Robson, Christopher 1953-
Overview
| Works: | 218 works in 672 publications in 10 languages and 9,807 library holdings |
|---|---|
| Genres: | Songs and music Oratorios Music Drama Operas Live sound recordings Songs Musical settings Excerpts Sacred music |
| Roles: | Performer, Singer, Actor, ct=, Other, Vocalist, Author, Musician, Narrator, t=t |
| Classifications: | M2000, 782.23 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works by
Christopher Robson
Magnificat : a Bach Christmas by
Johann Sebastian Bach(
)
9 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Total eclipse ; Agraphon by
John Tavener(
)
16 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in 6 languages and held by 524 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The latest in a line of "ikons in sound," Total Eclipse stands as one of the richest, most intensely expressive of Sir John Tavener's ritualistic, spatial/metaphysical tableaux. As he notes in the score, the work is "not dramatic in the Western sense" but channels aspects of an ancient spiritual narrative via an ambitiously symbolic yet characteristically elemental musical inspiration. The sound world of Total Eclipse is as starkly evocative as the Grecian landscape that the composer holds dear. Written for the period instruments of the Academy of Ancient Music, Total Eclipse continues the collaboration documented on the 1999 album Eternity's Sunrise (HMU 907231), whose deeply moving title work for soprano and orchestra was Tavener's response to a 25th-anniversary commission from the Academy. Following the June 20, 2000, premier of Total Eclipse in the City of London's great St. Paul's Cathedral, the Academy, the Choir of New College Oxford, saxophonist John Harle, countertenor Christopher Robson, and tenor James Gilchrist convened with conductor Paul Goodwin and the composer to record the work in nearby Temple Church, chosen for its amenable acoustic and an atmosphere ideally attuned to the timeless, otherworldly address of Tavener's music. 12th-century Knights Templar are buried beneath this medieval sanctuary, with their stone effigies manifest on the round church floor. Soloists were placed in the balconies and the orchestra below to accord with Tavener's spatial plan for the work, with the timpani roiling amongst the effigies. The result was a aural theater. And piquantly juxtaposed with the chaste Baroque strings and boy treble, Harle's soprano saxophone -- the archetypal sound of which drew Tavener at first hearing -- proved a potent protagonist. - Program notes / Bradley Bambarger
16 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in 6 languages and held by 524 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The latest in a line of "ikons in sound," Total Eclipse stands as one of the richest, most intensely expressive of Sir John Tavener's ritualistic, spatial/metaphysical tableaux. As he notes in the score, the work is "not dramatic in the Western sense" but channels aspects of an ancient spiritual narrative via an ambitiously symbolic yet characteristically elemental musical inspiration. The sound world of Total Eclipse is as starkly evocative as the Grecian landscape that the composer holds dear. Written for the period instruments of the Academy of Ancient Music, Total Eclipse continues the collaboration documented on the 1999 album Eternity's Sunrise (HMU 907231), whose deeply moving title work for soprano and orchestra was Tavener's response to a 25th-anniversary commission from the Academy. Following the June 20, 2000, premier of Total Eclipse in the City of London's great St. Paul's Cathedral, the Academy, the Choir of New College Oxford, saxophonist John Harle, countertenor Christopher Robson, and tenor James Gilchrist convened with conductor Paul Goodwin and the composer to record the work in nearby Temple Church, chosen for its amenable acoustic and an atmosphere ideally attuned to the timeless, otherworldly address of Tavener's music. 12th-century Knights Templar are buried beneath this medieval sanctuary, with their stone effigies manifest on the round church floor. Soloists were placed in the balconies and the orchestra below to accord with Tavener's spatial plan for the work, with the timpani roiling amongst the effigies. The result was a aural theater. And piquantly juxtaposed with the chaste Baroque strings and boy treble, Harle's soprano saxophone -- the archetypal sound of which drew Tavener at first hearing -- proved a potent protagonist. - Program notes / Bradley Bambarger
Ariodante : an opera in three acts by
George Frideric Handel(
Visual
)
30 editions published between 1996 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The king of Scotland's daughter is treacherously accused of infidelity to her fiancé in this tale of trickery, betrayal, mistaken identity and sexual jealousy
30 editions published between 1996 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The king of Scotland's daughter is treacherously accused of infidelity to her fiancé in this tale of trickery, betrayal, mistaken identity and sexual jealousy
L'Orfeo by
Claudio Monteverdi(
)
15 editions published between 1992 and 2005 in Italian and German and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rinaldo Alessandrini conducts one of Claudio Monteverdi's works, a piece that is considered as one of the earliest works recognized as an opera
15 editions published between 1992 and 2005 in Italian and German and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rinaldo Alessandrini conducts one of Claudio Monteverdi's works, a piece that is considered as one of the earliest works recognized as an opera
Golem by
John Casken(
)
11 editions published between 1991 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Original recording made by BBC Radio 3, Golders Green Hippodrome, July 1989 ... remixed and re-edited ... September-November 1990"--Container notes
11 editions published between 1991 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Original recording made by BBC Radio 3, Golders Green Hippodrome, July 1989 ... remixed and re-edited ... September-November 1990"--Container notes
Resurrection by
Peter Maxwell Davies(
)
15 editions published between 1995 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1995 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Flight by
Jonathan Dove(
)
14 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 381 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day ; Te Deum by
Henry Purcell(
)
7 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 378 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gloria by
Antonio Vivaldi(
)
12 editions published in 2001 in 3 languages and held by 349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twenty years after it was first released by Archiv in 1987, Trevor Pinnock and the English Consort's coupling of Vivaldi's Gloria and Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus still sounds new, vital, and even contemporary in this 2007 reissue. Pinnock's tempos are lively, his lines clean, his textures clear, and his rhythms crisp. The English Consort's playing is light, tight, suave, supple, and, when the piece calls for it, powerful. The Choir of the English Consort's singing is sensitive, strong, and excellently enunciated. Soprano Nancy Argenta is a standout among the singers, and the instrumental soloists, especially clarion trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins, are uniformly strong. Archiv's early digital sound was bright, deep, and detailed when it was first released, and because this is an un-remastered reissue of the same disc, it remains the same. If you want to hear a coupling of Vivaldi's Gloria and Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus, Pinnock's was then and remains now a fine first choice
12 editions published in 2001 in 3 languages and held by 349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twenty years after it was first released by Archiv in 1987, Trevor Pinnock and the English Consort's coupling of Vivaldi's Gloria and Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus still sounds new, vital, and even contemporary in this 2007 reissue. Pinnock's tempos are lively, his lines clean, his textures clear, and his rhythms crisp. The English Consort's playing is light, tight, suave, supple, and, when the piece calls for it, powerful. The Choir of the English Consort's singing is sensitive, strong, and excellently enunciated. Soprano Nancy Argenta is a standout among the singers, and the instrumental soloists, especially clarion trumpeter Crispian Steele-Perkins, are uniformly strong. Archiv's early digital sound was bright, deep, and detailed when it was first released, and because this is an un-remastered reissue of the same disc, it remains the same. If you want to hear a coupling of Vivaldi's Gloria and Scarlatti's Dixit Dominus, Pinnock's was then and remains now a fine first choice
Psyche by
Matthew Locke(
)
14 editions published between 1995 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 346 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Psyche: Semi-Opera in Five Acts: Libretto: Thomas Shadwell. Dance music by Giovanni Battista Draghi, arranged by Peter Holman and Philip Pickett
14 editions published between 1995 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 346 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Psyche: Semi-Opera in Five Acts: Libretto: Thomas Shadwell. Dance music by Giovanni Battista Draghi, arranged by Peter Holman and Philip Pickett
Xerxes by
George Frideric Handel(
Visual
)
27 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A water nymph, longing for human feeling, falls in love with a human prince
27 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A water nymph, longing for human feeling, falls in love with a human prince
Shakespeare at Covent Garden : Henry R. Bishop's songs for Shakespeare productions at Covent Garden by
Henry R Bishop(
)
2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610 by
Claudio Monteverdi(
)
5 editions published between 1990 and 2012 in Latin and English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published between 1990 and 2012 in Latin and English and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The sylvan and oceanic delights of Posilipo(
