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ALBUMPurcell: The Fairy Queen; Songs And AriasAnthony Lewis, Benjamin Britten, Philomusica of London, Jennifer Vyvyan, James Bowman, Charles Brett, Sir Peter Pears, Mary Wells, Ian Partridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Owen Brannigan, Norma Burrowes, Alfreda Hodgson, Martin Gatt, Peter Graeme, Sir Philip Ledger, Kenneth Heath, William Herbert, Hervey Alan & Dennis Egan
ALBUMCharpentier - Sacred Choral WorksAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, April Cantelo, Charles Brett, Eiddwen Harrhy, English Chamber Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, Helen Gelmar, Ian Partridge, James Bowman, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger, Sir David Willcocks & Suvi Raj Grubb
About Charles Brett
Artist Biography
English countertenor Charles Brett is one of the leading specialists of the Baroque choral and oratorio repertoire. He studied at King's College, Cambridge, making his London debut in 1965 in a performance of Bach's Magnificat. In 1983, he co-founded the Amaryllis Consort, of which he was also the director. He has made numerous recordings, including Purcell's Fairy Queen (under the baton of Benjamin Britten) and birthday odes, Bach's Mass in B minor, and several Handel oratorios. Brett has been less active on the opera stage, but even there he has appeared in some notable productions. His operatic debut was at Graz in 1984, in a revival of Angelica vincitrice di Alcina by J.J. Fux. At the Ludwigsburg Festival, he sang Athamas in a German-language version of Handel's Semele. He toured France with Gluck's La clemenza di Tito with the conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire, and sang Britten's Oberon in 1987 at Aachen.
Hometown
Maidenhead, London, England
Genre
Classical
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