George Shirley

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The Metropolitan Opera

American operatic tenor, born 18 April 1934 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

ALBUMS

Busoni*, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, George Shirley, Malcolm Smith (10), Paul Franke, Ingrid Bjoner, American Opera Society Chorus & Orchestra*, Jascha Horenstein

2022, 38xFile, FLAC, 16-, Pristine Audio, Pristine Audio,

Mozart*, Edith Mathis, Grace Bumbry, George Shirley, Marius Rintzler, New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra*, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, Otto Klemperer

Requiem / Masonic Funeral Music

2006, CD, Comp, RM, Classics For Pleasure,

Verdi*, Anselmo Colzani, Renata Tebaldi, Geoge Shirley*, Jerome Hines

Simon Boccanegra

2004, 2xCD, Album, Bensar Records

Verdi*, Anselmo Colzani, Renata Tebaldi, George Shirley, Jerome Hines, Justino Diaz, Fausto Cleva, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Norman Scott, Robert Nagy

Verdi - Simon Boccanegra

2004, 2xCD, Album, Mono, Living Stage,

Franz Waxman / George Shirley, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Lawrence Foster

The Spirit Of St. Louis; Ruth

1996, CD, Album, Capriccio (2)

Claude Debussy, Elisabeth Söderström, Donald McIntyre, Yvonne Minton, George Shirley, Pierre Boulez

Pelléas Et Mélisande - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Londra 1969

1990, CD, Opera Viva

Lansky* / Dashow* With George Shirley

Computer Directions

1982, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

Haydn* - Augér*, Ameling*, Killebrew*, Shirley*, Ahnsjö*, Luxon*, Trimarchi*, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Antal Dorati

Orlando Paladino

Rachmaninoff* - Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Phyllis Curtin • George Shirley • Michael Devlin (2), Temple University Choirs* / Robert Page

The Bells / Three Russian Songs For Chorus And Orchestra

Judith Raskin, Colette Boky, Betty Allen, George Shirley, William Warfield, David Garvey

Karl Weigl Songs

1973, LP, Turnabout,

Luigi Cherubini, Patricia Wells, Maureen Forrester, George Shirley, Justino Diaz, Newell Jenkins

Missa Solemnis In D Minor

1972, 2x Vinyl gatefold,

Bach* - Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra • Judith Raskin, Maureen Forrester, Richard Lewis (3), George Shirley, Norman Treigle, Thomas Paul (3), Singing City Chorale*, Elaine Brown

Saint John Passion

1971, 3xLP, Album + Box, Columbia Masterworks,

Baroque/Choral/Oratorio

Debussy* - Pierre Boulez, George Shirley, Elizabeth Soederstroem*, Donald McIntyre, David Ward (7), Yvonne Minton, Dennis Wicks, Anthony Britten, The Royal Opera Chorus*, Douglas Robinson, The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden*

Pelléas Et Mélisande

Mozart* - Edith Mathis - Grace Bumbry, George Shirley - Marius Rintzler, New Philharmonia Chorus, Wilhelm Pitz, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos

Mozart*, Leontyne Price, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Raskin, Sherrill Milnes, George Shirley, Ezio Flagello, Erich Leinsdorf, New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, John McCarthy, Valda Aveling

Beethoven* ; Patricia Brooks, Lili Chookasian, George Shirley, Bonaldo Giaiotti

Mass In C Major, Op. 86

Mozart* - George Shirley / Ryland Davies / Margherita Rinaldi / Pauline Tinsley / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Colin Davis*

Stravinsky*, Irene Jordan, George Shirley, Donald Gramm, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Stravinsky Conducts Pulcinella (Complete) (Ballet With Song, In One Act, After Pergolesi)

Stravinsky* - George Shirley, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Regina Sarfaty, Mildred Allen, Columbia Chamber Ensemble, Columbia Percussion Ensemble

Renard (The Fox - Revised Version) / Ragtime For Eleven Instruments / Les Noces (The Wedding)

Music For Tenor And Piano

LP, Album, Music Minus One

Music For Tenor And Piano

LP, Album, Music Minus One

Music For Tenor And Piano

LP, Album, Music Minus One

APPEARANCES +

Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Columbia Stereo Collection 1964-1983

2025, 94xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical,

Choral/Baroque/Romantic/Modern

Songs From A Spiral Tree: The Vocal Works

2020, 2xCD, Album, Ravello Records,

Contemporary/Musique Concrète

Stanley Drucker

The Heritage Collection: From The Vaults (Discs 6-7)

2019, 2xCD, Comp, Clover Field Recordings,

Modern/Romantic/Neo-Romantic

Prima Donna Assoluta: Her Ultimate Opera Recordings - Remastered

2016, 22xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal,

The Complete Columbia Album Collection

2014, 67x CD, Box Set,

Modern/Post-Modern/Twelve-tone/Contemporary/Romantic/Impressionist/Opera/Baroque

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

2012, 2xFile, MP3, Album, 298, BSO Classics

The Claude Debussy Collection

2012, 18xCD, Mono + Box, Comp, Ltd, Sony Classical,

Impressionist/Opera/Romantic

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - The Ballets

2011, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Sony Classical, Sony Music

Diamond Collection - Viva L'Opera

2010, 4xCD, Comp, Dig, Sony Classical, Sony Music,

Opera/Classical/Romantic

Haydn* / Dorati*, Alva* / Ameling* / Auger* / Bruson* / Cotrubas* / Donath* / Mathis*, Hendricks* / Norman* / Ramey* / Rolfe Johnson* / Von Stade*