)
7 editions published between 1990 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1990 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Marienvesper by
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber(
)
8 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in Latin and German and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
8 editions published between 1986 and 2009 in Latin and German and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Requiem ; String sonatas by
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber(
)
7 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 293 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Trionfi! : a Florentine festival(
)
11 editions published between 1994 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1994 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Messiah by
Georg Friedrich Händel(
)
14 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir present an intimate and stirring performance of Handel's Messiah. This 2-CD recording of the full score on period instruments features a stellar cast of soloists. Tafelmusik presents this baroque masterpiece with the spirit and vitality of Handel's own 18th-century productions. A perennial favorite with audiences and critics alike, Tafelmusik's Messiah has garnered glowing reviews year after year
14 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir present an intimate and stirring performance of Handel's Messiah. This 2-CD recording of the full score on period instruments features a stellar cast of soloists. Tafelmusik presents this baroque masterpiece with the spirit and vitality of Handel's own 18th-century productions. A perennial favorite with audiences and critics alike, Tafelmusik's Messiah has garnered glowing reviews year after year
Ensaladas by
Matheo Flecha(
)
7 editions published between 1987 and 1997 in Spanish and English and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Flecha: Ensaladas: La Bomba; El Fuego; La Justa / Correa de Arauxo: Batalla de Morales / Aguilera de Heredia: Ensalada
7 editions published between 1987 and 1997 in Spanish and English and held by 284 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Flecha: Ensaladas: La Bomba; El Fuego; La Justa / Correa de Arauxo: Batalla de Morales / Aguilera de Heredia: Ensalada
Odes by
Henry Purcell(
)
7 editions published between 1992 and 2000 in English and German and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Odes pour l'Anniversaire de la Reine Mary, . n 6,. Purcell, Henry4230
7 editions published between 1992 and 2000 in English and German and held by 280 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Odes pour l'Anniversaire de la Reine Mary, . n 6,. Purcell, Henry4230
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Related Identities
- Pickett, Philip Conductor Performer Arranger Director
- New London Consort Performer Instrumentalist Musician
- King, Andrew 1953- Singer Performer Musician Vocalist
- George, Michael Singer Performer Musician Vocalist
- Bott, Catherine Other Singer Performer Musician Vocalist
- Grant, Simon (Bass) Singer Performer Musician Vocalist
- Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759 Other Creator Author Composer
- Agnew, Paul Singer Performer Vocalist
- Ainsley, John Mark Singer Performer Musician
- Bonner, Tessa Singer Performer Musician
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Associated Subjects
Anthems Cantatas, Sacred Cantatas, Secular Carnival songs Choruses, Sacred, with orchestra Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with string orchestra Christmas music Concertos (Harp) Dance music Ensaladas (Music) Gloria in excelsis Deo (Music) Gregorian chants Incidental music--Excerpts Instrumental ensembles Instrumental ensembles, Arranged Instrumental music Italy--Florence Jesus Christ Magnificat (Music) Mary--II,--Queen of England, Masques with music Motets Music Operas Operas--Excerpts Oratorios Oratorios--Excerpts Orpheus--(Greek mythological character) Part songs, Spanish Psalms (Music)--110th Psalm Quintets (Violins (2), viola, cello, continuo) Requiems Sacred songs (High voice) with orchestra Sacred songs (High voice) with string orchestra Sacred songs with instrumental ensemble Sacred vocal music Saint Cecilia's Day Sanctus (Music) Sedley, Charles,--Sir, Shakespeare, William, Sikelianos, Angelos, Solo cantatas, Secular (High voice) Te Deum laudamus (Music) Thekla,--Mother, Trumpet with string orchestra Vespers (Music) Vocal music
Alternative Names
Christopher Robson
Christopher Robson britischer Countertenor
Christopher Robson British singer
Christopher Robson Brits zanger
Christopher Robson cantant britànic
Christopher Robson cantante británico
Christopher Robson këngëtar britanik
Languages
English
(120)
Italian (27)
Latin (25)
German (23)
Spanish (6)
Greek, Ancient (5)
Multiple languages (2)
French (2)
Creek (1)
Greek, Modern (1)
Italian (27)
Latin (25)
German (23)
Spanish (6)
Greek, Ancient (5)
Multiple languages (2)
French (2)
Creek (1)
Greek, Modern (1)