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Music for a While by Purcell (5.93 MB)
Sweeter Than Roses by Purcell (5.58 MB)
Ch'io parta from Partenope by G.F. Handel (7.58 MB)
Verdi allori from Orlando by G.F. Handel (6:43, 6.16 MB)
Rompo i lacci from Flavio by G. F. Handel (5:29, 7.6 MB)
Thou Art Gone Up On High from Messiah by G.F. Handel (3:09, 4.4 MB)
Destructive War from Belshazzar by G.F. Handel (4.21 MB)
Es ist vollbracht from St. John Passion by J. S. Bach (4:32, 6.3 MB)
Esurientes implevit bonis from Magnificat by J.S. Bach (2:46, 2.54 MB)
I Know a Bank from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten (7.83 MB)
I Am Balthazar from El Niño by John Adams (1:33, 1.43 MB)




Winner of the coveted
Diapason d'Or award
World premiere recording of John Adams' El Niño
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Willard White, baritone

Theatre of Voices - Paul Hillier, artistic director
Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Steven Rickards, countertenor trio

London Voices - Terry Edwards, director
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kent Nagano, conductor

Original production directed by PETER SELLARS
Recorded after the 2000 world premiere performance at the Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet

NONESUCH



William Byrd The Three Masses
Pro Arte Singers
Paul Hillier, director
Recorded in May, 2000 at Indiana University
Harmonia Mundi



World premiere production of John Adams' El Niño from the Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Willard White, baritone

Theatre of Voices - Paul Hillier, director
Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Steven Rickards, countertenor trio

Daniela Graca, Nora Kimball, Michael Schumacher, dancers
London Voices - Terry Edwards, director
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kent Nagano, conductor

Original stage production directed by Peter Sellars
Directed for video by Peter Maniura

Special Features: Making of including interviews with Peter Sellars, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw, and John Adams
Released by Arthaus Musik

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