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Stephen Varcoe

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King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

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L'Orfeo, favola in musica, Act 2: Tu sei morta (Orfeo)

London Baroque, Charles Medlam, London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Theresa Caudle, Chiaroscuro, Nigel Rogers, Patrizia Kwella, Dame Emma Kirkby, Jennifer Smith, Helena Afonso, Catherine Denley, Guillemette Laurens, Mario Bolognesi, Roger Covey-Crump, John Potter Clay & Stephen Varcoe

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Listen to Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Cum Sancto Spiritu by English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Cum Sancto SpirituEnglish Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

Listen to Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Crucifixus by Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Michael Chance, Monteverdi Choir, Wynford Evans & Stephen Varcoe, see lyrics, music video & more!

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: CrucifixusCarol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Michael Chance, Monteverdi Choir, Wynford Evans & Stephen Varcoe

Listen to Silent Night by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Stephen Varcoe, see lyrics, music video & more!

Silent NightThe Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Stephen Varcoe

Listen to Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Et in terra pax by Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jane Fairfield, Monteverdi Choir, Jean Knibbs, Collin Patrick, Ashley Stafford, Andrew Murgatroyd, Lloyd Morgan & Stephen Varcoe, see lyrics, music video & more!

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Et in terra paxNancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jane Fairfield, Monteverdi Choir, Jean Knibbs, Collin Patrick, Ashley Stafford, Andrew Murgatroyd, Lloyd Morgan & Stephen Varcoe

Listen to King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius) by Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner & English Baroque Soloists, see lyrics, music video & more!

King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius)Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner & English Baroque Soloists

Listen to Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII:11, "Nelsonmesse": I. Kyrie by Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox, Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe & Collegium Musicum 90 Choir, see lyrics, music video & more!

Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII:11, "Nelsonmesse": I. KyrieCollegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox, Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, Stephen Varcoe & Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

Listen to Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Quoniam tu solus sanctus by Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists & Michael Thompson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Quoniam tu solus sanctusStephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists & Michael Thompson

Listen to Wexford Carol by Stephen Varcoe, The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter, see lyrics, music video & more!

Wexford CarolStephen Varcoe, The Cambridge Singers & John Rutter

Listen to Weihnachtslieder Op. 8: The Three Kings by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Stephen Varcoe, see lyrics, music video & more!

Weihnachtslieder Op. 8: The Three KingsThe Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Stephen Varcoe

Listen to Dido and Aeneas: "If Not for Mine, for Empire's Sake" . "To the Hills and the Vales" by The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Stephen Varcoe, The English Concert Choir & Lynne Dawson, see lyrics, music video & more!

Dido and Aeneas: "If Not for Mine, for Empire's Sake" . "To the Hills and the Vales"The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Stephen Varcoe, The English Concert Choir & Lynne Dawson

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2023

J.s. Bach: Matthäus PassionRufus Muller, Richard Jackson, Nancy Argenta, Lynda Lee, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Jamie MacDougall, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Goodwin & Jonathan Miller

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2023

Frank Bridge: SongsStephen Varcoe & Christopher Cox

Compilation Album

2012

Bach: Passionsoratorium - Wenn Donnerwolken uber dir sich turmen - Meine Seele erhebt den HerrnBarbara Schlick, Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert, Stephen Varcoe, Christoph Prégardien, Rheinische Kantorei & David Cordier

Compilation Album

2011

Handel: SaulNancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Laurie Reviol, Stephen Varcoe, Mark le Brocq, Hanoverian Court Orchestra, Michael Berner, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Jurgen Budday & Steffen Balbach

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2010

Telemann: Choral MusicHermann Max, Ursula Bundies, Christoph Lehmann, David Cordier, Anne Rohrig, Carsten Lohff, Das Kleine Konzert, Stephen Varcoe, Martina Lins, Rheinische Kantorei, Silke Weisheit, Christoph Prégardien, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Karl Kaiser, Pieter Dhont, Barbara Schlick, Michael Schneider, Hans Peter Westermann, Konrad Hunteler & Michael McCraw

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2010

Telemann: Die Tageszeiten - Daran ist erschienen die Liebe GottesBarbara Schlick, Hein Meens, Hermann Max, Stephen Varcoe, Das Kleine Konzert, David Cordier, Rheinische Kantorei, Hilke Helling & Harry van der Kamp

