Susan Bickley

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English mezzo-soprano vocalist, studied music at the City University, London and at the Guildhall School where she won the Gold Medal for singers.

ALBUMS

John Pickard, Nash Ensemble*, Martyn Brabbins, Susan Bickley

The Gardener Of Aleppo And Other Chamber Works

2020, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, BIS

Debussy*, Fauré*, Satie*, Dove*, Claire Booth, Susan Bickley, Andrew Matthews-Owen

Songs and Vexations

2019, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance, Junk Ibu

Julian Anderson (2), Oliver Knussen, London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Susan Bickley

The Comedy Of Change / Heaven Is Shy Of Earth

2018, CD, Album, Ondine,

George Benjamin, Hila Plitmann, Susan Bickley, London Sinfonietta, Bejun Mehta, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Nederlands Kamerkoor, Michael Cox

Into the Little Hill; Dream of the Song; Flight

2017, CD, Album, Nimbus Records,

Arthur Benjamin, Edgar Bainton*, Susan Bickley, Christopher Gillett, Wendy Hiscocks

2017, CD, Album, Naxos,

Handel* - James Gilchrist, Susan Bickley, Sophie Bevan, Robin Blaze, Matthew Brook, Grace Davidson, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

2014, 3xCD, Album, CORO (2),

Baroque/Oratorio

Hubert Parry*, Ailish Tynan, Susan Bickley, William Dazeley, Iain Burnside

From A City Window: Songs By Hubert Parry

2013, CD, Album, Delphian,

Thomas Adès / Robin Blaze • Christopher Maltman • Susan Bickley • Polyphony • Stephen Layton • City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra • Thomas Adès

America: A Prophecy • Songs • Choral Works

Mark-Anthony Turnage, Richard Thomas (30), Eva-Maria Westbroek, Gerald Finley, Alan Oke, Susan Bickley, Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Antonio Pappano, Richard Jones

2011, DVD All Region,

Opera/Contemporary

Ivor Gurney, Susan Bickley, Iain Burnside

2009, CD, Naxos

Eccles* - Lucy Crowe, Claire Booth, Susan Bickley, Benjamin Hulett, Roderick Williams (3), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

The Judgement Of Paris • Three Mad Songs

2009, CD, Album, Chaconne

Judith Weir - Susan Bickley, Andrew Kennedy, Ailish Tynan, Iain Burnside

On Buying A Horse (The Songs Of Judith Weir)

2006, CD, Album, Signum Classics,

John Foulds : Daniel Hope, Susan Bickley, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City Of Birmingham Youth Chorus*, Sakari Oramo

Mirage • Three Mantras • Lyra Celtica • Apotheosis

2004, CD, Album, Warner Classics

Lisa Milne, Susan Bickley, Iain Burnside

Voices Volume 2: Half-Close Your Eyes (The Verlaine Songbook - Songs By Debussy And Others)

2003, CD, Black Box,

Impressionist/Modern/Romantic

Purcell*, London Classical Players, Lorraine Hunt, Catherine Pierard, Susan Bickley, Howard Crook, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Wistreich, The Schütz Choir Of London, Roger Norrington

Purcell: The Fairy Queen

Edmund Rubbra, Howard Shelley, Susan Bickley, BBC National Chorus* nd Orchestra Of Wales*, Richard Hickox

Sinfonia Concertante Etc.

1999, CD, Album, Chandos

Simon Bainbridge, Susan Bickley, Kim Walker, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nash Ensemble*, Martyn Brabbins

Ad Ora Incerta · Four Primo Levi Settings

1999, CD, Album, NMC (3),

Boccherini* / d'Astorga* - Susan Gritton, Sarah Fox (3), Susan Bickley, Paul Agnew (2), Peter Harvey, The King's Consort, Robert King

Stabat Mater / Stabat Mater

Classical/Baroque

Handel* - Judith Malafronte • Jennifer Smith (3) • Lisa Milne • Susan Bickley • Brian Asawa • David Thomas (9) • Dean Ely • The Hanover Band* • Nicholas McGegan

Bantock*, Julian Lloyd Webber, Susan Bickley, Royal Philharmonic*, Vernon Handley

Sapphic Poem / Sappho

1997, CD, Album, Hyperion,

Reynaldo Hahn, Felicity Lott, Susan Bickley, Ian Bostridge, Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson

Songs By Reynaldo Hahn

1996, 2xCD, Hyperion,

Romantic/Modern

Henry Purcell – Della Jones · Peter Harvey · Donna Deam · Susan Bickley - St. James's Singers, St. James's Baroque Players, Ivor Bolton

Dido And Aeneas

APPEARANCES +

Hallé*, Elgar*, Sir Mark Elder*

The Dream Of Gerontius / The Apostles / The Kingdom

2023, Box, Comp + 6xCD, Hallé Concerts Society,

Romantic/Choral

English Song Collection

2021, 25xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Naxos,

Modern/Romantic/Contemporary

Landmarks / 40 Years Of Chandos

2019, 40xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Chandos,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern

Hallé*, Wagner*, Sir Mark Elder*

2018, 3xCD, Album, Hallé Concerts Society,

2017, CD, Album, NMC (3),

Janáček*, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Edward Gardner

Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Glagolitic Mass / Otče Náš / Zdrávas Maria / Adagio)

2016, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chandos,

Musica Selecta (A Sequence By Manfred Eicher)

2015, 2xCD, Comp, ECM Records, ECM Records, ECM New Series,

Boccherini*, D'Astorga*, The King's Consort, Robert King

Igor Stravinsky

Complete Edition

2015, 30x CD, Box Set,

Modern/Neo-Classical/Opera/Twelve-tone

John Foulds, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

Foulds - 3 Mantras, Dynamic Triptych, Mirage, Lyra Celtica, Apotheosis (Elegy), Music Pictures Group III, April - England, The Song Of Ram Dass, Keltic Lament

2013, 2xCD, Album, Apex

The Turn of the Screw

2012, DVD-V, Album, FRA Musica

Elgar*, Hallé*, Sir Mark Elder*

2010, 2xCD, Album, Hallé Concerts Society,

Romantic/Oratorio

Richard Rodney Bennett

Songs Before Sleep

2010, CD, Album, NMC (3),

Winter Passions

2010, CD, Album, NMC (3)

The Masterworks

2009, Box, Comp + 30xCD, Decca,

Baroque/Oratorio/Opera

Hertfordshire Chorus, Verdi*

2009, CDr, Hertfordshire Chorus

Benjamin Britten

The Beggar's Opera

2009, 2xCD, Album, Chandos

Zeitreise Durch Die Musik

2008, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Impuls International, TCM (4)

George Frideric Handel*

2008, CD, Comp, Sony Classical, Seon,

Mauricio Kagel / Nieuw Ensemble

2008, CD, Album, Winter & Winter

2008, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Deutsche Grammophon, Trouw (2), NRC Handelsblad,

Benjamin Britten

The Collector's Edition - The Masterpieces - The Greatest Artists

Granville Bantock, Vernon Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Bantock - Orchestral Music

2007, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Hyperion,

G.F. Handel* - London Handel Orchestra & Choir*, Laurence Cummings

2007, 2xCD, Album, Somm,

Baroque/Oratorio

Louis Andriessen

Writing To Vermeer

Anthony Gilbert

On Beholding A Rainbow

2005, CD, Album, NMC (3)

Vivaldi* – Choir Of The King's Consort*, King's Consort*, Robert King

The Complete Sacred Music

2005, Box Set, 11x CD,

Stravinsky* - Edward Fox, Simon Joly Chorale, Tristan Fry Percussion Ensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft

Oedipus Rex • Les Noces

2004, CD, Album, Naxos

Donizetti*, Bruce Ford, Majella Cullagh, Diana Montague, Elisabetta Scano, Pietro Spagnoli

The Young Donizetti

2004, CD, Opera Rara,

America: A Prophecy

Gramophone Editor's Choice: August 2003

2003, CD, Comp, Gramophone Magazine,

Gramophone Editor's Choice: The Top Ten Discs May 2003

2003, CD, Comp, Gramophone Magazine,

John Adams - London Symphony Orchestra

The Death Of Klinghoffer

2003, DVD, NTSC, All, Decca

Bach* ∙ McCreesh*

St Matthew Passion

Robert Craft, The Philharmonia*, Simon Joly Chorale

Stravinsky Vol. VI — Symphony Of Psalms, Les Noces, Lamentations Of Jeremiah

2002, CD, Koch International Classics,

Modern/Twelve-tone

Monteverdi* - The King's Consort • Robert King

Claudio Monteverdi

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Impuls International

Britten* - Messiaen*, Terry Edwards (2), London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus, Choristers Of St Paul's Cathedral*

