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	Robert Schumann: Liederkreis October 2012 Julius Drake - piano "a beautiful pendant to Finley and Drake's 2008 album of Dichterliebe" - Opera News, May 2013 Hyperion Records
	Gioacchino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell July 2011 Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia Antonio Pappano - Conductor Classic FM Magazine 5 stars - Sept 2011 EMI Classics Reviews The Telegraph, July 2011 To musicologists and cultural historians, there are few more important operas in the repertoire than Rossini’s William Tell, a four-hour, four-act epic which explores the story of the medieval Swiss patriot and his struggle against Austrian tyranny. First performed in Paris in 1829, it played a crucial role in inaugurating the “grand opera” style, with its liberal-nationalist ideological bent, large-scale choral ensembles, ballet interludes and eschewal of Italianate virtuosity in favour of dramatic declamation. Both Meyerbeer and Verdi were profoundly influenced by it. Today it is rarely heard on stage, not only because of its length and an intractably long and relatively dull first act, but also because of the difficulty of casting the high-lying tenor role of Arnold, which winded even Pavarotti. This new recording in the original French (Tell also exists in Italian form), conducted by Antonio Pappano, is based on live concert performances given in Rome last year. Pappano gives it his all throughout, and manages to keep the sluggish first hour going at a fair lick, masking its shortcomings. But things really take fire when Rossini’s genius kicks into top gear with the heroine Mathilde’s achingly beautiful aria Sombres forêts and the stirring chorus of defiance Des profondeurs du bois immense. From here to the concluding hymn to liberty, the opera – and this performance – is enthralling. Gerald Finley makes an excellent Tell, crisply authoritative and committed. John Osborn has a fair stab at the preposterous technical challenges the score throws at Arnold, the Austrian turncoat in love with Habsburg Princess Mathilde (an adequate Malin Byström, not quite up to the standard of Cheryl Studer or Montserrat Caballé on older recordings). The Santa Cecilia chorus is thrilling. Led by Pappano, most of this cast will perform the opera at the BBC Proms next Saturday, July 16. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalcdreviews/8622656/Rossini-William-Tell-CD-review.html The Independent, July 2011 FIVE STARS The Independent, 15 July 2011 Rossini’s final opera is infrequently staged, and it’s unlikely anyone will try again soon: why risk comparison with Pappano’s magisterial presentation, the latest in a string of triumphs for the maestro? There’s so much to enjoy about William Tell, and Pappano unerringly brings it all out: the story’s ingenious entwining of romance and revolution and the great range of choral parts, from Austrian soldiers to Swiss women, huntsmen to shepherds, which more than compensates for the relative infrequency of truly great arias. Malin Byström excels on Mathilde’s lonely “Sombre Fôret”, while Gerald Finley captures Tell’s nobility perfectly in “Sois Immobile”. Superb. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-antonio-pappano-rossini-william-tell-emi-classics-2313763.html
	The Ballad Singer June 2011 Julius Drake - piano Hyperion Records
Order	Giuseppe Verdi: Otello October 2010 Simon O'Neill - Otello Gerald Finley - Jago Allan Clayton - Cassio Ben Johnson - Roderigo Alexander Tsymbalyuk - Lodovicio Matthew Rose - Montano Lukas Jakobski - A Herald Anne Schwanewilms - Desdemona Eufemia Tufano - Emilia London Symphony Chorus London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis - conductor LSO Live
Order	Benjamin Britten: Songs & Proverbs of William Blake June 2010 Julius Drake - piano Gramophone Award Solo Vocal 2011 ClassicsToday.com - 10 out of 10 Sunday Times CD of the Week - 13 June, 2010 Financial Times 5 star - 19 June, 2010 Hyperion Records Reviews Fanfare magazine , October 2010 Gerald Finley and Julius Drake have produced an extraordinary disc of important songs by Benjamin Britten, and any serious collector with an interest in this repertoire is going to want to acquire it. Finley has to cover an extraordinary range of colors and emotions—from the tenderness of some of the folk-song settings of “She’s Like the Swallow” to the elegiac sweetness of “Tom Bowling” (with some magical soft singing) to the darkness and inner turmoil of the Blake cycle. Finley does this all with an art that disguises art; there is nothing forced, nothing that calls attention