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Paul Esswood
voc, *1942 GB, Nottingham
Singer / Conductor of Classical
Paul Esswood (born 6 June 1942) is an English countertenor and conductor. He is best known for his performance of Bach cantatas and the operas of Handel and Monteverdi. Along with his countrymen Alfred Deller and James Bowman, he led the revival of countertenor singing in modern times.
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah" on Handel: Messiah, HWV56 by George Frideric Handel, Sir Charles Mackerras & English Chamber Orchestra Akhnaten: Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III on The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition by Philip Glass Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" on Handel: Messiah, HWV56 by George Frideric Handel, Sir Charles Mackerras & English Chamber Orchestra 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 Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun on The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition by Philip Glass Akhnaten: Window of Appearances on The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition by Philip Glass Akhnaten: Akhnaten and Nefertiti on The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition by Philip Glass Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" on Handel: Messiah, HWV56 by George Frideric Handel, Sir Charles Mackerras & English Chamber Orchestra Akhnaten: Epilogue on The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition by Philip Glass Missa brevis in F Major, K. 192: Gloria on Mozart: Missa brevis - Vesperae solennes de Confessore - Epistle Sonata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Iván FischerTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fairy Queen (abridged) - Dido & Aeneas | Henry Purcell, Benita Valente, Paul Esswood, Ian Partridge, Shirley Verrett, Raymond Leppard, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 2001 | Album |
| Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor BWV 232; Magnificat in D Major BWV 243 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Angela Maria Blasi, Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood, Helrun Gardow, Hildegard Heichele, Robert Holl, Erwin Ortner, Delores Ziegler, Jadwiga Rappé | 2000 | Album |
| Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Regensburger Domchor, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Esswood | 1994 | Album |
| The Arnold Dolmetsch Years - Programme Seven | Paul Esswood, Kathleen Livingstone, Nigel Foster, Bernard Partridge | 1992 | Album |
| Dalok Szívem Hölgyéhez (Songs To My Lady) | Paul Esswood, Jürgen Hübscher | 1991 | Album |
| Dido And Aeneas | Henry Purcell - Ann Murray • Rachel Yakar • Anton Scharinger • Trudeliese Schmidt • Elisabeth Von Magnus • Helrun Gardow • Paul Esswood • Josef Köstlinger • Arnold Schoenberg Chor • Concentus Musicus Wien • Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1989 | Album |
| Stabat Mater / Flute Sonata In C Minor No. 3 | Alessandro Scarlatti, Mária Zádori ♦ Paul Esswood ♦ Capella Savaria ♦ Pál Németh | 1986 | Album |
| Das Kantatenwerk Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Ruud Van Der Meer, Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Hans Gillesberger | 1986 | Album |
| 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 |
| Ratswahlkantaten • Cantatas For The Civil Council Election • Cantates Pour Le Renóuvellement Du Conseil Municipal: BWV 29, 71, 119, 120, 137; TELDEC Special Edition 1985: 300 Jahre •Years J.S. Bach | Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Concentus Musicus Wien | 1984 | Album |
| Magnificat ∙ Utrecht Te Deum | Johann Sebastian Bach ∙ Georg Friedrich Händel ∙ Concentus Musicus Wien ∙ Nikolaus Harnoncourt ∙ Felicity Palmer ∙ Marjana Lipovšek ∙ Hildegard Heichele ∙ Helrun Gardow ∙ Paul Esswood ∙ Kurt Equiluz ∙ Philip Langridge ∙ Robert Holl ∙ Thomas Moser ∙ Ludwig Baumann | 1984 | Album |
| Weihnachtskantaten • Christmas Cantatas • Cantates de Noël: BWV 57, 63, 110, 133; TELDEC Special Edition 1985: 300 Jahr •Years J.S. Bach | Johann Sebastian Bach, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Concentus Musicus Wien, Leonhardt-Consort | 1984 | Album |
| Duets & Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel, Mária Zádori, Paul Esswood | 1984 | Album |
| Cantatas & Arias | Antonio Vivaldi / Barbara Hendricks, Paul Esswood, Ulrich Studer, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire | 1983 | Album |
