James Gilchrist
James Gilchrist emerged as one of the leading English tenors in the latter part of the 20th century. He has sung a wide range of repertory, from J.S. Bach (St. John Passion) to Berlioz (L'enfance du Christ) to Britten (War Requiem), and on to such modern fare as Knut Nystedt's Apocalypsis Joannis. He has scored equal successes in lighter works, like Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, where he portrayed Ralph.
Gilchrist was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, on April 29, 1966. While he exhibited a strong talent for music in his youth, his choice of profession initially was that of medicine. Until he was 30 years old, he was a practicing doctor who only sang on the side, despite his impressive educational credentials: he studied at Winchester College, then later at King's College, Cambridge, earning the distinction of choral scholar. As he continued his medical studies, he sang with such prominent groups as the Sixteen, the Cardinall's Musick, and the Tallis Scholars. His decision to focus on music was prompted by his many triumphs on the stage and in the recording studio in the late 1980s and early '90s. He had appeared on a number of successful recordings while still a doctor: he sang on a pair of Naxos releases containing masses by William Byrd (1994) and Dufay (1995).
In the new century, Gilchrist continued to expand his repertory, taking on such roles as the Evangelist in Haydn's The Seasons in St. Louis, and taking on such roles as Damon in Handel's Acis and Galatea (2004) at the Lufthansa Festival of Music at St. John's, Smith Square, London, and the Evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion (2006) in Boston. In the 2010-2011 season, he performed Schubert's Die schöne Mullerin at Wigmore Hall, Britten's Les illuminations at the Aldeburgh Festival, and Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
Gilchrist has been heard on over 100 albums and has recorded with numerous labels, including Hyperion, Chandos, Collins Classics, and EMI. In 2020, he was featured on several albums, including a 2019 performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, with the King's College Choir, under the direction of Stephen Cleobury, shortly before his retirement. Gilchrist was also heard on the Chandos release Solitude, accompanied by Anna Tilbrook, and the first volume in Somm's One Hundred Years of British Songs series, with Nathan Williamson.
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Artistas semelhantes
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On This Shining Night
James Gilchrist, Sophie Bevan, Roderick Williams, Coull Quartet
Classical - Lançado por SOMM Recordings em 17 de jun. de 2022
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Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 12
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por SDG em 26 de out. de 2010
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Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 21 - Bwv 65, 81, 83, 190
Robin Blaze, James Gilchrist, Peter Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Classical - Lançado por BIS em 1 de mar. de 2003
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Hummel: Mass in E-Flat Major, Te Deum & Quod in orbe
Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum, Susan Gritton, Ann Murray, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de out. de 2004
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Britten: My Beloved is Mine
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook
Classical - Lançado por Linn Records em 17 de set. de 2012
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Songs of Sir Lennox Berkeley
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook, Alison Nicholls
Mélodies - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de jun. de 2009
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FINZI: Dies natalis / Farewell to Arms / 2 Sonnets
James Gilchrist, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Naxos em 12 de abr. de 2008
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Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
James Gilchrist, Philip Dukes, Anna Tilbrook
Mélodies - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de jan. de 2018
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Julian Marshall: The Angel in the Forest
James Gilchrist, Philharmonia Chamber Players, The Rupa Ensemble
Chamber Music - Lançado por Orchid Classics em 18 de nov. de 2022
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Howard Skempton: Chamber Works
Roderick Williams, Tim Horton, James Gilchrist, Ensemble 360
Classical - Lançado por First Hand Records em 18 de out. de 2019
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JEFFREYS, J.: The Far Country
Classical - Lançado por Divine Art em 21 de ago. de 2007
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Themes and Variations
Guy Johnston, James Gilchrist, Tom Poster
Chamber Music - Lançado por Orchid Classics em 1 de mar. de 2019
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STAINER: Crucifixion (The)
James Gilchrist, Simon Bailey, Stephen Farr, The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Tim Brown
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de mai. de 2005
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Inn Stetter Hut: 16th-Century Viol Music for the Richest Man in the World, Vol. 2
The Linarol Consort, James Gilchrist
Classical - Lançado por Inventa Records em 13 de jan. de 2023
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Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge
James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook, Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Classical - Lançado por Linn Records em 1 de jan. de 2007
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One Hundred Years of British Song, Vol. 1
James Gilchrist, Nathan Williamson
Classical - Lançado por SOMM Recordings em 16 de out. de 2020
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Stephen Dodgson: The Peasant Poet Songs, Vol. 1
Classical - Lançado por SOMM Recordings em 18 de nov. de 2022
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Songs of Muriel Herbert
James Gilchrist, Ailish Tynan, David Owen Norris
Classical - Lançado por Linn Records em 1 de mai. de 2009
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Schumann: Song Cycles
Anna Tilbrook, James Gilchrist
Classical - Lançado por Linn Records em 18 de set. de 2015
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Parry: 12 Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 2
Roderick Williams, Sarah Fox, James Gilchrist, Andrew West
Classical - Lançado por SOMM Recordings em 30 de mar. de 2018
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One Hundred Years of British Song, Vol. 3
James Gilchrist, Nathan Williamson
Classical - Lançado por SOMM Recordings em 21 de jan. de 2022
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