to itself. He just seems to be singing naturally, but at the same time he colors and inflects with astonishing specificity. He manages to vary the repeats in those folk-song settings where verses are repeated, again dong so with a sense of natural rightness. His diction is crisp and clear, which adds to the dramatic impact of his singing. None of the above should result in undervaluing the contribution of Julian (sic) Drake, one of today’s most imaginative and effective accompanists. He and Finley clearly listen to each other, and together they create an atmosphere that is sustained throughout the disc. Hyperion’s sound is well balanced, though ideally I’d wish for a bit more presence to the voice. The notes by Mervyn Cooke are very helpful, and all the texts are given. This is a complete winner. Henry Fogel
Order	Gerald Finley Arias (Great Operatic Arias Vol.22) February 2010 London Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Gardner - conductor 2011 Juno Award Winner Gramophone Magazine April 2010 - Editor's Choice Opera Magazine May 2010 - Editor's Choice Opera Arias podcast interview Chandos Records Naxos USA Reviews 5 stars Financial Times, February 2010 "He not only has a first-class voice; he is also intelligent and versatile..." Andrew Clark
Order	Edward Elgar: The Crown of India November 2009 Sir Andrew Davis - conductor Chandos Records
Order	Within a Dream October 2009 Richard Hickox - conductor Chandos Records
Order	Maurice Ravel: Songs by Ravel June 2009 Julius Drake - piano BBC Music Magazine July 2009 - 5 stars Sunday Times CD of the Week - 28 June, 2009 Gramophone Magazine Aug 2009 - Editor's Choice Hyperion Records
Order	Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas January 2009 Sarah Connolly - Dido Gerald Finley - Aeneas Lucy Crowe - Belinda Patricia Bardon - Sorceress John Mark Ainsley - Sailor Orchestra and choir of the Age of Enlightenment Classic FM Magazine Feb 2009 - CD of the Month Gramophone Magazine Feb 2009 - Editor's Choice (opera) Chandos Records
Order	Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe and other Heine Settings September 2008 Julius Drake - piano Gramophone issue November 2008 - Editor's Choice Classic FM Magazine issue October 2008 - 5 stars Classic FM Gramophone Award - Best Vocal CD 2009 Hyperion Records
Order	Wigmore Live: Songs by Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky and Rorem October 2008 Julius Drake - piano BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009 Vocal category nominee Daily Telegraph Classical CD's of the week choice - Oct 30, 2008 Classic FM Magazine issue Jan 2009 - 5 stars Wigmore Live
Order	Charles Ives: Romanzo di Central Park February 2008 Julius Drake - piano Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2008 Song category nominee The Times and BBC Music Magazine - 5 stars Hyperion Records
Order	Mark-Anthony Turnage: The Torn Fields February 2008 London Philharmonic Orchestra Marin Alsop - conductor LPO Recordings
Order	John Foulds: A World Requiem January 2008 Jeanne-Michelle Charbonnet - soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo-soprano Stuart Skelton - tenor BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Crouch End Festival Chorus Philharmonia Chorus Trinity Boys Choir Conductor - Leon Botstein Chandos Records
Order	Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio November 2007 Christine Schäfer - soprano Bernarda Fink - mezzo-soprano Werner Güra - tenor Christian Gerhaher - bass Concentus Musicus Wien Arnold Schoenberg Choir Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conductor Gramophone issue December 2007 - CD of the month Harmonia Mundi
Order	Samuel Barber: Songs by Samuel Barber November 2007 Julius Drake - piano Aronowitz Ensemble Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2008 Song category winner Canadian Juno Awards 2008 'Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance' category nominee Hyperion Records
Order	Schubert among friends August 2007 Gillian Keith - soprano Colin Ainsworth - tenor Michael Schade - tenor Stephen Ralls & Bruce Ubukata - pianos Canadian Juno Awards 2008'Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance' category nominee Aldeburgh Connection Marquis Classics
Order	Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony January 2007 Susan Gritton - soprano London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Richard Hickox - conductor Chandos Records
Order	Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of the Sea and Songs of the Fleet May 2006 BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC National Chorus of Wales Richard Hickox - conductor Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2006 Editor's Choice winner Chandos Records
