Chandos Sale - Physical up to 25% Off & Downloads up to 40% Off
Until the 30th October we are offering huge savings on Chandos titles - up to 40% off downloads and up to 25% off CD, SACD, DVD, and Vinyl.
Chandos Sale - Physical up to 25% Off & Downloads up to 40% Off, Barry Banks (tenor)
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Special offer. Mozart: The Magic Flute
Barry Banks (Tamino), Rebecca Evans (Pamina), Elizabeth Vidal (Queen of the Night), Simon Keenlyside (Papageno), John Tomlinson (Sarastro), Lesley Garrett (Papagena), John Graham-Hall (Monostatos)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Of all repertoire operas, none gains more than The Magic Flute from performance in the language of the audience. Musically, the performance is hard to fault. Articulation is light and buoyant,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2005, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
Original price ($22.25) Reduced price $18.02Downloads
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Special offer. Orff: Carmina Burana
Laura Claycomb (soprano, Barry Banks (tenor) & Christopher Maltman (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus, Tiffin Boys’ Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
…it's the excellence of choruses and orchestra you keep coming back to… a richly enjoyable performance of a much-recorded masterpiece. — More…
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Special offer. Elgar: King Olaf
RecommendedEmily Birsan (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Collegium Musicum Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Sir Andrew Davis
there's nothing stilted about Elgar's music: it crackles with confident vitality...the Norwegian choruses respond with crisp vigour and superb English diction, only faintly (and appropriately)... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Great Operatic Arias 15 - Barry Banks
Barry Banks sings Bel Canto Arias
Barry Banks (tenor), with Alan Opie (baritone), with Alfred Boe (tenor), with Bruce Ford (tenor), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), with Janice Watson (soprano)
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Special offer. Donizetti: The Elixir of Love
RecommendedBarry Banks (Nemorino), Mary Plazas (Adina), Ashley Holland (Belcore), Andrew Shore (Dulcamara)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
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Building a Library, April 2002, English Language Version
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
2 CDs
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36
(sung in German)
Susan Gritton (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor) & Peter Coleman-Wright (bass)
BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Composed in the wake of (and influenced by) Mendelssohn's epoch-making performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion, Paulus is an impressive work whose punchy choruses bring out the best in Hickox. — More…
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Special offer. Bizet: The Pearl Fishers (highlights)
Rebecca Evans (Leïla), Barry Banks (Nadir), Simon Keenlyside (Zurga), Alastair Miles (Nourabad)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Brad Cohen
Au fond du temple saint' has long been a favourite in the recording studio. Barry Banks and Simon Keenlyside, singing the aria in English… do Bizet proud. Banks and Rebecca Evans as the priestess... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Falstaff
Andrew Shore (Falstaff), Yvonne Kenny (Alice Ford), Ashley Holland (Ford), Susan Gritton (Nannetta), Barry Banks (Fenton), Stuart Kale (Dr Caius), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Mistress Quickly), Alice Coote (Meg Page), Clive Bayley (Pistol), Richard Roberts (Bardolph)
English National Opera Chorus,...
A strong cast, with every role vividly portrayed; Paul Daniel conducts confidently and enthusiastically. — More…
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36
(sung in German)
Susan Gritton (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright (bass)
BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
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Special offer. Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Andrew Shore (Don Pasquale), Jason Howard (Dr Malatesta), Barry Banks (Ernesto), Lynne Dawson (Norina), Clive Bayley (Notary)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
Andrew Shore's ripe buffo-baritone is ideally suited to Pasquale. A thoroughly delightful performance. — More…
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