Norman Lumsden
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Special offer. Barbieri: 'El barberillo de Lavapiés' (The Little Barber of Lavapiés)
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Bruce Boyce (Lamparilla), Maria Perill (Paloma), Marjorie Westbury (Marquesita Estrella), Thomas Round (Don Luis), Ian Wallace (Don Juan), Norman Lumsden (Don Pedro), Andrew Gold (Lope), Ronald Evans (A Sergeant)
Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, Stanford Robinson
With a hero who is a poor relation of Rossini’s barber, it’s a work of considerable charm— richly melodic and full of Spanish rhythms...On its own terms the result is highly successful. The... —
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Special offer. Britten: Albert Herring
Peter Pears (Albert), Joan Cross (Lady Billows), Gladys Parr (Florence Pike), Margaret Ritchie (Miss Wordsworth), Otakar Kraus (Mr Gedge), Roy Ashton (Mr Upfold), Norman Lumsden (Spt. Budd), Denis Dowling (Sid), Nancy Evans (Nancy), Catherine Lawson (Mum), Anne Sharp (Emmie), Elisabeth Parry (Cis),...
Pears was not at his best, but in Britten's hands it is clear that, without losing any pathos, Albert Herring was first and foremost a superior piece of theatrical fun. —
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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince)
London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin...
It hardly needs saying that Britten's direction of his piece is superlative...In this Dream, Britten combines the sense of atmosphere and beauty of tone...And it is an enthralling experience. —
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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Alfred Deller (Oberon), Jennifer Vyvyan (Tytania), Leonide Massine II (Puck), Kevin Platts (Cobweb), Robert McCutcheon (Mustardseed), Barry Ferguson (Moth), Michael Bauer (Peaseblossom), George Maran (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Marjorie Thomas (Hermia), April Cantelo (Helena), Forbes...
The cast play as an ensemble with remarkable detail. Alfred Deller, especially, is in excellent voice as Oberon...though the playing is not immaculate, Britten leads his forces with tremendous... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Lennox Berkeley: The One Act Operas
BBC Northern Orchestra, Martin Handford, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Steurt Bedford, English Opera Group Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
I urge anyone interested in postwar British opera to give Lyrita’s handsome issues a hearing. —
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The Very Best of Glyndebourne On Record
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (lead vocals, bass-baritone), Morgan Jones (lead vocals), Heddle Nash (lead vocals, vocals, tenor), Norman Allin (lead vocals), Constance Willis (lead vocals, mezzo-soprano), Roy Henderson (lead vocals, bass-baritone), Aulikki Rautawaara (soprano), Audrey Mildmay (soprano,...
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Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 1
Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen...
An indispensable set, an obvious basis for any collection, large or small, offering the composer's definitive performances —
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Britten Conducts Britten: Opera 2
Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince), Dame Janet Baker (Lucretia), Peter...
the set remains an essential bargain investment for collectors drawn to this repertoire —
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