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Performer: Benjamin Luxon TWO GENTLEMEN FOLK: Sweet Nightingale. The Tinker. The Leaving of Liverpool. She's Like the Swallow. Dance to Your Daddy. The Ash Grove. San Francisco Bay. Danny Boy. White-haired Cassidy. The Cuckoo. Leatherwing Bat. Turkey in the Straw. The Flowers of the Forest. Bold Nelson. Eddystone Light. Waly Waly. Waltzing Matilda. The Wabash Cannonball (Review by John Bauman) | singer | SIMPLE GIFTS. British and American Folk Songs: The Fox. Four Loom Weaver. Foggy Foggy Dew. Turtle Dove. Old Paint—The Carter. Johnny I Hardly Knew You. October Winds. She Moved Through the Fair. Get Up and Go. Old Joe Clark. I Will Give My Love an Apple—/ Gave My Love a Cherry. Simple Gifts—Lord of the Dance (Review by George Chien) | baritone | SIMPLE GIFTS. British and American Folk Songs: The Fox. Four Loom Weaver. Foggy, Foggy Dew. Turtle Dove-Poor Little Turtle Dove. Old Paint-The Carter. Johnny I Hardly Knew You. October Winds. She Moved Through the Fair. Get Up and Go. Old Joe Clark. I Will Give My Love an Apple—I Gave My Love a Cherry. Simple Gifts—Lord of the Dance (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | BENJAMIN LUXON AND BILL CROFUT SING FOLK SONGS AT TANGLEWOOD. SIMPLE GIFTS: The Fox. I'm Certain/Texas Girl. Courtin' in the Kitchen/Clara Nolen's Ball. Devil's Wife. Old Joe Clark. Old Blue. Talking Blues. Johnny I Hardly Knew You. Simple Gifts/Lord of the Dance. All Through the Nighť. The Fox. Four Loom Weaver. Foggy, Foggy Dew. Turtle Dove. Old Paint/The Carter. October Winds. She Moved Through the Fair. Get Up and Go. Old Joe Clark. I Gave My Love an Apple/I Gave My Love a Cherry. Simple Gifts/Lord of the Dance (Review by John Bauman) | singer | ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. Folksongs of America and the British Isles: The Tinker-Little Beggarman. Cold Blows the Wind Today, Sweetheart. One Morning in May. St. James Hospital. Streets of Laredo. Loch Lomond. Way Out There. Down by the Sally Gardens. Dance to Your Daddy. All Through the Night (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | A GILBERT AND SULLIVAN GALA: lolanthe (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | VICTORIAN SONGS AND BALLADS (2 volumes): (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | WALTON, WILLIAM: Coronation Te Deum... (Georg Solti) (Review by Steven Kruger) | baritone | ALWYN: Miss Julie—Opera in Two Acts (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | ALWYN: Miss Julie—Opera in Two Acts (Review by John Ditsky) | Jean | BACH/ELGAR: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | bass | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Magnificat, BWV 243 (Review by George Chien) | bass | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV244 (Review by Edward Strickland) | bass | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (Review by Edward Strickland) | baritone | BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: The Passion According to St. Matthew, BWV 244 (Review by Howard Kornblum) | baritone | BLANEY: Mr. Bear (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | BRAHE: Bless This House (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | BRITTEN: British Folksong Arrangements (8). Three Early Songs. Tit for Tat. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | BRITTEN: War Requiem, op. 66 (Review by J. F. Weber) | baritone | BUSH: Song Cycles (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from “A Shropshire Lad.“ Bredon Hill. O Fair enough are Sky and Plain. When the Lad for Longing Sighs. On the idle Hill of Summer. With Rue My Heart is Laden (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | BUTTERWORTH: Songs (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | CLARKE, CUTHBERT: Dan McGrew (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | DELIUS: Seven Songs from the Norwegian (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | baritone | DELIUS: Songs (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | baritone | DIX, J. AIRLIE: The Trumpeter (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | DONALDSON, WALTER: My Buddy (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | ELGAR: Pleading, Op. 48, No. 1. Two Songs, Op. 31. Arabian Serenade. Songs, Op. 59 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | baritone | ELGAR: Songs (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | baritone | ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49. The Light of Life, Op. 29 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | bass | ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49. The Light of Life, Op. 29 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | St. Peter | ELGAR: The Apostles. The Light of Life (Review by Walter Simmons) | bass | ELGAR: The Apostles. The Light of Life (Review by Walter Simmons) | St. Peter | ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by Walter Simmons) | baritone | ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (Review by Walter Simmons) | baritone | ELGAR: The Kingdom (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | bass | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem (Review by Barry Brenesal) | baritone | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, Op. 48. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, Op. 48. Messe basse (Review by Paul Turok) | baritone | FOSTER, STEPHEN: Beautiful Dreamer. I Dream of Jeanie (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: Ruddigore (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | GLOVER: The fíose of Tralee (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | GRAY, WILLIAM B.: The Volunteer Organist (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | GURNEY: Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes. The Apple Orchard. The Fields are Full. The Two Corbies. Severn Meadows. Desire in Spring. Ha'nacker Mill. Down by the Salley Gardens. The Scribe. Hawk and Buckle. On the Downs. The Fiddler of Dooney. In Flanders. The Folly of Being Comforted. I Praise the Tender Flower. Black Stitchel. An Epitaph. By A Bierside. Cranham Woods. Sleep (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | GURNEY: Songs (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | HANDEL/ELGAR: Overture in D Minor (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | bass | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Acts (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | Polyphemus | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Acts (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | voice | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Alcina (Review by Ken Meltzer) | baritone | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Alcina (Review by Bertil van Boer) | baritone | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman) | bass | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | baritone | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by John Yohalem) | bass | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by Anthony D. Coggi) | Harapha | HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by John Yohalem) | Harapha | HARRIS, CHARLES K.: Break the News to Mother (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | HARRISON, DENHAM: Give Me a Ticket to Heaven (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | HARRISON, LOU: In the Gloaming (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Il Ritorno di Tobia (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Il Ritorno di Tobia (Review by John Bauman) | Tobit | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: L'incontro improvviso (The Unforeseen Encounter) (Review by John Bauman) | baritone | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: L'incontro improvviso (The Unforeseen Encounter) (Review by John Bauman) | Calandro | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: L'incontro improvviso (Review by William H. Youngren) | Calandro | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mariazeller Mass (No. 6); Little Organ Mass (No. 5); Four Pieces for Mechanical Clock (Review by J. F. Weber) | bass | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Orlando palodino (Review by William H. Youngren) | Rodomonte | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by Mortimer H. Frank) | bass | HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by James H. North) | bass | HOWELLS, HERBERT: An Old Man's Lullaby. Here She Lies. O Garlands. Two South African Settings. Upon a Summer's Day. By the Hearth-stone. Blaweary. Three Folksongs'. Sweet Content''. A Garland for de la Mare“. Peacock Pie, op. 33. Four French Chansons, op. 29'. In Green Ways, op. 43'. Old Meg' Three Children's Songs'. Four Songs, op. 22. Lost Love. O, My Deir Hert. Come Sing and Dance. The Mugger's Song“. The Little Boy Lost“ The Restful Branches MallyO!“ Old Skinflint. King David Gavotte Flood Goddess of the Night (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | baritone | HOWELLS, HERBERT: Songs (Complete) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: 3 Songs (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: 5 16th-Century Poems (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: 5 Poems by Thomas Hardy (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Blow out you bugles (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: During music (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Great Things (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Hope the Hornblower (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: I have 12 oxen (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: If there were dreams (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: If we must part (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Marigold (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Santa Chiara (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Sea Fever (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Songs Sacred and Profane (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Songs of a Wayfarer (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Songs—Volume I (21); Volume II (26) (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Spring Sorrow (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: The Journey (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: The bells of San Marie (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: The merry month of May (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Tryst (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Tutto e sciolto (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: Vagabond (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: We’ll to the woods no more (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: When I am dead (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | IRELAND, JOHN: When lights go rolling (Review by Ian Lace) | baritone | JACOBS-BOND, CARRIE: Just a Wearyin' for You (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | KORNGOLD, ERICH: Die tote Stadt (Review by James H. North) | Frank | KORNGOLD, ERICH: Die tote Stadt— Opera in Three Acts, op. 12 (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | KORNGOLD, ERICH: Die tote Stadt— Opera in Three Acts, op. 12 (Review by John Ditsky) | Frank | LESLIE: Anna-belle Lee (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat (Symphony of a Thousand) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz) | baritone | MCCALL, J.P.: Boots (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elias (Review by James Miller) | bass | MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elijah, Op. 70 (Review by James Miller) | baritone | MOLLOY: Love's Old Sweet Song (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Review by Brian Robins) | Ulisse | MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | Ulisse | MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Review by Barry Brenesal) | Ulisse | MOZART: Die Zauberflöte (Review by Bob Rose) | Papageno | MOZART: Die Zauberflöte (Review by David L. Kirk) | Papageno | MOZART: Don Giovanni (Review by David L. Kirk) | Don Giovanni | MOZART: Don Giovanni (Review by James A. Altena) | Don Giovanni | MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by David L. Kirk) | Count Almaviva | MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by James A. Altena) | Count Almaviva | MOZART: Mass in C Minor, K. 427 (“Great“) (Review by J. F. Weber) | baritone | PENN: Smilid Through (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | PEPPER: Over the Rolling Sea (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | PETHER: Puzzled (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | PETRIE: Asleep in the Deep (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | QUILTER: Songs (Review by David Claris) | baritone | QUILTER: Three Songs, op. 3 (Review by David Claris) | baritone | SANDERSON: Friend o'Mine (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | baritone | SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang, D. 957 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | baritone | SCHUBERT: Winterreise, D. 911 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano) | baritone | SPEAKS: The Road to Mandalay (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | SPROSS: Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | STANFORD, CHARLES VILLIERS: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91. Songs of the Fleet, Op. 117 (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Oedipus Rex (Review by Neil Levenson) | The Messenger | STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Symphonie de Psaumes (revised version 1948) (Review by George Chien) | bass | SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | TOSTI: Parted (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | TRADITIONAL: Danny Boy. The Floral Dance (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Riders to the Sea. Folk Song Arrangements (il) (Review by John Ditsky) | baritone | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Riders to the Sea. Folk Song Arrangements (il) (Review by John Ditsky) | Bartley | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Falstaff (Review by Barry Brenesal) | Ford | VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Falstaff (Review by Lynn René Bayley) | Ford | WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar's Feast. Henry V (Review by Vincent Alfano) | baritone | WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar's Feast; Coronation Te Deum (Review by Benjamin Pernick) | baritone | WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzer’s Feast (Review by Arthur Lintgen) | baritone | WARLOCK: Songs (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | baritone | WARLOCK: The Wind from the West. Whenas the Rye. My Gostly Fader. Lullaby. As Ever I Saw. Take, O Take Those Lips Away. The Bayly Berith the Bell Away. Sweet Content. Mourn no Moe. There is a Lady Sweet and Kind. Play-Acting. Captain Stratton's Fancy. Mr. Belloc's Fancy. Late Summer. Hey, Troly Loly Lo. The Bachelor. Rest, Sweet Nymphs. Piggesnie. Sleep. Autumn Twilight. Milkmaids. Two Short Songs (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | baritone | WATSON, MICHAEL: Anchored (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | WEILL, KURT: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik. Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12. Mahagonny Songspiel (“Das kleine Mahagonny“) (Review by John D. Wiser) | baritone | WEILL, KURT: The Seven Deadly Sins (arr. Brückner-Rüggeberg). The Berlin Requiem (ed. David Drew) (Review by Adrian Corleonis) | baritone | WILLIAMS, BERT: Nobody (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone | WOODFORDE-FINDEN, AMY: Kashmiri Song (Review by James Miller) | bass baritone |
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