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Archive information for London Voices' founder, Terry Edwards
for more information on Terry's career with Electric Phoenix, please click here
Terry Edwards was born in North London and was educated at Trinity College of Music. He taught music and played basketball for the Great Britain team but changed direction after the Olympic Games of 1964 to become a professional singer.
He soon became the Manager of firstly the ground-breaking John Alldis Choir and then Roger Norringtons' Schütz Choir of London.
In 1973 he formed London Voices and also became the first manager and the sound engineer of Swingle 2 moving on in 1977 to form the pioneering avant-guarde vocal consort Electric Phoenix. It was with the Swingles and Electric Phoenix that his long association with Luciano Berio began which has lead to over one hundred performances and four recordings of Sinfonia with many of the worlds leading symphony orchestras.
Terry Edwards became Director of London Sinfonietta Voices and Chorus in 1980 and this, plus his continuing association with Electric Phoenix, brought him into contact with many of the most famous late twentieth century composers including Adams, (Berio), Birtwistle, Boulez, Cage, Holliger, Ligeti, Maxwell Davies, Messiaen and Pousseur. He gave first performances and made recordings of several of their compositions and was also instrumental in commissioning over fifty other new works.
Sir Georg Solti was hugely influential in the development of Terry Edwards as a Chorus Master, offering him many opportunities with London Voices in Europe and also inviting him to Chicago as guest chorus master with the much acclaimed Chicago Symphony Chorus. It was Sir Georg who also invited Terry Edwards to act as Guest Chorus Master at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in November 1991 and he completed twelve years as permanent Chorus Director there in the Summer of 2004. During those years he prepared the Royal Opera Chorus for productions of one hundred and eleven operas by forty three composers with sixty eight conductors including Abbado, Dohnanyi, Gatti, Gergiev, Haitink, Mackerras, Mehta, Pappano, Rattle, Salonen and Thielemann.
Archive Engagements
2015
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Friday Night is Music Night, BBC Radio 2, Hackney Empire, London (September)
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Stockhausen Stimmung, King's College Chapel, Cambridge (October)
2014
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Friday Night is Music Night, BBC Radio 2 (February)
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Berio Sinfonia with EUYO/Petrenko, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall (July)
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Final Fantasy in Royal Albert Hall with RPCO (November)
2013
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Purcell/Britten concert, Blythburgh Church, Suffolk for Britten Centenary with Aldeburgh Voices
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Berio Sinfonia, Orchestre de Lille/Bamert, Lille, France
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Britten Peter Grimes, LPO/Jurovsky, Birmingham and London
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Tour to China with Shanghai Philharmonic - Britten War Requiem and Peter Grimes
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60th anniversary broadcast of Friday Night is Music Night, BBC Radio 2
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Frank Zappa 200 Motels, BBC Concert Orchestra/Hempel, Royal Festival Hall
2012
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Handel Acis and Galatea, DVD recording ECO/Leppard
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Jonathan Harvey Weltethos, CBSO/Gardner, Birmingham Royal Festival Hall
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Simon Bainbridge Garden of Earthly Delights, BCMG/Collon, BBC Proms Royal Albert Hall
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Schoenberg/Beethoven Concert, Britten-Pears Orchestra/Manacorda, Snape Maltings
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Stockhausen Mittwoch aus Licht, Birmingham Opera, funded by LOCOG
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Final Fantasy (Distant Worlds) video game concert, RPCO/Roth, Royal Albert Hall
2011
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Patrick Cassidy Mass, recording with LSO, EMI Abbey Road Studios
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Final Fantasy video game concert, RPCO/Roth, Royal Albert Hall
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Genuin- video game music recording and concert, LPO, Royal Festival Hall
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Film music of Dimitri Tiomkin, LSO, Barbican Hall, London
2010
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The Two Towers live (Shore), Royal Albert Hall
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Recording for Joe Hisaishi, EMI Abbey Road Studios
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Return of the King live (Shore), Royal Albert Hall
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Gluck Iphigenie en Tauride, Pina Bausch Ballet, Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
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Tolga Kashiv Genesis Suite, recording and premiere, Barbican Hall, London
2009
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Berio Sinfonia, National Youth Orchestra/Bychkov, Birmingham, Manchester, London
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Fellowship of the Ring live (Shore), Royal Albert Hall
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Nuits des Choeurs, Brussels, Belgium
2008
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Zade One Night in Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Stockhausen Stimmung, Aldeburgh Festival
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Saariaho Passion de Simone, CBSO/Mälkki, Lincoln Center, New York
2007
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Ligeti Requiem recording, Berlin Philharmonic/Nott
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Handel Messiah, St. Denis Festival
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Ligeti Requiem, Bamberg Symphony/Nott, Lucerne Festival
2006
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Sir Paul McCartney Ecce Cor Meum premiere, Royal Albert Hall
