Haydn: The Creation (1992) more music like this

performed by Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Donna Carter (mezzo-soprano), Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano), James Michael McGuire (baritone), John Cheek (bass), Jon Humphrey (tenor), Atlanta Chamber Choir (choir, chorus), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (conductor)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn

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The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics (1995) more music like this

performed by Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Arleen Augér (soprano), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano), Delores Ziegler (soprano), Diane Curry (mezzo-soprano), Håkan Hagegård (baritone), Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Carl Orff, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Hector Berlioz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurice Duruflé, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Berlioz: Requiem; Boito: Prologue to Mefistofele more music like this

performed by John Aler (tenor), John Cheek (bass), Atlanta Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), Morehouse-Spelman Chorus (choir, chorus), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (conductor)
composed by Arrigo Boito, Giuseppe Verdi, Hector Berlioz

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Absolute Heaven (1997) more music like this

performed by Benita Valente (soprano), Christine Brewer (soprano), David Gordon (tenor), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Deborah Voigt (soprano), Delores Ziegler (mezzo-soprano), Diane Curry (mezzo-soprano), Donna Carter (soprano), Edith Wiens (soprano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Arrigo Boito, Francis Poulenc, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Mahler, Hector Berlioz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Duruflé, Pietro Mascagni, Sergey Rachmaninov

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Handel: Messiah (1999) more music like this

performed by Catherine Ciesinski (alto), John Aler (tenor), John Cheek (bass), Musica Sacra
composed by George Frederick Handel

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Puccini: Tosca [Highlights] (2000) more music like this

performed by Andrea Velis (tenor), Dominick Martinez (soprano), Itzhak Perlman (bass), John Cheek (bass), Paul Hudson (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Renato Capecchi (bass), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

This disc of highlights from EMI's 1980 recording of Tosca has many strengths, not the least of which is the brilliant and incisive conducting of James Levine. He leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a stellar performance that allows details of orchestration to emerge with great clarity. His emphasis on the score's many dramatic contrasts and ...

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Franck: Les Béatitudes more music like this

performed by Cornelia Kallisch (alto), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Ingeborg Danz (mezzo-soprano), John Cheek (bass), Juan Vasle (bass), Keith Lewis (tenor), Reinhard Hagen (bass), Scot Weir (tenor)
composed by César Franck

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Igor Stravinsky: The Composer, Vol. 1 (1991) more music like this

performed by Carl Albach (trumpet), Christopher Gekker (trumpet), John Cheek (bass), John Ostendorf (vocals), Jon Garrison (vocals), Jon Humphrey (vocals), Paul Newman, Susan Radcliff (trumpet), Wendy White (vocals), New York Choral Artists (choir, chorus)
composed by Igor Stravinsky

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Puccini: Tosca more music like this

performed by Andrea Velis (tenor), Dominick Martinez (alto), Itzhak Perlman (bass), John Cheek (bass), Paul Hudson (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Renato Capecchi (baritone), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

EMI's 1980 recording of Tosca has many strengths, not the least of which is the brilliant and incisive conducting of James Levine. He leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a stellar performance that allows details of orchestration to emerge with great clarity. His emphasis on the score's many dramatic contrasts and mercurial moods highlights the ...

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John Knowles Paine: Mass In D (1979) more music like this

performed by Carmen Balthrop (soprano), John Cheek (bass), John Korman (violin), John Sant'Ambrogio (cello), Joy Blackett (alto), Vinson Cole (tenor)
composed by John Knowles Paine

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Haydn: The Creation (1998) more music like this

performed by Brenda Harris (soprano), Carl Halvorson (tenor), Edward Brewer (harpsichord), John Cheek (bass), Fairfield County Chorale (choir, chorus), Amor Artis Orchestra, Johannes Somary (conductor)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn

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Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time more music like this

performed by Faye Robinson (soprano), John Cheek (bass), Jon Garrison (tenor), Sarah Walker (alto), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tippett (conductor)
composed by Michael Tippett

For fans of the music of Michael Tippett, the first great work -- the first work to establish him as a composer and the first work in which he is recognizably himself -- was his oratorio A Child of Our Time. Composed between 1939 and 1941 and premiered in London in 1944, A Child of Our Time combines the monumentality of Handel and the rhythms of ...

