Elsie Morison
Elsie Morison (1924-2016) was an Australian soprano, admired in opera, oratorio and concert music. She worked in Britain and became associated with conductors including Thomas Beecham.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Mozart with Beecham and in Delius’s A Village Romeo and Juliet from Sadler’s Wells.
Morison’s singing was fresh, lyric and stylish, suited to music that needs clarity and emotional openness rather ...
MOZART Requiem in D minor, K.626
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485
Studio recordings, 1954-1959
Total duration: 77:52
Elsie Morison soprano
Monica Sinclair contralto
Alexander Young tenor
Marian Nowakowski bass
BBC Chorus, dir. Leslie Woodgate
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
DELIUS A Village Romeo and Juliet
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden (bonus track)*
Live performance broadcast, 1962
*Live radio broadcast, 1945
Total duration: 119:00 (opera: 109:59; bonus: 9:01)
Sali – John Wakefield
Vrenchen – Elsie Morison
The Dark Fiddler – Neil Easton
Manz - Lawrence Felley
Marti - Donald McIntyre
Meredith Davies, conductor
Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Sadler's Wells Opera
*Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
*Blue Network Symphony Orchestra
