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Performer: Benjamin Luxon

TWO GENTLEMEN FOLK: Sweet Nightingale. The Tinker. The Leaving of Liverpool. She's Like the Swallow. Dance to Your Daddy. The Ash Grove. San Francisco Bay. Danny Boy. White-haired Cassidy. The Cuckoo. Leatherwing Bat. Turkey in the Straw. The Flowers of the Forest. Bold Nelson. Eddystone Light. Waly Waly. Waltzing Matilda. The Wabash Cannonball (Review by John Bauman)

singer 

SIMPLE GIFTS. British and American Folk Songs: The Fox. Four Loom Weaver. Foggy Foggy Dew. Turtle Dove. Old Paint—The Carter. Johnny I Hardly Knew You. October Winds. She Moved Through the Fair. Get Up and Go. Old Joe Clark. I Will Give My Love an Apple—/ Gave My Love a Cherry. Simple Gifts—Lord of the Dance (Review by George Chien)

baritone 

SIMPLE GIFTS. British and American Folk Songs: The Fox. Four Loom Weaver. Foggy, Foggy Dew. Turtle Dove-Poor Little Turtle Dove. Old Paint-The Carter. Johnny I Hardly Knew You. October Winds. She Moved Through the Fair. Get Up and Go. Old Joe Clark. I Will Give My Love an Apple—I Gave My Love a Cherry. Simple Gifts—Lord of the Dance (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

BENJAMIN LUXON AND BILL CROFUT SING FOLK SONGS AT TANGLEWOOD. SIMPLE GIFTS: The Fox. I'm Certain/Texas Girl. Courtin' in the Kitchen/Clara Nolen's Ball. Devil's Wife. Old Joe Clark. Old Blue. Talking Blues. Johnny I Hardly Knew You. Simple Gifts/Lord of the Dance. All Through the Nighť. The Fox. Four Loom Weaver. Foggy, Foggy Dew. Turtle Dove. Old Paint/The Carter. October Winds. She Moved Through the Fair. Get Up and Go. Old Joe Clark. I Gave My Love an Apple/I Gave My Love a Cherry. Simple Gifts/Lord of the Dance (Review by John Bauman)

singer 

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT. Folksongs of America and the British Isles: The Tinker-Little Beggarman. Cold Blows the Wind Today, Sweetheart. One Morning in May. St. James Hospital. Streets of Laredo. Loch Lomond. Way Out There. Down by the Sally Gardens. Dance to Your Daddy. All Through the Night (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

A GILBERT AND SULLIVAN GALA: lolanthe (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

VICTORIAN SONGS AND BALLADS (2 volumes): (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Coronation Te Deum... (Georg Solti) (Review by Steven Kruger)

baritone 

ALWYN: Miss Julie—Opera in Two Acts (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

ALWYN: Miss Julie—Opera in Two Acts (Review by John Ditsky)

Jean 

BACH/ELGAR: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

bass 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Magnificat, BWV 243 (Review by George Chien)

bass 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV244 (Review by Edward Strickland)

bass 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (Review by Edward Strickland)

baritone 

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: The Passion According to St. Matthew, BWV 244 (Review by Howard Kornblum)

baritone 

BLANEY: Mr. Bear (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

BRAHE: Bless This House (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

BRITTEN: British Folksong Arrangements (8). Three Early Songs. Tit for Tat. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

BRITTEN: War Requiem, op. 66 (Review by J. F. Weber)

baritone 

BUSH: Song Cycles (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from “A Shropshire Lad.“ Bredon Hill. O Fair enough are Sky and Plain. When the Lad for Longing Sighs. On the idle Hill of Summer. With Rue My Heart is Laden (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

BUTTERWORTH: Songs (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

CLARKE, CUTHBERT: Dan McGrew (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

DELIUS: Seven Songs from the Norwegian (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

DELIUS: Songs (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

DIX, J. AIRLIE: The Trumpeter (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

DONALDSON, WALTER: My Buddy (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

ELGAR: Pleading, Op. 48, No. 1. Two Songs, Op. 31. Arabian Serenade. Songs, Op. 59 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

