John Mark Ainsley
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Young Singers Scheme, Trebles of The Choir of New College Oxford & Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
[McCreesh's] New College choristers have the ideal mix of celestial glow and nimble impatience; his orchestra is wonderfully articulate. And the sound picture has the greatest depth of range... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Choral Award Winner
2 CDs
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 RecommendedAnn Murray, Lorna Anderson, Gillian Fisher, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Richard Suart, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Fairy Queen hardly an 'opera' in the conventional sense: its musical virtues lie in the composer's uncanny ability to summon a discrete, potent atmosphere whose capacity to move the listener... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2011, First Choice (CD)
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedSarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches)
Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine and Elizabeth...
This new Dido… enshrines Connolly as one of the most affecting Carthaginian Queens since Janet Baker's account nearly half a century ago. From the outset, Connolly exudes imposing presence,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169 Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
they’re the perfect vehicles for the crack team of Iestyn Davies’s extraordinary vocal control and Arcangelo’s nimble-footedness. — More…
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Record Review, 5th February 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Music for The Lion-Hearted King
Music to mark the 800th anniversary of the Coronation of King Richard I of England in Westminster Abbey, 3 September 1189
Margaret Philpot, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Mark Ainsley, Leigh Nixon, then Margaret Philpot
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (director)
Wonderful accounts of amazing music. Hear the exquisitely salty dissonances of 'Latex silice', and for the young John Mark Ainsley singing 'Li nouviauz tanz' with sinuous delicacy. — More…
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Finzi: Violin Concerto, etc.
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Finzi began work on his Concerto for small orchestra and solo violin in 1925, dedicating it to Sybil Eaton, a talented young violinist and the object of the 24-year-old composer's unrequited... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2001, Editor's Choice
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This is surely one of the best representations of Warlock on records — More…
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Britten: Billy Budd
RecommendedJohn Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), Phillip Ens (Claggart), Iain Paterson (Mr Redburn), Matthew Rose (Mr Flint), Darren Jeffery (Lieutenant Ratcliffe), Alasdair Elliott (Red Whiskers), John Moore (Donald), Jeremy White (Dansker), Ben Johnson (Novice), Colin Judson (Squeak)...
[Elder paces] the developing tragedy with airily lyrical detail and brooding, ominous power. John Mark Ainsley' s plangent, dark-toned tenor and intense diction show us a more neurotic Vere... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd May 2011
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, DVD Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, DVD Choice
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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' Arleen Augér, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley & David Thomas
Winchester Cathedral Choir & The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Mozart left unfinished the work that ought to have been the choral masterpiece of his early Viennese years but there's enough of it to make up nearly an hour's music – music that's sometimes... — More…
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64 RecommendedEmma Kirkby, James Bowman & John Mark Ainsley
New College Choir & King's Consort, Robert King
With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
2 CDs
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