John Mark Ainsley
John Mark Ainsley is a leading British tenor especially associated with repertory from the Classical era and earlier. He studied at Oxford, where his teacher was Diane Forlano. In his earliest professional appearances, he established himself as a Mozart tenor, including the role of Idomeneo at the Welsh National Opera and as Don Ottavio at the Aix-en-Provence and Glyndebourne Festivals. His first American appearances were in concerts in New York and Boston, and in 1992 he debuted with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
His first Viennese appearances were in performances of both the St. Matthew and St John Passions by Bach with the Musik Verein in 1992. The conductor on those occasions was Peter Schreier, who is also one of the era's finest lieder and Bach tenors. Among his other leading roles are the title part of Gluck's Orfeo (his debut role at the Netherlands Opera, 1966), Tito in Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito (for his first appearance in Sydney, 1997), Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff, Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, and Jonathan in Nielsen's Saul and David. He has sung and recorded the role of Lysander in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
He is also an active recitalist and concert artist who has appeared with Les Musiciens du Louvre, the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, L'Orchestre de Paris, the London Symphony, the Vienna Philharmonic, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Boston Symphony. He records for several labels, but is most closely associated with Hyperion, which has selected him to appear on six discs of its great series of the complete Schubert songs. His repertory for that company includes music of Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, William Lloyd Webber, Grainger, Britten, Ireland, Finzi, and Quilter.
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Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet/7 Lieder
John Mark Ainsley, Steven Lubin, The Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1993
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Bott, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) on Mar 28, 2008
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The English Song Series, volume 16
Classical - Released by Naxos on Jun 11, 2007
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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ etc
Charles Dutoit, Susan Graham, John Mark Ainsley, François Le Roux, Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2000
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HANDEL, G.F.: Jephtha [Oratorio] (Ainsley)
Classical - Released by Berlin Classics on Jun 28, 1994
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Decades - A Century of Song, volume 2
Classical - Released by VIVAT on May 19, 2016
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Music from the Courts of Europe - London
George Michael, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley
Classical - Released by Signum-Cala on Apr 26, 2019
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French Connections
John Mark Ainsley, Malcolm Martineau
Classical - Released by Linn Records on Apr 22, 2016
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Finzi: Dies natalis & Intimations of Immortality
John Mark Ainsley, Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Oct 1, 1996
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Puisque j'ai ma levre
Malcolm Martineau, John Mark Ainsley
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Records on Jun 9, 2021
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Haydn, F.: Jahreszeiten (Die) (The Seasons)
Miah Persson, John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Oehms Classics on Jan 1, 2005
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Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral Works
Richard Hickox, City Of London Sinfonia, John Mark Ainsley
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on Nov 1, 1995
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Handel Edition, Vol. 8
Klaartje van Veldhoven, Stefanie True, John Mark Ainsley
Classical - Released by Brilliant Classics on May 25, 2018
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Britten, Finizi & Holst: Works for Chorus and Orchestra
Richard Hickox, City Of London Sinfonia, Stephen Varcoe, John Mark Ainsley, The Britten Singers
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Chandos on Jul 1, 2013
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Decades - A Century of Song, volume 3
John Mark Ainsley, Lorna Anderson, Alexey Gusev, Angelika Kirchschlager, Soraya Mafi, Malcolm Martineau
Classical - Released by VIVAT on Sep 21, 2018
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Walton: Chamber Music
John Mark Ainsley, Kenneth Sillito, Carlos Bonell, Gretel Dowdeswell, Hamish Milne
Chamber Music - Released by Chandos on Jun 1, 1994
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Vaughan Williams: Songs for Tenor & Chamber Ensemble
John Mark Ainsley, The Nash Ensemble
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Sep 1, 2000
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2 Songs, Op. 27: No. 1, Chanson d'amour
Malcolm Martineau, John Mark Ainsley
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Records on Jun 23, 2021
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Lieder und Gesänge
Iain Burnside, John Mark Ainsley
Classical - Released by Signum Classics on Jan 1, 2009
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Warlock: The Curlew, Capriol, Serenade & Songs
John Mark Ainsley, The Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins
Classical - Released by Hyperion on Oct 1, 1997
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Anon in love et autres musiques de chambre
Chamber Music - Released by Chandos on Jun 1, 1994
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