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Ian Partridge
voc, *1938 GB, London
Singer / Musician of Classical
Ian Partridge CBE (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten, and on to contemporary works. He formed a renowned vocal-piano duo with his sister Jennifer Partridge, with whom he worked for over 50 years. While concentrating mainly on songs, oratorio and lieder, he also recorded opera, and has an extensive discography. He is now a teacher and adjudicator, and conducts master classes in many countries.
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Te Deum, H.146 (1989 Digital Remaster): Prélude on Charpentier - Sacred Choral Works by Choir of King's College, Cambridge I Was Glad, Z.19 on Purcell: Verse Anthems by Henry Purcell, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Paul Esswood, Ian Partridge, Stafford Dean, John Scott & George Guest Serenade to Music on Classical Music in Space by Various Artists Magnificat (Formerly Attrib. Pergolesi): Suscepit Israel on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, etc. by Various Artists Te Deum, H.146 (1989 Digital Remaster): Te aeternum Patrem on Charpentier - Sacred Choral Works by Choir of King's College, Cambridge Missa Assumpta Est Maria: IV. Graduale - "Propter veritaten" on Palestrina: Missa L'Homme Arme by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Mark Brown, Pro Cantione Antiqua, Michael George & Stephen Roberts Portugaler on A Medieval Christmas by Anonymous & Various Artists Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond on Vaughan Williams & Holst: Choral Folksong Arrangements by London Madrigal Singers & Baccholian Singers of London Missa Brevis: "Introitus: Puer Natus Est Nobis" on Palestrina: Missa Brevis by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Quene Note on A Medieval Christmas by Anonymous & Various ArtistsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messiah · Athalia · Esther · La Resurrezione | Georg Friedrich Händel - Christopher Hogwood, Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, Patrizia Kwella, Judith Nelson, Carolyn Watkinson, James Bowman, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Paul Elliott, Ian Partridge, David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music | 2005 | Album |
| The Fairy Queen (abridged) - Dido & Aeneas | Henry Purcell, Benita Valente, Paul Esswood, Ian Partridge, Shirley Verrett, Raymond Leppard, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 2001 | Album |
| An Oxford Elegy · Flos Campi · Whitsunday Hymn · Sancta Civitas | Ralph Vaughan Williams / John Westbrook, Cecil Aronowitz, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Jacques Orchestra, Ian Partridge, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks | 1999 | Compil. |
| Ten Scottish Melodies · 28 Songs · Chamber Music | Carl Maria von Weber - Carolyn Watkinson · Ian Partridge · Max van Egmond · Frans Vester · Vera Beths · Anner Bylsma · Stanley Hoogland | 1997 | Album |
| On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs / Four Hymns / Meciless Beauty / The New Ghost / The Water Mill | Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Partridge / The Music Group Of London | 1996 | Album |
| Myrthen • Lieder Und Gesänge • Die Löwenbraut | Robert Schumann - Lynne Dawson, Ian Partridge, Julius Drake | 1994 | Album |
| Handel Chandos Anthems complete | Lynne Dawson, Patrizia Kwella, James Bowman, Ian Partridge, Michael George, The Sixteen, Orchestra Of The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | 1994 | Album |
| The Gregorian Lent & Easter | Ian Partridge • Michael George • Stephen Roberts • James Griffett • Gordon Jones ‒ Pro Cantione Antiqua • James O'Donnell | 1994 | Album |
| Cantatas 50, 34, 147 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Gillian Fisher, David James, Ian Partridge, Michael George, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | 1992 | Album |
| Monteverdi ∙ Caccini ∙ Peri: Canti Amorosi | Nigel Rogers, Ian Partridge, Christopher Keyte | 1992 | Album |
| L'Orfeo | Claudio Monteverdi : Nigel Rogers, Emilia Petrescu, Ian Partridge, John Elwes, Alexander Malta, Stafford Dean, Chor Der Hamburgischen Staatsoper Coro Hamburgo Jürgen Jürgens | 1989 | Compil. |
