Russel Burgess

Chorus Master

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1675-1750)

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

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Children's Crusade, a ballad for children's voices and orchestra, op. 82
Mark Emney; John Wojciechowski; Raymond Hares; Stephen Daniels; Adrian Thompson (Tenor); Colin Morris; Graham Preston; Barnaby Jago
Ian Cobb (Piano); John Clegg (Piano); Johnatan Smith (Organ); Eric Crees (Percussion); John Tobin (Percussion); Chris Tingley (Percussion); Richard Courtney (Percussion); Brian Elton (Percussion); Graham Harbage (Percussion)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / Wandsworth School Boys Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1969/10/10 & 1969/10/11 - St. John's, Smith Square, London, England
CD (2) DECCA - The British Music Collection - 468 811-2; CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 393-2 LM

Owen Wingrave, op. 85
Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Nigel Douglas; Sylvia Fisher; Heather Harper (Soprano)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/07/22 to 1970/07/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
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The Golden vanity, a vaudeville for boys and piano, op. 78
Mark Emney; John Wojciechowski; Barnaby Jago; Adrian Thompson (Tenor); Terry Lovell
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess)
1969/10/11 - St. John's, Smith Square, London, England
CD (1) DECCA - LONDON - 436 397-2

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

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