A Celebration of James Bowman

James Bowman

• Released on 2023-04-10 by Warner Classics
• Main artists: James Bowman
• Genre: Classical

1 Now Does the Glorious Day Appear, Z. 332 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 7, Aria. "By Beauteous Softness"

Gustav Leonhardt 00:02:23

Nicholas Parker, Producer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - Edward Kershaw, Producer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1992 Parlophone Records Limited

2 Admeto, HWV 22, Act 1: Aria. "Se l'arco avessi e i strali" (Trasimede)

Alan Curtis 00:06:15

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann-Nikolaus Matthes, Engineer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Alan Curtis, Conductor, MainArtist - Il Complesso Barocco, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1978, 1997 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

3 Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Da te più tosto partir vogl'io" (Trasimede)

Alan Curtis 00:04:18

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann-Nikolaus Matthes, Engineer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Alan Curtis, Conductor, MainArtist - Il Complesso Barocco, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1978, 1997 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

4 Admeto, HWV 22, Act 2: Aria. "Chi è nato alle sventure" (Trasimede)

Alan Curtis 00:02:34

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann-Nikolaus Matthes, Engineer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Alan Curtis, Conductor, MainArtist - Il Complesso Barocco, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1978, 1997 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

5 Admeto, HWV 22, Act 3: Aria. "Armati, oh core, di cieco sdegno!" (Trasimede)

Alan Curtis 00:02:15

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gerd Berg, Producer - Johann-Nikolaus Matthes, Engineer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Alan Curtis, Conductor, MainArtist - Il Complesso Barocco, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1978, 1997 Warner Music Group Germany Holding GmbH

6 Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm XXIII. "Adonai ro-i, lo ehsar" - Psalm II. "Lamah rag'shu goyim" (Version for Choir, Organ, Harp and Percussion)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge 00:05:22

Leonard Bernstein, Composer - Philip Ledger, Conductor - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - David Corkhill, Percussion, FeaturedArtist - James Lancelot, Organ, FeaturedArtist - Osian Ellis, Harp, FeaturedArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1974 Parlophone Records Limited, A Warner Music Group Company. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company.

7 Messe de minuit pour Noël, H. 9: II. Gloria

Sir David Willcocks 00:06:11

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Organ, FeaturedArtist - Suvi Raj Grubb, Producer - Ian Partridge, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Christopher Keyte, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Neville Boyling, Engineer - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, FeaturedArtist - April Cantelo, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Helen Gelmar, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1967 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1989 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

8 Messe de minuit pour Noël, H. 9: VI. Agnus Dei

Sir David Willcocks 00:02:54

English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrew Davis, Organ, FeaturedArtist - Suvi Raj Grubb, Producer - Ian Partridge, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Christopher Keyte, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Neville Boyling, Engineer - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1967 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd Digital remastering (p) 1989 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

9 Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Aria. "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra 00:09:42

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Ton Koopman, Conductor, MainArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Adriaan Verstijnen, Engineer - Tini Mathot, Producer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Limited

10 Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Duet. "O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?"

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra 00:01:54

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Ton Koopman, Conductor, MainArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Adriaan Verstijnen, Engineer - Paul Elliott, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Tini Mathot, Producer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1985 Warner Music UK Limited

11 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"

John Eliot Gardiner 00:03:42

Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1995 Warner Music UK Limited

12 El grillo

David Munrow 00:01:47

David Munrow, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Music Consort Of London, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Josquin des Prez, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1976, 1996 Parlophone Records Limited

13 De tous biens plaine

David Munrow 00:06:45

Hayne van Ghizeghem, Composer - David Munrow, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Music Consort Of London, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1976, 1996 Parlophone Records Limited

14 Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 52, Aria. "Können Tränen meinen Wangen"

Concentus Musicus Wien 00:07:30

Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Conductor, MainArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Concentus Musicus Wien, Orchestra, MainArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Teldec release, ℗ 1970 Warner Music UK Limited

15 Carmina Burana, Pt. 2 "In taberna": Olim lacus colueram

David Hill 00:03:49

Carl Orff, Composer - David Hill, Conductor, MainArtist - Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Chorus, FeaturedArtist - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1995 Parlophone Records Limited

16 O God, Thou Art My God, Z. 35

Gustav Leonhardt 00:04:18

James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - Max van Egmond, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Leonhardt-Consort, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Nigel Rogers, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Teldec release, ℗ 1970 Warner Music UK Limited

17 O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out, Z. 36

Gustav Leonhardt 00:04:30

James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - Max van Egmond, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Leonhardt-Consort, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Nigel Rogers, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Wolf Erichson, Producer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Teldec release, ℗ 1970 Warner Music UK Limited

18 Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30: III. For the Mouse Is a Creature of Great Personal Valour