2009, 20x CD, Box Set Hinged Box,

Debussy* - New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Boulez*

Boulez Conducts Debussy

Timeless Portraits And Dreams

Contemporary Jazz

Richard Wagner • George London (2) • Leonie Rysanek • Giorgio Tozzi • Sándor Kónya • Orchestra* And Chorus* Of The Metropolitan Opera Conductor: Karl Böhm

Der Fliegende Holländer

2004, 2xCD, Album, Gala (8),

Haydn*, Dorati*

Operas I: Armida • La Fedeltà Premiatà • Orlando Paladino • La Vera Costanza

2003, 10xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Philips,

Opera/Classical/Oratorio/Choral

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky The Complete Ballets

2003, 6xCD, Comp, RE, Sony Classical, Sony Classical

Gramophone Editor's Choice: May 2002

2002, CD, Comp, Gramophone Magazine,

Fuller*, Korde*, Dashow*, DeLio*, Williams*, Neruda*, Ashbery*, Inman*

1999, CD, Album, Capstone Records,

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

1999, 9x CD, Box Set,

Modern/Neo-Classical

1998, 2xCD-ROM, Comp, MP3, Audio Encyclopedia,

Romantic/Modern/Opera

Fauré* / Verdi* & Mozart* - Philip Ledger, Sir John Barbirolli, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge*

1994, CD, Comp, EMI Classics

Haydn* - Antal Dorati

Highlights = Höhepunkte = Extraits: Armida · La Fedeltà Premiata · L'Incontro Improvviso · L'Isola Disabitata · Il Mondo Della Luna · Orlando Paladino · La Vera Costanza

1993, CD, Comp, Philips, Philips Classics,

Haydn* - Jessye Norman, Arleen Augér*, Frederica von Stade, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Benjamin Luxon, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra*, Antal Dorati

Requiem / Ave Verum Corpus / Exsultate, Jubilate

Igor Stravinsky

Ballets - Vol. II

1991, 3xCD, Comp, Sony Classical,

Modern/Romantic/Twelve-tone/Neo-Classical

Igor Stravinsky

The Recorded Legacy

1991, 22x CD, Box Set,

Richard Strauss - Alessandra Marc, Roger Roloff, The Collegiate Chorale And Collegiate Chorale Orchestra / Robert Bass

Orquesta Filarmonica de Bogota*, Blas Emilio Atehortúa

Poema Sinfonico - Vocal Opus 95 Homenaje Al Libertador En El Bicentenario de Su Natalicio 1783 - 1983

1984, LP, Album, Fonoson

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart-Edition 11: Opera Seria

1983, 7x Vinyl, Box Set,

Classical/Opera

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky The Recorded Legacy

1981, 31xLP + Box, Comp, CBS Masterworks, CBS Masterworks,

Opera/Twelve-tone/Neo-Classical/Romantic/Modern/Serial

Christoph Willibald Von Gluck* / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Jules Massenet / Georges Bizet

1981, LP, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic/Opera

Igor Stravinsky

Mavra. Les Noces. Oedipus Rex.

1981, 2xLP, Comp, CBS Masterworks

Igor Stravinsky

The Recorded Legacy - 2 Record Sampler

1981, 2xLP, Mono, Promo, Smplr, Gat, CBS Classics,

Modern/Neo-Classical

Igor Stravinsky - Chorus And Orchestra Of The Opera Society Of Washington* / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Le Rossignol / Pulcinella / Renard

Stravinsky*, Isaac Stern, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky Par Stravinsky

1980, 3xLP + Box, Comp, CBS Masterworks

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart Edition 13 ● Opera Seria: Idomeneo - La Clemenza Di Tito

Orlando Paladino

1977, LP, Philips

Misa Solemne En Re Menor

Orlando Paladino

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Così Fan Tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Great Men Of Music

Wolfgang A. Mozart*, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos

Requiem In D Minor

Alan Hovhaness / Vally Weigl

Music Of Nature And The Gods

1974, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

音のカタログ

1974, LP, Comp, Promo, CBS/Sony,

Impressionist/Modern/Romantic

В.А. Моцарт*

Идоменей

Stravinsky*, The Gregg Smith Singers* / The Festival Singers Of Toronto*

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Choral Music)

Debussy* • Pierre Boulez

Pelléas Et Mélisande

Stravinsky Conducts Four Great Ballets (Apollo; Orpheus; Pulcinella; The Fairy's Kiss)

Stravinsky Conducts Pulcinella

Stravinsky Conducts Oedipus Rex (Opera-Oratorio In Two Acts After Sophocles)

Modern/Opera/Oratorio

Shir L'Erev Shabbat (Sacred Service For The Sabbath Eve)

1962, LP, Not On Label

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky (Les Noces / Renard / Ragtime For Eleven Instruments)

Art Songs By Black American Composers

2xLP, Album, Gat, The University Of Michigan Records

American Camerata For New Music, John Stephens

Lydian Chamber Players

CD, AmCam Recordings

Der Fliegender Holländer

2xCD, Comp, Not On Label

Sanctus - 1000 Years Of Sacred Music

2006, 15xCD, Comp, Box, Brilliant Classics,

Early/Medieval/Classical/Baroque

Luigi Cherubini, The Clarion Concerts Orchestra And Chorus

Missa Solemnis In D Minor

1996, CD, Ult, Vanguard Classics USA,

Classical/Baroque

GALLERY