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Puccini: Tosca more music like this

performed by Andrea Velis (vocals), Dominick Martinez (vocals), Itzhak Perlman (vocals), John Cheek (vocals), Paul Hudson (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Renata Scotto (vocals), Renato Bruson (vocals), Renato Capecchi (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

EMI's 1980 recording of Tosca has many strengths, not the least of which is the brilliant and incisive conducting of James Levine. He leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a stellar performance that allows details of orchestration to emerge with great clarity. His emphasis on the score's many dramatic contrasts and mercurial moods highlights the ...

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Handel: Deidamia (2001) more music like this

performed by Brenda Harris (vocals), D'Anna Fortunato (vocals), John Cheek (vocals), Julianne Baird (vocals), Palmer Singers, Peter Castaldi (vocals), Rudolph Palmer (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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The Only Classical Album You Will Ever Need (2007) more music like this

performed by Antonio Beltrami (piano), Benita Valente (soprano), Camerate of St. Andrew, Florence Kopleff (contra-alto), Garrison Kent (piano), George Feyer (piano), George Gershwin (piano), I Solisti di Zagreb, Jan Tomasow (violin), Jeanne-Marie Darré (piano)
composed by Aaron Copland, Alexander Borodin, Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Aram Khachaturian, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, George Gershwin

Beware collections telling you that they represent all the music you'll ever need in a certain genre. It's even a bit irritating that labels put them out. Do art museums cannibalize their future attendance by claiming that thus-and-such exhibition is "the only show you'll ever need to see?" Certainly not -- it's only classical music marketers who ...

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Leonard Bernstein: Greatest Hits (1997) more music like this

performed by John Cheek (bass), Richard Stoltzman (vocals), Collegiate Chorale (choir, chorus)
composed by Leonard Bernstein

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Bernstein: Songfest; In Memoriam: Nathalie Koussevitzky; Symphony No. 1 (1993) more music like this

performed by John Cheek (bass), Leonard Slatkin (piano), Linda Hohenfeld (soprano), Nan Merriman (vocals), Patricia Spence (alto), Vernon Hartman (baritone), Walter Plante (tenor), Wendy White (mezzo-soprano), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
composed by Leonard Bernstein

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Menotti: The Consul (1998) more music like this

performed by Arianna Zukerman (vocals), David Cangelosi (vocals), Emily Golden (vocals), James Demler (vocals), John Cheek (vocals), John Davies (vocals), Joyce Castle (vocals), Michael Chioldi (vocals), Joel Revzen (conductor)
composed by Gian Carlo Menotti

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Puccini: Tosca more music like this

performed by Andrea Velis (tenor), Dominick Martinez (voices), Itzhak Perlman (bass), John Cheek (bass), Paul Hudson (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Renato Capecchi (baritone)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

EMI's 1980 recording of Tosca has many strengths, not the least of which is the brilliant and incisive conducting of James Levine. He leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a stellar performance that allows details of orchestration to emerge with great clarity. His emphasis on the score's many dramatic contrasts and mercurial moods highlights the ...

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Tippett: A Child of Our Time (1992) more music like this

performed by Faye Robinson (soprano), John Cheek (bass), Jon Garrison (tenor), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
composed by Michael Tippett

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Mozart: Requiem (1996) more music like this

performed by D'Anna Fortunato (mezzo-soprano), John Cheek (bass), Lorna Haywood (soprano), Patrick Romano (tenor), AmorArtis Chorus (choir, chorus), Amor Artis Orchestra, Johannes Somary (conductor)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (1994) more music like this

performed by Arthur Woodley (baritone), Jayne West (soprano), Jeffrey Johnson (bass), John Cheek (baritone), Jon Garrison (tenor), Melvin Lowery (tenor), Shirley Love (mezzo-soprano), Wendy White (mezzo-soprano), Gregg Smith Singers (choir, chorus)
composed by Igor Stravinsky

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Puccini: Tosca more music like this

performed by Andrea Velis (vocals), Dominick Martinez (vocals), Itzhak Perlman (vocals), John Cheek (vocals), Paul Hudson (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Renata Scotto (vocals), Renato Bruson (vocals), Renato Capecchi (vocals), St. Clement Danes School Choir
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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