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James Bowman
voc, *1941 GB, Oxford
Singer of Classical
A.k.a. James Thomas Bowman
James Thomas Bowman CBE (born 6 November 1941) is an English countertenor born in Oxford, England. His career spans opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals. In 2010 it was announced that he would give his last London concert in 2011 at the Wigmore Hall, although he would continue to give recitals outside the capital. A few years previously he retired from the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in London, after a decade of service.
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Orff: Carmina Burana, Introduction, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna on Orff: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, David Hill/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Stabat Mater: 1. Stabat Mater on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood Stabat Mater: 3. O quam tristis on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood Stabat Mater: 4. Quae moerabat on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood Stabat Mater: 5. Quis est homo on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood Stabat Mater, RV 621: 1. Stabat mater 2. Cuius animan 3. O quam tristis on Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Concerto in G minor; Nisi Dominus by Antonio Vivaldi, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood Bestelle dein Haus: IV. Wenn gleich süss ist das Leben on Trauerkantaten by Ricercar Consort Stabat Mater: 12. Quando corpus - Amen on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood Stabat Mater: 8. Fac ut ardeat on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), RV.608: 4. "Cum dederit" (Andante) on Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Concerto in G minor; Nisi Dominus by Antonio Vivaldi, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher HogwoodTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethan Lute Songs | James Bowman | 2019 | Album |
| Stabat Mater | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 2012 | Compil. |
| Gloria · Stabat Mater | Antonio Vivaldi, Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, James Bowman, The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Simon Preston, Christopher Hogwood | 2012 | Compil. |
| Salve Regina - Cantatas & Motets | Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Adolf Hasse, Alessandro Scarlatti, Deborah York, James Bowman, Crispian Steele-Perkins, The King's Consort, Robert King | 2011 | Album |
| Aus der Tiefe | Johann Sebastian Bach, Greta de Reyghere, James Bowman, Guy De Mey, Max van Egmond | 2010 | Compil. |
| Songs And Chamber Music | Peter Hope, James Bowman, Craig Ogden, John Turner, Stéphane Rancourt, Graham Salvage, David Francis, Peter Lawson, The Manchester Camerata | 2007 | Album |
| 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 |
| Theatre Music | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, James Bowman, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood | 2004 | Compil. |
| Here We Come A-Piping - Songs And Instrumental Music Of Nicholas Marshall | James Bowman / Alison Wells / John Turner / Helen Sanderson / Neil Smith / Keith Swallow | 2001 | Album |
| Sacred Music By Johann Schelle | Johann Schelle, Carolyn Sampson • Rebecca Outram • James Bowman • Charles Daniels • James Gilchrist • Peter Harvey, The King's Consort, Robert King | 2001 | Album |
| Sacred Music | Sebastian Knüpfer, Carolyn Sampson • Rebecca Outram • James Bowman • Robin Blaze • Charles Daniels • James Gilchrist • Peter Harvey • Michael George • The King's Consort, Robert King | 2000 | Album |
| The Glories Of Handel Opera | Georg Friedrich Händel, Emma Kirkby, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Teresa Berganza, Marilyn Horne, James Bowman, Luciano Pavarotti | 2000 | Compil. |
| HANDEL ADMETO RE DI TESSAGLIA | René Jacobs, Rachel Yakar, James Bowman, Rita Dams, Ulrik Cold, Jill Gomez, Max van Egmond | 1998 | Album |
| Ikon | James Bowman, The Holst Singers, Stephen Layton | 1997 | Album |
| The James Bowman Collection | James Bowman, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1996 | Album |
| Vivaldi Sacred Music -2- | Antonio Vivaldi, Deborah York, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1996 | Album |
| The Occasional Oratorio | Georg Friedrich Händel, Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, The Choir Of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1995 | Album |
