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Kaija Saariaho
Adriana Mater (2005)
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony
2023
,
San Francisco
,
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah HWV 56
Emmanuelle Haïm, Andrew Staples, Christopher Purves, Tim Mead, Lucy Crowe, Le Concert d'Astrée
℗
2014
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George Frideric Handel
Alcina HWV 34
Ivor Bolton, Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Verónica Cangemi, Sonia Prina, John Mark Ainsley, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
2005
,
München
,
Prinzregententheater
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George Frideric Handel
Saul HWV 53
Harry Christophers, Christopher Purves, Dame Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Elizabeth Atherton, Joélle Harvey, The Sixteen Orchestra, The Sixteen
2012
,
Kilburn
,
St Augustine's Church, Kilburn
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George Frideric Handel
Israel in Egypt HWV 54
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Andrew Tusa, Ashley Stafford, Christopher Purves, Patrick Collin, Donna Deam, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
℗
1995
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Hector Berlioz
La damnation de Faust op. 24 H 111
Edward Gardner, Karen Cargill, John Irvin, Christopher Purves, Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, London Youth Choir
2023
,
London
,
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
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Hector Berlioz
La damnation de Faust op. 24 H 111
Sir Simon Rattle, Christopher Purves, Karen Cargill, Bryan Hymel, Gábor Bretz, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Tiffin Children’s Chorus, Tiffin Boys' Choir, Tiffin Girls' Choir
2017
,
London
,
Barbican Hall
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George Benjamin
Written on Skin (Aix-en-Provence 2012)
George Benjamin, Christopher Purves, Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Allan Clayton, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
July
2012
,
Aix-en-Provence
,
Grand Theatre de Provence
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah HWV 56
Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Christopher Purves, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Hanoverian Court Orchestra
℗
2005
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George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63
Jürgen Budday, Christopher Purves, Mark Le Brocq, Sinéad Pratschke, Catherine King, Charles Humphries, Musica Florea Prag, Maulbronner Kammerchor
2000
,
Maulbronn
,
Kloster Maulbronn
Live
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Benjamin Britten
The Rape of Lucretia op. 37 (1946)
Oliver Knussen, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
℗
2013
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johannes-Passion (St. John Passion) BWV 245
Richard Egarr, Elizabeth Watts, Philippa Hyde, Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Kennedy, James Geer, Academy of Ancient Music, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus
℗
2014
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro KV 492 (in English)
David Parry, William Dazeley, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves, Diana Montague, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
℗
2004
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata 'Ich habe genug' BWV 82: 'Ich habe genug' (Arr. for Solo Voice, Flute, Saxophone, Double Bass, Guitar, Accordion and Piano)
Christopher Purves, Lily Vernon-Purves, Sarah Field, Lucy Shaw, Rafael Onyett
2022
,
Oxford
,
Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford
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Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo SV 318
Andrew Parrott, David Hurley, Simon Wall, Anna Dennis, Rodrigo del Pozo, Charles Daniels, Taverner Consort, Taverner Players
2012
,
Summertown, Oxford
,
St Michael and All Angels Church Summertown
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Gaetano Donizetti
Maria di Rohan
Sir Mark Elder, José Bros, Christopher Purves, Krassimira Stoyanova, Graeme Broadbent, Loïc Félix, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
℗
2012
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George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63
Jürgen Budday, Mark Le Brocq, Sinéad Pratschke, Catherine King, Charles Humphries, Christopher Purves, Musica Florea Prag, Maulbronner Kammerchor
2000
,
Maulbronn
Live
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Franz Schubert
Grenzen der Menschheit D 716
Christopher Purves, Simon Lepper
2022
,
Oxford
,
Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte KV 620 (in English)
Sir Charles Mackerras, Barry Banks, Élizabeth Vidal, Rebecca Evans, Majella Cullagh, Sarah Fox, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
℗
2005
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Federico Ricci
La prigione di Edimburgo
Rebecca von Lipinski, Nuccia Focile, Elisabetta Scano, Colin Lee, Gabriele Bellini, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra
℗
2004
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Emily Howard
The Anvil: An Elegy for Peterloo (2019)
Ben Gernon, Kate Royal, Christopher Purves, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé Ancoats Community Choir
2019
,
Manchester
,
Bridgewater Hall
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Franz Schubert
Der Sieg D 805
Christopher Purves, Simon Lepper
2022
,
Oxford
,
Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford
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Stefano Landi
Superbi colli, e voi, sacre ruine
Emmanuelle Haïm, Christopher Purves, Le Concert d'Astrée
℗
2008
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Gioachino Rossini
La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) (in English)
David Parry, Jeremy White, Susan Bickley, Barry Banks, Majella Cullagh, Russell Smythe, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
℗
2003
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George Frideric Handel
Rodelinda, Regina de'Langobardi HWV 19
Nicholas Kraemer, Sophie Daneman, Catherine Robbin, Christopher Purves, Adrian Thompson, Daniel Taylor, Raglan Baroque Players
