Chet Atkins and Les Paul
Chester and Lester [ CD ] |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in 2012) Le Concert d'Astrée / Sonya Yoncheva (Poppée), Max Emanuel Cencic (Néron), Ann Hallenberg (Octavie), Tim Mead (Othon), Paul Whelan / Emmanuelle Haim [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 14/Jun/2013 ] "[Haim leads with] a fine sensitivity towards the urgent, tensile springiness of the melodic lines; and a superb handling of the instrumental forces" (BBC Music) |
HANDEL
Saul (complete recorded in 1986) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Paul Esswood & Julia Varady / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] "Rolfe Johnson is outstanding...in this powerfully dramatic account" (BBC Music) |
j. S. BACH
Bach:: Composer Series Alice Harnoncourt, Herbert Tachezi, Paul Esswood, Thomas Hampson, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Eighty - Harnoncourt & Bach |
David Lanz & Paul Speer
Natural States [ CD ] |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Old American Songs / Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson / Billy the Kid Thomas Hampson, Dawn Upshaw /Saint Paul Chamvber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff [ Teldec Apex / CD - released 6/Jun/2005 ] BARGAIN OF THE MONTH MusicWeb October 2005 "Copland is in the first rank of those whose skill has created an American music, quite distinct from that of their own roots. A great disc." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
Denis Mpunga & Paul K.
Criola (EP) [ MUMM19 / 12in - released 2/Apr/2017 ] The work of the Belgian / Congolese duo Denis Mpunga and Paul K. is the subject of Music From Memory's latest compilation EP. Criola combines elements of traditional African music with experimental electronics, the pair recorded and released only a... |
Denis Mpunga & Paul K.
Criola Remixed (EP) [ Music From Memory / 12in - released 5/Jul/2017 ] As well as the tracks featured on the Criola compilation of works by Denis Mpunga and Paul K., Music From Memory received from them some great short sketches. Lasting mostly less than a minute and some even just a few seconds there were some great... |
Desmond Paul
Easy Living [ CD ] |
Desmond Paul
Pure Desmond [ CD ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah / Saul / Alexander's Feast / Ode for St Cecilia's Day / Belshazzar Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Paul Esswood, Felicity Palmer, Roberta Alexander / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2016 ] These five splendid works for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra were composed by Handel in the 1730s and 1740s. Treating both sacred and secular themes, they are inspired by the same dramatic genius that made Handel a master of opera. Conducting a... |
HENRY PURCELL
Sweeter Than Roses Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Paul Esswood, Catherine Bott, Stafford Dean, Ian Partridge / The Academy of Ancient Music, English Chamber Orchestra [ Decca Budget Boxes / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] Purcell's Theatre music on a specially priced budget CD. |
BEETHOVEN / HANDEL / HINDEMITH / MOZART / COUPERIN / RAVEL / etc
Éric Heidsieck - The Complete Erato & HMV Recordings Eric Heidsieck (piano) with Tania Heidsieck (piano) Paul Tortelier (violincello), Varous Orchestras [ Warner Classics / 27 CD Box Set - released 27/Nov/2020 ] Luminosity, clarity and depth of colour characterise the playing of Éric Heidsieck, born in Reims in 1936. A student of French masters Marcel Ciampi and Alfred Cortot, he went to Wilhelm Kempff to further his exploration of Beethoven. Heidsieck's... |
J.S. BACH
Easter Oratorio / Magnificat BWV 243 Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh [ Archiv Grand Prix / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] Using solo voices in the choruses, Paul McCreesh's approach to the Easter Oratorio and Magnificat is characteristically lithe and energetic. The Gabrieli Players are on top form, contributing pomp and brilliance, and "the five vocal soloists are all... |
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Music for San Rocco (1608) DELETED JAN 2007 Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Jun/2006 ] On 16 August 1995, the Gabrieli Consort & Players recreated a famous musical event that took place on 16 August 1608 at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice. |
BIBER
Requiem in F; Mass in B flat Gabrieli Consort and Players. Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / CD - released 13/Nov/2004 ] "Wonderfully blended string tone and, in the Requiem, an ethereally silver sound. The chorus is superb, singing with apt weight yet moving with agility . . . This disc provides excellent advocacy for two of Biber's stellar choral works." Early Music... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Spotless Rose Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Sung throughout with sensitivity to style, this themed programme reveals the reverence and the rapture the Virgin Mary has inspired in music over the centuries." Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2009 |
Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh
A Venetian Christmas (works by Gabrieli and de Rore) [ Archiv / CD - released 25/Nov/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001) |
MONTEVERDI
Vespero della Beata Vergine [Vespers of the Blessed Virgin] Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] 'The playing is superbly effective...the singing among the best you are likely to hear' Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine Nov 2006 |
Gabrieli Consort and Players. Paul McCreesh TO BE DELETED AUG 2006
Music of the Duke of Lerma (works by CabezAn-GaudA-Gombert-Guerrero etc) [ Archiv / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Jan 2003) |