John Shirley‐Quirk
Type
Person
Location
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Formed
28 August 1931
Ended
7 April 2014
Albums50
- Hippolyte et AricieRameau; Robert Tear, Angela Hickey, Janet Baker, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis2019
- Owen WingraveBritten; Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley‐Quirk, Nigel Douglas, Sylvia Fisher, Jennifer Vyvyan, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten20181.00 ★
- A Child of Our TimeMichael Tippett; Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis2016
- Les nuits d’été / LélioHector Berlioz; José Carreras, Thomas Allen, Sheila Armstrong, Josephine Veasey, Frank Patterson, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis2015
- Cantatas nos. 170, 82 & 159J.S. Bach; Janet Baker, John Shirley‐Quirk, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner2004
- The Dream of GerontiusElgar; Dame Janet Baker, John Mitchinson, John Shirley‐Quirk, CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle2003
- Requiem / Idyll / Songs of Farewell / A Song Before SunriseDelius; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Meredith Davies, Heather Harper, John Shirley‐Quirk2002
- Mass in B minorBach; Jenny Hill, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini2001
- The Prodigal SonBenjamin Britten; Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten1999
- LiederSchubert; Arleen Augér, Gundula Janowitz, Sarah Walker, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, John Shirley‐Quirk, Robert Holl1999
- The SeasonsHaydn; Heather Harper, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis1999
- Five Tudor Portraits / Five Variants of Dives and LazarusVaughan Williams; Jean Rigby, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox1998
- La Damnation de FaustBerlioz; Crespin, Turp, Roux, Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Pierre Monteux1998
- Song Cycles: Op. 24, 42, & 48Schumann; Leon Fleisher, Phyllis Bryn‐Julson, John Shirley‐Quirk1997
- Over the Sea to Skye: Folk Songs from Around the WorldWashington Men’s Camarata; John Shirley‐Quirk; Thomas Beveridge; Edward Newman1997
- Orchestral SongsMahler; Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, James King, Hermann Prey, John Shirley‐Quirk, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink1996
- A Vision of St Augustine / Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello and OrchestraTippett; John Shirley‐Quirk, Ernst Kovacic, Rivka Golani, Karine Georgian, London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta, David Atherton1996
- Alto Rhapsody / Nänie / Four Serious Songs / Five SongsJohannes Brahms; Helen Watts, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet, John Shirley‐Quirk, Martin Isepp1996
- Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Holst: The Hymn of Jesus / Delius: Sea DriftElgar, Holst, Delius; Benjamin Britten, Yvonne Minton, Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra1996
- A Child of Our TimeTippett; Jill Gomez, Helen Watts, Kenneth Woollam, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky1995
- Serenade / Five Pieces for Orchestra / Ode to NapoleonSchoenberg; Pierre Boulez, Yvonne Minton, John Shirley‐Quirk, Ensemble intercontemporain, BBC Symphony Orchestra1993
- Le Sacre du printemps / PulcinellaIgor Strawinsky; Teresa Berganza, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado1993
- Matthäus-PassionHeinrich Schütz, Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, Heinrich Schütz Choir & Sir Roger Norrington1993
- The Light of LifeElgar; Judith Howarth, Linda Finnie, Arthur Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox1993
- British 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 Groves1992
- The Fairy QueenPurcell; Vyvyan, Bowman, Pears, Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten1992
- The MessiahHandel; Elizabeth Harwood, Norma Procter, Alexander Young, John Shirley‐Quirk, Arnold Greir, The Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent19925.00 ★
- SongsStravinsky; Phyllis Bryn‐Julson, Ann Murray, Robert Tear, John Shirley‐Quirk, Ensemble interContemporain, Pierre Boulez1991
- Death in VeniceBenjamin Britten; Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, English Opera Group, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford1990
- Szenen aus Goethes FaustSchumann; Benjamin Britten, Fischer‐Dieskau, Harwood, Pears, Shirley‐Quirk1990
- Curlew RiverBritten; English Opera Group, Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, Benjamin Britten1989
- Danny Boy: Grainger FavouritesPercy Grainger; Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford1989
- Stabat Mater / LegendsAntonín Dvořák; Mathis, Reynolds, Ochman, Shirley‐Quirk, Rafael Kubelík1989
- Exsultate, Jubilate / Krönungsmesse / Litaniae Lauretanae, K195Mozart; Spoorenberg, Cotrubaș, Watts, Tear, Shirley‐Quirk, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner1988
- Krönungsmesse / SpatzenmesseWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Edith Mathis, Norma Procter, Tatiana Troyanos, Donald Grobe, Horst R. Laubenthal, John Shirley‐Quirk, Kieth Engen, Rafael Kubelík, Bernhard Klee1987
- Roméo et JulietteBerlioz; Kern, Tear, Shirley‐Quirk, John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Sir Colin Davis1985
- PulcinellaИгорь Фёдорович Стравинский; Teresa Berganza, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado1979
- PulcinellaIgor Strawinsky – Teresa Berganza • Ryland Davies • John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra • Claudio Abbado1979