| Dioclesian (Complete) / Masque From Timon Of Athens | Henry Purcell, Catherine Pierard, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox | 1995 | Album |
| The Secular Solo Songs Of Henry Purcell, Volume 3 | Henry Purcell, The King's Consort, Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Robert King | 1994 | Album |
| The Secular Solo Songs Of Henry Purcell, Volume 1 | Henry Purcell, Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1994 | Album |
| The Secular Solo Songs Of Henry Purcell, Volume 2 | Henry Purcell, The King's Consort, Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton, James Bowman, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Michael George, Robert King | 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 |
| Vêpres Pour La Nativité De La Vierge | Antonio Vivaldi / Lynne Dawson, James Bowman, John Elwes, Stephen Varcoe - La Maîtrise Boréale, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy Direction Jean-Claude Malgoire | 1994 | Album |
| Symphoniae Sacrae Op. 10 | Heinrich Schütz, Emma Kirkby, Suzie LeBlanc, James Bowman, Charles Daniels, Nigel Rogers, Richard Wistreich, Stephen Varcoe, The Purcell Quartet | 1994 | Album |
| Ottone (Re Di Germania) | Georg Friedrich Händel, James Bowman, Claron McFadden, Jennifer Smith, Catherine Denley, Dominique Visse, Michael George, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1993 | Album |
| Judas Maccabaeus | Georg Friedrich Händel / Emma Kirkby, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, Jamie MacDougall, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1993 | Album |
| Anthems * Instrumental Music * Songs | Henry Purcell, James Bowman, Nigel Rogers, Max van Egmond, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt, Brüggen Consort, Frans Brüggen | 1993 | Album |
| Deborah | Georg Friedrich Händel, Yvonne Kenny, Susan Gritton, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1993 | Album |
| The Complete Anthems And Services - 1 | Henry Purcell - James Bowman · Michael George · The New College Oxford Choir · The King's Consort · Robert King, Charles Daniels, Robert Evans | 1992 | Album |
| The World of Sacred Music | Kathleen Ferrier, Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie Von Otter, James Bowman, Geraint Evans, Luciano Pavarotti, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, The Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, Mormon Tabernacle Choir | 1992 | Compil. |
| James Bowman Sings Handel Heroic Arias | Georg Friedrich Händel - James Bowman, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1991 | Album |
| Belshazzar | Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Arleen Auger • Catherine Robbin • James Bowman • David Wilson-Johnson, The English Concert And Choir, Trevor Pinnock, Georg Friedrich Händel | 1991 | Album |
| Joshua | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aidan Oliver, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1991 | Album |
| Canticles | Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, John Hahessy, James Bowman, Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis | 1990 | Album |
| Italian Duets | Georg Friedrich Händel, Gillian Fisher, James Bowman, The King's Consort | 1990 | Album |
| L'Incoronazione di Poppea | Claudio Monteverdi, Arleen Auger, Della Jones, Sarah Leonard, Linda Hirst, James Bowman, Gregory Reinhart, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1990 | Album |
| Stabat Mater - Salve Regina | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1989 | Album |
| Chandos Anthems Volume 3 - Nos. 7, 8 & 9 | Georg Friedrich Händel, Patrizia Kwella, James Bowman, Jan Partridge, Michael George, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | 1989 | Album |
| Mr Henry Purcell's Most Admirable Composures | Henry Purcell, James Bowman, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1989 | Album |
| Solo Cantatas BWV54, BWV169, BWV 170 | Johann Sebastian Bach, James Bowman, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1989 | Album |
| Cantates Et Airs Italiens | James Bowman | 1988 | Album |
| Countertenor Duets By Purcell And Blow | Henry Purcell And John Blow - James Bowman, Michael Chance, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1988 | Album |
| Royal And Ceremonial Odes | Henry Purcell, Gillian Fisher, Tessa Bonner, James Bowman, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Charles Pott, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1988 | Album |