Order	Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 9 September 2006 Twyla Robinson - soprano Karen Cargill - mezzo-soprano John MacMaster - tenor London Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink - conductor LSO Live Recordings
Order	Benjamin Britten: War Requiem May 2006 Christine Brewer - soprano Anthony Dean Griffey - tenor London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Kurt Masur - conductor LPO Recordings
Order	Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas No. 19 April 2006 Joanne Lunn - soprano Katharine Fuge - mezzo-soprano et al. English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner - conductor Soli Deo Gloria
Order	Mark-Anthony Turnage: When I Woke October 2005 London Philharmonic Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski - conductor LPO Recordings
Order	Charles Ives: A Song - For Anything August 2005 Julius Drake - piano Financial Times - Best Classical CD of the Year 2005 choice Fanfare Best of 2006 choice Hyperion Records
Order	Richard Blackford: Voices of Exile October 2005 Catherine Wyn-Rogers - mezzo-soprano Gregory Kunde - tenor Philharmonia Orchestra The Bach Choir David Hill - conductor Quartz Records
Order	George Frideric Handel: Messiah November 2005 Christine Schäfer - soprano Anna Larsson - mezzo-soprano Michael Schade - tenor Concentus Musicus Wien Arnold Schoenberg Choir Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conductor Harmonia Mundi
Order	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem June 2004 Christine Schäfer - soprano Bernarda Fink - mezzo-soprano Kurt Streit - tenor Concentus Musicus Wien Arnold Schoenberg Choir Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conductor Harmonia Mundi
Order	Mark-Anthony Turnage: The Silver Tassie March 2004 Harry Heegan – Gerald Finley Sylvester – John Graham-Hall Mrs Heegan - Anne Howells Susie - Sarah Connolly Mrs Foran - Vivian Tierney Teddy - David Kempster Barney – Leslie John Flanagan Jessie – Mary Hegarty Dr Maxwell – Mark Le Brocq The Croucher – Gwynne Howell Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera Paul Daniel - conductor ENO Alive
Order	Franz Joseph Haydn: 6 Great Masses January 2004 Sally Bruce-Payne - soprano Donna Brown - mezzo-soprano Peter Butterfield - tenor English Baroque Soloists Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner - conductor Philips
Order	Franz Joseph Haydn: Nelsonmesse; Theresienmesse October 2002 Sally Bruce-Payne - soprano Donna Brown - mezzo-soprano Peter Butterfield - tenor English Baroque Soloists Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner - conductor Philips
Order	Henri Duparc: L'Invitation au voyage June 2002 Catherine Robbin - mezzo soprano Stephen Ralls - piano CBC Records
Order	Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas February 2001 Dido - Lynne Dawson Aeneas - Gerald Finley Belinda - Rosemary Joshua First Witch - Dominique Visse Second Witch - Stephen Wallace Second Woman - Maria Cristina Kiehr The Sorceress - Susan Bickley Spirit - Robin Blaze Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment René Jacobs - conductor Harmonia Mundi
Order	George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo October 2000 Goffredo - Bernarda Fink Rinaldo - David Daniels Almirena - Cecilia Bartoli Argante - Gerald Finley Armida - Luba Orgonasova Chrsitian sorcerer - Bejun Mehta Eustazio - Daniel Taylor A herald - Mark Padmore Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood - conductor Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2001 Editor's Choice winner Decca
Order	Franz Joseph Haydn: Schöpfungsmesse June 2000 Christiane Oelze -soprano Elisabeth von Magnus - mezzo-soprano Herbert Lippert - tenor Concentus Musicus Wien Arnold Schoenberg Choir Conductor - Nikolaus Harnoncourt Teldec
Order	Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress October 1999 The Royal Opera Richard Hickox - conductor Chandos Records
Order	Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel November 1996 Stephen Ralls - piano Further repertoire includes: Derek Holman - The Centered Passion Benjamin Britten - British and Irish Folksong arrangements Canadian Juno Awards 1997 winner CBC Records
Order	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte November 1996 Fiordiligi: Hillevi Martinpelto Dorabella: Alison Hagley Despina: Ann Murray Ferrando: Kurt Streit Guglielmo: Gerald Finley Don Alfonso: Thomas Allen Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Simon Rattle - conductor BBC Music Magazine - 5 stars EMI Classics