voc, 1927-2009 GB, Milford Haven
Singer / Musician of Classical
A.k.a. Helen Josephine Watts
Helen Watts CBE (7 December 1927 – 7 October 2009) was a Welsh contralto.She was born in Milford Haven, Wales, and educated at the Abbots Bromley School for Girls and at the Royal Academy of Music. She began her career with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, and was a regular broadcaster on the Welsh Home Service. She subsequently had a distinguished career as an opera singer. In 1978 she was awarded the CBE.Watts died on 7 October 2009 at the age of 81. Watts's husband Michael Mitchell, a viola player, died in 2007.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Cantatas BWV 27, 158 & 198 (Trauer-Ode) | Johann Sebastian Bach - Rotraud Hansmann, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, Concerto Amsterdam, Jürgen Jürgens | 2013 | Album |
Cantatas | Johann Sebastian Bach, Max van Egmond, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Rotraud Hansmann, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, Concerto Amsterdam, Jaap Schröder | 2010 | Album |
Requiem - Grabmusik | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ileana Cotrubas, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 2009 | Compil. |
Elektra | Richard Strauss, Astrid Varnay, Martha Möll, Hildegard Hillebrecht, James King, Eberhard Wächter, Tugomir Franc, Hildegard Rütgers, Anja von Urooman, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Judith Hellwig, Helen Watts, Margarete Sjöstedt, Cvetka Ahlin, Lisa Otto, Lucia Popp - Conductor: Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker | 2009 | Album |
Cantatas: BWV 18, 59, 89, 90, 106, 118, 152, 161 & 182 | Johann Sebastian Bach / Sheila Armstrong, Rotraud Hansmann, Julia Falk, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Bert Van T'Hoff, Max van Egmond, Jacques Villisech / Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens | 2008 | Album |
Cantata No. 147 and Motet: Jesu, Meine Freude BWV. 227 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Joan Sutherland, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Thomas Hemsley, Geraint Jones Orchestra And Singers, Geraint Jones | 2005 | Album |
Monteverdi Madrigals | Claudio Monteverdi - April Cantelo, Eileen Poulter, Helen Watts, Gerald English, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 2004 | Album |
Messiah (Highlights) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Felicity Palmer / Helen Watts / Ryland Davies / John Shirley-Quirk / English Chamber Orchestra / The English Chamber Choir / Raymond Leppard | 2002 | Album |
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" | Gustav Mahler, Harold Farberman, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Felicity Lott, Helen Watts, Brighton Festival Chorus | 1999 | Album |
Ein Deutsches Requiem / Alt-Rhapsodie / Nänie | Johannes Brahms, Agnes Giebel, Helen Watts, Hermann Prey, Ernest Ansermet | 1996 | Album |
Symphonies N° 1 & 2 | Gustav Mahler - Georg Solti, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus | 1996 | Compil. |
Sacred Masterworks | Johann Sebastian Bach, Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Hermann Prey, Tom Krause, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger | 1995 | Album |
Bach Cantatas, Etc. | Johann Sebastian Bach Bach Helen Watts, Philomusica Of London, Thurston Dart | 1995 | Album |
Les Plus Celebres Lieder De Franz Schubert | Franz Schubert, Kathleen Ferrier, Margaret Price, Helen Watts, Hermann Prey, Stuart Burrows, Tom Krause | 1994 | Album |
Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 | Johann Sebastian Bach / Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Tom Krause, Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger | 1994 | Album |
The Apostles, Meditation From "The Light Of Life" | Sir Edward Elgar, Sheila Armstrong, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Clifford Grant, John Carol Case, The London Philharmonic Choir & The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 1992 | Compil. |
Magnificat - Cantatas BWV 67 & 130 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Tom Krause, Karl Münchinger, Ernest Ansermet | 1992 | Compil. |
Judas Maccabaeus | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, Johannes Somary | 1992 | Album |
Messiah - Highlights From The Oratorio | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1991 | Album |
Favorite Selections From George Fredrick Handel's The Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Susskind, The London Philharmonic Choir, Frederick Jackson, April Cantelo, George Malcolm, Roger Stalman, Wilford Brown, Helen Watts, Harold Darke | 1990 | Compil. |
