Alfreda Hodgson

Contralto; Mezzo-Sopano

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Mozart : Requiem

CD (1) BBC - Legends - BBCL4119-2


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Heather Harper (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Aldeburgh Festival Chorus / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/06/20, Aldeburgh Festival - Concert Hall, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Interview with Donald Mitchell
Benjamin Britten (Speaker)
Donald Mitchell (Voice)
1969 - Red House, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Schumann : Scenes from Goethes Faust

CD (2) DECCA - ADRM Digital - 425 706-2


Robert Schumann : Scenes from Goethes Faust
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Meriel Dickinson (Contralto); Pauline Stevens (Contralto); Robert Lloyd; Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Jenny Hill (Soprano); Margaret Cable; John Elwes (Tenor); Neil Jenkins; John Noble
Aldeburgh Festival singers conducted by Benjamin Britten / Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/09/03, 1972/09/04, 1972/09/09 to 1972/09/12 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Purcell : The Fairy Queen, Dido & Aeneas

CD (2) DECCA - Double - 4685612


Henry Purcell : The Fairy Queen, A Masque, devised by Pears, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 629
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Mary Wells (Soprano); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Charles Brett (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); Ian Partridge (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten / English Chamber Orchestra (leader Kenneth Sillito) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/09/18 to 1970/09/21 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 626
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Felicity Lott (Soprano); Anna Reynolds (Mezzo-Sopano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Timothy Everett (Voice); Robert Tear (Tenor)
London Opera Chorus / Aldeburgh Festival Strings conducted by Steuart Bedford
1975/12/22 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Bach : St. John Passion

CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - Double Decca - 443 859-2 DF2


Johann Sebastian Bach : Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Peter Pears (Tenor); Gwynne Howell (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Heather Harper (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Robert Tear (Tenor); Russell Burgess (Bass); Jenny Hill (Soprano); John Tobin (Tenor); Adrian Thompson (Tenor)
Richard Adeney (Flute); Norman Knight (Flute); Peter Graeme (Oboe); James Brown (Oboe); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Quintin Ballardie (Viola); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Adam Skeaping (Viola da gamba); Robert Spencer (Lute); Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Timothy Farrell (Organ); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Adrian Beers (Double-Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/05/02, 1971/05/03, 1971/05/05, 1971/05/07 & 1971/05/08 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Purcell : The Fairy Queen

CD (1) DECCA - Serenata - 433 163-2 DM2


Henry Purcell : The Fairy Queen, A Masque, devised by Pears, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 629
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Mary Wells (Soprano); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Charles Brett (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); Ian Partridge (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten / English Chamber Orchestra (leader Kenneth Sillito) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/09/18 to 1970/09/21 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Elgar : The Dream of Gerontius

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Edward Elgar : The Dream of Gerontius
Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); Benjamin Luxon (Baritone)
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Choir and Orchestra of the Cambridge University Musical Society conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/06/09, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Saint John Passion

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Johann Sebastian Bach : Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Peter Pears (Tenor); Gwynne Howell (Bass); Jenny Hill (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Philip Langridge (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)
William Bennett (Flute); Norman Knight (Flute); Peter Graeme (Oboe); James Brown (Oboe); James Brown (English Horn); Cecil Aronowitz (Viola); Quintin Ballardie (Viola); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Bernard Richards (Cello); Adrian Beers (Double-Bass); Timothy Farrell (Organ); Philip Ledger (Harpsichord)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1972/03/31 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England