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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 -
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 -
Mozart: Sacred Music (1995)
performed by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), George Malcolm (organ), Helen Watts (alto), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Philip Ledger (organ), Robert Tear (tenor), Schola Cantorum of Oxford (choir, chorus)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
Handel: Samson (1993)
performed by Alexander Oliver (vocals), Benjamin Luxon (bass), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Felicity Lott (vocals), Gerald Ruddock (trumpet), Helen Watts (alto), Janet Baker (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Leslie Pearson (organ)
composed by George Frederick Handel -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2016)
performed by Delia Wallis (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Frank Patterson (tenor), Gillian Knight (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), John Constable (organ), John Constable (harpsichord), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Josephine Veasey (soprano)
composed by Henry Purcell -
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Vivaldi: Glorias; Dixit Dominus; Magnificat; Beatus vir (1995)
performed by Andrew King (tenor), Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano), David Briggs (organ), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Helen Watts (contralto), Ian Partridge (tenor), Isobel Buchanan (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi -
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 -
Arnold Schoenberg: Serenade; Five Pieces For Orchestra (1993)
performed by Alain Neveux (piano), André Saint-Clivier (mandolin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Guy Arnaud (clarinet), Jacques Ghestem (violin), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Marie-Therese Ghirardi (guitar), Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain
composed by Arnold Schoenberg -
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Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58; Legends, Op. 59
performed by Anna Reynolds (alto), Edith Mathis (soprano), Elmar Schloter (organ), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Wieslaw Ochman (tenor), Bavarian Radio Chorus (choir, chorus), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
composed by Antonin Dvorák -
Britten Conducts Britten [7 CDs] (2007)
performed by Alexander Murray (flute), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Benjamin Britten (piano), Denis Blyth (tympani [timpani]), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Julius Katchen (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Delius: Sea Drift; Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; Holst: The Hymn of Jesus (1995)
performed by John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Peter Pears (tenor), Yvonne Minton (vocals), BBC Theatre Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus), King's College Choir of Cambridge (choir, chorus), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst -
Berlioz: Complete Orchestral Works (1997)
performed by Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Denis Wick (trombone), John Constable (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), José Carreras (tenor), Nobuko Imai (viola), Renata Scheffel-Stein (harp), Robert Tear (tenor), Roy Jowitt (clarinet), Thomas Allen (baritone)
composed by Hector Berlioz -
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethe's "Faust" (2004)
performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Robert Schumann -
Music by Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Holst (1996)
performed by Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Ralph Downes (organ), Wilfred Brown (tenor), King's College Choir of Cambridge (choir, chorus), Purcell Singers (choir, chorus), English Chamber Orchestra
composed by Gerald Finzi, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams -
Britten: Gloriana (1993)
performed by Alan Opie (vocals), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Christopher Cornall (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Dominic Gill (vocals), James Miller-Coburn (vocals), Janice Watson (vocals), Jenevora Williams (vocals), John Mark Ainsley (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten -
Schönberg: Das Chorwerk (1990)
performed by Christopher van Kampen (cello), Gunter Reich, James Ellis (mandolin), John Constable (piano), John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Collins (clarinet), Nona Liddell (violin), Roger Chase (viola), BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Arnold Schoenberg -
Vaughan Williams: Hodie & Fantasia on Christmas Carols (2000)
performed by Gavin Williams (organ), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Barrow (baritone), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Philip Ledger (organ), Richard Lewis (tenor), Bach Choir (choir, chorus), Choir of Westminster Abbey (choir, chorus)
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams -
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
