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John Rutter: The Colors of Christmas (2011)
performed by Huw Webb (harp), John Birch (organ), Over the Bridge, Bach Choir (choir, chorus), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Anonymous, Benjamin Britten, Christmas Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Gruber, Harold Darke, Henry John Gauntlett, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, John Rutter, Leroy Anderson, Lowell Mason, Mel Tormé, Ralph Blane, Traditional German chorale -
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3 (1983)
performed by André Bernard (trumpet), Angela Tennick (oboe), Barry Davis (oboe), Carl Pini (violin piccolo), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Denis Vigay (cello), Graham Sheen (bassoon), Henryk Szeryng (violin), John Birch (harpsichord), John Toll (harpsichord)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach -
Mendelssohn: Elijah (1992)
performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Jamie Hopkins (soprano), Jean Rigby (contralto), John Birch (organ), John Connell (bass), Kim Begley (tenor), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Thomas Allen (bass), Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
composed by Felix Mendelssohn -
Pachelbel Canon and other Baroque Favorites (1994)
performed by I Solisti di Zagreb, James Galway (flute), John Birch (organ), Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Malcolm Proud (harpsichord), Maria Graf (harp), Moray Welsh (cello), Phillip Moll (harpsichord), Phillip Moll (piano), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frederick Handel, Johann Joachim Quantz, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marin Marais, Tomaso Albinoni -
Fauré: Requiem; Pavane (2012)
performed by John Birch (organ), Stephen Cleobury (organ), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), William Bennett (flute), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus (choir, chorus), St. John's College Choir, Cambridge (choir, chorus)
composed by Gabriel Fauré -
Handel (arr. Mozart): Messiah (2006)
performed by Felicity Lott (soprano), Felicity Palmer (alto), John Birch (continuo), John Birch (organ), Philip Langridge (tenor), Raymond Simmons (obbligatto vocals), Raymond Simmons (trumpet), Robert Lloyd (bass), Vivian Troon (continuo), Vivian Troon (harpsichord)
composed by George Frederick Handel -
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Fauré: Requiem, Op.48; Pavane; Koechlin: Choral sur le nom de Fauré; Schmitt: In Memoriam, Op. 72; Ravel: Pavane (1995)
performed by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, John Birch (organ), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Thomas Allen (vocals), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus (choir, chorus), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
composed by Charles Koechlin, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Ravel -
A Double Celebration (2014)
performed by Andrew Nicholson (flute), Caroline Ashton (soprano), Christopher Hooker (oboe), Gerald Finley (baritone), John Birch (harpsichord), Mark Padmore (tenor), Quentin Poole (oboe), Ruth Holton (soprano), Simon Wall (tenor), Cambridge Singers (choir, chorus)
composed by American Traditional, Anton Bruckner, Charles Villiers Stanford, Christmas Traditional, Dutch Traditional, Frederick Delius, Gabriel Fauré, Gregorian Chant, Gustav Holst, Henry Purcell, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, John Amner, John Bennet, John Rutter -
Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Ottorino Respighi: Deità silvane; Trittico botticelliano (1995)
performed by Alfreda Hodgson (counter tenor), Jill Gomez (soprano), John Birch (harmonium), John Constable (piano), Malcolm King (bass), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Sylvia Holford (piano)
composed by Gioachino Rossini, Ottorino Respighi -
Ultimate Cello Classics [Box Set] (2007)
performed by Heinrich Schiff (cello), John Birch (organ), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Maurice Gendron (cello), Samuel Sanders (piano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Darius Milhaud, Edward Elgar, Enrico Mainardi, Enrique Granados, Franz Schmidt, Fritz Kreisler, Gabriel Fauré, Henryk Wieniawski, Johann Sebastian Bach, Manuel de Falla, Niccolò Paganini, Scott Joplin -
Janácek: Glagolitic Mass; Kodály: Missa Brevis (2014)
performed by Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Anne Collins (contralto), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Ian Caley (tenor), John Birch (organ), Michael Rippon (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Sally le Sage (soprano), Teresa Kubiak (soprano)
composed by Leos Janácek, Zoltán Kodály -
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English Idylls (1995)
performed by John Birch (organ), John Lenehan (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
composed by Cyril Scott, Edward Elgar, English Traditional, Frederick Delius, George Dyson, Gustav Holst, Henry Walford Davies, John Ireland, Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughan Williams -
Ultimate French Classics: The Essential Masterpieces (2009)
performed by Daniel Chorzempa (organ), Jeffrey Khaner (flute), John Birch (organ), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus (choir, chorus), Women's Voices of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Koechlin, Claude Debussy, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Fauré, Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel, Paul Dukas -
Fauré: Requiem; Pavane (2012)
performed by John Birch (organ), Stephen Cleobury (organ), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), William Bennett (flute), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus (choir, chorus), St. John's College Choir, Cambridge (choir, chorus)
composed by Gabriel Fauré -
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Rossini: Petite messe solennelle; Messa di Milano (2003)
performed by John Birch (organ), Nuccia Focile (soprano), Raúl Giménez (tenor), Simone Alaimo (baritone), Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus (choir, chorus), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
composed by Gioachino Rossini -
Paradisum: Serene Sacred Songs (2016)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Andreas Scholl (counter tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Domingo Cura (percussion), Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano)
composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anton Bruckner, Antonio Vivaldi, Ariel Ramírez, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Eric Whitacre, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Taverner, Leonard Bernstein -
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Classic FM Hall of Fame: The Silver Edition (2017)
performed by Alexei Grynyuk (piano), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Candida Thompson (violin), Carlos Bonell (guitar), Christopher Warren-Green (violin), Craig Ogden (guitar), Cristina Ortiz (piano), Emma Johnson (clarinet), Henk Rubingh (violin)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, Camille Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Ennio Morricone, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, George Gershwin, Georges Bizet, Gregorio Allegri, Gustav Holst -
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Handel, Bach: Sacred Arias
performed by Celia Nicklin (oboe d'amore), Jochen Kowalski (vocals), John Birch (organ), John Constable (harpsichord), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Stephen Orton (cello), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach -
Haydn: The Creation; Salve Regina (1994)
performed by Alfreda Hodgson (alto), Antal Doráti, Antal Doráti (harpsichord), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Arleen Augér (soprano), Benjamin Luxon (bass), David Strange (cello), Gwynne Howell (vocals), Helena Doese (vocals), Jack McCormack (double bass)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn