George Hall

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George Hall

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Liner Notes Author & Translator

APPEARANCES +

Handel* - Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

2020, 3xCD, Album + Box, Erato, Warner Classics,

Ravel*, Poulenc*, Prokofiev*, Guro Kleven Hagen, Marianna Shirinyan

Fait Pleurer Les Songes

2017, CD, Album, Simax Classics

Richard Strauss - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich Randall*, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Der Rosenkavalier

2017, 3x CD Hardbound Book,

Debussy* - London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher, Gerald Finley

Pelléas Et Mélisande

2017, 3x SACD, Blu-ray, Box Set,

Impressionist/Romantic/Opera

Marita Sølberg, The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra*, John Fiore

Marita Sølberg

2016, CD, Album, Simax Classics

Christian Ihle Hadland

2016, CD, Album, Simax Classics,

Une Discothèque Idéale De L'Opera = Una Discoteca Ideale, Opera = The Classic Collection, Opera = Die Ideale Kollektion, Oper

2016, 56xCD, Album, Mono, RE, RM, Car + Box, Comp, Sony Classical, Sony Music, Les Diapason D'Or,

Bizet* - Victoria De Los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc, Sir Thomas Beecham

Puccini* / Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi, Georges Prêtre

2016, 2x CD Hardbound Book,

Jessica Pratt (2), Vincenzo Scalera

2015, CD, Album, Opus Arte

Rosa Feola, Iain Burnside

Musica E Poesia

2015, CD, Album, Opus Arte,

Romantic/Modern

Jesús León, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Toby Purser

2015, CD, Album, Opus Arte,

Bizet* / Vesselina Kasarova, Jonas Kaufmann, Isabel Rey, Michele Pertusi, Franz Welser-Möst, Orchester der Oper Zürich

2014, Blu-ray, Multichannel, Decca,

Kiri Te Kanawa - Mozart* / Strauss* / Canteloube*

The Classic Albums / Opera And Sacred Arias

2014, 4xCD, Album, RE + 2xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Decca,

Opera/Operetta/Classical/Baroque/Romantic/Modern

Roger Padullés, Iain Burnside, Mompou*

2014, CD, Album, Opus Arte

Kings And Courtiers: Great Verdi Arias

2014, CD, Album, Opus Arte,

The Originals - Legendary Recordings From The Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue

Leoncavallo* / Maria Meneghini Callas*, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Nicola Monti, Rolando Panerai, Tullio Serafin, Vittore Veneziani, L'Ente Autonomo Del Teatro Alla Scala*

Giuseppe Verdi / Plinio Clabassi, Maria Meneghini Callas*, Carlo Tagliabue, Richard Tucker (2), Elena Nicolai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Renato Capecchi, Rina Cavallari, Dario Caselli, Gino Del Signore, Tullio Serafin, L'Ente Autonomo Del Teatro Alla Scala*

La Forza Del Destino

Francesco Meli, Britten*, Liszt*, Matteo Pais

Michelangelo Sonnets ; Petrarch Sonnets

2013, CD, Album, Opus Arte,

Lawrence Brownlee, Iain Burnside

The Heart That Flutters

2013, CD, Album, Opus Arte

G.F.Handel*, Armonia Atenea*, George Petrou, Max Emanuel Cencic, Julia Lezhneva, Karina Gauvin

2012, 3xCD, Album, Decca

Wagner* - Windgassen* · Stewart* · Neidlinger* · Greindl* · Nilsson* · Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele · Karl Böhm

Götterdämmerung

Ravel*, Messiaen*, Dutilleux*, Renée Fleming

Korngold* - Tomowa-Sintow*, Welker*, De Haan*, Runkel*, Pape*, Gedda*, RSO Berlin*, Mauceri*

Das Wunder Der Heliane

Beethoven* - Norman* • Goldberg* • Moll* • Staatsopernchor Dresden* • Staatskapelle Dresden • Haitink*

Richard Strauss - Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, Angela Denoke, Felicity Palmer, Matthias Goerne, London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev

Massenet*, Carreras*, von Stade*, Allen*, Buchanan*, Lloyd*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Davis*

The Art Of Renée Fleming

Verdi* - Ramey* · Guleghina* · Neill* · Urmana* · London Voices · Academy of St Martin in the Fields* · Marriner*

Britten* - Donath* · Harper* · Tear* · June* · members of the Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden* · Sir Colin Davis

The Turn Of The Screw

Bizet* - Christine Rice, Bryan Hymel, Aris Argiris, Maija Kovalevska, Constantinos Carydis, Francesca Zambello

2011, Blu-ray, 3D, Opus Arte

Humperdinck* / Murray* • Gruberova* • Ludwig* • Jones* • Staatskapelle Dresden • Davis*

Hänsel Und Gretel

Natalie Dessay, Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert D'Astrée, Handel*

Cleopatra (Arias From Giulio Cesare)

Andreas Scholl - Purcell* , Accademia Bizantina , Stefano Montanari

Georges Bizet / Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Norah Amsellem, The Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Antonio Pappano, Francesca Zambello

Beethoven*, Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro*, Thomas Dausgaard

Symphony Number 8, König Stephan, Ruins Of Athens, Fidelio Overture, Tarpeja, Namensfeier Overture, Wellington's Victory

2007, CD, Album, Simax Classics,

Régine Crespin - L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande / Lombard*, Vienna Volksoper Orchestra* / Sebastian*

Prima Donna In Paris

Handel*, Magdalena Kožená, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon

Ah! Mio Cor (Handel Arias)

Beethoven*, Thomas Dausgaard, Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro*, Katarina Andreasson

Symphony Number 3 / Violin Romances Number 1 And 2 / Twelfe Contretänze / Funeral March From Leonore Prohaska

2006, CD, Simax Classics,

Classical/Romantic

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

British Light Classics 2

2005, CD, Album, Warner Classics

Giacomo Puccini · Franco Leoni - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge - Joan Sutherland, Tito Gobbi, Christa Ludwig

Suor Angelica - L'oracolo

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Decca,

Barenboim* / West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Tchaikovsky*, Verdi*, Sibelius*

Symphony No. 5, Overture, La Forza Del Destino, Valse Triste

Carl Orff - Sally Matthews · Lawrence Brownlee · Christian Gerhaher · Rundfunkchor Berlin · Berliner Philharmoniker · Simon Rattle*

Beethoven*, Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro*, Thomas Dausgaard

Symphony Number 6 ∙ Leonore Overtures

2004, CD, Simax Classics

Angela Gheorghiu

The Essential Angela Gheorghiu

Opera/Contemporary/Romantic

Joseph Calleja, Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra Sinfonica* E Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi*

Janáček*, Paul Crossley (2) · Gabrieli String Quartet*, London Sinfonietta · Atherton*, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chailly* · Mackerras*

Chamber Music • Orchestral Works

Modern/Romantic

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

British Light Classics

2003, CD, Album, Warner Classics

2003, CD, Comp, EMI Classics

Gluck* - McNair* · Ragin* · Sieden* · Monteverdi Choir* · English Baroque Soloists* · Gardiner*

Orfeo Ed Euridice

Margiono Quintet

Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern

Verdi* / Fleming*, Borodina*, Bocelli*, D'Arcangelo*, Kirov Orchestra And Chorus*, Valery Gergiev

Viva Verdi! (1913-1901. Una Celebración Del Centenario)

Strauss* / Wagner* / Jessye Norman / Kurt Masur / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Sir Colin Davis / London Symphony Orchestra

Vier Letzte Lieder / Wesendonk-Lieder

Neo-Romantic/Romantic

Beethoven*, Swedish Chamber Orchestra*, Thomas Dausgaard

Coriolan Overture ∙ Symphonies Number 4 And 5

2000, CD, Simax Classics,

Classical/Romantic

Puccini*, Tebaldi*, Bergonzi*, Tullio Serafin

La Bohème - Highlights • Sélection

2000, CD, Comp, RE, Decca,

Bella Immagin = Beautiful Image

2000, CD + Box, Opera Rara

Handel*, Kirkby*, Sutherland*, Tebaldi*, Berganza*, Horne*, Bowman*, Pavarotti*

The Glories Of Handel Opera

Maurizio Pollini, Chopin*

Maurizio Pollini II

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Philips

Beethoven* – Swedish Chamber Orchestra*, Thomas Dausgaard

Musik Zu Einem Ritterballett ∙ Symphonies Number 1 And 2

1999, CD, Album, Simax Classics

Delius*, Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestral Works (On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring)

Vaughan Williams* – Marriner*, Boult*, Wordsworth*

Orchestral Works. Fantasia On Greensleeves / The Lark Ascending / Tallis Fantasia

Joseph Haydn, George Guest (2), Simon Preston, St. John's College Choir

Haydn Massses: Schöpfungsmesse = Creation Mass, Heiligmesse, Mariazellermesse

1998, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Decca

Puccini* - Joan Sutherland • Christa Ludwig • Richard Bonynge

Cecilia* & Bryn*, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung

Rossini*, Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, James Levine (2), London Symphony Orchestra

The Barber Of Seville

Rossini* / Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Alceo Galliera

Il Barbiere Di Siviglia

Renata Tebaldi, Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini

Great Voices Of The 50s. Vol. V

1997, CD, Comp, Mono, Decca,

Opera/Romantic/Classical

Verdi* - Gorchakova* ∙ Grigorian* ∙ Putilin* ∙ Kit* ∙ Borodina* ∙ Kirov Opera* ∙ Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg* ∙ Valery Gergiev

La Forza del Destino (Original St Petersburg Version, 1862)

Handel* - Jones*, Miles*, Ragin*, Chance*, Brown*, English Baroque Soloists*, John Eliot Gardiner

Ljuba Welitsch / Paul Schoeffler* / Inge Borkh

Great Voices Of The 50s, Vol. IV

Opera/Operetta/Classical/Romantic

Mozart* - Terfel*, Fleming*, Murray*, Pertusi*, Lippert*, Groop*, Scaltriti*, Luperi*, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti*

Don Giovanni - Highlights

Lisa Della Casa / Kathleen Ferrier / Kirsten Flagstad

Great Voices Of The 50s. Vol. I

Rossini* - Maria Callas, Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi, Philharmonia Orchestra And Chorus*, Alceo Galliera

Il Barbiere Di Siviglia

1997, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

Kirsten Flagstad

Great Sacred Songs

Romantic/Classical/Baroque

Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu, Richard Armstrong (4), Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Vaughan Williams* · Butterworth* · Finzi* · Ireland* - Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau

The Vagabond & Other Songs

Romantic/Modern

Chopin* / Liszt*, Richter*

The Authorised Recordings (Chopin • Liszt)

1994, 3xCD, Comp, Philips, Philips Digital Classics

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A Night At The Opera 3 - Mozart Gala

1994, Cass, Comp, Decca,

Opera/Classical

1994, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Sli, London Records,

Opera/Romantic/Classical/Modern

Ten Top Tenors 2

1994, CD, Comp, London Records,

Offenbach* • Hérold* • Auber* • Lalo* • Thomas*, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

Ouvertures Françaises (Famous French Overtures)

Donizetti*, Renato Capecchi, Bruna Rizzoli, Giuseppe Valdengo, Petre Munteanu, Orchestra Del Teatro Di San Carlo di Napoli*, Molinari-Pradelli*

Essential Opera 2

Opera/Romantic/Classical

Rachmaninoff* - Julius Katchen, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti*

Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 / Paganini-Rhapsody

Romantic/Classical

Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Joan Sutherland

1992, LP, Comp, Decca,

Chopin*, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Favourite Chopin

The World Of The Harp

Luciano Pavarotti

30th Anniversary Gala Concert

Bellini* / Caballé*, Martí*, Cappuccilli*, Raimondi*, Orchestra* E Coro Della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Roma*, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Mozart*, Samuel Coles, Naoko Yoshino, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Yehudi Menuhin*

Flute Concertos / Flute & Harp Concerto

Essential Opera

1991, Cass, Comp, Dol, Decca,

Opera/Romantic/Classical

Schubert* - Borodin String Quartet

String Quartets: D87 & D804 Rosamunde / Quartettsatz

Essential Opera

Opera/Romantic/Classical

Verdi*, Price*, Elias*, Björling*, Tozzi*, Fritz Reiner

Ravel*, Dutoit* · Montréal*

Orchestral Works

Impressionist/Modern

Handel* – Sutherland* · Bumbry* · McKellar* · Ward*, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus*, Sir Adrian Boult

Messiah-Arias And Choruses

Kodály*, Antal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica

Háry János Suite; Dances Of Galánta; Peacock Variations

1983, LP, Comp, RE, Decca

Kodály*, Antal Dorati, Philharmonia Hungarica

Háry János Suite; Dances Of Galánta; Peacock Variations

1983, Cass, Comp, Decca

Mendelssohn*, Hanneke van Bork, Alfreda Hodgson, Ambrosian Singers*, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Complete Incidental Music)

Grieg*, The London Symphony Orchestra*, Øivin Fjeldstad

Great Organ Works / Pièces Célèbres Pour Orgue / Berhühmte Orgelwerke Vol. 1

1982, LP, Comp, Decca,

Janáček* - Paul Crossley (2) · London Sinfonietta & Chorus* · David Atherton (2) · Kenneth Sillito · Christopher Van Kampen · Gabrieli String Quartet*

Obra Para Piano Y Obra De Cámara

1981, 5xLP, Comp + Box, Decca

Tchaikovsky*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Symphonie 6 'Pathetique'

Ravel*, Choeur* Et Orchestre Symphonique De Montréal, Charles Dutoit

Daphnis Et Chloé

Janáček*, Paul Crossley (2) · London Sinfonietta & Chorus* · David Atherton (2) · Kenneth Sillito · Christopher Van Kampen · Gabrieli String Quartet*

Piano And Chamber Works

Mozart*, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

Symphony No. 40, Serenata Notturna

Pascal Rogé / Debussy*

Piano Works Vol 3

Luciano Pavarotti, Raina Kabaiwanska*, Piero Cappuccilli, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi

Le Grandi Voci Dell'Arena Di Verona Vol. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rainer Küchl, Wiener Mozart Ensemble Conducted By Willi Boskovsky

Serenata Notturna - Serenade No.5 in D Major - Divertimento No.1 in D Major

Mendelssohn*, Vienna Philharmonia Quintet*

String Quintet No.1 In A Major / No.2 In B Flat Major

1980, LP, Ace Of Diamonds,

Mirella Freni And Luciano Pavarotti

Alicia De Larrocha, Schumann* / Schubert*

Carnaval / Sonata In A Major / Impromptu In A Flat Major

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninov Songs

Mozart* - Vienna Mozart Ensemble = Wiener Mozart Ensemble*, Willi Boskovsky

Mozart Serenades (Divertimento In G, K. 63 / Cassation No. 2 In B Flat, K. 99)

Brahms* / Dvořák* – London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz*

Serenade No. 2 In A Major, Op. 16 / Serenade In D Minor, Op. 44

Joan Sutherland Sings Wagner*, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Joan Sutherland Sings Wagner

Brahms* – London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz*

Serenade No. 1 In D Major, Op. 11

Mendelssohn* - Strings of the Israel Philharmonic*, Zubin Mehta

Beethoven*, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*, Horst Stein, Friedrich Gulda