Compilation Album

2010

Bach: Passions-OratoriumChristoph Prégardien, David Cordier, Barbara Schlick, Stephen Varcoe, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max, Martin Schmitz, Martina Lins, Hans-Georg Wimmer & Silke Weisheit

Compilation Album

2010

Telemann: Sacred Choruses and AriasRheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max, Veronika Winter, Monika Frimmer, Klaus Mertens, Berliner Barock-Compagney, Ann Monoyios, Carmen Schuller, Gotthold Schwarz, Christoph Hammer, Gerhart Darmstadt, Pieter Affourtit, Hilke Helling, Hein Meens, René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Stephan Schreckenberger, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Nico van der Meel, Myriam Eichberger, Matthias Koch, Sebastian Hübner, Barbara Schlick, Michael McCraw, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Schneider, Hans Peter Westermann, Konrad Hunteler, Pieter Dhont & Wilfried Jochens

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2010

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 2James Gilchrist, John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Taylor, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Lisa Larsson, Jonathan Brown, Katherine Fuge, Vernon Kirk, Robin Tyson, Maya Homburger, Rachel Beckett & Malcolm Proud

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2009

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 4 - BWV 9, 107, 170, 186, 187James Gilchrist, Joanne Lunn, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Michael Chance, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Katherine Fuge, Richard Wyn Roberts, Kobie Van Rensburg & Stephan Loges

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2007

Vivaldi: Gloria - Scarlatti: Dixit DominusNancy Argenta, Catherine Denley, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock

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2007

Handel: L'allegro, Il penseroso ed il moderato, Tamerlano, Ballet music from Alcina, Il pastor fido, TerpsichoreDerek Ragin, English Baroque Soloists, Jane Findlay, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Maldwyn Davies, Marie McLaughlin, Martyn Hill, Michael Chance, Michael Ginn, Monteverdi Choir, Nancy Argenta, Nigel Robson, Patrizia Kwella, René Schirrer & Stephen Varcoe

Compilation Album

2006

Telemann: Cantatas - Missa BrevisMonika Frimmer, Christoph Hammer, Myriam Eichberger, Gerhart Darmstadt, Rufus Muller, Alfredo Bernardini, Christian Beuse, Gotthold Schwarz, Pieter Affourtit, Petra Kotz-Geitner, Bernhard Hirtreiter, Linde Brunnmayer, David Cordier, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max, Karl Kaiser, Christoph Prégardien, Barbara Schlick, Hans-Georg Wimmer, Stephen Varcoe, Michael Schneider, Rheinische Kantorei, Hans Peter Westermann, Martina Lins, Pieter Dhont, Michael McCraw & Konrad Hunteler

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2005

Hummel: Mass in D Minor & Salve ReginaCollegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox, Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore & Stephen Varcoe

Compilation Album

2004

Bach, C.P.E.: C.P.E. Bach Edition (Symphonies, Concertos, Keyboard Music, Flute Sonatas, Vocal Music)Wilfried Jochens, Hartmut Haenchen, Eckart Haupt, Linda Nicholson, Das Kleine Konzert, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Hilke Helling, Johanna Koslowsky, Siegfried Pank, Roland Munch, Max Pommer, Armin Thalheim, Martina Lins, New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott, Christoph Prégardien, Gotthold Schwarz, New Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Burkhard Glaetzner, Barbara Schlick, Rheinische Kantorei & Hermann Max

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2003

Cambridge Singers Christmas AlbumThe Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Caroline Ashton, City of London Sinfonia, Ruth Holton, Michael Meeks, John Scott, Edward Hobart, Rachel Masters, Karen Kerslake, Stephen Varcoe & Stephen Orton

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2003

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: SongsGeraldine McGreevy, Stephen Varcoe & Roger Vignoles

Compilation Album

2002

The John Rutter Christmas AlbumStephen Varcoe, The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, City of London Sinfonia, Ruth Holton & Gerald Finley

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2002

Chabrier: Songs (Hyperion French Song Edition)Dame Felicity Lott, William Burden & Stephen Varcoe

About Stephen Varcoe

Hometown

Lostwithiel, England, UK

Born

1949

Genre

Classical

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Stephen Varcoe is one of Britain’s most successful and respected classical baritone vocalists. He has appeared on over 150 recordings of mostly songs, but also on several operas with a focus on British composers.