Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis was a Welsh tenor, one of the leading British singers of the mid-twentieth century. He was admired in opera, oratorio and British repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Britten, Walton, Verdi, Elgar and Gilbert and Sullivan-related recordings, including Billy Budd, Troilus and Cressida and The Dream of Gerontius.
Lewis’s singing combined clarity, lyric strength and a strongly ...
BERLIOZ Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem)
Live broadcast recording, 1959
Total duration: 78:48
Richard Lewis, tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
MOZART Die Zauberflöte
MOZART Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"*
Studio and Live recordings · 1962 & 1954
Total duration: 3hr 15:21
Joan Sutherland - Queen of the Night
Richard Lewis - Tamino
Geraint Evans - Papageno
Joan Carlyle - Pamina
David Kelly - Sarastro
Hans Hotter - Speaker
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of Covent Garden
*Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer, conductor
MOZART Symphony No. 31, "Paris"
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Love Duet (in English)
NONO Canti di vita e d’amore: Sul ponte di Hiroshima
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
Live stereo concert recording, 1962
Total duration: 78:30
Marie Collier, soprano
Dorothy Dorow, soprano
Richard Lewis, tenor
London Symphony Orchestra
John Pritchard, conductor
ELGAR Cello Concerto
ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius
Live concert broadcasts, 1961 & 1962
Total Duration: 1hr 58:32
Jacqueline du Pré, cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Lewis, tenor
Marjorie Thomas, mezzo
John Cameron, baritone
Hudderfield Choral Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
WALTON Troilus and Cressida (original version)
Live recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 18:27
Richard Lewis, Troilus
Magda Laszlo, Cressida
Frederick Dalberg, Calkas
Geraint Evans, Antenor
Peter Pears, Pandarus
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
TIPPETT King Priam
Live world première performance, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 22:56
Priam - Forbes Robinson
Hecuba - Marie Collier
Hector - Victor Godfrey
Andromache - Josephine Veasey
Paris - John Dobson
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
conducted by John Pritchard
