John Stanton Shirley-Quirk CBE was an English bass-baritone. A member of the English Opera Group from 1964 to 1976, he gave premiere performances of several operatic and vocal works by Benjamin Britten, recording these and other works under the... Wikipedia
Born: August 28, 1931, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Died: April 7, 2014 (age 82 years), Bath, United Kingdom
Songs
Linden Lea
English Song
Five Mystical Songs: 1. Easter
Sancta Civitas / Five Mystical Songs / Toward the Unknown Region
Man Is For The Woman Made
English Song
Five Mystical Songs: 3. Love bade me welcome
Sancta Civitas / Five Mystical Songs / Toward the Unknown Region
Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten - Hob. XXI:3 / 1. Spring - "With joy th'impatient husbandman"
Haydn: The Seasons
II. Classroom
Meltzer: Brion - Sindbad - Exiles
Tit for Tat: A song of enchantment
Britten conducts Britten Vol.4
The Creation H XXI:2 , Part I: The heavens are telling
Haydn: The Creation . Missa in tempore belli
Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Part One: Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Accende lumen sensibus"
Mahler: Symphony No.8
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Helena! Hermi! Demetrius! Lysander!"
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London Symphony Orchestra & Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools feat. conductor: Benjamin Britten)
X. Teaching
Meltzer: Brion - Sindbad - Exiles
“The Call” from Five Mystical Songs
Bride’s Guide to Wedding Music
Five Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon
The Sound of King's
Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": II. On the Beach at Night, Alone
A Sea Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Part Two: Final scene from Goethe's "Faust" - "Alles Vergängliche"
Mahler: Symphony No.8
Shallow Brown
Britten The Performer
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1 - 10. Aria: "Arm, arm, ye brave!"
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
The heavens are telling
Favourite Choral Classics
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Now, Fair Hippolyta"
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London Symphony Orchestra & Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools feat. conductor: Benjamin Britten)
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "Asleep, My Love?"
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London Symphony Orchestra & Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools feat. conductor: Benjamin Britten)
Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships
A Sea Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Part One: Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Imple superna gratia"
Mahler: Symphony No.8
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 1 - 9. Recit.: "I feel, I fee the Deity within"
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat - "Symphony of a Thousand" / Part One: Hymnus "Veni creator spiritus" - "Gloria sit Patri Domino"
Mahler: Symphony No.8
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Part 1 - Recit/Chorus: "He said, Go to one in the city yonder"
Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 / Act 3 - "If We Offend, It Is With Our Good Will"
A Midsummer Night's Dream (London Symphony Orchestra & Choirs of Downside and Emanuel Schools feat. conductor: Benjamin Britten)
Five Mystical Songs: 2. I got me flowers
Sancta Civitas / Five Mystical Songs / Toward the Unknown Region
VIII. Water Cannon
Meltzer: Brion - Sindbad - Exiles
VI. At Night
Meltzer: Brion - Sindbad - Exiles
III. Sindbad's Wives Look Back
Meltzer: Brion - Sindbad - Exiles
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Part 2 - 48. Aria: "With pious hearts, and brave as pious"
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
VII. Experience
Meltzer: Brion - Sindbad - Exiles
Albums