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Elegy


The critically acclaimed album featuring countertenor duets by Purcell and Blow, performed by James Hall and Iestyn Davies with The King’s Consort.

Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2019 - Editor’s Choice
Gramophone Awards 2020 Shortlisted - Recital
International Classical Music Awards 2019 Nominee - Baroque Vocal

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Worthy successors to James Bowman and Michael Chance... Davies and Hall bring a chamber-music intensity to Blow’s sublime elegy on Purcell’s death (The Observer) ~

~ Worthy successors to James Bowman and Michael Chance... Davies and Hall bring a chamber-music intensity to Blow’s sublime elegy on Purcell’s death (The Observer) ~

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They duet ravishingly (The Sunday Times) ~

~ They duet ravishingly (The Sunday Times) ~

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Absolutely on point: with two wonderfully matched countertenors... This whole disc is a trove of bittersweet delights. (Gramophone) ~

~ Absolutely on point: with two wonderfully matched countertenors... This whole disc is a trove of bittersweet delights. (Gramophone) ~

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What music, what musicianship, what performances! This Vivat disc leaves one spellbound and enthralled. (Classical Music Daily) ~

~ What music, what musicianship, what performances! This Vivat disc leaves one spellbound and enthralled. (Classical Music Daily) ~

JS BACH’s ‘ERBARME DICH’

Countertenor James Hall joins soloist and AAM leader Bojan Čičić and the Academy of Ancient Music for JS Bach's gorgeous 'Erbarme Dich, mein Gott' from St Matthew Passion, BWV244 [1727]. Performed live in concert at London's Milton Court Concert Hall, 2019.

BACH & HAYDN

Countertenor James Hall joins director Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music for JS Bach's cantata 'Bekennen will ich seinen Namen' BWV200 [c.1742] and 'Fac me vere tecum flere' from Stabat Mater, HobXXa:1 [1767].

Performed live in concert at London's Milton Court Concert Hall, 2019.

Listen up.

A small selection of public recordings from past performances, including works by Bach and Bernstein.

DOrian with ETO

Dorian character trailer for English Touring Opera’s Aidan!, a children’s opera film produced to accompany their 2021 production of Handel’s Amadigi.

BRITTEN’s ‘I KNOW A BANK’

Taken from a live performance recording for Deutsche Oper Berlin.

“Oberon, the king of the elves, meets his faithful goblin Puck, who present him a desired flower containing a magic nectar. May the love chaos begin ... Enjoy countertenor James Hall with his beautiful aria "Welcome Wanderer" – taken from Benjamin Britten's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.”