Oster-Oratorium/Kantate BWV10 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Tom Krause, Karl Münchinger | 1990 | Album |
Exsultate, Jubilate, Krönungsmesse Litanieae Lauretanae, K195 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Erna Spoorenberg, Ileana Cotrubas, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1988 | Album |
Osteroratorium | Johann Sebastian Bach, Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Tom Krause, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger | 1987 | Album |
Heiligmesse = Missa Sancti Bernardi De Offida = Mariazellermesse = Missa Cellensis | Joseph Haydn, April Cantelo • Jennifer Smith • Helen Watts • Shirley Minty • Robert Tear • Ian Partridge • Benjamin Luxon • Christopher Keyte, St. John's College Choir, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest | 1986 | Album |
Messe Nr. 2 G-dur Op. 76 "Jubel - Messe" / Messe Es-dur Op. 80 | Carl Maria von Weber, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Elisabeth Speiser, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Siegmund Nimsgern, Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Instrumental-Ensemble Werner Keltsch, Gerhard Wilhelm | 1986 | Album |
Missa 1733 | Johann Sebastian Bach • Helen Watts • Kurt Equiluz • Die Wiener Sängerknaben • Concentus Musicus Wien • Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1986 | Album |
The Dream Of Gerontius / The Music Makers | Sir Edward Elgar, Nicolai Gedda, Helen Watts, Robert Lloyd, Janet Baker, The London Philharmonic Choir, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | 1986 | Compil. |
Magnificat D-Dur/D Major/Ré Majeur BWV 243 / Song Book-Liederbuch (Leipzig 1736) Christmas/Weihnachten/Noël | Johann Sebastian Bach, Arleen Auger, Ann Murray, Helen Watts, Adalbert Kraus, Philippe Huttenlocher, Wolfgang Schöne, Georg Christian Schemelli, Peter Schreier, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart ∙ Bachcollegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling | 1985 | Compil. |
Scipion - Paris 14 Mai 1979 | Georg Friedrich Händel - Orchestra Of The "Händel Society", London, Anthony Roden, Peter Jeffes, Valérie Masterson, Helen Watts, Paul Esswood, Ian Comboy, Charles Farncombe | 1984 | Album |
Cantata Academica / Cantata Misericordium / Gloriana - Choral Dances / Voices For Today | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, Owen Brannigan, George Malcolm | 1983 | Compil. |
Riders To The Sea / Folk Song Arrangements | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Helen Watts, Margaret Price, Norma Burrowes, Benjamin Luxon, The Ambrosian Singers, Orchestra Nova Of London, Meredith Davies, London Madrigal Singers, Christopher Bishop | 1983 | Compil. |
The Light Of Life, Op. 29 | Sir Edward Elgar - Margaret Marshall, Helen Watts, Robin Leggate, John Shirley-Quirk, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 1981 | Album |
Semele | Georg Friedrich Händel, Sheila Armstrong, Helen Watts, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Mark Deller, Justino Diaz, English Chamber Orchestra, Amor Artis Chorale | 1981 | Album |
Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1981 | Album |
Gloria RV 588 / Nisi Dominus RV 608 | Antonio Vivaldi, Helen Watts, English Bach Festival Chorus, English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra, Michel Corboz | 1979 | Album |
Hugh The Drover | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Tear, Sheila Armstrong, Helen Watts, Robert Lloyd, Michael Rippon, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 1979 | Album |
Les Lecons Du Mercredi Saint | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Helen Watts, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire | 1978 | Album |
Mariazeller Mass / Four Pieces For Mechanical Clock / Little Organ Mass | Joseph Haydn - Jennifer Smith • Helen Watts • Robert Tear • Benjamin Luxon, St. John's College Choir, John Scott, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest | 1978 | Album |
Symphony No.9 'Choral' / Symphony No.5. | Ludwig van Beethoven, Leopold Stokowski, Heather Harper • Helen Watts • Alexander Young • Donald McIntyre, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
Béatrice Et Bénédict | Hector Berlioz - Janet Baker / Christiane Eda-Pierre / Helen Watts, Robert Tear / Thomas Allen / Robert Lloyd / Jules Bastin, John Alldis Choir, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis | 1978 | Album |
Der Messias | Georg Friedrich Händel - Sir Colin Davis - The London Symphony Orchestra - London Symphony Chorus - Heather Harper - Helen Watts - John Wakefield - John Shirley-Quirk | 1978 | Album |
