Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
The Glyndebourne Festival Chorus is the chorus associated with Glyndebourne Festival Opera.
Glyndebourne is an English opera festival founded in 1934 at Glyndebourne, East Sussex.
The chorus is used for staged opera productions and related recording work.
VERDI La Forza del Destino
with rare bonus tracks:
VERDI La Forza del Destino (overture & orchestral excerpts, Dresden, 1926)
VERDI Luisa Miller - Overture (Chicago, 1947)
Live stage recording, 1951
Total duration: 2hr 51:54
Leonora - Walburga Wegner
Alvaro - David Poleri
Carlo - Marko Rothmüller
Guardiano - Bruce Dargavel
Preziosilla - Mildred Miller
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Busch
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
Stereo studio recording, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 21:14
Figaro – Sesto Bruscantini
Rosina – Victoria de los Angeles
Il conte d’Almaviva – Luigi Alva
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Vittorio Gui
GILBERT & SULLIVAN The Pirates of Penzance
SULLIVAN Cylinder Recordings
Studio recording, 1959-60, Additional recordings, 1899-1914
Total duration: 1 hr 50:19
George Baker Major-General Stanley
Monica Sinclair Ruth
James Milligan The Pirate King
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
The Pro Arte Orchestra
Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent