# John Mark Ainsley [Home](https://hit-masters.com/en) › [John Mark Ainsley](https://hit-masters.com/en/artists/john-mark-ainsley-UCNcEBC3s2059EtbmkEoZi0g) John Mark Ainsley in HitMasters: 377 songs as collectible cards. Most popular: “Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Air "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"”. | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tracks | 377 | | YouTube Music subscribers | 461 | | YouTube Music | [https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCNcEBC3s2059EtbmkEoZi0g](https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCNcEBC3s2059EtbmkEoZi0g) | ## 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. Text: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Ma), CC BY-SA license. ## Most popular songs - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Air "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-1-air-evry-valley-shall-sTLa1VfmJpQ) - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Recitative "Comfort Ye My People" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-1-recitative-comfort-ye-_Bm79TJWQmE) - [Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (1690) The Yorkshire Feast Song: So when the glitt'ring Queen of Night – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-purcell-of-old-when-heroes-thought-it-base-6VddeOe0uIk) - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Air "He Was Despised and Rejected of Men" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-2-air-he-was-despised-CDTU3drkHAA) - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Air "Thou Shalt Break Them" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-2-air-thou-shalt-break-Ujr-teM16EY) - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Air "Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-2-air-behold-and-see-if-SHQaKI24e7A) - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative "All They That See Him" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-2-recitative-all-they-eUmMG_fBD5o) - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Recitative "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-2-recitative-thy-rebuke-h2LDvFOII_Y) - [Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: Duet "O Death, Where is Thy Sting?" – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-messiah-hwv-56-pt-3-duet-o-death-where-is-riddECnjmiQ) - [Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b: No. 2. Oh fair to see – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-oh-fair-to-see-op-13b-no-2-oh-fair-to-see-KHBEgRw76RI) - [A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14: No. 1. A Young Man's Exhortation – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-a-young-mans-exhortation-op-14-no-1-a-6C6W8HeNOrM) - [Jephtha, HWV 70, Pt. 1: Chorus. When His Loud Voice in Thunder Spoke – John Mark Ainsley (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/john-mark-ainsley-jephtha-hwv-70-pt-1-chorus-when-his-loud-q6hiUMFrlCU) ## Releases - [Decades - A Century of Song, volume 2 (2017)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-decades-a-century-of-song-volume-2-MPREb_pQq0ZZcsxj3) - [French Connections (2016)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-french-connections-MPREb_R8bKpQNte2d) - [J.S. Bach: Johannes Passion, BWV 245 (2014)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-j-s-bach-johannes-passion-bwv-245-MPREb_AHkKi0IZD0p) - [Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri (2014)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-buxtehude-membra-jesu-nostri-MPREb_DVIA4p28oi4) - [Handel: Messiah (2013)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-handel-messiah-MPREb_HwMg2J1RQnQ) - [HANDEL, G.F.: Jephtha \[Oratorio\] (Ainsley) (2009)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-handel-g-f-jephtha-oratorio-ainsley-MPREb_WjaqkcpkuIi) - [Finzi: Young Man's Exhortation (A) / Till Earth Outwears / Oh Fair To See (English Song, Vol. 16) (2007)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-finzi-young-mans-exhortation-a-till-earth-MPREb_izrFzw0TztB) - [L'invitation au voyage: Mélodies from La belle époque (Hyperion French Song Edition) (2006)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-linvitation-au-voyage-melodies-from-la-MPREb_I2KZG6HwL5v) - [Stanford: Sacred Choral Works (2003)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-stanford-sacred-choral-works-MPREb_XKDQEM5oRbn) - [Mozart: Songs & Lieder (1998)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-mozart-songs-and-lieder-MPREb_llMEzm9ReaA) - [Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 (1998)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-beethoven-fidelio-op-72-MPREb_mjkZudxOEtj) - [Roger Quilter: Songs (1996)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-roger-quilter-songs-MPREb_6trn7nRM4Sh) - [Finzi: Dies natalis & Intimations of Immortality (1996)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-finzi-dies-natalis-and-intimations-of-MPREb_FcYCIX6xUGS) - [Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral Works (1995)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-tippett-concerto-for-double-string-MPREb_Zf9qPZbCnGE) - [Purcell: The Indian Queen (1995)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-purcell-the-indian-queen-MPREb_lCpprhlFP4w) - [Peter Warlock: Songs (1994)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-peter-warlock-songs-MPREb_e6py1oqPSQG) - [Music from the Courts of Europe - London (1993)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-music-from-the-courts-of-europe-london-MPREb_8kesoKwenLj) - [Mozart: Coronation Mass; Vesperae solennes de confessore (1993)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-mozart-coronation-mass-vesperae-solennes-MPREb_928e962aDAp) - [Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet/7 Lieder (1993)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-schubert-trout-quintet-7-lieder-MPREb_OeuLai4EuPK) - [Fairest Work of Happy Nature: Songs & Keyboard Music by John Blow (English Orpheus 18) (1993)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-fairest-work-of-happy-nature-songs-and-MPREb_qvRUAwyWdi4) - [Vivaldi: Ostro Picta & Gloria - Bach: Magnificat (1991)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-vivaldi-ostro-picta-and-gloria-bach-MPREb_BOVu0S24x6M) - [Britten, Finizi & Holst: Works for Chorus and Orchestra (1991)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-britten-finizi-and-holst-works-for-chorus-MPREb_ErFhGei33m9) - [Handel: Saul (1991)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-handel-saul-MPREb_VyJu0fbdNDe) - [Mozart: Mass in C Minor (1990)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-mozart-mass-in-c-minor-MPREb_mDrVjuaGu3j) - [Purcell: Odes "Come, ye sons"; " Welcome to all"; "Of old, when heroes" (1989)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/john-mark-ainsley-purcell-odes-come-ye-sons-welcome-to-all-MPREb_rqopUwjGVCU) --- Songs, cover art and plays: YouTube Music. 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