Norman Bailey
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Special offer. Wagner: The Mastersingers
RecommendedMargaret Curphey (Eva), Alberto Remedios (Walther), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Beckmesser), Ann Robson (Magdalene), Gregory Dempsey (David), Noel Mangin (Pogner), Stafford Dean (Nightwatchman)
Sadlers Wells Chorus & Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall
It's eminently listenable, capturing the musical and spiritual glow of Goodall's orchestra and voices, masterfully embodying the comedy's entwining pain and laughter. …this is not only something... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th June 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Archive
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedRené Kollo (Tannhauser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
One of the most satisfying of Georg Solti’s Wagner recordings. Christa Ludwig is a seductive Venus in this, the Paris version, Helga Dernesch a sweet-toned Elisabeth, though René Kollo isn’t... —
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Building a Library, May 2003, First Choice on CD (Paris version)
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Special offer. Wagner: Siegfried
Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Norman Bailey (Wanderer), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Anne Collins (Erda), Maurine London (Woodbird), Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall
A unique record of a real artistic achievement. —
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British Music Collection - Peter Warlock
Norman Bailey (bass-baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Neville Marriner, David Hill
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Special offer. Wagner: The Rhinegold
Norman Bailey (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Katherine Pring (Fricka), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Lois McDonnall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall
In Rhinegold the main honours are carried off by Emile Belcourt's plausible, witty and articulate Loge, Hammond-Stroud's imposing, strongly sung Alberich, Robert Lloyd's sympathetic Fasolt and... —
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Special offer. Wagner: The Valkyrie
Norman Bailey (Wotan), Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Alberto Remedios (Siegmund), Margaret Curphey (Sieglinde), Clifford Grant (Hunding), Ann Howard (Fricka)
English National Opera Orchestra, English National Opera Chorus, Reginald Goodall
Valkyrie: There's something inevitable, even eternal about Goodall's long-breathed, fulltoned, often ideally articulated reading. The ENO management's faith in him was handsomely repaid in his... —
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
RecommendedNorman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Bernd Weikl (Beckmesser), René Kollo (Walther von Stolzing), Hannelore Bode (Eva), Adolf Dallapozza (David), Magdalene (Julia Hamari (Magdalene), Kurt Moll (Pogner)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Bailey's ... is the most rounded portrayal to date ... the set as a whole is a considerable achievement, a worthy addition to the Decca/Solti Wagner discograohy. —
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Building a Library, February 2009, First Choice
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act 3
sung in English
Rita Hunter (Brünnhilde), Norman Bailey (Gunther), Alberto Remedios (Siegfried), Clifford Grant (Hagen), Margaret Curphey (Gutrune)
Sadler Wells Opera Chorus, Sadlers' Wells Orchestra, Reginald Goodall
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620 (highlights)
Siegfried Jerusalem, Lucia Popp, Brigitte Lindner, Edita Gruberova, Wolfgang Brendel, Roland Bracht, Norman Bailey & Heinz Zednik
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Bernard Haitink
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Wagner: Act 1 & Wotan's Farewell from Die Walküre
Hans Sotin (bass), Helga Dernesch (soprano), William Cochran (tenor), Norman Bailey (baritone), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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