Tenor Mark Padmore came of age singing in choirs oriented toward Renaissance and Baroque music, and as a soloist, he has specialized in Baroque opera and choral music. His repertory, however, extends forward to Britten, Vaughan Williams, and contemporary choral music, and he has become one of Britain's most consistently popular singers. Padmore made his recording debut as a soloist in 1999 on the album J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses, Vol. 1. Padmore's recording catalog is extensive and deep. In 2007, he issued the Handel album As Steals the Morn. In 2018, he recorded the Winterreise song cycle of Schubert and a 2023 release featuring Schubert's Schwanengesang, D. 957, and Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98.