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Edward Downes

1924-2009 GB, Birmingham
Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Edward Thomas Downes

British conductor. He was born 17 June 1924 in Birmingham, England, UK and died 10 July 2009 in Zürich, Switzerland. Appointed commander (CBE) - Order of the British Empire in 1986 (Sir Edward Thomas Downes). Not to be confused with american musicologist Edward Downes (3).

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • Spoken Word
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The Marriage of Figaro, "Le Nozze di Figaro", K.492,Overture (From "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") on Instrumental Music from the Movies by Various Artists

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Symphonies 1-4; Rondo Scherzoso; Comedy OverturePeter Racine Fricker, Bryden Thomson, Albert Rosen, Edward Downes, Maurice Handford2017Album
Symphony No. 6; Symphony No. 7 "Proserpine"George Lloyd2017Album
An Enchanted ChristmasBBC Symphony Orchestra2008Album
La NilssonBirgit Nilsson, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edward Downes2008Compil.
Arien Von Verdi Und DonizettiLuciano Pavarotti2007Album
Orchestral Music From The OperasBBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes, Richard Wagner2005Album
RienziRichard Wagner, Edward Downes2005Album
Verdi: Preludes, Overtures & Ballet Music, Vol. 4Giuseppe Verdi2001Compil.
Russian & Italian Opera AriasNicolai Ghiaurov, Edward Downes, The London Festival Orchestra And Chorus, Claudio Abbado1996Compil.
Piano Concerto In A Minor / Concerto In Modo MisolidioOttorino Respighi, Edward Downes1994Album
Symphony No.2 In E Minor, Op 27BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff1994Album
Symphony No. 2, Op. 63Sir Edward Elgar1994Album
'Belfagor' Overture / Toccata For Piano And Orchestra / Tre Corali / Fantasia SlavaOttorino Respighi, Edward Downes1994Album
Symphony No. 1 / The Red Poppy SuiteReinhold Glière1993Album
Nikolai Miaskovsky Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes1993Album
Sinfonia DrammaticaOttorino Respighi, Edward Downes1993Album
Concerto Gregoriano / Poema Autunnale ∙ Ballata Delle GnomidiOttorino Respighi, Lydia Mordkovitch, Edward Downes1993Album
Symphony In F Sharp Major • Abschiedslieder [Premier Recording Of Orchestral Version]Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Linda Finnie1993Album
Symphony No. 2・The Zaporozhy CossacksReinhold Glière1992Album
Symphony No. 3 (Ilya Muromets)Reinhold Glière - BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes1991Album
Opera Scenes And Arias = Сцены И Арии Из ОперModest Mussorgsky / Giuseppe Verdi - Paata Burchuladze1991Album
Piano Concertos 1 & 2Franz Liszt, Ivan Davis, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes1989Compil.
Schöne Stimmen: Nicolai GhiaurovNicolai Ghiaurov, The London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Downes, Claudio Abbado1987Album
Horn Concertos 1 & 2Richard Strauss, Michael Thompson1987Album
Puccini HeroinesGiacomo Puccini - Leontyne Price, Edward Downes1987Compil.
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 1Bernard Stevens, Alexander Baillie1986Album
Symphony No. 3Peter Maxwell Davies - BBC Philharmonic, Edward Downes1985Album
Boris Godunov - Don Carlos - Macbeth - Simon Boccanegra - ErnaniModest Mussorgsky, Paata Burchuladze, Edward Downes, English Concert Orchestra1985Album
Symphony No. 4 In BGeorge Lloyd - Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Edward Downes1984Album
Symphony No. 5George Lloyd - Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Edward Downes1982Album
Symphony No. 8George Lloyd - Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Edward Downes1982Album
'Ah, Perfido.', Concert Aria, Op. 65 / Symphony No. 4, Op. 60Ludwig van Beethoven / Pierre Monteux / Edward Downes, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / The London Symphony Orchestra - Birgit Nilsson1979Album
The Flying Dutchman Overture; The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg; Siegfried Idyll; Rienzi OvertureRichard Wagner - The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes1978Album
Die FeenRichard Wagner, Edward Downes, April Cantelo, John Mitchinson, Paul Hudson, Richard Graeger, Tom McDonald, Della Jones, Elisabeth Gale, Lorna Haywood, Teresa Cahill, Don Garrard, Julian Dodgson1977Album
Wagner: Das LiebesverbotEdward Downes, Raimund Herincx, April Cantelo1976Album
Medelssohn concerto in E minor, Op.64, Tchaikovsky concerto in D, Op.35Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Toshiya Eto, New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes1973Album
Piano Concertos No. 1 In E Flat / Piano Concerto No. 2 In AFranz Liszt, Ivan Davis, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes1972Album
Gershwin: Concerto In F - MacDowell: Concerto No. 2 In D MinorGeorge Gershwin - Edward MacDowell / Edward Downes, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberto Szidon1970Album
Symphony No. 3 & 'The Happy Forest'Arnold Bax - The London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Downes1969Album
Arien Von Verdi Und DonizettiLuciano Pavarotti1968Compil.
Russian & French AriasNicolai Ghiaurov, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Edward Downes1965Album
Duets Of Love And PassionJames McCracken, Sandra Warfield, Edward Downes1964Album
Great Italian AriasBruno Prevedi, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edward Downes1964Album
Scenes From FalstaffGiuseppe Verdi, Fernando Corena, Edward Downes1963Album
Bass Arias From Russian & Italian OperasNicolai Ghiaurov, Edward Downes, The London Symphony Orchestra1963Album
Birgit Nilsson Sings German OperaBirgit Nilsson, Edward Downes1963Album
RecitalRobert Merrill, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Edward Downes1962Album
On The Wings Of OperaRegina Resnik, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edward Downes1962Single
On The Wings Of OperaRegina Resnik, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edward Downes1962Album
Arias From Carmen Et Al.Regina Resnik, Edward Downes1962Album
Grosse Sopran-ArienLeontyne Price, The London Symphony Orchestra, Edward DownesAlbum
Aria Senza Voce - Mezzo SopranoThe London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward DownesAlbum
Aria Senza Voce - Lyric TenorThe London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward DownesAlbum
Verdi: Scenes From FalstaffFernando Corena, Regina Resnik, Renato Capecchi, Ilva Ligabue, Luigi Alva, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Edward DownesAlbum
Symphony No 3 / The Happy ForestArnold Bax, Edward Downes, The London Symphony OrchestraAlbum
Robert Merrill - Ein Sängerportrait (Italienisch Gesungen)Robert Merrill, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Edward DownesAlbum
Aria Senza VoceEdward Downes, The London Philharmonic OrchestraAlbum
Overtures From The OperaEdward Downes Conducting The London Philharmonic OrchestraCompil.
Berühmte Baß-Arien Aus Russischen Und Französischen OpernNicolai Ghiaurov, The London Symphony Orchestra Und London Opera Chorus, Edward DownesCompil.
Overtures From The OperaEdward Downes, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Bedřich SmetanaCompil.
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