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Christopher Purves

voc, *1960 GB
Singer / Musician of Classical

Classical bass vocalist. Former choral scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, on leaving university he joined the innovative rock and roll group Harvey and the Wallbangers, before switching to an operatic career.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • World
  • Spoken Word
Popular Tracks   
Miserere mei on Allegri: Miserere - Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli by The Sixteen & Harry Christophers
Requiem, K. 626: Domine Jesu on A Requiem for Stephen: Into a Greater Light by Stephen Cleobury & Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Requiem, K. 626: Tuba mirum on Mozart: Requiem Realisations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury & Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Requiem, K. 626: Recordare on Mozart: Requiem Realisations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury & Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Requiem, K. 626: Benedictus on Mozart: Requiem Realisations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury & Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Requiem, K. 626: Benedictus on Mozart: Requiem Realisations by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury & Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: IV. Domine Jesu Christe (Offertorium) on Mozart: Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Insula Orchestra, Accentus & Laurence Equilbey
O sing unto the Lord a new song on Purcell: Ode For St. Cecilia's Day; My Beloved Spake; O Sing Unto The Lord by Henry Purcell, Gabrieli & Paul McCreesh
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Tuba mirum (Sequenz) on Mozart: Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Insula Orchestra, Accentus & Laurence Equilbey
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus) on Handel: Messiah by George Frideric Handel & Jurgen Budday

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Handel's Finest Arias For Base Voice, Vol. 2Christopher Purves, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen2018Album
St John PassionJohann Sebastian Bach, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Andrew Gilchrist • Matthew Rose • Ashley Riches • Elizabeth Watts • Sarah Connolly • Andrew Kennedy • Christopher Purves • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus • Richard Egarr2014Album
The Rape Of LucretiaBenjamin Britten - Oliver Knussen, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ian Bostridge, Susan Gritton, Christopher Purves, Benjamin Russell, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hilary Summers, Claire Booth, Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble2011Album
Vocal WorksWitold Lutoslawski - Lucy Crowe, Toby Spence, Christopher Purves2011Album
The SacrificeJames MacMillan - Lisa Milne, Sarah Tynan, Peter Hoare, Leigh Melrose, Christopher Purves, The Welsh National Opera Orchestra And Welsh National Opera Chorus, Anthony Negus2010Album
FalstaffGiuseppe Verdi / The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski, Christopher Purves, Tassis Christoyannis, Dina Kuznetsova, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Holloway, Bülent Bezdüz, Adriana Kučerová2010Single
MessiahGeorg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers2008Album
The Marriage of FigaroYvonne Kenny, Rebecca Evans, Diana Montague, Christopher Purves, William Dazeley, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry2004Album
Zaide (K. 344 (336b))Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Lynne Dawson, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Olaf Bär, Herbert Lippert, Christopher Purves, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Paul Goodwin2004Album
Leçons De Ténèbres - Office Du Mercredi SaintMarc Antoine Charpentier - Il Seminario Musicale, Gérard Lesne, Catherine Greuillet, Caroline Pelon, Christopher Purves1995Album
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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