| Geistliche Musik - Sacred Music | Henry Purcell, James Bowman, Nigel Rogers, Max van Egmond, Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt | 1987 | Album |
| Lumieres: Messe Baroque Du 21eme Siècle | Jacques Loussier, James Bowman, Deborah Rees, Jean-Pierre Wallez | 1987 | Album |
| Athalia | Georg Friedrich Händel, Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby • James Bowman • Aled Jones • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1986 | Album |
| The Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel • Ton Koopman - The Sixteen - The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - Marianne Kweksilber - James Bowman - Paul Elliott - Gregory Reinhart | 1985 | Album |
| Carmina Burana | Carl Orff, Sylvia Greenberg, James Bowman, Stephen Roberts, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Knabenchor Des Staats- Und Domchores Berlin | 1984 | Album |
| Fantasies, Ayres & Dances (Music For Lute From The 16th, 17th And 18th Centuries) | Howard Bass With James Bowman | 1982 | Album |
| Music Of The English Home 1570-1670 | English Consort Of Viols With James Bowman | 1980 | Album |
| Music Of The English Home 1570-1670 | English Consort Of Viols With James Bowman | 1980 | Album |
| Elizabethan Ayres & Dances | James Bowman / Robert Spencer | 1980 | Album |
| Hausmusik Der Englischen Renaissance | English Consort Of Viols With James Bowman | 1980 | Album |
| Ariodante | Georg Friedrich Händel - Janet Baker • Norma Burrowes, James Bowman • David Rendall • Samuel Ramey, London Voices, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard | 1979 | Album |
| Authentieke Uitvoeringen Van Vivaldi: Fluitconcert „La Tempesta Di Mare" En Muziek Van Byrd ~ Dowland ~ Gibbons ~ Purcell ~ Geminiani ~ Arne ~ Haydn ~ Stamitz | The Academy Of Ancient Music ~ The Consort Of Musicke ~ The Music Party ~ Christopher Hogwood ~ Stephen Preston ~ James Bowman ~ Anthony Pleeth | 1978 | Album |
| Songs In Shakespeare's Plays | James Bowman, James Tyler | 1978 | Album |
| The King Shall Rejoice ( and other Chapel Royal Anthems ) | James Bowman, Robert Tear, Christopher Keyte | 1977 | Album |
| Stabat Mater • Nisi Dominus • Concerto In G Minor | Antonio Vivaldi - James Bowman, The Academy Of Ancient Music | 1976 | Album |
| Canticles | Benjamin Britten, Robert Tear / James Bowman / Alan Civil / Philip Ledger | 1976 | Album |
| The Choice Of Hercules | Georg Friedrich Händel - James Bowman As Hercules, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge | 1975 | Album |
| The King's Musick (Aus Der Zeit Henry VIII) | James Bowman, Nigel Rogers, Ricercare-Ensemble Für Alte Musik, Zürich | 1974 | Album |
| Ode On The Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell / 6 Songs From "Amphion Anglicus" | John Blow, James Bowman, René Jacobs, Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt | 1974 | 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 |
| Motets By Monteverdi, Gabrieli & Schütz | Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Gabrieli & Heinrich Schütz - James Bowman, The Louis Halsey Singers, Louis Halsey, David Lumsden | 1973 | Album |
| Journey Of The Magi / Who Are These Children? / Tit For Tat | Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, James Bowman | 1973 | 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 |
| Geistliche Musik Am Englischen Königshof | Henry Purcell / James Bowman, Nigel Rogers, Max van Egmond, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, David Willcocks, Leonhardt-Consort, Gustav Leonhardt | 1972 | Album |
| Sämtliche Werke - Kantaten (Vol. 2) | Nikolaus Bruhns, James Bowman, Guy De Mey, Ian Honeyman | Album | |
| Sämtliche Werke - Kantaten (Vol. 1) | Nikolaus Bruhns, James Bowman, Guy De Mey, Ian Honeyman | Album | |
| Deutsche Barock Kantaten (VII) | Dieterich Buxtehude, James Bowman, Ian Honeyman | Album | |
| Aus Der Tiefe | Greta de Reyghere, James Bowman, Guy De Mey | Album | |
| The Complete Anthems And Services - 2 | Henry Purcell - James Bowman · Rogers Covey-Crump · Michael George · The New College Oxford Choir · The King's Consort · Robert King | Album | |
| Gloria • Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera • Nisi Dominus • Cantatas | Antonio Vivaldi - Emma Kirkby ∙ Catherine Bott ∙ Judith Nelson ∙ Carolyn Watkinson ∙ James Bowman ∙ Simon Preston ∙ Christopher Hogwood | Compil. |
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