- In Terra Pax / Introit / Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice / MagnificatGerald Finzi; Norma Burrowes, John Shirley‐Quirk, The City of London Sinfonia, The Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox1979
- RequiemMozart; Ileana Cotrubaş, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Shirley‐Quirk, Academy and Chorus of St. Martin‐in‐the‐Fields, László Heltay, Neville Marriner1977
- Carmina BuranaOrff; Norma Burrowes, Louis Devos, John Shirley‐Quirk, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti19763.50 ★
- The Bells / VocaliseRachmaninov; Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, André Previn1976
- Le MessieHaendel; Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard1975
- Choral SymphonyBeethoven; Sheila Armstrong, Anna Reynolds, Robert Tear, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini1973
- Belshazzar’s Feast / Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin BrittenSir William Walton; John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1972
- Pierre Boulez Conducts Berlioz: Lélio (The Return to Life)Berlioz; London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Pierre Boulez, Jean‐Louis Barrault, John Mitchinson, John Shirley‐Quirk, John Alldis1971
- A Midsummer Night’s DreamBritten; 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 Britten1966
- Ode On St. Cecilia's Day (1692)Henry Purcell; Simon Woolf, Paul Esswood, Roland Tatnell, Alexander Young, Michael Rippon, Shirley-Quirk, Tiffin Choir, Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
- St. John Passion: HighlightsBach; Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Alfreda Hodgson, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- Symphony no. 2 / Wunderhorn-LiederMahler; Elly Ameling, Aafje Heynis, Jessye Norman, John Shirley‐Quirk, Concertgebouw Orchetra, Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink
Live Albums3
- Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 "Babi Yar"Dmitri Shostakovich; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mannerchor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, John Shirley‐Quirk & Kirill Kondrashin2017
- Alceste, Wq. 44 (Sung in French) [Live Recordings 1981]Christoph Willibald Gluck; Janet Baker, Robert Tear, John Shirley‐Quirk, Matthew Best, Maldwyn Davies, Philip Gelling, Jonathan Summers, Maurits Sillem, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Charles Mackerras2014
- Cantate BWV 147, 3 MotetsJohann Sebastian Bach; Sir David Willcocks, Elly Ameling, Dame Janet Baker, Ian Partridge, John Shirley‐Quirk, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge1992
Compilations14
- Six CantatasJohann Sebastian Bach; Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Júlia Várady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Timothy Brown, Susan Milan, Ian Watson, Denis Vigay, Raymond Koster, Aldo Baldin, John Shirley‐Quirk, St. Anthony Singers, Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger, Rachel Lord, George Malcolm2019
- Cléopâtre / Herminie / 5 MélodiesHector Berlioz; Janet Baker, Sheila Armstrong, John Shirley‐Quirk, Josephine Veasey, Frank Patterson, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis2016
- Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / Cantata 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen', BWV 56Bach; John Shirley‐Quirk, Margaret Marshall, Dame Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Samuel Ramey, St. Anthony Singers, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sir Neville Marriner2011
- The Dream of Gerontius / Enigma VariationsElgar; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Janet Baker, John Mitchinson, John Shirley‐Quirk, Simon Rattle2007
- Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo / Winter Words / Who are these Children / Tit for Tat / Let the Florid Music Praise / Purcell RealizationsBenjamin Britten, Henry Purcell; Peter Pears, John Shirley‐Quirk, James Bowman, Benjamin Britten2006
- Dido and Aeneas / Ode on St. Cecilia’s DayHenry Purcell; Tatiana Troyanos, Barry McDaniel, Simon Woolf, Paul Esswood, Alexander Young, Michael Rippon, John Shirley‐Quirk, Sir Charles Mackerras2005
- LiederSchubert, Wolf; Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Heather Harper, John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten1999
- Akhmatova Requiem / Six Russian Folk SongsTavener; Phyllis Bryn‐Julson, John Shirley‐Quirk, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestventsky, Elise Ross, Nash Ensemble1997
- Dies Natalis / Five Mystical Songs / O Clap Your Hands / A Choral Fantasia / Psalm 86Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Holst; Wilfred Brown, John Shirley‐Quirk, Dame Janet Baker, Ian Partridge1996
- Requiem / Krönungsmesse / Coronation Mass / Exsultate, jubilate / Litany K. 195Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Cotrubaş, Watts, Tear, Shirley‐Quirk, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner1994
- Das ChorwerkSchönberg; Pierre Boulez, John Shirley‐Quirk, Günter Reich, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra1990
- Sancta Civitas / Five Mystical Songs / Toward the Unknown RegionVaughan Williams; Ian Partridge, John Shirley‐Quirk, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, The Bach Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Adrian Boult1989
- The Compact Selection - Handel: Messiah (highlights)Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus & Raymond Leppard1987
- Coronation Mass / Vesperae Solennes / Exsultate, JubilateWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Cotrubaș, Watts, Tear, Shirley‐Quirk, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner












































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