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Performer: Sarah Connolly AN EVENING WITH THE ROYAL OPERA: (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | soprano | COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS: 120 Years of Song from... (Sarah Connolly) (Review by Huntley Dent) | mezzo-soprano | DUPARC: Chanson triste... (Sarah Connolly) (Review by Huntley Dent) | mezzo-soprano | MY TRUE LOVE HATH MY HEART: English Songs (Sarah Connolly) (Review by Alan Swanson) | mezzo-soprano | PARRY, HUBERT: Scenes from Shelley’s “Prometheus... (William Vann) (Review by Henry Fogel) | the Earth | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Cantatas Das neugeborne Kindelein, BWV 122, Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, Selig ist der Mann (Review by George Chien) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Cantatas No. 36, No. 61, No. 62 (Review by George Chien) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Christmas Cantatas (Review by George Chien) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: St. John Passion (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | alto | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: St. Matthew Passion (1727 version) (Review by James A. Altena) | alto | BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Ah! Perfido (Review by Brian Robins) | soprano | BENNETT, RICHARD RODNEY: A History of the Thé Dansant. Reflections on a Sixteenth Century Tune. Zodiac (Review by Jim Svejda) | mezzo-soprano | BLOW, JOHN: Chaconne in G (Review by Bertil van Boer) | mezzo-soprano | BRIDGE, FRANK: Cello Sonata (arr. Clément). There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook (arr. Britten). 3 Songs (Review by Phillip Scott) | mezzo-soprano | BRITTEN: Phaedra. A Charm of Lullabies. Lachrymae. 2 Portraits. Sinfonietta (Review by Ronald E. Grames) | mezzo-soprano | BRITTEN: The Rape of Lucretia (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | Lucretia | BRITTEN: The Rape of Lucretia (Review by Andrew Quint) | Lucretia | BURGON: Merciless Beauty. Cello Concerto (Review by Jeremy Marchant) | mezzo-soprano | BURGON: Viola Concerto (Ghosts of the Dance) (Review by Jeremy Marchant) | mezzo-soprano | DEAN, BRETT: Hamlet (Review by Huntley Dent) | Gertrude | DUPARC: Chanson triste. Soupir. Romance de Mignon. Sérénade. Le galop. Au pays où se fait la guerre. L’invitation au voyage. Le vague et la cloche. Extase. Élégie. Le manoir de Rosemonde. Sérénade Florentine. Lamento. Phydilé. Testament. La vie antérieure (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | DURUFLÉ, MAURICE: 4 Motets on Gregorian Themes (Review by George Chien) | mezzo-soprano | DURUFLÉ, MAURICE: Requiem (Review by George Chien) | mezzo-soprano | ELGAR: Sea Pictures. The Music Makers (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | mezzo-soprano | ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by Huntley Dent) | mezzo-soprano | ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by James A. Altena) | mezzo-soprano | ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius. Sea Pictures (Review by Steven Kruger) | mezzo-soprano | ELGAR: The Music Makers. The Spirit of England (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Au cimetière, op. 51/2 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Chanson d’amour, op. 27/1 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: C’est la paix, op. 114 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: En prière. La rançon, op. 8/2 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: La bonne chanson, op. 61 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Larmes, op. 51/1 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Les presents, op. 46/1 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: L’absent, op. 5/3 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: L’horizon chimérique, op. 118 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Nocturne, op. 43/2 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Pleurs d’or, op. 72 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Prison, op. 83/1 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Puisque j’ai mis ma levre. Noël, op. 43/1 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Seule!, op. 3/1 (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Vocalise (Review by David Cutler) | mezzo-soprano | GIBBONS, ORLANDO: Fantasy Suite in d (Review by Bertil van Boer) | mezzo-soprano | GRUNENWALD: Tu es Petrus. Psalm 129, “De profundis” (Review by George Chien) | mezzo-soprano | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Alcina (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | mezzo-soprano | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Giulio Cesare (Review by Barry Brenesal) | Giulio Cesare | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Giulio Cesare (Review by James Reel) | Giulio Cesare | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Heroes and Heroines (Review by Bernard Jacobson) | mezzo-soprano | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Saul (Review by Jonathan Woolf) | David | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Berenice, che fai? (Review by Brian Robins) | soprano | KORNGOLD, ERICH: Sonnett für Wien. 4 Abschiedslieder. 