Arien Und Chöre Aus Dem Messias | Georg Friedrich Händel, Felicity Palmer • Helen Watts • Ryland Davies • John Shirley-Quirk, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 1977 | Album |
Magnificat | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Helen Watts, Stephen Roberts, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Directed By Philip Ledger | 1977 | Album |
Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Helen Watts, Stephen Roberts, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philip Ledger | 1977 | Album |
Requiem | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ileana Cotrubas, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, Laszlo Heltay, Sir Neville Marriner | 1977 | Album |
The Apostles | The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, The London Philharmonic Choir, Choir Of Downe House School, Sheila Armstrong, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, Clifford Grant, John Carol Case, Sir Edward Elgar | 1976 | Album |
The Dream Of Gerontius | Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Edward Elgar, Nicolai Gedda, Helen Watts, Robert Lloyd, The London Philharmonic Choir, John Alldis Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra | 1976 | Album |
Mass In E Flat | Franz Schubert - Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Kenneth Bowen, Wynford Evans, Christopher Keyte, St. John's College Choir, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest | 1975 | Album |
Handel's Judas Maccabeus | Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra, Heather Harper, Alexander Young, Helen Watts, John Shirley-Quirk, Amor Artis Chorale | 1974 | Album |
Cantata No. 80 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott' / Cantata No. 11, Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen (Ascension Oratorio) | Johann Sebastian Bach, Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Michael Rippon, Amor Artis Chorale, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary | 1974 | Album |
Mass In B Minor | Johann Sebastian Bach - Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra, Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Michael Rippon, Amor Artis Chorale | 1974 | Album |
De Klassieken 5 - Bach : Hoogtepunten Uit Matthäus-Passion, Weihnachtsoratorium, Magnificat, Hohe Messe | Johann Sebastian Bach - Elly Ameling, Marga Höffgen, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Peter Pears, Hermann Prey, Tom Krause, Karl Münchinger | 1974 | Album |
Handel's Judas Maccabeus | Johannes Somary, English Chamber Orchestra, Heather Harper, Alexander Young, Helen Watts, John Shirley-Quirk, Amor Artis Chorale, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir | 1972 | Album |
Messiah Record 1 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
Madrigali Libro IV | Claudio Monteverdi • Raymond Leppard • Sheila Armstrong • Helen Watts, Robert Tear • Stafford Dean • Christopher Keyte | 1972 | Album |
Riders To The Sea (Opera In One Act After Synge) / Magnificat | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Helen Watts, Margaret Price, Norma Burrowes, Benjamin Luxon, The Ambrosian Singers, Orchestra Nova Of London, Meredith Davies | 1972 | Album |
A Mass Of Life | Frederick Delius, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon, The London Philharmonic Choir, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves | 1972 | Album |
Messiah Record 3 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
Coronation Mass K. 317 / Litaniae Lauretanae B.M.V. K. 195 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ileana Cotrubas, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Sir Neville Marriner | 1972 | Album |
Messiah Record 2 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Duncan Robertson, Roger Stalman, Ralph Downes - Christopher Wood, The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Frederick Jackson | 1972 | Album |
Mass In B Minor | Johann Sebastian Bach - Elly Ameling / Yvonne Minton / Helen Watts / Werner Krenn / Tom Krause, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester / Karl Münchinger | 1971 | Album |
Paukenmesse | Joseph Haydn - April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Barry McDaniel, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. John's College Choir, George Guest | 1970 | Album |
Creation Mass | Joseph Haydn - April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Forbes Robinson, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. John's College Choir, George Guest | 1969 | Album |
Symphony No. 3 | Gustav Mahler / Helen Watts, The London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | 1968 | Album |
