John Mark Ainsley
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About
John Mark Ainsley OBE 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. In the course of his career, he has gravitated towards 20th-century music, singing in operas by Henze, Janáček, and Britten.
Most popular songs
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Air "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative "Comfort Ye My People"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (1690) The Yorkshire Feast Song: So when the glitt'ring Queen of NightJohn Mark AinsleyDemo
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Air "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Air "Thou Shalt Break Them"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Air "Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative "All They That See Him"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Duet "O Death, Where is Thy Sting?"John Mark AinsleyDemo
- Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b: No. 2. Oh fair to seeJohn Mark AinsleyDemo
- A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14: No. 1. A Young Man's ExhortationJohn Mark AinsleyDemo
- Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 1: Chorus. When His Loud Voice in Thunder SpokeJohn Mark AinsleyDemo
Releases
- Decades - A Century of Song, volume 2Album · 2017
- French ConnectionsAlbum · 2016
- J.S. Bach: Johannes Passion, BWV 245Album · 2014
- Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostriAlbum · 2014
- Handel: MessiahAlbum · 2013
- HANDEL, G.F.: Jephtha [Oratorio] (Ainsley)Album · 2009
- Finzi: Young Man's Exhortation (A) / Till Earth Outwears / Oh Fair To See (English Song, Vol. 16)Album · 2007
- L'invitation au voyage: Mélodies from La belle époque (Hyperion French Song Edition)Album · 2006
- Stanford: Sacred Choral WorksAlbum · 2003
- Mozart: Songs & LiederAlbum · 1998
- Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72Album · 1998
- Roger Quilter: SongsAlbum · 1996
- Finzi: Dies natalis & Intimations of ImmortalityAlbum · 1996
- Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral WorksAlbum · 1995
- Purcell: The Indian QueenAlbum · 1995
- Peter Warlock: SongsAlbum · 1994
- Music from the Courts of Europe - LondonAlbum · 1993
- Mozart: Coronation Mass; Vesperae solennes de confessoreAlbum · 1993
- Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet/7 LiederAlbum · 1993
- Fairest Work of Happy Nature: Songs & Keyboard Music by John Blow (English Orpheus 18)Album · 1993
- Vivaldi: Ostro Picta & Gloria - Bach: MagnificatAlbum · 1991
- Britten, Finizi & Holst: Works for Chorus and OrchestraAlbum · 1991
- Handel: SaulAlbum · 1991
- Mozart: Mass in C MinorAlbum · 1990
- Purcell: Odes "Come, ye sons"; " Welcome to all"; "Of old, when heroes"Album · 1989