Monica Sinclair
Monica Sinclair was an English contralto and mezzo-soprano, much loved in British opera and concert repertory. She became especially associated with Covent Garden and comic character roles.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Handel, Strauss, Wagner and Delius, including Beecham’s Messiah and Covent Garden Der Rosenkavalier.
Sinclair’s singing combined dark tone, superb diction and theatrical wit, making h...
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
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier
Live broadcast performance, 1959
Total duration: 3hr 16:56
Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Herr von Faninal - Ronald Lewis
Sophie, his daughter - Hanny Steffek
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Georg Solti
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485
Studio recordings, 1954-1959
Total duration: 77:52
Monica Sinclair contralto
Alexander Young tenor
Marian Nowakowski bass
BBC Chorus, dir. Leslie Woodgate
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
SULLIVAN Cylinder Recordings
Studio recording, 1959-60, Additional recordings, 1899-1914
Total duration: 1 hr 50:19
Monica Sinclair Ruth
James Milligan The Pirate King
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
The Pro Arte Orchestra
Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent
DELIUS A Mass of Life
DELIUS Hassan Suite
Recorded London 1952/3 and 1956
Total duration: 2hr 11:20
Soloists and Choirs
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
WALTON Scenes from "Troilus and Cressida" (Ambient Stereo)
WALTON Partita for Orchestra (stereo)
Recorded in 1955 and 1959
Total duration: 69:37
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Monica Sinclair, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra
conductor Sir William Walton
