DISCOGRAPHY
“Sarah Connolly impresses most, precisely characterising every mood with great purity and beauty of tone. She here confirms her position as one of today’s great Mahlerians – and as such makes this a very special disc indeed.”
Guy Weatherall, Classical Music (Editor’s Choice)
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT 'A History of the Thé Dansant'
Label: Chandos
Release Date: April 2019
Release Date: April 2019
ELGAR 'The Music Makers'
Label: Chandos
Release Date: November 2018
Release Date: November 2018
'A Walk with Ivor Gurney'
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 19th October 2018
Release Date: 19th October 2018
'Come to Me in My Dreams'
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 01 Jul 18
Mezzo-soprano: Dame Sarah Connolly
Piano: Joseph Middleton
120 Years of Song from the Royal College of Music
Release Date: 01 Jul 18
Mezzo-soprano: Dame Sarah Connolly
Piano: Joseph Middleton
120 Years of Song from the Royal College of Music
ELGAR 'The Dream of Gerontius' & 'Sea Pictures'
Release Date: 13 Oct 14
Winner, Best Choral Recording (BBC Music Magazine & Gramophone Magazine)
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Stuart Skelton
Bass: David Soar
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis
Winner, Best Choral Recording (BBC Music Magazine & Gramophone Magazine)
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Stuart Skelton
Bass: David Soar
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Andrew Davis
HANDEL 'Duets'
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 01 Jan 13
Soprano: Rosemary Joshua
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
The English Concert/Harry Bicket
Release Date: 01 Jan 13
Soprano: Rosemary Joshua
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
The English Concert/Harry Bicket
HANDEL'Saul'
Label: Coro
Release Date: 25 Dec 12
Saul: Christopher Purves
David: Sarah Connolly
Jonathan: Robert Murray
Michal: Joelle Harvey
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
Release Date: 25 Dec 12
Saul: Christopher Purves
David: Sarah Connolly
Jonathan: Robert Murray
Michal: Joelle Harvey
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers
BRITTEN
Label: Chandos
MAHLER 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Release Date: 25 Oct 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Baritone: Dietrich Henschel
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées/Philippe Herreweghe
Release Date: 25 Oct 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Baritone: Dietrich Henschel
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées/Philippe Herreweghe
MAHLER 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen'
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 30 Oct 12
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Vladimir Jurowski
Release Date: 30 Oct 12
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Vladimir Jurowski
ELGAR 'Sea Pictures' & 'The Music Makers'
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 08 Jan 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Simon Wright
Release Date: 08 Jan 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Simon Wright
MAHLER 'Das Lied von der Erde'
Label: LPO Live
Release Date: 29 Oct 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Toby Spence
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Release Date: 29 Oct 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Toby Spence
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
SCHUMANN 'Songs of Love & Loss'
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 28 Oct 12
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Piano: Eugene Asti
Release Date: 28 Oct 12
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Piano: Eugene Asti
'My True Love Hath My Heart'
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 26 Sep 11
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Piano: Malcolm Martineau
Release Date: 26 Sep 11
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Piano: Malcolm Martineau
PURCELL 'Dido & Aeneas'
PURCELL 'Dido & Aeneas'
MENDELSSOHN 'Elijah'
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 27 Aug 12
Soprano: Rosemary Joshua
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Robert Murray
Baritone: Simon Keenlyside
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir
Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh
Release Date: 27 Aug 12
Soprano: Rosemary Joshua
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Robert Murray
Baritone: Simon Keenlyside
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir
Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh
MAHLER 'Symphony No. 2'
Label: Linn Records
Release Date: 21 Oct 13
Soprano: Miah Persson
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Philharmonia Orchestra/Benjamin Zander
