, (McNair)
Sylvia McNair (soprano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Opera `Le Nozze di Figaro` (1786), KV492

Claudio Abbado (conductor), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) , Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Choir

Original version, Vienna 1786. Il Conte di Almaviva – Boje Skovhus; La Contessa di Almaviva – Cheryl Studer; Susanna – Sylvia McNair; Figaro – Lucio Gallo; Cherubino – Cecilia Bartoli; Marcellina – Anna Caterina Antonacci; Bartolo - Ildebrando d` Arcangelo; Basilio - Carlo Allemano; Don Curzio – Peter Jelosits; Barbarina – Andrea Rost; Antonio - Istvan Gati. Recorded: January/February 1994, Vienna.
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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 8 `Symphonie der Tausend` in Es-dur for 3 sopranos, 2 contralto, tenor, bass, boy`s choir, 2 mixed choirs, organ and orchestra

Claudio Abbado (conductor), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) , Berliner Philharmoniker, Prague philharmonic choir

Sopranos: (I - Una Poenitentium) – Cheryl Studer, (II - Magna Peccatrix) – Sylvia McNair, (III - Mater Gloriosa] – Andrea Rost; contraltos: (I - Mulier Samaritana) – Anne Sofie Von Otter, (II - Maria Aegyptiaca) – Rosemarie Lang; tenor (Doctor Marianus) – Peter Seiffert; baritone (Pater Ecstaticus) – Bryn Terfel; bass (Pater Profundus) – Jan-Hendrik Rootering. Rundfunkchor Berlin. Tölzer Knabenchor. Recorded: February 1994, Berlin.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mass c-moll (`Große Messe` (1782-83), KV427 (417a)

John Elliot Gardiner (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) , English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

Monteverdi Choir. Diana Montague - contralto, Cornelius Hauptmann - bass. November 1986, London.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in d-moll (1791), KV626

Neville Marriner (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Robert Lloyd (bass) , Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Francisco Araiza. February 1990, London.
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Incidental Music to `Leonore Prohaska` (1815), WoO 96

Claudio Abbado (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano) , Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin

Karoline Eichhorn - recitative. December 1994, Berlin.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Opera `Il re pastore` (1775), KV208

Neville Marriner (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano) , Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Alessandro - Jerry Hadley, Aminta - Angela Maria Blasi, Elisa - Sylvia McNair, Tamiri - Iris Vermillion, Agenore - Claes H. Ahnsjo. January 1989, London.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Opera `Idomeneo, Re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante` (1781), KV366

John Elliot Gardiner (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) , English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1991.
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Music for the `Consecration of the House` (1822), Hess118

Claudio Abbado (conductor), Arleen Auger (soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Berhard Klee (conductor) , Berliner Philharmoniker, RIAS Kammerchor

Klaus Hirte - baritone, Franz Crass - bass, Bruno Ganz - recitative. 4/1970.
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Joseph Haydn - Oratorio `Die Schöpfung` (1796-98), Hob XXI: 2

John Elliot Gardiner (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Donna Brown (soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone) , English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

Michael Shade - tenor, Rodney Gilfry - bass, Caroline Stormer - contralto. Recorded: February 1995, London.
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George Frideric Handel - Oratorio `Messiah` (1741), HWV 56

Neville Marriner (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Michael Chance (ñountertenor) , Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Jerry Hadley - tenor, Robert Lloyd - bass. April 1992, Dublin.
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Olivier Messiaen - Trois Mélodies pour chant e piano

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

1996.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Cantata `Grabmusik` for soprano, bass, choir and orchestra (1767; 1773-75), KV 42

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone) , Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schîånberg-Chor

Engel - Sylvia McNair (soprano) / Seele - Thomas Hampson (bass) / Arnold Schoenberg Chor / Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (cond.) / 1995
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Claudio Monteverdi - Opera `L`incoronazione di Poppea` (1642), SV308

John Elliot Gardiner (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Michael Chance (ñountertenor) , English Baroque Soloists

Poppea - Sylvia McNair / Nerone - Dana Hanchard / Ottavia - Anne Sofie von Otter / Ottone - Michael Chance / Seneca - Francesco Ellero d`Artegna / Drusilla - Catherine Bott / Nutrice - Roberto Balconi / Arnalta - Bernada Fink / Lucano - Mark Tucker / Valletto - Constanze Backes / Damigella - Marinella Pennicchi / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner / Recording of a concert performance in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (December 8 1993).
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Johannes Brahms - German Requiem (1866), Op. 45

Kurt Masur (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Hakan Hagegard (baritone) , New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir

Recorded: April 1995, New York.
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George Frideric Handel - Oratorio ` Messiah` (arias)

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Neville Marriner (conductor) , Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Messiah / Part 3 - `Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth`.
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Claude Debussy - `Le martyre de Saint Sébastien` for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra (1911), L 124

Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Nataly Schtuzman (contralto), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) , London Symphony Orchestra

1991.
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis for 4 Soloists, Choir, Orchestra and Organ in D-dur (1819-23), op.123

Robert Shaw (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Tom Krause (bass-baritone) , Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

John Aler - tenor, Tom Krause - baritone, Sylvia McNair - soprano, Janice Taylor - mezzo-soprano. Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Recorded: February 22-25, 1987.
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Andre Previn - Vocalise

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), André Previn (piano)

Recorded at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, July, 17-19 & 26, 1995.
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Andre Previn - Four Songs for Soprano, Cello and Piano (1994)

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), André Previn (piano)

Recorded at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, July, 17-19 & 26, 1995.
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Samuel Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op.24

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Leonard Slatkin (conductor) , Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Rechitative & Rondo `Chio mi scordi di te - Non temer, amato bene` for soprano, piano and orchestra (1786), KV505

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Alfred Brendel (piano), Neville Marriner (conductor) , Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

1995-96, London.
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Gustav Mahler - Symphony ¹ 2 `Auferstehung` in c-moll for Soprano, Contralto, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra

Bernard Haitink (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano) , Berliner Philharmoniker

1994 - with Ernst Senff Choir
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Gustav Mahler - Symphony ¹ 4 in G-dur (1899/1900, 1901-10)

Bernard Haitink (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano) , Berliner Philharmoniker

June 1992
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Andre Previn - Two Remembrances for Soprano, Alto Flute and Piano (1995)

Sylvia McNair (soprano), André Previn (piano)

Sandra Church - alto flute. Recorded at Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Massachusetts, July, 17-19 & 26, 1995.
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Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata `Christen, ätzet diesen Tag`, BWV 63

Greg Funfgeld (conductor), Sylvia McNair (soprano) , Bach Festival Orchestra

Contralto - Janice Taylor, tenor - David Gordon, bass - Daniel Lichti. Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Rehearsal Accompanist - Thomas Goemann). Bach Festival Orchestra. Recorded: February 27, 1988, Bethlehem, USA.
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