1996
,
London
,
Blackheath Concert Hall
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio op. 72 (Vienna 1814) (in English)
David Parry, Robert Lloyd, Rebecca Evans, Peter Wedd, Pavlo Hunka, Christopher Purves, Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
2005
,
London
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Franz Schubert
Totengräberlied (Second setting) D 44
Christopher Purves, Simon Lepper
2022
,
Oxford
,
Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford
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Kurt Weill
Das Berliner Requiem (The Berlin Requiem), Cantata (1928): Zweiter Bericht über den unbekannten Soldaten (Arr. for Solo Voice, Saxophone, Double Bass and Accordion)
Christopher Purves, Sarah Field, Lucy Shaw, Miloš Milivojević
2022
,
Oxford
,
Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford
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Henry Purcell
In Guilty Night Z 134
“Saul and the Witch of Endor”
Paul McCreesh, Susan Hemington Jones, Charles Daniels, Christopher Purves, Paula Chateauneuf, Fred Jacobs, Gabrieli Consort & Players
℗
1995
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor KV 626 (completed by D. Druce): Benedictus
Stephen Cleobury, Elin Manahan Thomas, Christine Rice, James Gilchrist, Christopher Purves, Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
2011
,
Cambridge
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Henry Purcell
King Arthur, or The British Worthy Z 628: 'What power art thou?' (Cold Genius, Act III)
Emmanuelle Haïm, Christopher Purves, Le Concert d'Astrée
℗
2012
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Henry Purcell
Awake, Ye Dead Z 182
Paul McCreesh, Peter Harvey, Christopher Purves, Paula Chateauneuf, Fred Jacobs, Timothy Roberts, Gabrieli Consort & Players
℗
1995
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John Browne
Stabat iuxta
Harry Christophers, Christopher Purves, Francis Steele, Neil MacKenzie, Simon Berridge, Tim Jones, The Sixteen
℗
2004
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Giacomo Carissimi
Desiderata nobis
Paul McCreesh, Angus Smith, Christopher Purves, Hannelore Devaere, Paula Chateauneuf, Robert Horn
℗
1993
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Henry Purcell
Plung'd in the Confines of Despair Z 142
Paul McCreesh, Charles Daniels, Angus Smith, Christopher Purves, Paula Chateauneuf, Fred Jacobs, Gabrieli Consort & Players
℗
1995
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Henry Purcell
"My op'ning eyes are purg'd", Z.D72
Paul McCreesh, Christopher Purves, Timothy Roberts, Gabrieli Consort & Players
℗
1995
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Anonymous
This Day Day Dawes
Harry Christophers, Carys Lane, Christopher Purves, Neil MacKenzie, The Sixteen
℗
2004
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Henry Purcell
O, I'm Sick of Life Z 140
Paul McCreesh, Charles Daniels, Angus Smith, Christopher Purves, Paula Chateauneuf, Fred Jacobs, Gabrieli Consort & Players
℗
1995
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Benjamin Britten
The Rape of Lucretia op. 37 (1946)
Oliver Knussen, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra
℗
2013
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah HWV 56
Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Christopher Purves, Hanoverian Court Orchestra, Maulbronner Kammerchor
2005
,
Maulbronn
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Zaide KV 344
Paul Goodwin, Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Lynne Dawson, Olaf Bär, Herbert Lippert, Christopher Purves, Academy of Ancient Music, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus
℗
1998
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Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera (in English)
David Parry, Dennis O'Neill, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Susan Patterson, Jill Grove, Linda Richardson, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
℗
2004
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah HWV 56
Jürgen Budday, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Mark Le Brocq, Christopher Purves, Hanoverian Court Orchestra, Maulbronner Kammerchor
2005
,
Maulbronn
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Edward Elgar
Caractacus op. 35
Martyn Brabbins, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Roland Wood, Alastair Miles, Christopher Purves, Orchestra of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society
2018
,
Huddersfield
,
Town Hall
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Henry Purcell
Hail, Bright Cecilia! Z 328
Paul McCreesh, Susan Hemington Jones, Timothy Wilson, Mark Le Brocq, Peter Harvey, Charles Pott, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Gabrieli Consort
℗
1995
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Witold Lutosławski
Les Espaces du Sommeil (1975)
Edward Gardner, Christopher Purves, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2011
,
London
,
BBC Maida Vale Studios
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Sir William Walton
Belshazzar's Feast, for Baritone, mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1931, rev. 1948)
Paul Daniel, Christopher Purves, Simon Lindley, Orchestra of Opera North, Huddersfield Choral Society, Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Laudibus
2001
,
Leeds
,
Leed Town Hall, Leeds
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor KV 626
Stephen Cleobury, Elin Manahan Thomas, Christine Rice, James Gilchrist, Christopher Purves, Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of King's College, Cambridge
2011
,
Cambridge
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Robert Schumann
Romances and Ballads, Vol. I op. 45
Christopher Purves, Simon Lepper
2022
,
Oxford
,
Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford
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George Frideric Handel
Esther (London 1732) HWV 50b
Laurence Cummings, Rosemary Joshua, James Bowman, Susan Bickley, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Outram, London Handel Orchestra, London Handel Singers
April
2002
,
London
,
St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London
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