HANDEL
Saul (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton, Nancy Argenta, Mark Padmore / Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ DG Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "This superbly recorded new version of Saul is the first to offer a serious challenge to John Elliot Gardiner's 1989 performance. With equally incisive, disciplined choral singing, the result is comparably over whelming. What finally trips me towards... |
HANDEL
Solomon (Complete Oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Susan Bickley, Susan Gritton / Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / 3 CD - released 8/Aug/2001 ] for the first time in the full, original version |
DONIZETTI / VERDI / BOITO / SULLIVAN / PONCHIELLI / ROSSINI
Bad Boys Bryn Terfel (baritone) with Anne Sofie von Otter & Balcarras Crafoord / Swedish Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] "Terfel, of course, brings the smell of the theatre into everything he does. His powerful vocal presence is born of physical presence and he harnesses words, in any language, like few others." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
ROGER WATERS
Ca Ira 'There is Hope' (an opera in three acts) Roger Waters / Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Ying Huang (soprano) / Paul Groves (tenor) [ Sony Music / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] Sony BMG Masterworks/Columbia Records is proud to announce the release of "Ça Ira," Roger Waters long-awaited "operatic history of the French Revolution," |
ROGER WATERS
Ca Ira 'There is Hope' (an opera in three acts) - Special SACD / DVD Edition Roger Waters / Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Ying Huang (soprano) / Paul Groves (tenor) [ Sony Music / 3 SACD/DVD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] The lavish first edition of "Ça Ira," an opera in three acts for full orchestra, soloists and choirs, will include a double SACD DigiPack and a deluxe 60 page four-color booklet. |
J.S. BACH
Complete Cantatas Vol 10 (2, 20, 44, 73, 101, 130, 134, 134a, 139, 180) Caroline Stam (Soprano), Michael Chance (Alto), Paul Agnew (Tenor) & Klaus Mertens (Bass) / Amsterdam Baroque Choir / Ton Koopman [ Challenge Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] The latest volume in the acclaimed re-packaging of the complete Bach Cantata series on Challenge Classics! |
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... |