers, Sir Colin Davis, Vladimir Jurowski, Opera North
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Gluck: Alceste
Maurits Sillem (harpsichord), Philip Gelling (bass), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Matthew Best (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone)
Royal Opera House Orchestra at Covent Garden, Royal Opera Chorus, Charles Mackerras
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