2005
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Berio Coro, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall
2004
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Sir Paul Getty Memorial Concert, St. Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle
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Celebration concerts for Luciano Berio - first U.K. performance of Stanze
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Guest conductor with National Chamber Choir of Ireland
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Two BBC Promenade Concerts
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Lord of the Rings music wins Grammy Award for Howard Shore
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Sinfonia (Berio) performances in Gothenberg & Berlin
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Sinfonia recording for Deutsche Grammaphon
2003
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BBC Promenade Concert - Elektra (Strauss)
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Conducted Messiah (Handel) with Leicester Philharmonic
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Performance of Queen Symphony in Ephesus Arena, Turkey
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Guest Chorus Master with Netherlands Chamber Choir
2002
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Dave Brubeck recording sessions with the LSO
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CD recording of Queen Symphony (Tolga Kashif)
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Performance of Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky) at the Barbican, conducted by Tamayo
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Winter Olympics Anthem, music by John Williams
2001
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TV & Film commercial for Coca-Cola, music by John Williams
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Royal Albert Hall - 'Brit Awards' with Angela Gheorghiu and Russell Watson
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Moses und Aaron (Schoenberg) at the Festival Hall, conducted by von Dohnanyi
2000
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Festival Hall performance of St. Matthew Passion (Bach) conducted by Andras Schiff
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Staged world premiere performances of El Niño (Adams) at Le Chatelet, Paris
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Extensive project with Pentonville Jail prisoners with new work by John Tavener
1999
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Festival Hall performance of Romeo et Juliet (Berlioz) conducted by Gergiev
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Recording project in Paris with Roger Waters (ex Pink Floyd)
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Guest chorus master, Grant Park Festival, Chicago
1998
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Royal Variety Show at the London Palladium
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Performances of Nixon in China (Adams) in London conducted by Nagano
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Performances of Sinfonia (Berio) with Berlin Philharmonic Orch. conducted by Rattle
1997
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TV Commercial for British Airways
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70th Birthday concert for Rostropovich in Paris
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Performance of Symphony No.8 (Mahler) in the Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Levine
1996
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Performance of Stimmung (Stockhausen) at IRCAM, Paris
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CD sessions with Mike Oldfield
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Staged performances of Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) at Le Chatelet, Paris
1995
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Performance of Symphony No.9 (Beethoven) in Zurich, conducted by Solti
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CD recording of La Boheme (Puccini) for EMI, conducted by Pappano
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TV recording of Laborintus II (Berio) for Channel 4, conducted by Rattle
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Carmina Burana performance, Royal Albert Hall, BBC Proms
1994
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CD recording of a-cappella works by Ligeti in Gutesloh, in the presence of the composer
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Performances of Sinfonia (Berio) in Carnegie Hall, New York and La Scala, Milan
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Judge in the finals of UK Choir of the Year on BBC TV, Buxton Opera House
1993
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Performance of Cummings ist der dichter (Boulez) conducted by the composer
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CD recording of Grand Pianola Music (Adams) conducted by the composer
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Concerts in La Coruna and Santiago, Spain of works by Rogelio Groba
1992
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Performances of Sinfonia (Berio) in Huddersfield, Leipzig, Linz, Lyon and Vienna
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Winter Concert during ski-ing season in Silvaplana, Switzerland
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Performance of Verdi Requiem in Parma, Italy
1991
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Concert performances of Le Nozze di Figaro (cond.Solti) in Cologne, Frankfurt & Paris
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Gaudeamus Tour of Holland with London Sinfonietta Voices
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Barbican performance of Seven Deadly Sins (Weill) with London Symphony Orchestra
1990
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World Premiere performance of Canticum Novissimi Testamentum (Berio) in Paris
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CD recording of works by Messiaen for Virgin Records
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Tour of Barbados and Jamaica with London Sinfonietta Voices
Opera
Operas prepared by Terry Edwards as Chorus Director at Covent Garden, 1992-2004.
They are arranged by composer's surname, title and conductor.
