Jennifer Vyvyan
Jennifer Vyvyan (1925-1974) was an English soprano, admired in Mozart, Handel, Britten and modern British repertory. She worked closely with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Handel’s Messiah under Beecham and in Horenstein’s Gothenburg Mozart and Mahler material.
Vyvyan’s singing combined clarity, poise and textual alertness, with the bright focus needed in both Baroque and twen...
HANDEL Messiah
Stereo studio recording, 1959
Total durations: CD - 2hr 24:05 - Download 2hr 41:04 (includes bonus tracks)
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Monica Sinclair, alto
Jon Vickers, tenor
Giorgio Tozzi, bass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
MOZART Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Live concert recordings, 1968
Total duration: 76:27
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Jascha Horenstein
BRITTEN A Midsummer Night's Dream
World premiere recording, 1960
Total duration: 2hr 17:55
Oberon - Alfred Deller
Titania - Jennifer Vyvyan
Bottom - Owen Brannigan
English Opera Group Orchestra
conducted by Benjamin Britten
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
MOZART Idomeneo - Overture
MOZART Symphony No. 35 'Haffner'
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9, 'Great'
Live recordings, 1968/69
Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano
Philippe Entremont, piano
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Jascha Horenstein
BRITTEN Gloriana, Op. 53
World première recording, 8 June 1953
BBC broadcast • Original 1953 version • Ambient Stereo
Total duration: 2:24:56
Queen Elizabeth I - Joan Cross
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex - Peter Pears
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Orchestra
conducted by John Pritchard