James Rutherford
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Special offer. George Butterworth: Orchestral Works
RecommendedJames Rutherford (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kriss Russman
[Russman] brings out the poignant lyricism with exceptional freshness and strength…to the AE Housman settings James Rutherford brings characteristic mellow-toned vigour and expressive delivery…congratulations... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Sullivan, A: Ivanhoe
Janice Watson (Lady Rowena), Geraldine McGreevy (Rebecca), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Ulrica), Toby Spence (Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe), Peter Wedd (Maurice de Bracy), Andrew Staples (Locksley/The Squire); Adrian Partington Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones
We can at last hear what Sullivan conceived - and it's impressive...It deserves the first-rate performance it receives from David Lloyd Jones, a worthy stand-in for Hickox, working with an excellent... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes
Glenn Winslade (Peter Grimes), Janice Watson (Ellen Orford), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Balstrode), Jill Grove (Auntie), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley), James Rutherford (Swallow), Christopher Gillett (Bob Boles), Nathan Gunn (Ned Keene)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis
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Honegger - Une Cantate de Noël
RecommendedAlban Gerhardt (cello), James Rutherford (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Thierry Fischer
…an excellent introduction to a still underestimated composer. Thierry Fischer's vivid account of the Prélude, Fugue et Postlude makes one all the more astonished that this is the only recording... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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Johan Botha: Wiener Staatsoper Live
1997 - 2014: Beethoven, Wagner, Strauss
Johan Botha (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), James Rutherford (Sachs), Angela Denoke (Kundry), Marjana Lipovšek (Amme), Ricarda Merbeth (Daphne), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Valentina Nafornită (Najade), Rachel Frenkel (Dryade), Olga Bezsmertna (Echo), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta)
Orchester...
The recorded sound is produced to a consistently pleasing quality, and one does sense the special atmosphere of the live performance. Live at Wiener Staatsoper, this first-rate collection is... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Walküre
Stuart Skelton (Siegmund), Eric Halfvarson (Hunding), James Rutherford (Wotan), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Iréne Theorin (Brünnhilde), Elisabeth Kulman (Fricka), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
The orchestral playing is predictably excellent—the woodwind solos always have character, and the low brass have an ability to add menace and bite without overpowering the orchestra—but Rattle... —
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Record Review, 18th April 2020, Record of the Week
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[James Rutherford] has at his disposal a wonderfully healthy and rounded bass-baritone voice…and his German is impeccable…the cycle has a slow-burn cumulative power, and if Rutherford’s tone... —
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Heidi Elisabeth Meier, Roswitha Christina Müller, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, James Rutherford, David Jerusalem, Lukasz Konieczny, Katarzyna Kuncio, Sylvia Hamvasi, Thorsten Grümbel, Raymond Very, Bernhard Berchtold, Florian Simson, Ramona Zaharia, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Axel Kober
Kober and the Duisberg Philharmonic offer a somewhat pedestrian reading of the score…Yet there are good things. A young and firm Wotan from James Rutherford, who reminds us that this is a God... —
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Musik in Zürich 1500-1900
Fred Jacobs (theorbo), Robert Howard (organ), Katie Towers (soprano), Geoffrey Webber (organ), Abigail Boreham (soprano), Steve Davislim (tenor), William Fong (piano), Roy Howat (piano), Oliver Lewis (violin), Dave Lee and Chris Davies (horns), Garrie Davislim (tenor), James Rutherford (bass), William...
It may have a dull sounding title and a shortage of big name composers and performers but I have no hesitation in recommending it to anyone in search of interesting curiosities… —
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
Mark Le Brocq (tenor), James Rutherford (bass), Miriam Allan (soprano), David Allsopp (counter-tenor)
Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday
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