ROSSINI
The Cantatas Vol 1 Mariella Devia, Paul Austin Kelly, Francesco Piccoli, Michele Pertusi. Orchestra e coro Filarmonico Della Scala. Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Records / CD - released 15/Jan/2004 ] "Chailly gives lightly articulated and well-sprung accounts of both and draws excellent singing from his splendid team" (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
HANDEL
Harnoncourt conducts Handel (incls 'Messiah' [excerpts] & Organ Concerto, op.4 no.3} Lucia Popp, Paul Esswood, Roberta Alexander, Alice Harnoncourt, Herbert Tachezi / Concentus musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Eighty - Harnoncourt & Handel |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera recorded in December 2016) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Marlis Petersen, Susan Graham, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Johan Reuter / Lothar Koenigs [ Nonesuch Classics Blu-Ray+DVD / 2 Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] "conducting, singing, direction: they're all of a piece, working to domesticate Berg's feral beast, and making it the funniest, least absurd and most approachable Lulu on film" Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mitridate, Rè Di Ponto (complete opera) Michael Spyres, Julie Fuchs, Sabine Devieilhe, Elsa Dreisig, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djia / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "that this is probably the most successful recording of Mozart's opera we will ever see on disc; there is no doubt in my mind that it is the most exciting by a long stretch." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
VIVALDI / TARTINI / BOCCHERINI
Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / Collegium Musicum Zurich / Paul Sacher [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix / CD - released 15/Feb/2007 ] "Rostropovich turns each phrase to perfection…"the reading of the tragic slow movement (on Tartini) is deeply moving.." Stereo Review, New York |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / C.P.E. BACH
Vivaldi / Tartini / CPE Bach: Baroque Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, with Layton James (harpsichord continuo) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] While J.S. Bach's Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here... |
MONTEVERDI
L'incoronazione Di Poppea (complete) Helen Donath, Elisabeth Söderström, Cathy Berberian, Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood & Philip Langridge, Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / 3 CD - released 23/Feb/2009 ] |
Paul Anka
30th Anniversary Collection - His All Time Greatest Hits [ Rhino Records / CD - released 26/Oct/1989 ] American imported disc. |
Paul Anka
A Body of Work [ Sony Music / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] American imported disc. |
Paul Anka
Dianacally Yours [ Bear Family / CD - released 18/Feb/2013 ] |
Paul Bollenback
Portraits in Space and Time [ Sony Music / CD - released 23/Sep/2014 ] |
Paul Brown
The City [ CD ] |
Paul Brown & Marc Antoine
Foreign Exchange [ CD - released 2/Jun/2009 ] |
Paul Burch
Meridian Rising [ Plowboy / CD - released 15/Jun/2016 ] Meridian Rising is a first-of-its-kind concept album based on the life of Jimmie Rodgers - the genre-breaking superstar of the late 1920s whose blend of pop, folk, and blues anticipated rock 'n' roll. For more than two decades, Burch has combined... |
Paul Burch
Still Your Man [ Ramseur Records / CD - released 31/Aug/2009 ] "Burch has a sound that still stuns with its richly textured melodies and world weary vocals. 'Still Your Man' is filled with modern classics. Only Burch could pull off such a feat and make it uniquely his own... |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Better Days [ Rhino Records / CD - released 26/Mar/1991 ] American imported disc. |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Born In Chicago [ Varese Sarabande / CD ] The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was one of the most important American bands of the 60s, featuring Paul Butterfield (harmonica/lead vocalist), Mike Bloomfield, and Elvin Bishop. Unlike the British blues revivalists, the Butterfield band was schooled |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
East-West [ Elektra Records / CD - released 25/Oct/1990 ] American imported disc. |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Got A Mind to Give Up Living - Live 1966 [ Real Gone Music / CD - released 26/Jul/2016 ] Unreleased live Butterfield Blues Band, recorded at the Unicorn Coffee House in Boston in May 1966. |