Sir CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Partsongs by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Paul Spicer (conductor) [ Somm / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] The eight Partsongs Opus 119 set to poems by Mary Coleridge - including the glorious Bluebird - appear on CD as a complete set for the very first time. |
JOHN JOUBERT
South Of The Line: Choral Music By John Joubert Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Paul Spicer (conductor) [ Somm / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Somm's celebration of John Joubert's 90th birthday March 2017 brings to the catalogue yet more new riches, this time no less than seven première recordings of his choral music. South of the Line (together with Autumn Rain) was recorded last June at... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: Choral Music Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Paul Spicer [ Somm / CD - released 1/Sep/2015 ] This fourth disc in SOMM's series of recordings with Paul Spicer and his Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir gives us most of Barber's utterly beautiful, neo-Romantic choral music. Barber wrote a great deal of choral music written in a traditional... |
Paul Bley / Gary Peacock
Bley/Koglmann/Peacock/ Annette [ HatHut Records / CD - released 2/Dec/2016 ] |
Paul Bley / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian
Not Two, Not One [ ECM / CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] Bassist Gary Peacock pulled together this reunion of a classic edition of the Paul Bley Trio. They've played together in duos over the years, but this - rather astonishingly - is the first time that Bley, Peacock and Motian have recorded as a trio in... |
HERMANN WOLFGANG VON WALTERSHAUSEN
Oberst Chabert (complete opera) Bo Skovhus / Raymond Very / Manuela Uhl / Simon Pauly / Stephen Bronk / Paul Kaufmann / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Jacques Lacombe [ CPO / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] A Forgotten Sensational Success |
ADOLPHE ADAM
Giselle [complete ballet recorded in 2011] BLU-RAY Bolshoi Theatre / Svetlana Lunkina, Dimitry Gudanov, Maria Allash / Paul Klinichev(cond) [ Bel Air Classiques Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2013 ] The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich's version of the romantic masterpiece 'Giselle', at last available in HD. First performed in 1841, 'Giselle' was an immediate hit. |
PATRICK HADLEY
Fen and Flood - A Cantata (with works by Vaughan Williams) Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano) & Leigh Melrose (baritone) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & The Joyful Company of Singers, Paul Dan [ Albion / Launch Music / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Here's something to fascinate any lover of British music...Jane Irwin is radiant in the solos and the Joyful Company of Singers is an excellent, well-balanced choir..Daniel has often demonstrated great warmth and understanding in his performances of |
W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 17 & 27 Alfred Brendel (piano) / Wiener Volksoperorchester, Paul Angerer [ Alto / CD - released 10/May/2010 ] 3 Stars '[Brendel proved] an inspired Mozartian when he made these earlier recordings… radiant freshness and spontaneity which he did not quite match in [later] versions… helped by vivacious orchestral contributions… constant source of pleasure.... |
SCHUBERT
Bei dir allein! - songs Camilla Tilling (soprano) Paul Rivinius (piano) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Tilling's tonal radiance and free-soaring top notes are priceless assets...a Schubert recital of rare pedigree." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, July 2012 |
SIBELIUS / GRIEG / STENHAMMAR / ALFVEN
I skogen - Nordic Songs Camilla Tilling (soprano) Paul Rivinius (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] "His Six German Songs Op 50 and Grieg's Op 48 set - two of which were Schwarzkopf favourites - are the "meat" here, but the rare Swedish songs, gorgeously sung, are welcome." (Sunday Times) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Rote Rosen: Lieder / Songs Camilla Tilling (soprano) Paul Rivinius (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "There have been several excellent Strauss recitals lately and the back catalogue can boast a lot of fine achievements but this latest addition is without doubt worthy of a place near the top. More, please, BIS!" (MusicWeb June 2009) |
Bach-Gouno
Carlo Bergonzi - Weihnachten Carlo Bergonzi, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; ORF-Symphonieorchester, Paul Angerer [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Oct/1984 ] |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
LULLY
Psyche (complete opera) Carolyn Sampson, Karina Gauvin, Aaron Sheehan, Colin Balzer / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus / Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2009 Finalist: Baroque Vocal - "Carolyn Sampson, charming of voice and intelligent with detail as ever, is Psyché, and Karina Gauvin, as Venus. Shows herself a natural in French dramatic recitative..." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Serse (complete opera recorded in 1979) Carolyn Watkinson, Barbara Hendricks, Paul Esswood / la Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire [ Sony Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Mar/2017 ] Jean-Claude Malgoire conducts his Parisian ensemble, La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, in a complete 1979 recording of Handel's delightful comic opera Serse, best known for its universally familiar opening aria "Ombra mai fu". |
GOLDEN AGE OF THE GRAMOPHONE
The Golden Age of the Gramophone: 42 best-loved popular classical recordings 1907-1945 Enrico Caruso, Pablo Casals, Peter Dawson, Master Ernest Lough, Paul Robeson, Manchester Children's Choir, Glasgow Orpheus Choir, etc [ Nimbus Retrospective / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "What you're getting are two well filled discs, neatly annotated. The period covered is just shy of forty years, so we go from acoustic to electric and all in mono, and we cover singers, instrumentalists, choirs and conductors." (MusicWeb June 2010) |
J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos Catharine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violins) / Paul Goodwin (oboe) / The Kings Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Inspired performances combining a satisfying historical approach with interpretations that explore the music's emotional depth' (American Record Guide) |
J.S. BACH
A Bach Christmas: Magnificat, BWV 243a / Cantata: Christen, atzet diesen Tag / etc Catherine Bott & Elizabeth Scholl (sopranos) Christopher Robson (countertenor) Paul Agnew & Andrew King (tenors) / New London Consort / Philip Pickett [ ABC Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Marvellous life-enhancing music ... can be enjoyed at any time of the year, not just at Christmas" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
JEAN-HENRY d'ANGLEBERT
Pieces de Clavecin & airs d'apres M. de Lully Celine Frisch (clavecin francais) / Cafe Zimmermann / Paul Valetti [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2007 ] The originality of this recording lies in the fact that it enables music lovers to compare D'Anglebert's transcriptions with the music of Lully in its original version. |