ELGAR: Songs (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49. The Light of Life, Op. 29 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

bass 

ELGAR: The Apostles, Op. 49. The Light of Life, Op. 29 (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

St. Peter 

ELGAR: The Apostles. The Light of Life (Review by Walter Simmons)

bass 

ELGAR: The Apostles. The Light of Life (Review by Walter Simmons)

St. Peter 

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius (Review by Walter Simmons)

baritone 

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (Review by Walter Simmons)

baritone 

ELGAR: The Kingdom (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

bass 

FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem (Review by Barry Brenesal)

baritone 

FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, Op. 48. Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Requiem, Op. 48. Messe basse (Review by Paul Turok)

baritone 

FOSTER, STEPHEN: Beautiful Dreamer. I Dream of Jeanie (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN: Ruddigore (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

GLOVER: The fíose of Tralee (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

GRAY, WILLIAM B.: The Volunteer Organist (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

GURNEY: Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes. The Apple Orchard. The Fields are Full. The Two Corbies. Severn Meadows. Desire in Spring. Ha'nacker Mill. Down by the Salley Gardens. The Scribe. Hawk and Buckle. On the Downs. The Fiddler of Dooney. In Flanders. The Folly of Being Comforted. I Praise the Tender Flower. Black Stitchel. An Epitaph. By A Bierside. Cranham Woods. Sleep (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

GURNEY: Songs (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

HANDEL/ELGAR: Overture in D Minor (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Acts (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

Polyphemus 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Acts (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

voice 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Alcina (Review by Ken Meltzer)

baritone 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Alcina (Review by Bertil van Boer)

baritone 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Messiah (Review by John Bauman)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by Anthony D. Coggi)

baritone 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by John Yohalem)

bass 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by Anthony D. Coggi)

Harapha 

HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC: Samson (Review by John Yohalem)

Harapha 

HARRIS, CHARLES K.: Break the News to Mother (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

HARRISON, DENHAM: Give Me a Ticket to Heaven (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

HARRISON, LOU: In the Gloaming (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Il Ritorno di Tobia (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Il Ritorno di Tobia (Review by John Bauman)

Tobit 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: L'incontro improvviso (The Unforeseen Encounter) (Review by John Bauman)

baritone 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: L'incontro improvviso (The Unforeseen Encounter) (Review by John Bauman)

Calandro 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: L'incontro improvviso (Review by William H. Youngren)

Calandro 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Mariazeller Mass (No. 6); Little Organ Mass (No. 5); Four Pieces for Mechanical Clock (Review by J. F. Weber)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: Orlando palodino (Review by William H. Youngren)

Rodomonte 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by Mortimer H. Frank)

bass 

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH: The Creation (Review by James H. North)

bass 

HOWELLS, HERBERT: An Old Man's Lullaby. Here She Lies. O Garlands. Two South African Settings. Upon a Summer's Day. By the Hearth-stone. Blaweary. Three Folksongs'. Sweet Content''. A Garland for de la Mare“. Peacock Pie, op. 33. Four French Chansons, op. 29'. In Green Ways, op. 43'. Old Meg' Three Children's Songs'. Four Songs, op. 22. Lost Love. O, My Deir Hert. Come Sing and Dance. The Mugger's Song“. The Little Boy Lost“ The Restful Branches MallyO!“ Old Skinflint. King David Gavotte Flood Goddess of the Night (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

HOWELLS, HERBERT: Songs (Complete) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: 3 Songs (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: 5 16th-Century Poems (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: 5 Poems by Thomas Hardy (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Blow out you bugles (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: During music (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Great Things (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Hope the Hornblower (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: I have 12 oxen (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: If there were dreams (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: If we must part (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Marigold (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Santa Chiara (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Sea Fever (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Songs Sacred and Profane (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Songs of a Wayfarer (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Songs—Volume I (21); Volume II (26) (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Spring Sorrow (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: The Journey (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: The bells of San Marie (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: The merry month of May (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Tryst (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Tutto e sciolto (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: Vagabond (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: We’ll to the woods no more (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: When I am dead (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

IRELAND, JOHN: When lights go rolling (Review by Ian Lace)

baritone 

JACOBS-BOND, CARRIE: Just a Wearyin' for You (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

