With Scottish Opera he sang the roles among others of Count Almaviva, Don Alfonso, Mittenhofer (1970, Edinburgh Festival), Eugene Onegin and Golaud [REF].
Shirley-Quirk's vast discography includes many of Britten's works and Mahler's Eighth Symphony under Sir Georg Solti on Decca, and Vaughan Williams' vocal works under Sir David Willcocks and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge for EMI.