FAURE
Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 1 François Salque (cello) / Eric Le Sage (piano) / Paul Meyer (clarinet) [ Alpha / CD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] There is no doubt this series, just like the recordings of Schumann's complete works, will become a reference on the classical music scene. |
IACOMO CARISSIMI
Jephthah / The Judgment of Solomon / Jonah Gabrieli Consort and Players / Paul McCreesh [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'The effect is madrigalian rather than Handelian and the text is more sensitively conveyed. The rich continuo resources of the ensemble-chamber organ and double harp, chitarrone, archlute and bass violin-well captured on this recording, effectively... |
GABRIELI & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gabrieli: A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Virgin Records / CD - released 20/Aug/1990 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 1990 |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] "the chief delight of this recording is its consort aesthetic...the artists exert themselves to work as a collective...another jewel in McCreesh's crown." BBC Music Award WINNER 2020 - Recording of the Year |
GIBBONS / WALTON / MacMILLAN / ELGAR / HOWELLS / etc
A Song of Farewell - Music of mourning & consolation Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "Adrian Peacock and balance engineer Neil Hutchinson have achieved a superb recording which captures the warm, intimate ambience of the venue and which achieves a fine clarity at the same time." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2012) |
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS
Praetorius: La Messe de Noël Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh dir. [ Château De Versalles Spectacle / DVD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Michael Praetorius was the most prolific German composer of his generation, making use of a beauty of sound and an abundance of instruments worthy of his contemporary Monteverdi. Here we have a festive Christmas Mass as might have been heard in a... |
STANFORD / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / DOVE / GRAINGER
Silence and Music Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / CD - released 6/Oct/2017 ] This programme explores that vast twentieth-century secular English choral repertoire which goes under the generic title 'partsongs'. It is an extraordinarily rich repertoire to which almost all the famous composers contributed. Buried amongst vast... |
LEIGHTON / TALLIS / WARLOCK / HOWELLS etc
A Rose Magnificat Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 18/May/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARDS 2019 WINNER - Choral |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seasons (1801) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Jeremy Ovenden (ten) / Gabrieli Consort & Players, National Forum of Music Choir, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (cond [ Signum / 2 CD Box Set - released 24/Mar/2017 ] "McCreesh and his massed Anglo-Polish forces have given us a Seasons that thrillingly catches both the work's bucolic exhilaration and its invocations of the sublime..for sheer sonic splendour it's in a class of its own" Gramophone Award Nomination |
ANDREA & GIOVANNI GABRIELI
A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 (LP) Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 LP - released 2/Sep/2013 ] 180g vinyl, gatefold sleeve. The Gabrieli Consort and Players return to the programme that put them on the musical map when it was originally recorded and released in 1990: 'A Venetian Coronation 1595' is a musical re-creation evoking the grand... |
CROFT / ELGAR / PARRY / WOOD / LUTHER / HOWELLS
An English Coronation, 1902-1953: Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 9/May/2019 ] "One can imagine the virtuosity required by every contributor, at every turn, to make this a reality, let alone a dazzling triumph." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Choral |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Four Seasons / Il Flauto Dolce [2 CDs special price] Genevieve Lacey (recorder) / Australian Brandenburg Orchestra / Paul Dyer [ ABC / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] The Four Seasons is magnificently presented on this classic recording by world-renowned violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra alongside two other much loved works, the Concerto in A 'The Cuckow' and Concerto in D... |
The Gents / Paul de Leeuw
The Gents 'In Love' [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] Het is mij een groot plezier u deze CD te presenteren, die na lang aandringen is verschenen. |
Franz Schu
Lieder nach Heinrich Heine aus "Schwanengesang", Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte, Lieder und Tänze des Todes, Cinq chan George London Erik Werba, Paul Ulanowsky, Piano [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Sep/2009 ] |
Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond
Blues In Time [ CD - released 11/Jul/2011 ] Three years after Gerry Mulligan initially sat in with the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the baritone saxophonist arrived at a point where he could perform alongside Brubeck's alto saxophonist, Paul Desmond, for this much anticipated session. |
Gerry Paul
Tales From the Sea & An Elephant Tree [ Wacky Tales / CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] With the musical boasts and zany humour in this all original album, the non-age-segregated sound will appeal to kids and arrested adolescents. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato Gillian Webster, Laurence Kilsby, Jeremy Ovenden, Peter Harvey / Gabrieli Consort and Players Paul McCreesh [ Signum Records / 2 CD - released 1/May/2015 ] 'Another re-creation of an original: this time Handel's setting of Milton's words, a remarkable variety of music well capturing the images and scenes of the text, all expertly performed.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2015 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Saul (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe, Sophie Bevan, Paul Appleby / Ivor Bolton (cond) [ Opus Arte Critics' Choice Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 26/Jul/2024 ] "Christopher Purves is utterly consumed by his role as Saul...Iestyn Davies is vocally outstanding as David, with his customary melting melismas." Opera |
RAVEL
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / l'Heure Espagnole (complete operas recorded in 2012) Glyndebourne Opera / Khatouna Gadelia, Elodie Méchain, Paul Gay, Elliot Madore, François Piolino / Kazuki Ono (cond) [ FRA Musica DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Opera |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges / l'Heure Espagnole (complete operas recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Khatouna Gadelia, Elodie Méchain, Paul Gay, Elliot Madore, François Piolino / Kazuki Ono (cond) [ Fra Musica Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2014 - Opera |