James Bowman 00:00:54

Philip Ledger, Conductor - Benjamin Britten, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - James Lancelot, Organ, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1974 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

19 O Mistress Mine

James Bowman 00:01:10

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - THOMAS MORLEY, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

20 Take, O Take Those Lips Away

James Bowman 00:02:22

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - John Wilson, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

21 The Willow Song

James Bowman 00:03:34

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - Anonymous, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

22 The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Yet Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay" (Hercules)

Philip Ledger 00:03:41

John Willan, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Philip Ledger, Conductor, MainArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1975, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

23 The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69: Air. "Lead, Goddess, Lead the Way" (Hercules)

Philip Ledger 00:05:15

John Willan, Producer - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Philip Ledger, Conductor, MainArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1975, 2002 Parlophone Records Limited

24 Primo libro d'arie musicali: No. 15, Se l'aura spira

James Bowman 00:01:28

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

25 Tortorella

James Bowman 00:02:24

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - Carlo Luigi Pietragrua, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

26 Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 5: Aria with Choir. "He Shall Feed His Flock"

Sir David Willcocks 00:04:52

George Frideric Handel, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra - David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1972, 2019 Parlophone Records Limited

27 Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 5: Aria. "Thou Art Gone up on High"

Sir David Willcocks 00:02:53

George Frideric Handel, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orchestra - David Willcocks, Conductor, MainArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1972, 2019 Parlophone Records Limited

28 Ein fröhlich Wesen

David Munrow 00:02:32

David Munrow, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Music Consort Of London, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Jacques Barbireau, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1976, 1996 Parlophone Records Limited

29 Fortuna desperata

David Munrow 00:01:38

David Munrow, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Music Consort Of London, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Antoine Busnois, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1976, 1996 Parlophone Records Limited

30 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 3: "Now the Hungry Lion Roars" (Fairies, Puck, Oberon, Tytania)

Richard Hickox 00:04:52

City Of London Sinfonia, Orchestra - Richard Hickox, Conductor, MainArtist - Andrew Keener, Producer - Mark Vigars, Engineer - Lillian Watson, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Benjamin Britten, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Trinity Boys' Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Dexter Fletcher, Narrator, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1993 Parlophone Records Limited

31 Love's Goddess Sure, Z. 331 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 7, Duet. "Many Such Days May She Behold"

Gustav Leonhardt 00:03:04

Nicholas Parker, Producer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - Christopher Robson, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Edward Kershaw, Producer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1992 Parlophone Records Limited

32 Love's Goddess Sure, Z. 331 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 9, Verse with Chorus. "As Much as We Below Shall Mourn"

Gustav Leonhardt 00:01:34

Howard Crook, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Nicholas Parker, Producer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - David Wilson-Johnson, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Julia Gooding, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Edward Kershaw, Producer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1992 Parlophone Records Limited

33 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 5, Ritornello. "Strike the Viol"

Gustav Leonhardt 00:04:25

Nicholas Parker, Producer - Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mike Clements, Engineer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - Edward Kershaw, Producer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Erato release, ℗ 1992 Parlophone Records Limited

34 Triste España sin ventura (No. 317 from Cancionero de Palacio)

David Munrow 00:01:59

Juan del Encina, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - David Munrow, Conductor, MainArtist - Early Music Consort Of London, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Oliver Brookes, Viol, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1973, 2003 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd

35 Where the Bee Sucks

James Bowman 00:01:04

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - Robert Johnson, Composer - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

36 The Noble Famous Queen

James Bowman 00:02:12

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - William BYRD, Composer - Dennis Nesbitt, Viol, FeaturedArtist - Olivier Brooks, Viol, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

37 First Book of Songs: No. 6, Now, O Now I Needs Must Part

James Bowman 00:03:50

Robert Spencer, Lute, FeaturedArtist - James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, MainArtist - John Dowland, Composer

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Limited. Remastered (p) 2019 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

38 Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z. 49 "The Bell Anthem"

Gustav Leonhardt 00:08:55

James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - Max van Egmond, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Leonhardt-Consort, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Nigel Rogers, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Teldec release, ℗ 1970 Warner Music UK Limited

39 Blow Up the Trumpet in Sion, Z. 10

Gustav Leonhardt 00:07:47

James Bowman, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Henry Purcell, Composer - Gustav Leonhardt, Conductor, MainArtist - Max van Egmond, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Leonhardt-Consort, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Nigel Rogers, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics/Teldec release, ℗ 1970 Warner Music UK Limited

About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 39 track(s)
• Total length: 02:28:34

• Main artists: James Bowman
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Warner Classics
• Genre: Classical
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

A Warner Classics release, © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Classics release, ℗ 2023 Parlophone Records Limited