| English Songs : Ivor Gurney Frederick Delius | Ian Partridge • Jennifer Partridge | 1989 | Album |
| Chandos Anthems Volume 2 - Nos. 4, 5 & 6 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Lynne Dawson, Ian Partridge, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | 1989 | Album |
| Warlock: The Curlew • Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, Ten Blake Songs | Peter Warlock, Ralph Vaughan Williams / The Music Group Of London, Ian Partridge | 1988 | Compil. |
| Winterreise | Franz Schubert, Ian Partridge, Richard Burnett | 1988 | Album |
| Chandos Anthems Volume 1 Nos. 1, 2 & 3 | Georg Friedrich Händel - Lynne Dawson, Ian Partridge, Michael George, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | 1988 | Album |
| On Wenlock Edge, Ten Blake Songs/The Curlew | Ian Partridge, The Music Group Of London, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Peter Warlock | 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 |
| Esther | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby • Patrizia Kwella • Drew Minter • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Paul Elliott • Andrew King • Ian Partridge • David Thomas • Westminster Cathedral Choir • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus & The Academy Of Ancient Music - Christopher Hogwood | 1985 | Album |
| Madrigales, Danzas Y Motetes | The Wilbye Consort, The Consort Of Musicke Feat Ursula Connors, Elaine Barry, Nigel Rogers, Ian Partridge, Christopher Hogwood, Thurston Dart Directed By Peter Pears, Anthony Rooley | 1985 | Compil. |
| It Fell On A Summer's Day: Songs By Dowland And Campion | Ian Partridge, Jakob Lindberg | 1984 | Album |
| The Triumph Of Time And Truth | Georg Friedrich Händel - Gillian Fisher, Emma Kirkby, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Stephen Varcoe, The London Handel Choir And London Handel Orchestra, Denys Darlow | 1983 | Album |
| Ian Partridge Sings Die Schöne Müllerin, Op.25: Dichterliebe, Op.48: Liederkreis, Op.39 | Ian Partridge, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Jennifer Partridge | 1983 | Compil. |
| A Little Love Music | Geoffrey Bush - Benjamin Luxon, Ian Partridge, Teresa Cahill | 1982 | Album |
| La Resurrezione | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby / Patrizia Kwella / Carolyn Watkinson / Ian Partridge / David Thomas / The Academy Of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood | 1982 | Album |
| String Quartets Nos. 5 & 6 / Three Wordsworth Songs For High Voice And String Quartet | William Wordsworth - The Alberni Quartet With Ian Partridge | 1981 | Album |
| Vespers of Saint Cecilia | Alessandro Scarlatti, Denis Stevens, Accademia Monteverdiana, Patricia Clark, Ursula Connors, Shirley Minty, Ian Partridge, John Noble | 1981 | Album |
| Madrigals & Sacred Concertos | Claudio Monteverdi - Nigel Rogers, Ian Partridge, Christopher Keyte, Colin Tilney, Jürgen Jürgens | 1981 | Compil. |
| Sacred Vocal Music Of Claudio Monteverdi | Claudio Monteverdi - Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman And Peter Holman | 1981 | Album |
| Songs By Finzi & His Friends (Gerald Finzi 25th Anniversary Celebration 1981) | Gerald Finzi - Ian Partridge, Stephen Roberts, Clifford Benson | 1981 | Album |
| English Songs | Ivor Gurney • Ralph Vaughan Williams • Frederick Delius • Peter Warlock • Ian Partridge • Jennifer Partridge | 1980 | Album |
| Te Deum, Grand Magnificat | Marc Antoine Charpentier, Philip Ledger, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Marilyn Sansom, Felicity Lott, Eiddwen Harrhy, Charles Brett, Stephen Roberts, Ian Partridge | 1978 | Album |
| Sweeter Than Roses (Songs Of Henry Purcell) | Henry Purcell, Ian Partridge, George Malcolm | 1978 | Album |
| Magnificat In D With Christmas Interludes | Johann Sebastian Bach, Shelagh Molyneux, Paul Esswood, Ian Partridge, John Noble, The London Bach Society, The Steinitz Bach Players Conducted By Paul Steinitz | 1977 | Album |
| Shubert Leider | Ian Partridge, Jennifer Partridge | 1976 | Album |
| Intimations Of Immortality | Gerald Finzi - Ian Partridge • Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra And Choir • Vernon Handley | 1975 | Album |
| Ian Partridge Sings Faure & Duparc | Ian Partridge | 1975 | Album |
