Gladys Ripley
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedDame Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, James Johnston, Norman Walker
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Huddersfield Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the 1940s until the early 1960s one of the greatest of regular British musical events (every bit as important as the Proms) was Malcolm Sargent's Messiah. He conducted it up and down the... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Music in the Heart
Vaughan Williams Conducts his Serenade To Music
Sopranos: Stiles Allen*, Isobel Baillie*, Ena Mitchell, Elsie Suddaby*, Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill*, Astra Desmond*, Mary Jarred*, Gladys Ripley, Tenors: William Herbert, Richard Lewis, Stephen Manton, Heddle Nash*, Baritone/Bass: Norman Allin*, Robert Easton*, Roy Henderson*, Harold Williams*...
The exquisite centrepiece here is Vaughan Williams's own performance of the Serenade to Music from 1951, his 79th year. …there's a special warmth and magic. — More…
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Special offer. Elgar: Cello Concerto & The Dream of Gerontius
RecommendedPaul Tortelier (cello), Heddle Nash, Gladys Ripley, Dennis Noble, Norman Walker
Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
This pioneering set of Gerontius has come up newly minted in these superbly engineered transfers taken from 78rpm masters. That only enhances the incandescence and fervour of the reading itself,... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2006, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3, etc.
Kirsten Flagstad, Rudolf Bockelmann, Maria Müller, Anny Konetzni, Alfred Jerger, Franz Völker, Walter Grossmann
LPO, Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Elgar - Enigma Variations
Gladys Ripley (contralto)
London Symphony & Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon
Superb, astonishing performances from a most underrated conductor. Both orchestras play with non-stop intensity, with Glady's Ripley an exquisite soloist in Sea Pictures. Decent sound for... — More…
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Wagner: Die Walküre & Götterdämmerung (Excerpts, Live)
Mono recording
Edith Coates (mezzo-soprano), Elsa Stenning (soprano), Evelyn Arden (mezzo-soprano), Gladys Ripley (contralto), Gwladys Garside (mezzo-soprano), Linda Seymour (contralto), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Mae Craven (soprano), Thelma Bardsley (soprano), Maria Müller (soprano), Rudolf Bockelmann (baritone),...
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The Spirit of Christmas Past
John McCormack, Emmy Destinn, Enrico Caruso, Alma Gluck, Charles Laughton, Celebrity Quartet, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, John McHugh, Harold Williams, Richard Crooks, Lotte Lehmann, Giovanni Martinelli, Paul Planel, Elisabeth Schumann, Karl Erb, Sigrid Onegin, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli,...
Here's a bit of Christmas pudding from Nimbus guaranteed to gladden everyone's heart during the holidays. Buy this and enjoy — More…
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