Michael Chance
About Michael Chance
Michael Chance (born 7 March 1955 in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English countertenor. Chance was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire, into a musical family. After growing up as a chorister he attended Eton College, Berkshire, and later King's College, Cambridge. He took part in the project of Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir to record the complete vocal works of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.
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Ad altri tocca in sorte (Ottone, Poppea)
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Stabat Mater, RV 621 : 1. Stabat Mater (Largo)
Solomon, HWV 67: Part III: Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 / Zweiter Teil : J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 / Zweiter Teil - N
Christmas Oratorio BWV248: Coro da capo: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / Gloria - Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two - No.30 Aria (Alt): " Es ist vollbracht "
Stabat Mater, RV 621 : Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621 - 1. Stabat Mater (Largo)
Solomon, HWV 67: Part I: Your harps and cymbals sound
J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / Agnus Dei - Agnus Dei
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, R.621 - 3. "O quam tristis" (Andante)
Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), R.608 - 2. "Vanum est vobis" (Largo)
5. Air: "But who may abide the day of his coming"
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, R.621 - 6. "Pro peccatis" (Andante)
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two-No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"
Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), R.608 - 3. "Surgite" (Presto)
Messiah / Part 1-5. Air: "But who may abide the day of his coming"
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.60 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand" - "Wohin?"
If women could be fair
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.59 Recitative (Alto): "Ach Golgatha"
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 : No.39 Aria "Erbarme dich"
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
Christmas Oratorio BWV248, CANTATA 1: Am ersten Weihnachtsfeiertage: Aria: Alto: Bereite dich, Zion
No. 2, Klage lied
Anna Meredith: Fin like a Flower
Where the bee sucks
Handel: Messiah / Part 1 - 5. Air: "But who may abide the day of his coming"
Take, O take those lips away
No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"
Agnus Dei
J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - No.39 Aria "Erbarme dich"
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.60 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand" - "Wohin?"
3a./b. "In deine Hände befehl ich meinen Geist" - "Heute wirst du mit mir"
34a. Air: "Thou art gone up on high"
Come, ye sons of art, away (1694) Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II : Strike the viol, touch the lute
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 / Zweiter Teil : 39. "Erbarme dich"
Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / Gloria: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.59 Recitative (Alto): "Ach Golgatha"
Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), R.608 - 9. "Amen" (Allegro)
J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 / Zweiter Teil - 39. "Erbarme dich"
Christmas Oratorio BWV248, CANTATA 1: Am ersten Weihnachtsfeiertage: Choral: Wie soll ich dich empfangen
Elegy on the death of Thomas Tallis (Ye sacred muses)
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part One - No.7 Aria (Alt): "Von den Stricken meiner Sünden"
Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / Agnus Dei: Agnus Dei
J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 / Zweiter Teil - No. 39 "Erbarme dich"
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Act 1 - "Lasciate i monti" - "Ma tu, gentil cantor"
Vivaldi: Salve Regina, R.616 (Antiphona) - 5. "Et Jesum" (Andante molto)
Johannes Passion Bwv 245: Chorus: Herr, Unser Herrscher
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