Helen Watts (contralto)

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1964Dido and AeneasPurcell; Mary Thomas, Honor Sheppard, Helen Watts, Maurice Bevan, Ellen Dales, Robert Tear, Harold Lester, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Alfred Deller2
1966A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1966 studio cast)Britten; Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, Josephine Veasey, Heather Harper, Stephen Terry, John Shirley‐Quirk, Helen Watts, Owen Brannigan, Norman Lumsden, Kenneth MacDonald, David Kelly, Robert Tear, Keith Raggett, London Symphony, Benjamin Britten2
1966Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”Gustav Mahler; Heather Harper, Helen Watts, London Symphony, Georg Solti3
1967HarmoniemesseHaydn; Spoorenberg, Watts, Young, Rouleau, Choir Of St John's College Cambridge, The Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest1
1968Symphony no. 3 (1968 recording)Mahler; London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti, Helen Watts, The Ambrosian Singers, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir1
1969Magnificat in D major / Cantata no. 10Bach; Ameling, Van Bork, Watts, Krenn, Rintzler, Krause, Wiener Akademiechor, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger1
1969Creation MassHaydn; April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Forbes Robinson, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, George Guest1
1970PaukenmesseJ. Haydn; April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Helen Watts, Barry McDaniel, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, George Guest2
1974Mass in C major opus 86Beethoven; Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest1
1975Le MessieHaendel; Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard1
1975Mass in E flatSchubert; Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Kenneth Bowen, Wynford Evans, Christopher Keyte, Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest1
1977Requiem (1977 recording)Mozart; Ileana Cotrubaş, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Shirley‐Quirk, Academy and Chorus of St. Martin‐in‐the‐Fields, László Heltay, Neville Marriner5
1978Béatrice et BénédictBerlioz; Baker, Eda‐Pierre, Watts, Tear, Allen, Lloyd, Bastin, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis1
1978Favourite Schubert SongsFranz Schubert, Kathleen Ferrier, Helen Watts, Hermann Prey, Margaret Price, Stuart Burrows & Tom Krause1
1978Mariazeller Mass / Little Organ MassHaydn; Jennifer Smith, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, John Scott, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest1
1981Our Hunting Fathers / On This Island / A Charm of LullabiesBenjamin Britten; Peter Pears, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Helen Watts1
1984Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”Mahler; Harold Farberman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Felicity Lott, Helen Watts, Brighton Festival Chorus2
1985Messe in h-MollJ.S. Bach; Hansmann, Iiyama, Watts, Equiluz, Van Egmond, Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt4
1988Exsultate, Jubilate / Krönungsmesse / Litaniae Lauretanae, K195Mozart; Spoorenberg, Cotrubaș, Watts, Tear, Shirley‐Quirk, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner1
1992British Composers: A Mass of Life / Songs of Sunset / An ArabesqueDelius; Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Dame Janet Baker, John Shirley‐Quirk, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1
1994Cantatas BWV 198, 158 & 27Johann Sebastian Bach; Rotraud Hansmann, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, Concerto Amsterdam, Jürgen Jürgens1
1995A Child of Our TimeTippett; Jill Gomez, Helen Watts, Kenneth Woollam, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky2
1995The Midsummer Marriage: Opera in Three ActsTippett: Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis, Alberto Remedios, Joan Carlyle, Elizabeth Harwood, Stuart Burrows, Helen Watts, Stafford Dean, Elizabeth Bainbridge1
1996Alto Rhapsody / Nänie / Four Serious Songs / Five SongsJohannes Brahms; Helen Watts, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, John Shirley‐Quirk, Martin Isepp1
1998The Dancers / Harp Song of the Dane Women / Mariners' Song / Ave maris stella / Six Gerard Manley Hopkins PoemsGrace Williams; Eiddwen Harrhy, Helen Watts, Caryl Thomas, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox1
1999Symphony no. 8Mahler; Joyce Barker, Hatt, Giebel, Meyer, Watts, Neate, Orda, van Mill, London Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein1
2001The British Music Collection: Benjamin Britten: The RaritiesBenjamin Britten; Norma Procter, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Owen Brannigan, Mtislav Rostropovich, András Schiff, Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, Osian Ellis, Galina Vishnevskaya, Heinz Holliger, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus2
Hugh the DroverVaughan Williams; Armstrong, Watts, Tear, Lloyd, Rippon, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1987The Compact Selection - Handel: Messiah (highlights)Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus & Raymond Leppard1
1994Requiem / Krönungsmesse / Coronation Mass / Exsultate, jubilate / Litany K. 195Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Cotrubaş, Watts, Tear, Shirley‐Quirk, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner3
1998Sacred MasterworksBach; Ameling, Watts, Pears, Prey, Krause, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger1
2008Cantatas BWV 18 / 59 / 89 / 90 / 106 / 118 / 152 / 161 / 182Johann Sebastian Bach; Sheila Armstrong, Rotraud Hansmann, Julia Falk, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Bert van t'Hoff, Max van Egmond, Jacques Villisech, Monteverdi‐Chor Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens1
Coronation Mass / Vesperae Solennes / Exsultate, JubilateWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Cotrubaș, Watts, Tear, Shirley‐Quirk, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner1

Other

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1970Symphony no. 9 (“Choral”)Beethoven; Leopold Stokowski, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, Donald McIntyre2

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