 Continuing his oratorio career, he often sang in J. S. Bach's "St Matthew Passion" and appeared in English music such as the Vaughan Williams' "A Sea Symphony".His recordings made a strong impression at the same time, especially in Sir Thomas Beecham's celebrated versions of Delius' ("A Mass of Life" (1953) and "Sea Drift" (1954).He sang in recordings of Purcell's "Birthday Ode for the Queen" and the Monteverdi "Vespers" of 1610 (Oiseau-Lyre), Bach's Mass in B minor (Enescu, with Kathleen Ferrier, Peter Pears, Norman Walker, an outstanding Hugo Wolf lieder record with Robert Veyron-Lacroix's electrifying piano accompaniments (Oiseau-Lyre) and in Baroque works such as Lully's "Miserere", and Handel's "Apollo e Dafne".