KORNGOLD, ERICH: Die tote Stadt (Review by James H. North)

Frank 

KORNGOLD, ERICH: Die tote Stadt— Opera in Three Acts, op. 12 (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

KORNGOLD, ERICH: Die tote Stadt— Opera in Three Acts, op. 12 (Review by John Ditsky)

Frank 

LESLIE: Anna-belle Lee (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat (Symphony of a Thousand) (Review by Peter J. Rabinowitz)

baritone 

MCCALL, J.P.: Boots (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elias (Review by James Miller)

bass 

MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Elijah, Op. 70 (Review by James Miller)

baritone 

MOLLOY: Love's Old Sweet Song (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (Review by Brian Robins)

Ulisse 

MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

Ulisse 

MONTEVERDI: Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (Review by Barry Brenesal)

Ulisse 

MOZART: Die Zauberflöte (Review by Bob Rose)

Papageno 

MOZART: Die Zauberflöte (Review by David L. Kirk)

Papageno 

MOZART: Don Giovanni (Review by David L. Kirk)

Don Giovanni 

MOZART: Don Giovanni (Review by James A. Altena)

Don Giovanni 

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by David L. Kirk)

Count Almaviva 

MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro (Review by James A. Altena)

Count Almaviva 

MOZART: Mass in C Minor, K. 427 (“Great“) (Review by J. F. Weber)

baritone 

PENN: Smilid Through (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

PEPPER: Over the Rolling Sea (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

PETHER: Puzzled (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

PETRIE: Asleep in the Deep (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

QUILTER: Songs (Review by David Claris)

baritone 

QUILTER: Three Songs, op. 3 (Review by David Claris)

baritone 

SANDERSON: Friend o'Mine (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin, D. 795 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

baritone 

SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang, D. 957 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

baritone 

SCHUBERT: Winterreise, D. 911 (Review by Ralph V. Lucano)

baritone 

SPEAKS: The Road to Mandalay (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

SPROSS: Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorree (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

STANFORD, CHARLES VILLIERS: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91. Songs of the Fleet, Op. 117 (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Oedipus Rex (Review by Neil Levenson)

The Messenger 

STRAVINSKY, IGOR: Symphonie de Psaumes (revised version 1948) (Review by George Chien)

bass 

SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

TOSTI: Parted (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

TRADITIONAL: Danny Boy. The Floral Dance (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Riders to the Sea. Folk Song Arrangements (il) (Review by John Ditsky)

baritone 

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Riders to the Sea. Folk Song Arrangements (il) (Review by John Ditsky)

Bartley 

VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Falstaff (Review by Barry Brenesal)

Ford 

VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Falstaff (Review by Lynn René Bayley)

Ford 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar's Feast. Henry V (Review by Vincent Alfano)

baritone 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzar's Feast; Coronation Te Deum (Review by Benjamin Pernick)

baritone 

WALTON, WILLIAM: Belshazzer’s Feast (Review by Arthur Lintgen)

baritone 

WARLOCK: Songs (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

WARLOCK: The Wind from the West. Whenas the Rye. My Gostly Fader. Lullaby. As Ever I Saw. Take, O Take Those Lips Away. The Bayly Berith the Bell Away. Sweet Content. Mourn no Moe. There is a Lady Sweet and Kind. Play-Acting. Captain Stratton's Fancy. Mr. Belloc's Fancy. Late Summer. Hey, Troly Loly Lo. The Bachelor. Rest, Sweet Nymphs. Piggesnie. Sleep. Autumn Twilight. Milkmaids. Two Short Songs (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

WATSON, MICHAEL: Anchored (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

WEILL, KURT: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik. Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12. Mahagonny Songspiel (“Das kleine Mahagonny“) (Review by John D. Wiser)

baritone 

WEILL, KURT: The Seven Deadly Sins (arr. Brückner-Rüggeberg). The Berlin Requiem (ed. David Drew) (Review by Adrian Corleonis)

baritone 

WILLIAMS, BERT: Nobody (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

WOODFORDE-FINDEN, AMY: Kashmiri Song (Review by James Miller)

bass baritone 

 

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