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Stephen Varcoe
voc, *1949 GB, Lostwithiel
Singer / Musician of Classical
A.k.a. Stephen Christopher Varcoe
Stephen (Christopher) Varcoe (born 19 May 1949 in Lostwithiel) is an English classical bass-baritone singer, appearing internationally in opera and concert, known for Baroque and contemporary music and a notable singer of Lieder.
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Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10: Chorale: Lob un Preis sei Gott dem Vater und dem Sohn on Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach & John Eliot Gardiner King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III, Scene 2: Aria "What power art thou" (Cold Genius) on Mélancolie by Rinaldo Alessandrini, Anne Gastinel & Accentus Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31: Sonata on Bach, J.S.: Cantatas, Vol. 22 - Bwv 4, 6, 31, 134, 145 by Johann Sebastian Bach & John Eliot Gardiner Requiem, Op. 48: In paradisum on Faure: Requiem - Messe basse by Gabriel Fauré, The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter Requiem, Op. 48: Pie Jesu on Faure: Requiem - Messe basse by Gabriel Fauré, The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter Passionsoratorium: O Seele, deren Sehnen aus heil'gen Augen weint (Chorus) on Bach: Passions-Oratorium by Johann Ernst Bach & Hermann Max Requiem, Op. 48: Sanctus on Faure: Requiem - Messe basse by Gabriel Fauré, The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter Requiem, Op. 48: Introit and Kyrie on Faure: Requiem - Messe basse by Gabriel Fauré, The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2: Chorale: Das wollst du, Gott, bewahren rein (Chorus) on Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach & John Eliot Gardiner Requiem, Op. 48: Agnus Dei on Faure: Requiem - Messe basse by Gabriel Fauré, The Cambridge Singers & John RutterTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Silver Hound And Other Songs By Betty Roe | Betty Roe, Sarah Leonard, Anne Marie Sheridan, Robin Tritschler, Stephen Varcoe, Daniel Beer, Madeleine Mitchell, Emma Murphy, Nigel Foster | 2017 | Album |
| Works For Chorus And Orchestra | Gerald Finzi . Benjamin Britten . Gustav Holst - John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Varcoe, The Britten Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2013 | Compil. |
| Anthems By Orlando Gibbons | Orlando Gibbons, Robin Blaze, Stephen Varcoe, Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill | 2007 | Album |
| Serenade • Variations, Op. 31 / Bach Orchestrations | Arnold Schoenberg, Stephen Varcoe, Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble • Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft | 2006 | Compil. |
| Songs By Armstrong Gibbs | Armstrong Gibbs, Geraldine McGreevy, Stephen Varcoe, Roger Vignoles | 2003 | Album |
| Works For Chamber Ensemble 2 | Percy Grainger, Della Jones, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | 2000 | Album |
| Israel In Egypt | Georg Friedrich Händel, Stephen Cleobury, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Ian Bostridge, Michael Chance, Susan Gritton, Stephen Varcoe, Brandenburg Consort | 2000 | Album |
| Inscape • Four Mediaeval Latin Lyrics • Song Of The Soul • Advent Cantata • Veni, Creator Spiritus | Edmund Rubbra - Stephen Varcoe, Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 2000 | Album |
| Stanford: Stabat Mater Etc. | Ingrid Attrot, Pamela Helen Stephen, Nigel Robson, Stephen Varcoe, Ian Watson, Darius Battiwalla, The Leeds Philharmonic Choir | 1997 | Album |
| Works For Chorus And Orchestra | Percy Grainger, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe, Penelope Thwaites, The Joyful Company Of Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1996 | 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 |
| Christmas Day In The Morning | The Cambridge Singers, City Of London Sinfonia, Stephen Varcoe Directed By John Rutter | 1993 | Album |
| Die Israeliten In Der Wüste | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Barbara Schlick, Lena Lootens, Hein Meens, Stephen Varcoe, Corona Coloniensis & Cappella Coloniensis, William Christie | 1993 | Album |
| Gloria • Ostro Picta / Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi / Johann Sebastian Bach - Collegium Musicum 90, Emma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Varcoe, Richard Hickox | 1991 | Album |
| Passions-Oratorium | Johann Ernst Bach, Barbara Schlick, David Cordier, Christoph Prégardien, Stephen Varcoe, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max | 1990 | Album |
| "If There Were Dreams To Sell" - English Orchestral Songs | Stephen Varcoe, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1989 | Album |
| Jephtha | Georg Friedrich Händel – Nigel Robson, Lynne Dawson, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, Ruth Holton / The English Baroque Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner | 1989 | Album |
| Earth And Air And Rain | Gerald Finzi, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, Clifford Benson, Thomas Hardy | 1989 | Album |
| Dido & Aeneas | Henry Purcell • Anne Sofie Von Otter • Stephen Varcoe • Lynne Dawson • Nigel Rogers • The English Concert And Choir • Trevor Pinnock | 1989 | Album |
| Die Auferstehung Und Himmelfahrt Jesu WQ 240 Oratorium / Osterkantate WQ 244 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Barbara Schlick, Paul Elliott, Christoph Prégardien, Gotthold Schwarz, Stephen Varcoe, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max | 1988 | Album |
| Alexander's Feast | Georg Friedrich Händel, Carolyn Watkinson, Nigel Robson, Donna Brown, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | 1988 | Album |
| Venus & Adonis | John Blow, Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Stephen Varcoe, London Baroque, Charles Medlam | 1988 | Album |
| De Profundis . Venite Exultemus | Jean Joseph Cassanea De Mondonville - Gillian Fisher, Charles Daniels, Stephen Varcoe, London Baroque, The New College Oxford Choir, Edward Higginbottom | 1988 | Album |
| The Hyperion Schubert Edition, Volume 2 | Franz Schubert, Stephen Varcoe, Graham Johnson | 1987 | Album |
| Sāvitri / The Dream-City | Gustav Holst - Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, Stephen Varcoe, The Richard Hickox Singers, Colin Matthews, Patrizia Kwella, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | 1983 | 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 |
| Missa Solemnis C-moll KV 139 "Waisenhausmesse" | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Sebastian Hennig, Rafael Harten, John Elwes / Stephen Varcoe, Knabenchor Hannover, Collegium Aureum, Franzjosef Maier, Heinz Hennig | 1980 | Album |
| Music For Croft | William Croft - Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Kevin Smith, Stephen Varcoe | 1980 | Album |
| Johannes Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach, Catherine Bott, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, Paul Agnew, Stephen Richardson, Stephen Varcoe, Brandenburg Consort, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury | Album | |
| Matthaeus Passion - De Mooiste Aria's En Koren | Johann Sebastian Bach / Nancy Argenta, Rufus Müller, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Jamie MacDougall, Stephen Varcoe, The London Orchestra, Paul Goodwin | Album | |
| Johannes Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Richardson, Catherine Bott, Michael Chance, Paul Agnew, Stephen Varcoe, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort, Stephen Cleobury | Album | |
| Gardiner Purcell Collection (Timon Of Athens / Dioclesian) | Henry Purcell - Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher, Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, Michael George, Stephen Varcoe, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner | Album | |
| Requiem (1893 Version First Recording) / Cantique De Jean Racine | Gabriel Fauré, Caroline Ashton, Stephen Varcoe, John Scott, Simon Standage, The Cambridge Singers And City Of London Sinfonia Conducted By John Rutter | Album |
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