Release Date: 21 Oct 13
Soprano: Miah Persson
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Philharmonia Orchestra/Benjamin Zander
MAHLER 'Symphony No. 3'
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 28 Oct 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Philharmonia Voices
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
Release Date: 28 Oct 13
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Philharmonia Voices
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
JS BACH 'St John Passion'
Label: Academy of Ancient Music
Release Date: 01 Mar 14
Evangelist: James Gilchrist
Christus: Matthew Rose
Pilatus: Ashley Riches
Soprano: Elizabeth Watts
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Andrew Kennedy
Bass: Christopher Purves
Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
Release Date: 01 Mar 14
Evangelist: James Gilchrist
Christus: Matthew Rose
Pilatus: Ashley Riches
Soprano: Elizabeth Watts
Mezzo-soprano: Sarah Connolly
Tenor: Andrew Kennedy
Bass: Christopher Purves
Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr
RAMEAU 'Hippolyte et Aricie'
Label: Opus Arte
Release Date: 01 Jun 14
Aricie: Christiane Karg
Phedre: Sarah Connolly
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/William Christie
Jonathan Kent’s production filmed at the 2013 Glyndebourne Festival
Release Date: 01 Jun 14
Aricie: Christiane Karg
Phedre: Sarah Connolly
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/William Christie
Jonathan Kent’s production filmed at the 2013 Glyndebourne Festival
OFFENBACH 'Fantasio'
Label: Opera Rara
Release Date: 29 Sep 14
Winner, Best Opera Recording (International Opera Awards)
Fantasio: Sarah Connolly
Le prince de Mantoue: Russel Braun
Marinoni: Robert Murray
Elsbeth: Brenda Rae
Flamel: Victora Simmonds
Le roi: Brindley Sherratt
Sparck: Neal Davies
Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment/Sir Mark Elder
Release Date: 29 Sep 14
Winner, Best Opera Recording (International Opera Awards)
Fantasio: Sarah Connolly
Le prince de Mantoue: Russel Braun
Marinoni: Robert Murray
Elsbeth: Brenda Rae
Flamel: Victora Simmonds
Le roi: Brindley Sherratt
Sparck: Neal Davies
Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment/Sir Mark Elder
SCHOENBERG
Label: Black Box
MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE 'Twice through the heart'
Label: Chandos
'The exquisite hour'
Label: Hyperion Records
BACH, 'St Matthew Passion'
Label: Academy of Ancient Music
WIGMORE HALL LIVE, The english concert
Label: Presto Classical
KORNGOLD, 'Sonnett fur Wien'
Label: Hyperion Records
HANDEL, 'Solomon'
Label: Harmonia Mundi
MOZART 'Mass in C Minor'
Label: Decca Classics
FAURE, 'The complete songs of Faure, Vol 2'
Label: Signum Records
BRIDGE 'Orchestral Works'
Label: Chandos
DURUFLE 'Requiem'
Label: Signum Classics
'Heroes and Heroines'
Label: Coro
MAHLER, 'Symphony no.2'
Label: Accentus Music
HANDEL 'Giulio Cesare'
Label: Opus Arte (DVD)
Release Date: 24 Oct 13
Giulio Cesare: Sarah Connolly
Cleopatra: Danielle Deniese
Cornelia: Patricia Bardon
Sesto: Angelika Kirchschlager
Tolomeo: Christophe Dumaux
Achilla: Christopher Maltman
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/William Christie
David Mcvicar’s production from the Glyndebourne Festival
Release Date: 24 Oct 13
Giulio Cesare: Sarah Connolly
Cleopatra: Danielle Deniese
Cornelia: Patricia Bardon
Sesto: Angelika Kirchschlager
Tolomeo: Christophe Dumaux
Achilla: Christopher Maltman
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/William Christie
David Mcvicar’s production from the Glyndebourne Festival
STRAUSS, 'Capriccio'
Label: Decca
BRITTEN 'The Rape of Lucretia'
Label: Opus Arte (DVD)
Release Date: 04 Nov 13
Lucretia: Sarah Connolly
Tarquinius: Christopher Maltman
Female Chorus: Orla Boylan
Male Chorus: John Mark Ainsley
Bianca: Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Junius: Leigh Melrose
Collatinus: Clive Bayley
Lucia: Mary Nelson
Orchestra of English National Opera/Paul Daniel
David McVicar’s production for English National Opera, filmed at the Aldeburgh Festival
Release Date: 04 Nov 13
Lucretia: Sarah Connolly
Tarquinius: Christopher Maltman
Female Chorus: Orla Boylan
Male Chorus: John Mark Ainsley
Bianca: Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Junius: Leigh Melrose
Collatinus: Clive Bayley
Lucia: Mary Nelson
Orchestra of English National Opera/Paul Daniel
David McVicar’s production for English National Opera, filmed at the Aldeburgh Festival
PURCELL 'Dido and Aeneas'
Label: Opus Arte
MONTEVERDI 'L'incoronazione di Poppea'
Label: Opus Arte
BRETT DEAN 'Hamlet'
Label: Opus Arte
DALZIEL AND PASCOE 'On Beulah Height'
Label: BBC
CHILDREN OF MEN
Label: Universal
'A night with Handel'
Label: Channel 4
ZINGZILLAS 'Operatic Todd'
Label: BBC
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