Ades The Tempest Ades
Beethoven Fidelio Tate
Bellini I Capuleti e i Montecchi Gatti
I Puritani Gatti
Norma Griffiths
La Sonnambula Benini
Berg Wozzeck Pappano
Berlioz Le Damnation de Faust Davis C
Birtwistle Gawain Howarth
Bizet Carmen Delacote
Boito Mefistofole* Haitink
Borodin Boris Godonov Bychkov
Britten Billy Budd Hickox
Death in Venice Bedford
Paul Bunyon Hickox
Peter Grimes Mackerras
War Requiem* Haitink
Debussy Pelleas et Melisande Abbado
Donizetti Don Pasquale Campanella
Elisabeth Rizzi
L'Elisir d'Amore Pido
Lucia di Lammamoor Pido
Roberto Devereux* Benini
Dvorak Rusalka* Mackerras
Giordano Andre Chenier Armstrong
Fedora Downes
Gluck Orfeo et Euridice Hickox
Gounod Faust Pappano
Romeo et Juliette Mackerras
Handel Alcina Fisher
Semele Mackerras
Haydn L'Anima del Filosofo Hogwood
Hindemith Mathis der Maler Salonen
Janacek Cunning Little Vixen Haitink
Jenufa Atherton
Katya Kabanova Haitink
Lehar The Merry Widow Bennet
Leoncavallo I Pagliacci Pappano
Ligeti Le Grand Macabre+ Salonen
Martinu Greek Passion Mackerras
Massenet Cherubin Gardiner
Manon Davis C
Maw Sophie's Choice Rattle
Mozart Cosi fan tutte Rizzi
Die Entführung aus dem Serail Davis C
Die Zauberflöte Parrott
Don Giovanni Haitink
La Clemenza di Tito McGegan
Le Nozze di Figaro Haitink
Offenbach Les Contes d'Hoffmann Villaume
Pfitzner Palestrina Thielemann
Prokofiev Fiery Angel Downes
Puccini La Boheme Badea
La Fanciulla del West Buckley
La Rondine Pappano
Madame Butterfly Rizzi
Tosca Mehta/ Domingo
Turandot Gatti
Rossini Guillaume Tell Masson
Il Barbiere du Siviglia Pido
Il Viaggio a Reims Rizzi
La Cenerentola Campanella
L'Italiana in Algeri Rizzi
Mose in Egitto Olmi
Otello Gelmetti
Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila Ermler/Jordan
Smetena Bartered Bride Mackerras
Sondheim Sweeney Todd Geminiani
Strauss Arabella Elder
Daphne* Soltesz
Der Rosenkavalier Davis A
Die Aegyptische Helena Thielemann
Die Frau ohne Schatten Haitink
Elektra Bychkov
Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin Giergiev
Queen of Spades Giergiev
The Enchantress* Giergiev
Thomas Hamlet Langree
Tippett Midsummer Marriage Haitink
Vaughan Williams Pilgrims Progress Hickox
Verdi Aida Gatti
Attila Elder
Don Carlos Haitink
Falstaff Haitink/ Pappano
Giovanni D'Arco Gatti
I due Foscari Gatti
I Masnadieri Downes
Il Corsaro Pido
Il Trovatore Rizzi
La Battaglia di Legnano* Elder
La Traviata Solti
Luisa Miller Elder/Benini
Macbeth 1847* Downes
Macbeth Young
Nabucco Elder
Oberto Young
Otello Chung/ Solti
Requiem* Haitink
Rigoletto Benini
Simon Boccanegra l857 Elder
Simon Boccanegra l881 Solti
Stiffelio Downes
Un Ballo in Maschero Gatti
Un Giorno di Regno Benini
Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer Dohnanyi
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Haitink
Götterdämmerung Haitink
Lohengrin Ghergiev
Parsifal Rattle
Tristan und Isolde Haitink
Weber Der Freischutz Haitink
* concert performance only
Recordings
Classical Albums
Composer Title Conductor
ADAMS, John El Niño Nagano
Grand Pianola Music Nagano
AMOUYAL, Alain Frames from a fairytale Adams
AUBER, Daniel Le Domino Noir Bonynge
BACH, J.S. Cantatas 80,140 Leppard
BACHMANN, Robert Uluru
BARTOK, Bela The Miraculous Mandarin Bartok
BELLINI, Vincenzo La Sonnambula Bonynge
BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van Symphony No.9 Solti
BERIO, Luciano A-Ronne Edwards
Canticum Novissimi Bychkov
Sinfonia Bychkov
Sinfonia Chailly
Sinfonia de Waart
BERNSTEIN, Leonard On the Town Tilson Thomas
White House Cantata Nagano
Wonderful Town Rattle
BERKELEY, Busby Busby Berkeley McGlinn
BIRTWISTLE, Harrison Gawain Howarth
BIZET, Georges L'Arlesienne Rizzi
BLAKE, Howard Granpa
BOITO, Arrigo Mefistofole Fabritiis
BRITTEN, Benjamin A boy was born Edwards
A.M.D.G.