Piano Concerto No.4 In G Major, Piano Sonata No.24 In F Sharp Major Op. 78

1979, LP, Comp, Decca

Brahms* - Josef Suk, Julius Katchen

Brahms* – Julius Katchen

Piano Works Vol 7: Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Handel / Variations On A Theme Of Paganini

Grieg*, Walter Weller, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Incidental Music From Peer Gynt

Brahms* – Julius Katchen

Piano Works Vol 6: Variations On A Theme By Schumann, Op. 9 / Variations On An Original Theme, Op. 21 No. 1 / Variations On An Hungarian Song, Op 21 No. 2

Mendelssohn*, Vienna Philharmonic*, Christoph von Dohnanyi*

Symphony No. 4 Italian / The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - Overture / Calm Sea And Prosperous Voyage - Overture

Mozart* - Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky

Divertimento No 17 In D Major, K334

Shostakovich*, London Philharmonic*, Haitink*

Symphony No. 4 In C Minor

Rachmaninov*, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor

Brahms*, Julius Katchen

Brahms Piano Works Vol 8

Kodály*, London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz*

Háry János-Suite / Dances Of Galánta

Modern/Suite/Orchestra/Opera

Brahms*, Julius Katchen , with Jean-Pierre Marty

Brahms Piano Works Vol. 5, Hungarian Dances Volumes 1 & 2

Johannes Brahms - Julius Katchen, Josef Suk, Janos Starker

Pianos Trios Nos.1 &3

Tchaikovsky*, Antal Dorati ∙ Detroit Symphony Orchestra

1812 Overture / Capriccio Italien / Marche Slave

Beethoven* - Friedrich Gulda, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*, Horst Stein

Piano Concerto No.1 In C Major, Piano Sonata No.14 "Moonlight"

1978, LP, Comp, RE, Decca,

Classical/Romantic

Rossini* - Respighi*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Antal Dorati

La Boutique Fantasque / Suite: Rossiniana

Woody Herman And His Orchestra

The Uncollected Woody Herman, 1937

Vivaldi*, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Neville Marriner*

The Four Seasons

Sal Mineo (2), Cyril Ritchard, Dennis King (4), Basil Rathbone, Anna Maria Alberghetti

Toccata: Organ Favourites

2xCD, Comp, RP, Decca

Essential Opera: 12 Favourite Highlights From The World Of Opera

VHS, NTSC, London Records,

Classical/Romantic/Opera

The World Of Rossini

CD, Comp, Decca,

Bartoli* ∙ Carreras* ∙ Domingo* ∙ Freni*, Te Kanawa* ∙ Levine*, Pavarotti* ∙ Sir Georg Solti*, Sutherland*

Essential Opera 2

VHS, NTSC, London Records,

Opera/Classical/Romantic

Brahms* - Josef Suk, Julius Katchen

CDr, Album, RE, Pre, Decca

Brahms*, Julius Katchen , with Jean-Pierre Marty

Brahms Piano Works Vol. 5, Hungarian Dances Volumes 1 & 2

LP, RP, Tes, Ace Of Diamonds

Verdi* / Pavarotti* • Nucci* • Anderson* • Ghiaurov* • Verrett* / Chailly*, Orchestra* E Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Rigoletto (Highlights)

Kodály*, Lajos Kozma, Brighton Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz*, Laszlo Heltay

Psalmus Hungaricus / Missa Brevis

Donizetti* - Alagna* · Gheorghiu* · Scaltriti* · Alaimo* · Orchestre* Et Chœur De L'Opéra National De Lyon* · Pidò*

L'Elisir D'Amore

Kaija Saariaho - Pia Freund • Gabriel Suovanen • Tapiola Chamber Choir • Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Cinq Reflets • Nymphea Reflection • Oltra Mar

Wagner* - Sir Georg Solti*

Favourite Overtures

Respighi*, London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz*

Pines Of Rome / The Birds / Fountains Of Rome

Brahms* / Julius Katchen

Works For Solo Piano = Oeuvres Pour Piano Solo = Klavierwerke

Dvorak* - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Symphonien Nr.8 & Nr.9