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Performer: Heather Harper

THE HIDDEN HEART—A LIFE OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN AND PETER PEARS: Excerpts from War Requiem, Peter Grimes, Death in Venice (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

soprano 

OTTO KLEMPERER: THE WARNER CLASSICS REMASTERED... (Otto Klemperer) (Review by Ken Meltzer)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Ich liebe dich. Kennst du das Land? Wonne der Wehmut. Six Gellert-Lieder, Op. 48 (Review by Paul Turok)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Missa Solemnis in D, op. 123. Mass in C, op. 86 (Review by Elliott Kaback)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Missa Solemnis (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Missa Solemnis (Review by Jerry Dubins)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Songs (Review by Paul Turok)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphonies (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (“Choral“) (Review by William Zagorski)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 (“Choral“) (Review by Bernard Jacobson)

soprano 

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The Nine Symphonies. Overtures (Review by Jon Tuska)

soprano 

BERKELEY, MICHAEL: Or Shall We Die? (Review by John Ditsky)

soprano 

BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire (Review by Christopher Abbot)

soprano 

BLISS, ARTHUR: Madam Noy. The Enchantress. The Beatitudes (Review by David DeBoor Canfield)

soprano 

BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45 (Review by William H. Youngren)

soprano 

BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Liebeslieder Waltzes, op. 52 (Review by Henry Fogel)

soprano 

BRITTEN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Review by Huntley Dent)

Helena 

BRITTEN: Our Hunting Fathers (Review by Paul Ingram)

soprano 

BRITTEN: Our Hunting Fathers. (Review by Colin Anderson)

soprano 

BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Review by John W. N. Francis)

Ellen Orford 

BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Review by Joel Kasow)

Ellen Orford 

BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Review by Paul Ingram)

Ellen Orford 

BRITTEN: Peter Grimes (Review by John W. N. Francis)

soprano 

BRITTEN: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (Review by John Yohalem)

Ellen Orford 

BRITTEN: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (Review by John Yohalem)

soprano 

BRITTEN: The Turn of the Screw Op. 54 (Review by John Ditsky)

soprano 

BRITTEN: The Turn of the Screw (Review by Huntley Dent)

Miss Jessel 

BRITTEN: War Requiem (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

soprano 

BRITTEN: War Requiem (Review by Ronald E. Grames)

soprano 

BRITTEN: War Requiem (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

BRITTEN: War Requiem, op. 66. Nocturne, op. 60. Our Hunting Fathers, op. 8 (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

BRITTEN: War Requiem. Sinfonia da Requiem. Ballad of Heroes (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

BRUCKNER, ANTON: Mass No. 3 in F Minor. Te Deum (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

soprano 

BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 6. Te Deum (Review by Robert McColley)

soprano 

BUSONI, FERRUCCIO: Comedy Overture (Boult, London PO, Live (Review by James A. Altena)

Duchess Of Parma 

BUSONI, FERRUCCIO: Comedy Overture (Boult, London PO, Live (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

Duchess Of Parma 

BUSONI, FERRUCCIO: Doktor Faust (concert abridgement) (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

Duchess Of Parma 

BUSONI, FERRUCCIO: Doktor Faust (concert abridgement) (Review by Ronald E. Grames)

Duchess Of Parma 

BUSONI, FERRUCCIO: Doktor Faust. Arlecchino (Review by James A. Altena)

Duchess Of Parma 

BUSONI, FERRUCCIO: Doktor Faust. Arlecchino (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

Duchess Of Parma 

CAVALLI: La Didone (Review by Beverly Simmons)

soprano 

DELIUS: Requiem, for Soprano and Baritone Solo, Chorus, and Orchestra. Idyll, for Soprano, Baritone, and Orchestra (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

ELGAR: Introduction and Allegro. Enigma Variations (Review by Colin Anderson)

soprano 

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzances Overtures (Review by John Bauman)

alto 

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: The Pirates of Penzances Overtures (Review by John Bauman)

Edith 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Israel in Egypt (Review by Anthony D. Coggi)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by Arthur Lintgen)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by Huntley Dent)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

soprano 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (Review by Bernard Jacobson)

soprano 

HARTY: The Children of Lir. Ode to a Nightingale (Review by John Bauman)

soprano 

HARTY: The Children of Lir—Poem for Orchestra. Ode to a Nightingale, for Soprano and Orchestra (Review by John Ditsky)

soprano 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mass No. 10 in C, “Mass in Time of War” (Review by James H. North)

soprano 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mass in Time of War. Insanae et vanae curae (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (in English) (Review by Paul Turok)

soprano 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

soprano 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by James H. North)

soprano 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Seasons (Review by John Bauman)

Jane 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Seasons (Review by John Bauman)

soprano 

HOLST, GUSTAV: Choral Symphony, op. 47. Choral Fantasia, op. 51 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphonies (Review by Arthur Lintgen)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (“Resurrection“) (Review by Philip Hart)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 in C minor (“Resurrection“) (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection” (Review by Paul Ingram)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 3 in D minor. Das Klagende Lied (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 In G (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 in G (Review by Jon Tuska)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4 (Review by Christopher Abbot)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in E♭ (“Symphony of One Thousand“). Symphony No. 10 in F minor (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in E♭ (“Symphony of a Thousand“) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Christopher Abbot)

Magna Peccatrix 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Christopher Abbot)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Christopher Abbot)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 (Review by Arthur Lintgen)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand“ (Review by Andrew Quint)

soprano 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9 in D (Review by William H. Youngren)

soprano 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

MONTEVERDI: Se vittorie si belle; O sia tranquillo; Quel squardo; Zefiro torno; Chiome d'oro (Review by Beverly Simmons)

soprano 

MOZART: Don Giovanni (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

Donna Elvira 

MOZART: Idomeneo (Review by Henry Fogel)

Ilia 

MOZART: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Review by David L. Kirk)

Ilia 

MOZART: Idomeneo, re di Creta, K 466 (Review by George Jellinek)

Illia 

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by Huntley Dent)

Barbarina 

MOZART: Requiem (Review by George Chien)

soprano 

OFFENBACH: Les contes d’Hoffmann (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

Antonia 

PURCELL, HENRY: Dido and Aeneas (Review by J. F. Weber)

Belinda 

PURCELL, HENRY: Dido and Aeneas (Review by J. F. Weber)

soprano 

PURCELL, HENRY: King Arthur (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

soprano 

RAVEL: Shéhérazade (Harper). Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (Gomez). Chansons madécasses (Norman). Don Quichotte a Dulcinée (van Dam). Cinq Mélodies Populaire Grecques (van Dam) (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

RAVEL: Shéhérazade . Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé . Chansons madécasses ; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée . Cinq Mélodies Populaire Grecques (Review by Vincent Alfano)

soprano 

RAVEL: Shéhérazade. Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé. Chansons madécasses. Don Quichotte à Dulcinée. Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques (Review by David Johnson)

soprano 

RAVEL: Songs (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

RAVEL: Songs (Review by Vincent Alfano)

soprano 

ROSSINI: From Les Soirées Musicales (Review by Henry Fogel)

soprano 

SCHUBERT: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Review by Henry Fogel)

soprano 

SCHUBERT: Die Allmacht. Der Jüngling an der Quelle. Lachen und Weinen. Nacht und Träume. Rastlose Liebe. Du bist die Ruh. Nachtviolen. An die Musik (Review by Paul Turok)

soprano 

SCHUBERT: Songs (Review by Paul Turok)

soprano 

STRAUSS, RICHARD: Das Bächlein, op. 88, no. 1. Die heil'gen drei Könige, op. 56, no. 6. Das Rosenband, op. 36, no. 1. An die Nacht, op. 68, no. 1. Morgen, op. 27, no. 4. Der Arbeitsman, op. 39, no. 3. Traum durch die Dämmerdung, op. 29, no. 1. Meine Auge, op. 37, no. 4. Zueignung, op. 10, no. 1. Befreit, op. 39, no. 4. Des Dichters Abendgang, op. 47, no. 2. Ich liebe dich, op. 37, no. 2 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

STRAUSS, RICHARD: Four Last Songs. Orchestral Songs (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

soprano 

SULLIVAN: Iolanthe (Review by James Camner)

Leila 

SULLIVAN: Overture in C. (Review by John Bauman)

alto 

SULLIVAN: Overture in C. (Review by John Bauman)

Edith 

SULLIVAN: Patience (Review by James Camner)

Lady Ella 

TCHAIKOVSKY: 4 Duets, from op. 46 (Review by Henry Fogel)

soprano 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: King Priam (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

Hecuba 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: King Priam (Review by John Ditsky)

Hecuba 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: King Priam (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

Hecuba 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: King Priam (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

soprano 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: King Priam (Review by John Ditsky)

soprano 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: King Priam (Review by Raymond Tuttle)

soprano 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: The Four Symphonies (Review by Paul A. Snook)

soprano 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: The Ice Break (Review by Nicholas Deutsch)

Nadia 

TIPPETT, MICHAEL: The Ice Break (Review by Nicholas Deutsch)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) (Review by John D. Wiser)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (Review by Royal S. Brown)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony (Review by Robert McColley)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Tudor Portraits. Benedicite. Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (Review by John Ditsky)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sinfonia Antarctica (Review by Royal S. Brown)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies (Review by Robert McColley)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 1 (“A Sea Symphony“) (Review by James Miller)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 3 ( “A Pastoral Symphony'). Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra in F Minor (Review by Royal S. Brown)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 3 (“A Pastoral Symphony“)'. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (Review by Robert McColley)

soprano 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 3, “Pastoral.“ Symphony No. 4 in f (Review by Paul Ingram)

soprano 

WAGNER, RICHARD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Review by Bernard Jacobson)

soprano 

WAGNER, RICHARD: Lohengrin (Review by William H. Youngren)

Elsa 

WAGNER, RICHARD: Lohengrin (Review by James A. Altena)

Elsa 

WAGNER, RICHARD: Lohengrin (Review by Huntley Dent)

Elsa 

WALTON, WILLIAM: All This Time (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar’s Feast (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Coronation Te Deum (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Drop, Drop Slow Tears (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Façade. A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table (Review by John Ditsky)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Jubilate Deo (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Make We Joy In This Fest (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Set Me as a Seal Upon Thine Heart (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: The 12 (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: What Cheer? A Song for the Lord Mayor’s Table. 3 Sitwell Songs (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Where Does the Uttered Music Go? Missa Brevis (Review by Steven Kruger)

soprano 

WEBERN: Complete Works, Vol. I (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

soprano 

 

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