| The Curlew / Four Hymns / Merciless Beauty | Peter Warlock / Ralph Vaughan Williams / Ian Partridge / David Butt / Janet Craxton / The Music Group Of London | 1974 | Album |
| Historia Divitis (Dives Malus) | Giacomo Carissimi - Sheila Armstrong · Eva Csapó · Nigel Rogers · Ian Partridge · Kurt Widmer · Matthias Hölle, Vokalensemble Der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Linde-Consort | 1974 | Album |
| Geistliche Konzerte | Claudio Monteverdi - Dorothy Dorow • Birgit Nordin • Nigel Rogers • Ian Partridge • Christopher Keyte • Friedhelm Hessenbruch, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg • Jürgen Jürgens | 1973 | Album |
| The Fairy Queen Highlights (Ed. Britten, I. Holst, and Pears) | Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, Norma Burrowes, Alfreda Hodgson, Peter Pears, James Bowman, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Owen Brannigan, John Shirley-Quirk, Kenneth Sillito, Philip Ledger, Kenneth Heath, Martin Gatt, Peter Graeme, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell | 1973 | Album |
| Ian Partridge Sings Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin | Ian Partridge | 1973 | Album |
| Madrigali Libro III | Claudio Monteverdi • Raymond Leppard • Sheila Armstrong • Gerald English, Ian Partridge • Stafford Dean • Christopher Keyte | 1972 | Album |
| Ceremonial Music | Henry Purcell - St. John's College Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Symphoniae Sacrae, Charles Brett, James Bowman, Ian Partridge, Forbes Robinson, George Guest | 1972 | Album |
| Virtuose Madrigale | Claudio Monteverdi - Nigel Rogers · Ian Partridge · Christopher Keyte, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg · Jürgen Jürgens | 1972 | Album |
| Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben, 3 Motetten | Johann Sebastian Bach, Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Ian Partridge, John Shirley-Quirk | 1972 | Album |
| On Wenlock Edge | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Ian Partridge, The Music Group Of London, Janet Craxton, Jennifer Partridge | 1971 | Album |
| Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi/The Christmas Story | Heinrich Schütz, Ian Partridge · The Schütz Choir Of London, Roger Norrington | 1971 | Album |
| Sancta Civitas / Benedicite | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Heather Harper, Ian Partridge, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Boys Of King's College Choir, Cambridge, The London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks | 1968 | Album |
| Ode For St. Cecilia's Day | Georg Friedrich Händel – April Cantelo, Ian Partridge, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Director David Willcocks | 1968 | Album |
| Chandos Anthems (The Lord Is My Light - As Pants The Hart) | Georg Friedrich Händel - April Cantelo, Ian Partridge, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Directed By David Willcocks | 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 |
| Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi/The Christmas Story - Historia Der Auferstehung Jesu Christi/The Resurrection - Doppelchörige Motetten | Heinrich Schütz, The Schütz Choir Of London, Peter Pears, Ian Partridge, Roger Norrington | 1966 | Album |
| Gloria / Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Elizabeth Vaughan, Janet Baker, Ian Partridge, Christopher Keyte, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, David Willcocks, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge | 1966 | Album |
| Portuguese Baroque | Ian Partridge, The Tilford Bach Festival Choir Conducted By Denys Darlow | 1966 | Album |
| The Indian Queen | Henry Purcell - Wilfred Brown, April Cantelo, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte, Ian Partridge, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | 1966 | Album |
| Madrigali E Canzonette Libro IX | Claudio Monteverdi - Nigel Rogers · Ian Partridge · Christopher Keyte, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg · Jürgen Jürgens | Album | |
| Intimations of Immortality: Ode For Tenor, Chorus And Orchestra | Gerald Finzi – Ian Partridge, Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra And Choir, Vernon Handley | Album |
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