3 Lieder, op. 18. 3 Lieder, op. 22. 4 Shakespeare Songs. Unvergänglichkeit. Songs of the Clown. 5 Lieder, op. 38 (Review by Robert Markow) | mezzo-soprano | LOCKE, MATTHEW: The Tempest (Review by Bertil van Boer) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Das Lied von der Erde (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Das Lied von der Erde (Review by Huntley Dent) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Review by Christopher Abbot) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Review by Christopher Abbot) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Rückert-Lieder. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Kindertotenlieder (Review by Huntley Dent) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Rückert-Lieder. Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. Kindertotenlieder (Review by Ken Meltzer) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 (Review by Christopher Abbot) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 (Review by Raymond Tuttle) | mezzo-soprano | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | mezzo-soprano | MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL, FANNY: Wenn ich in deine Augen sehe. Sehnsucht. Suleika und Hatem. Das Heimweh. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai. Aus meinen Tränen spriessen (Review by Raymond Beegle) | mezzo-soprano | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elijah (Review by Huntley Dent) | Angel I | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elijah (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | mezzo-soprano | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elijah (Review by Huntley Dent) | Queen | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Gruss. Sonntagslied. Entsagung. Die Sterne schau'n in stiller Nacht. Frühlingslied. Schifflied. Altendeutsches Lied. Keinen von der Erde Schönen. Schlafloser Augen Leuchte. Suleika. Der Mond. Wie kann ich froh und lustig sein?. Abendlied. Morgenlied. Im Frühling. Romanze. Tröstung. Pilgerspruch. Minnelied im Mai. Nachtlied (Review by Raymond Beegle) | mezzo-soprano | MOZART: Mass in c (Review by Brian Robins) | soprano | OFFENBACH: Fantasio (Review by Joel Kasow) | Fantasio | PURCELL, HENRY: Chaconne (Review by Bertil van Boer) | mezzo-soprano | PURCELL, HENRY: Dido and Aeneas (Review by Barry Brenesal) | Dido | PURCELL, HENRY: Dido and Aeneas (Review by James Reel) | Dido | PURCELL, HENRY: Draw near, you lovers. If music be the food of love. Love, thou art best. My dearest, may fairest. Music for a while. O solitude, my sweetest choice. Oh, fair Cedaria. Oh, the sweet delights of love. One charming night. Sweeter than roses. The plaint. They shall be as happy (Review by Bertil van Boer) | mezzo-soprano | RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Hippolyte et Aricie (Review by Daniel Morrison) | Phèdre | RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Hippolyte et Aricie (Review by Daniel Morrison) | Phèdre | RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Les Fêtes d’Hébé (Review by David Johnson) | Llphise | RAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE: Les Fêtes d’Hébé (Review by David Johnson) | Sapho | SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Dank, op. 1/1. 4 Songs, op. 2. Warnung, op. 3/3. Die Aufgeregten, op. 3/2. Geübtes Herz, op. 3/5. Lockung, op. 6/7. Traumleben, op. 6/1. 2 Ballades, op. 12. Das Buch der Hängenden Gärten, op. 15 (Review by James H. North) | mezzo-soprano | SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD: Songs (Review by James H. North) | mezzo-soprano | SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben (Review by Marc Mandel) | mezzo-soprano | SCHUMANN: Lieder (Review by Marc Mandel) | mezzo-soprano | SCHUMANN: Mein schöner Stern! Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart. Requiem. Liederkreis (op. 39) (Review by Marc Mandel) | mezzo-soprano | TIPPETT, MICHAEL: A Child of Our Time (Review by Huntley Dent) | mezzo-soprano | TIPPETT, MICHAEL: A Child of Our Time (Review by Ken Meltzer) | mezzo-soprano | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sir John in Love (Review by James Miller) | Mrs. Ford | VIVALDI, ANTONIO: Juditha Triumphans (Review by Brian Robins) | Abra | WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Walküre (Review by Colin Clarke) | Fricka | WAGNER, RICHARD: Tristan und Isolde (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | Brangäne | WAGNER, RICHARD: Tristan und Isolde (Review by Andrew Quint) | Brangäne |
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