Hymn to St. Cecilia
Shepherds Carol
Curlew River Marriner
Paul Bunyon Hickox
Peter Grimes Haitink
BRUBECK, Dave Classical Brubeck Gloyd
DUN, Tan 2000 Today
CAGE, John Works by Cage & Berio Edwards
GROBA, Rogelio Gran Cantata Xacobea Groba
DONIZETTI, Gaetano Lucia di Lammermoor Mackerras
GUBAYDULINA, Sofia Canticle of the Sun Rhostropovitch
HANDEL, G.F. Messiah Leppard
HOLLIGER, Heinz Scardanelli Zyklus Edwards
HOLST, Gustav Planets Goodman
IVES, Charles When the Moon Bernas
JANACEK, Leos Diary of One who disappeared Bostridge
Jenufa Haitink
KASHIF, Tolga Queen Symphony Kashif
KERN, Jerome Kern Treasury McGlinn
LEHAR, Franz Czarevitch Bonynge
Guiditta Bonynge
Land of Smiles Stamp
Paganini Stamp
LEONCAVALLO, Ruggero Pagliacci Gavazzeni
LIGETI, György Complete A Cappella music Edwards
Le Grand Macabre Salonen
Requiem Nott
LLOYD, George John Socman
LLOYD, Jonathan Mass for Six Solo Voices Edwards
MASCAGNI, Pietro Cavalleria Rusticana Gavazzeni
MESSIAEN, Olivier Trois petites liturgies Edwards
Cinq rechants
O Sacrum convivium
MOZART, W.A. Cosi van tutti Solti
Don Giovanni Solti
Marriage of Figaro Solti
Coronation Mass Flor
PONCHIELLI, Amilcare La Gioconda Bartoletti
PUCCINI, Giocomo Il Trittico Pappano
La Boheme Pappano
La Rondine Pappano
Puccini Experience Downes
Tosca Pappano
ROSSINI, Gioachino La Cenerentola Rizzi
SHOSTAKOVITCH, Dmitry Symphony No.3
SLADE, Julian Salad Days Edwards (J.O.)
STRAVINSKY, Igor The Flood Craft
TIPPETT, Michael The Icebreak Atherton
Vision of St.Augustine Atherton
VARESS, Sandor Songs of the Seasons Edwards
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph Pilgrims Progress Hickox
VERDI, Guiseppe Don Carlos Haitink
Il Trovatore Pappano
La Traviata Bonynge
Luisa Miller Maag
Oberto Marriner
Opera Choruses Solti
Otello Solti
Traviata Solti
WEILL, Kurt Kurt Weill on Broadway McGlinn
Recitals
Artist Title Conductor
ALAGNA and GHEORGHIU,
Roberto and Angela Bel Canto [RA] Pido
Casta Diva [AG] Pido
Duet & Arias [Duet] Armstrong
French Arias [RA] de Billy
Nessun Dorma [RA] Elder
Popular Tenor Arias Armstrong
Verdi Arias [RA] Abbado
Verdi per due [Duet] Abbado
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Varekai
EAGLEN, Jane Italian Opera Arias Rizzi
EMMERSON LAKE & PALMER Works
FLEMING, Renee I want Magic Levine
Renee Fleming Mackerras
The Beautiful Voice Tate
GARRETT, Lesley I will wait for you
Lesley Garrett
The Singer
HENDRICKS, Barbara Chants Disney
Sings Disney Tunick
HEPPNER, Ben Air Français Chung
HIRST, Linda Songs Cathy Sang Masson
HORNE, Marylin Great American Songbook Carl Davies
KENNEDY Classic Kennedy Wordsworth
LARMORE, Jennifer Amore per Rossini Carella
LEIGH & GILCHIRST,
Denise & Jane Operatunity Winners Daniel
TERFEL, Bryn A Song in my Heart (2006) Wordsworth
Scarborough Fair (2008)
Simple Gifts (2005)
Christmas Albums
Joy to the World Hallmark 9712A
Our Christmas Songs for You EMI 56176
Christmas from Covent Garden ROH 75605
The Spirit of Christmas Hallmark 2001