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John Mark Ainsley

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Johannes Passion, BWV 245 Part 1: No. 12, "Und Hannas sandte ihn gebunden"

John Mark Ainsley, Brandenburg Consort & Stephen Cleobury

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Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Sequentia, (a) Dies irae (Chorus)

Nancy Argenta/Catherine Robbin/John Mark Ainsley/Alastair Miles/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington/Schütz Choir of London

Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures (1683) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Beauty, thou scene of love

John Mark Ainsley, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: No. 9, Recit. If Not for Mine

John Mark Ainsley, Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

27. Recit - Thy rebuke hath broken his heart

John Mark Ainsley

32. Recitative: Unto which of the angels

John Mark Ainsley

D. Purcell: The Indian Queen - Additional Act-Masque to Purcell's Opera - Edited Andrew Pinnock & Margaret Laurie: The Joys Of Wedlock Soon Are Past - Sound, Sound The Trumpet

John Mark Ainsley, Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

41. Air: Thou shalt break them

John Mark Ainsley

40. Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven

John Mark Ainsley

Albums

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72

Sir Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Gabriela Beňačková, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Siegfried Vogel, Franz Josef Kapellmann, Ildikò Raimondi, John Mark Ainsley & David Wilson-Johnson

Händel: Alcina

Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Verónica Cangemi, John Mark Ainsley, Sonia Prina, Deborah York, Christopher Purves, Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Ivor Bolton

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri

John Mark Ainsley, Robin Blaze, Giles Underwood, Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Phantasm & Daniel Hyde

Purcell: The Indian Queen

Emma Kirkby, Catherine Bott, John Mark Ainsley, Gerald Finley, David Thomas, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

The Complete Songs of Poulenc, Vol.4

Thomas Oliemans, John Mark Ainsley, Sarah Fox, Ann Murray, William Dazeley, Magdalena Molendowska, Malcolm Martineau

Tavener: We Shall See Him As He Is, Eis Thanaton & Theophany

Richard Hickox, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, City Of London Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Patricia Rozario, John Mark Ainsley, Andrew Murgatroyd & Stephen Richardson

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas; The Indian Queen

Catherine Bott, Emma Kirkby, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas, Michael Chance, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

Beethoven: Lieder und Gesange

Iain Burnside & John Mark Ainsley

Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet/7 Lieder

John Mark Ainsley, Steven Lubin & The Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble

Finzi: Young Man's Exhortation (A) / Till Earth Outwears / Oh Fair To See (English Song, Vol. 16)

John Mark Ainsley

Singles & EPs

2 Songs, Op. 27: No. 1, Chanson d'amour

John Mark Ainsley & Malcolm Martineau

Puisque j'ai ma levre

John Mark Ainsley & Malcolm Martineau

Appearances

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245

Brandenburg Consort & Stephen Cleobury

"Da Capo": Bach & More

Johann Sebastian Bach

Handel: Messiah

Various Artists

Alla Hornpipe. Beethoven: Choral Symphony - Handel: Water Music & Ombra mai fu - Wagner: Lohengrin & Tristan und Isolde - Mozart: Ave verum & Requiem - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

Sir Roger Norrington

Schubert: Hyperion Song Edition 37 – Schwanengesang & Other Songs

Gardiner Conducts British Works

John Eliot Gardiner

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Vienna Version)

Andreas Schmidt, Amanda Halgrimson, London Classical Players & Sir Roger Norrington

Ravel: Classical Creations

Celebrating Emma Kirkby

Classical Moods: Ravel

Various Artists

Compilations

Fairest Work of Happy Nature: Songs & Keyboard Music by John Blow (English Orpheus 18)

John Mark Ainsley, Paula Chateauneuf & Timothy Roberts

Biography

John Mark Ainsley (born 9 July 1963) is an English lyric tenor. Known for his supple voice, Ainsley is particularly admired for his interpretations of baroque music and the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. More recently he has gravitated successfully towards 20th-century music, singing in operas by Henze, Janáček, and Britten.