| Music For A While (Songs By Henry Purcell) | Henry Purcell - Paul Esswood, Johann Sonnleitner, Charles Medlam | 1983 | Album |
| Dido And Aeneas | Henry Purcell - Ann Murray • Rachel Yakar • Anton Scharinger • Trudeliese Schmidt • Elisabeth Von Magnus • Helrun Gardow • Paul Esswood • Josef Köstlinger • Arnold Schoenberg Chor • Concentus Musicus Wien • Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1983 | Album |
| Duetti Da Camera | Agostino Steffani - Daniela Mazzucato • Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Esswood • John Elwes | 1982 | Album |
| Saul | Georg Friedrich Händel - English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Thomas Allen, Robert Tear, Margaret Marshall, Paul Esswood, Sally Burgess | 1981 | Album |
| Te Deum - Ode: Yorkshire Feast | Henry Purcell, Paul Esswood, Birgit Grenat, Mary Beverley, Pro Cantione Antiqua, Choir of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary of Warwick, Andrew Fletcher, Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy | 1980 | Album |
| Mass No. 6 In F Major K. 192 / Epistle Sonata K. 224 / Vesperae Solennes De Confessore K. 339 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mária Zádori, Paul Esswood, Alexander Oliver, László Polgár | 1980 | Album |
| Japhtha | Georg Friedrich Händel, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Margaret Marshall, Alfreda Hodgson, Paul Esswood, Christopher Keyte, Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1979 | Album |
| Xerxes (Serse) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Jean-Claude Malgoire ∙ La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy ∙ Carolyn Watkinson ∙ Barbara Hendricks ∙ Paul Esswood ∙ Ortrun Wenkel ∙ Anne-Marie Rodde ∙ Ulrik Cold ∙ Ulrich Studer | 1979 | Album |
| Crucifixus / Stabat Mater / Crucifixus | Antonio Lotti / Antonio Maria Bononcini / Antonio Caldara - Felicity Palmer • Paul Esswood • Philip Langridge • Christopher Keyte, St. John's College Choir, Philomusica Of London, George Guest | 1978 | Album |
| Rinaldo | Georg Friedrich Händel George Frideric Handel Paul Esswood, Ileana Cotrubas, Carolyn Watkinson, Charles Brett, Ulrik Cold, Jeanette Scovotti, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire | 1977 | 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 |
| Belshazzar | Georg Friedrich Händel - Robert Tear • Felicity Palmer • Maureen Lehane • Paul Esswood, Peter van der Bilt • Eric Ericsons Kammarkör, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1976 | Album |
| Kompositionen Für Altus | Georg Philipp Telemann • Johann Christoph Bach • Dieterich Buxtehude - Paul Esswood, Concentus Musicus Wien | 1975 | Album |
| Die Krönung Der Poppea | Claudio Monteverdi - Helen Donath • Elisabeth Söderström • Cathy Berberian • Paul Esswood, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1974 | Album |
| Kantaten 29 • 31 • 34 • 43 | Johann Sebastian Bach / Paul Esswood, Siegmund Nimsgern, Ruud Van Der Meer, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1974 | Album |
| Kantaten "Geist Und Seele Wird Verwirret" BWV 35, "Aus Tiefster Not Schrei Ich Zu Dir" BWV 38 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Ruud Van Der Meer, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1974 | Album |
| Lobet Gott In Seinen Reichen, BWV 11 Oratorium Auf Himmelfahrt | Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Esswood • Kurt Equiluz • Max van Egmond • Die Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1972 | Album |
| Rappresentatione Di Anima, Et Di Corpo | Emilio De' Cavalieri, Tatiana Troyanos • Hermann Prey, Arleen Auger • Sylvia Geszty • Edda Moser • Teresa Żylis-Gara, Theo Adam • Kurt Equiluz • Paul Esswood • Ernst Gutstein • Herbert Lackner, Wiener Kammerchor • Capella Academica Wien • Ensemble Wolfgang Von Karajan, Sir Charles Mackerras | 1970 | Album |
| Weihnachtskantate | Alessandro Stradella, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Paul Esswood, Eric Tappy, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, August Wenzinger | Album | |
| Ode On St. Cecilia's Day (1692) | Henry Purcell - Simon Woolf • Paul Esswood • Roland Tatnell • Alexander Young • Michael Rippon • John Shirley-Quirk • Tiffin Boys’ Choir • The Ambrosian Singers • English Chamber Orchestra • Dirigent: Sir Charles Mackerras | Album | |
| Matthäus-Passion: Arien-Arias | Johann Sebastian Bach - Paul Esswood • Nigel Rogers • Max van Egmond • Nikolaus Harnoncourt • Concentus Musicus Wien | Album |
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