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Below is a list, in alphabetical order by composer or title, of Gerald Finley's recordings.

Click photos and links for details of each recording along with reviews and awards

New Releases

Otello

The two concert performances of Verdi's Otello recorded live on 3 and 6 December 2009 at the Barbican will be released under the LSO Live label

English arias CD and Pelleas et Melisande for Chandos

CD of arias for the Chandos Opera in English series; recording was in September 2009 with release date February 2010

Gerry is to be Golaud in the forthcoming Pelleas et Melisande for Chandos Opera in English. Cast includes Rebecca Evans and John Tomlinson. The Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment, conducted by Mark Wigglesworth

Britten CD for Hyperion

CD of Britten songs, including Tit for Tat and the Blake songs, recorded last year and due for release in 2010

Great Operatic Arias - click CD cover for details

Elgar: The Crown of India

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Songs by Ravel (CD)

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***** FIVE STARS ***** BBC Music Magazine, July 2009

Editor's Choice, Gramophone, August 2009

Dido & Aeneas (CD)

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5 out of 5 stars, The Sunday Times

Editor's Choice, Gramophone, February 2009

Classic FM radio, Disc of the Month for February 2009

Wigmore Live (CD)

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Nominated in the Vocal category for the BBC Music Magazine 2009 awards

“Finley captured on peak form in a stimulating and varied recital… A genuine treat, this, and not to be missed.” Gramophone

“…this disc reinforces Gerald Finley's credentials as one of the finest non-native singers of Russian.” The Telegraph

“Gerald Finley triumphs in his Wigmore recital” 5 out of 5 stars: BBC Music magazine

5 out of 5 stars: Classic FM magazine

Best CDs of 2008: Evening Standard

Schumann Dichterliebe & other Heine settings

Classic FM Gramophone awards 2009 winner of Best Solo Vocal album: Click below

Nominated for a 2009 Canadian Juno Award in the 'Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance' category.

One of Alex Ross’ Ten Best Classical-Music Recordings of 2008: The New Yorker, 11 December 2008

Editor's Choice: Gramophone, November 2008

5 out of 5 Stars, Classic FM magazine

“…overwhelmingly powerful” 5 out of 5 stars, The Guardian

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The following list of recordings is in alphabetical order by composer or title:

Adams: Doctor Atomic (DVD) ROH/Opus Arte, August 2008

Adams: Wonders are many: The making of Doctor Atomic (Film documentary)

Aldeburgh Connection: 20th Anniversary CD, 2002

Allegri Miserere (CD) Angel Records 1990

Bach: Cantatas Vol 19 (CD) Soli Deo Gloria 2006

Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium (CD), DHM, November 2007

Barber: Songs (CD) Hyperion, 2007

Beethoven: Symphony No 9 'Choral' (CD) LSO Live 2006

Berlioz, Honegger, Poulenc - Choral works (CD) Classic for Pleasure, 2004

Berlioz: Enfance du Christ (CD) Hyperion 1995