Nigel Robson
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Walton: Troilus and Cressida
RecommendedClive Bayley (Calkas), James Thornton (Antenor), Arthur Davies (Troilus), Nigel Robson (Pandarus), Judith Howarth (Cressida), Yvonne Howard (Evadne), David Owen-Lewis (Horaste), Alan Opie (Diomede)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox
Troilus and Cressida is here powerfully presented as an opera for the central repertory, traditional in its red-blooded treatment of a big classical subject. Few operas since Puccini's have... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366
RecommendedAnthony Rolfe Johnson (Idomeneo), Anne Sofie von Otter (Idamantes), Sylvia McNair (Ilia), Hillevi Martinpelto (Elettra), Nigel Robson (Arbace)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Here's a performance that blends this conductor's love of scholarship with an unerring sense of theatre. The English Baroque Soloists are magnificent in a work that puts the chorus only one... —
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Building a Library, June 2007, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Walton: Troilus and Cressida
Judith Howarth (soprano), Yvonne Howard (mezzo-soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Brian Cookson (tenor), Peter Bodenham (tenor), Keith Mills (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone) James Thornton (baritone), Clive Bayley (bass), Bruce Budd (bass), Stephen Dowson (bass) & David Owen-Lewis...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
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Handel Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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Special offer. Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Jean Rigby (Lucretia), Nigel Robson (Male Chorus), Catherine Pierard (Female Chorus), Donald Maxwell (Tarquinius), Alastair Miles (Collatinus), Alan Opie (Junius), Patricia Rozario (Lucia), Ameral Gunson (Bianca)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus. —
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Special offer. Janacek: Jenufa, Her Step-Daughter
Janice Watson (Jenufa), Josephine Barstow (Kostelnicka), Nigel Robson (Laca Klemen), Peter Wedd (Števa Buryja), Elizabeth Vaughan (Grandmother Buryjovka), Neal Davies (Foreman)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Orfeo), Julianne Baird (Euridice), Anne Sofie von Otter (La Messaggiera), Lynne Dawson (La Musica), John Tomlinson (Caronte), Diana Montague (Proserpina), Willard White (Plutone)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
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Special offer. Handel: Alexander's Feast
Donna Brown (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Nigel Robson (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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