Irlande (Neuf Mélodies) Op. 2 / Le Trébuchet / La Mort D'Ophélie / Chant De La Fête De Pâques | Hector Berlioz - April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Richard Salter, Viola Tunnard, The Monteverdi Choir · John Eliot Gardiner | 1968 | Album |
Cantata No. 45 / Cantata No. 105 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Helen Watts, Agnes Giebel, Tom Krause, Ian Partridge, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet | 1967 | Album |
Harmoniemesse | Joseph Haydn - Erna Spoorenberg / Helen Watts / Alexander Young / Joseph Rouleau, St. John's College Choir, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, George Guest | 1967 | Album |
Symphony No.2 | Gustav Mahler / The London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti, Heather Harper, Helen Watts | 1966 | Album |
Götterdämmerung | Richard Wagner, Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Claire Watson, Gustav Neidlinger, Helen Watts, Grace Hoffman, Anita Välkki, Lucia Popp, Gwyneth Jones, Maureen Guy, Georg Solti Conducting The Wiener Philharmoniker | 1965 | Album |
A Lieder Recital | Helen Watts / Geoffrey Parsons / Cecil Aronowitz / Johannes Brahms & Robert Schumann | 1964 | Album |
Beatrice Et Benedict | Hector Berlioz - April Cantelo, Helen Watts, Josephine Veasey, Eric Shilling & The London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Colin Davis | 1963 | Album |
Three Italian Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel, Helen Watts, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 1962 | Album |
The Nelson Mass | Joseph Haydn - Sylvia Stahlman, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Tom Krause, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks | 1962 | Album |
Cantata Academica | Benjamin Britten - Jennifer Vyvyan ‧ Peter Pears ‧ Helen Watts ‧ Owen Brannigan | 1961 | Album |
Messiah Volume Two | Georg Friedrich Händel / Heather Harper / Helen Watts / Duncan Robertson / Roger Stalman / The London Philharmonic Choir And The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Frederick Jackson | 1961 | Album |
Widerstehe Doch Der Sünde (Kantate BWV 54) / Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott (Alt-Arie Aus Der Matthäus-Passion) / Schlage Doch, Gewünschte Stunde (Kantate BWV 53) / Bekennen Will Ich Seinen Namen (Alt-Arie BWV 200) | Johann Sebastian Bach, Helen Watts, Philomusica Of London, Thurston Dart | 1960 | Album |
Songs Of Henry Purcell / Two Cantatas Of Alessandro Scarlatti | Henry Purcell, Alessandro Scarlatti, Helen Watts, Thurston Dart, Desmond Dupré | 1958 | Album |
Gweddi'r Pechadur | Helen Watts | 1957 | Single |
Ein Liederabend | Helen Watts / Johannes Brahms • Robert Schumann • Gustav Mahler / Irwin Gage | Album | |
Ein Sommernachtstraum Op.21-Op.61 = A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.21-Op.61 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Concertgebouworkest, Bernard Haitink, Rae Woodland, Helen Watts | Album | |
Hoogtepunten Uit Messiah, Crudel Tiranno Amor, Tolomeo, Berenice, Giulio Cesare, Dixit Dominus | Georg Friedrich Händel - Elly Ameling, Helen Donath, Heather Harper, Aafje Heynis, Helen Watts, John Wakefield, John Shirley-Quirk, Gérard Souzay, Sir Colin Davis | Compil. | |
Requiem, Krönungsmesse / Coronation Mass, Exsultate, Jubilate Litany K195 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ileana Cotrubas • Helen Watts • Robert Tear • John Shirley-Quirk • The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner | Compil. | |
Helen Watts Sings Bach, Schubert & Brahms | Helen Watts, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger | Album | |
Messe Es-dur Op. 80 | Johann Nepomuk Hummel - Elisabeth Speiser, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Siegmund Nimsgern, Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Instrumental-Ensemble Werner Keltsch | Album | |
Lieder; Frauenliebe Und Lieben | Hugo Wolf, Robert Schumann - Helen Watts, Geoffrey Parsons | Album | |
Symphonie N° 5 Et Symphonie N° 9 "Avec Choeurs" | Ludwig van Beethoven / Hannelore Bode, Helen Watts, Horst R. Laubenthal, Benjamin Luxon, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic Choir, Bernard Haitink | Album | |
Kantate BWV 147 „Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben“ / Motette BWV 227 „Jesu Meine Freude“ | Johann Sebastian Bach, Joan Sutherland, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Thomas Hemsley, Geraint Jones Orchestra And Singers, Geraint Jones | Album | |
Oratorio De Noël | Johann Sebastian Bach - Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Tom Krause, Lübecker Kantorei, Hans-Jürgen Wille, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger | Album | |
Songs For Courtiers And Cavaliers | Helen Watts / Thurston Dart | Album |
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