Choral Works - Britten - Messiaen

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin Classics,

Purcell* - Lynne Dawson, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, René Jacobs

Handel* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh

Baroque/Oratorio

Handel* - Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh

1999, 3xCD, Album, Archiv Produktion,

Baroque/Oratorio

Edmund Rubbra - BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox

Symphony No. 8, "Hommage à Teilhard de Chardin" / Ode To The Queen / Symphony No. 5

1999, CD, Album, Chandos

Memories of Morning Night

1999, CD, Album, NMC (3)

Simon Bainbridge

Ad Ora Incerta : Four Primo Levi Settings

1999, CD, Album, NMC (3)

Giovanni Pacini - Nelly Miricioiu, Bruce Ford, Mary Plazas, José Fardilha, Alastair Miles, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

Maria Regina D’Inghilterra

1998, 3xCD, Box, Opera Rara

George Benjamin

Three Inventions / Upon Silence / Sudden Time / Octet

1997, CD, Amb, Nimbus Records

Das Beste Aus Der Welt Der Musicals (Die Berühmtesten Songs Im Original)

Looking For Richard

1996, CD, Album, Angel Records,

Stravinsky*, Wuorinen* - London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

The Flood • Abraham And Isaac • Variations • Requiem Canticles • A Reliquary For Igor Stravinsky

The English Viol

Renaissance/Baroque

Roger Norrington, Purcell*, The London Classical Players*

The Fairy Queen

Henry Purcell, Della Jones, Ivor Bolton, St. James's Baroque Players

Dido & Aeneas - Henry Purcell

Kiri On Broadway

Claudio Monteverdi – Red Byrd, The Parley Of Instruments

Balli And Dramatic Madrigals

1991, CD, Album, Hyperion

Falla* / Milhaud* / Stravinsky*, Matrix Ensemble, Robert Ziegler

From the Salon of the Princesse de Polignac - El Retablo De Maese Pedro / Les Malheurs d'Orphee / Renard

Mozart*, Dawson* · Heilmann* · Hirsti*, Gahmlich* · von Kannen* · Hinze*, The Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra* & Chorus*, Christopher Hogwood

Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail

1991, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase,

Classical/Opera

Factory Classical

1990, 5xCD, Album + Box, Comp, Factory Classical,

Classical/Baroque/Modern/Renaissance/Contemporary

Contemporary/Classical

Britten* - Terry Edwards (2), London Sinfonietta Chorus, Choristers Of St Paul's Cathedral*

Unaccompanied Choral Music

Orlando Gibbons - Fretwork With Paul Nicholson And Red Byrd

Cries And Fancies (Fantasias, In Nomines And The Cries Of London)

The Queen Album

Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, Lerner & Loewe, John Gielgud, Warren Mitchell, Jerry Hadley, London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri

Arvo Pärt - The Hilliard Ensemble - Gidon Kremer, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Thomas Demenga - Brass Ensemble Staatsorchester Stuttgart*, Dennis Russell Davies

A Hundred Years Of Italian Opera 1810 - 1820

1983, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Alejandro Viñao, Åke Parmerud, Pär Lindgren, William Brunson

Stockholms Elektronmusikfestival 1981

1982, LP, Album, Fylkingen Records,

The New Swingle Singers

'Live' In New York

1982, Cass, Album, Not On Label (The New Swingle Singers Self-released)

The Lost Jockey

The Lost Jockey

Rock'n' Roll Angels

Vivaldi*, The King's Consort, Robert King

Juditha Triumphans - Sacred Music-4

2xCD, Album, Hyperion

Box + 39xCD + 3xDVD + CD-ROM, Harmonia Mundi,

Renaissance/Baroque/Opera

Comédies Musicales 1935-1968

2018, LP, Comp, The Decca Record Company Limited

2011, 2xCD, Comp, EMI Classics,

Classical Fall 2011 Sampler

2011, 11xFile, MP3, Comp, Smplr, Allegro Classical

The NMC Songbook

2009, 4xCD, Comp, NMC (3),

Contemporary/Baroque/Choral

Das Beste Aus Der Welt Des Musicals (Die Berühmtesten Songs Im Original)

1997, 4x CD, CD, Box Set,

Domingo*, Kiri Te Kanawa, Pavarotti*

The Best Of Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa & Pavarotti

Glorious Songs Great Voices

Kiri Te Kanawa, Jeremy Irons, Lerner & Loewe, John Gielgud, Warren Mitchell, Jerry Hadley, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri

The Queen Album