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Mahler: Symphony No. 8
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass), René Kollo (tenor), Vienna Boys' Choir (boy's choir), Vienna State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler -
Handel: Messiah (1993)
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), John Wakefield (tenor), Leslie Pearson (harpsichord), Ralph Downes (organ), William Lang (trumpet), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra
composed by George Frederick Handel -
Handel: Judas Maccabeus (1992)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Christopher Keyte (bass baritone), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Jean Temperley (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Patricia Clark (soprano), Amor Artis Chamber Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by George Frederick Handel -
Mozart: Great Choral Works (1994)
performed by Alan Harverson (organ), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Gillian Knight (alto), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), John Constable (organ), Ryland Davies (tenor), Stafford Dean (bass), Yvonne Minton (alto), John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
Britten: Peter Grimes (1978)
performed by Anne Pashley (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (contralto), Forbes Robinson (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), John Dobson (tenor), John Lanigan (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
performed by Arleen Augér (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Lucia Popp (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass), René Kollo (tenor), Yvonne Minton (contralto), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler -
Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies (2004)
performed by Alex Taylor (viola), Anthony Camden (cor anglais), Anthony Halstead (horn), Douglas Cummings (cello), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Heather Harper (soprano), James Buswell (violin), John Fletcher (tuba), John Georgiadis (violin)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
Bach: St. John Passion (1995)
performed by Adam Skeaping (viola da gamba), Adrian Beers (double bass), Adrian Thompson (vocals), Alfreda Hodgson (vocals), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Gwynne Howell (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), James Brown (oboe), Jenny Hill (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
Britten: War Requiem; Sinfonia da Requiem; Ballad of Heroes (1991)
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Roderick Elms (organ), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), St. Paul's Cathedral Choristers (choir, chorus), Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Anton Webern: Complete Works (1991)
performed by Abraham Weinstein (saxophone), Barry McDaniel (baritone), Charles Rosen (piano), Colin Bradbury (clarinet), Daniel Majeske (violin), Halina Lukomska (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Isaac Stern (violin), John Williams (guitar)
composed by Anton Webern -
André Previn Conducts Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; Violin Concerto; Bass Tuba Concerto; 3 Portraits (2016)
performed by Heather Harper (soprano), James Buswell (violin), John Fletcher (tuba), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Sir Ralph Richardson (speech/speaker/speaking part), London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
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The Best Choral Album in the World...Ever! (1999)
performed by Charles Brett (alto), Daniel Sladden (bass), David Bell (organ), David Corkhill (percussion), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Gerald Finley (cantor), Heather Harper (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), James Morris (bass)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Amadeo Vives, Antonio Vivaldi, Carl Orff, César Franck, Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Gregorian Chant, Gregorio Allegri, Hector Berlioz -
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1990)
performed by Alfred Deller (vocals), David Kelly (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Josephine Veasey (vocals), Keith Raggett (vocals), Kenneth MacDonald (vocals), Norman Lumsden (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (1991)
performed by Anne Pashley (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (vocals), Heather Harper (soprano), John Dobson (baritone), John Lanigan (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Theodora (1992)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Harold Lester (harpsichord), Heather Harper (soprano), John Lawrenson (baritone), Maureen Forrester (counter tenor), Maureen Lehane (counter tenor), Amor Artis Chamber Choir (choir, chorus), English Chamber Orchestra
composed by George Frederick Handel -
Bruckner: Masses 2 & 3; Te Deum; 5 Motets (2003)
performed by Anna Reynolds (contralto), Anne Pashley (soprano), Birgit Finnila (contralto), Don Garrard (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), Marius Rintzler (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus), New Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Anton Bruckner -
Christmas in Oxford
performed by Magnus Williamson (organ), Paul Brough (piano), Magdalen College Choir, Oxford (choir, chorus), John Harper (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Arthur Sullivan, Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Gustav Holst, Henry Smart, John Bacchus Dykes, John Goss, John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Joseph Barnby, Kenneth Leighton, Patrick Hadley, Thomas Ravenscroft, William Byrd -
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Best Classics 50 (2010)
performed by Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Cécile Ousset (piano), Christian Ferras (violin), David Bell (organ), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Heinz Hoppe (tenor), Henriette Puig-Roget (organ), Horacio Gutiérrez (piano)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Antonio Vivaldi, Aram Khachaturian, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Giuseppe Verdi -
Haydn: The Creation; Missa in tempore belli (2007)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Andrew Davis (organ), Heather Harper (soprano), James Blades (tympani [timpani]), James Lancelot (harpsichord), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Keith Harvey (cello), Pamela Bowden (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn -
Britten: Owen Wingrave; Six Hölderlin fragments; The Poet's Echo (1993)
performed by Benjamin Britten (piano), Benjamin Luxon (vocals), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Heather Harper (vocals), Janet Baker (vocals), Jennifer Vyvyan (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano), Nigel Douglas (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Britten: The Rape of Lucretia; Phaedra (1990)
performed by Benjamin Luxon (vocals), Bryan Drake (vocals), Elizabeth Bainbridge (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), Janet Baker (soprano), Janet Baker (vocals), Jenny Hill (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra
composed by Benjamin Britten -
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Handel: Judas Maccabeus (1992)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (choir, chorus), Johannes Somary (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel
