BACH / BRAHMS / WALTON / TCHAIKOVSKY / R. STRAUSS / ELGAR / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Very Best of Paul Tortelier [2 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with various accompanists [ EMI Very Best of / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Paul Tortelier had the lean, ascetic look of an El Greco saint, yet possessed the turbulent idealism of Don Quixote, whom he portrayed so memorably in Richard Strauss's tone poem. |
EDOUARD LALO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lalo: Cello Concerto / Symphonie espagnole Op 21 Paul Tortelier (cello) Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Fremaux [ EMI Studio / CD - released 20/May/1988 ] "..a first class Lalo D minor, quite equal to Navarra's, and superior conducting of Louis Frémaux and his Birmingham forces." MusicWeb Amazon are currently asking nearly $50 US for this recording |
Paul Walden
The Voice of Aotearoa [ Frenzy / CD - released 21/Jun/2013 ] The Voice of Aotearoa features 25 of Paul Walden's most well-known tracks. |
COPLAND / BERNSTEIN / CARTER / BARBER / CRUMB
American Works for Cello & Piano Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Having explored much of twentieth-century British works for cello and piano, the Watkins brothers now turn their attention to the American contribution to this repertoire. The music spans a fascinating period of some four decades of intensive... |
Peter, Paul & Mary
Peter, Paul & Mary [ Hallmark / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] Formed in 1961 by Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, the trio rose to become one of the most successful folk groups of the 1960s and at the forefront of the folk explosion of the same decade. Whilst the group were effectively manufactured... |
Phil Dadson, Paul Winstanley, Tom Nunn
961 [ Rattle Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] 961, the moniker for a building situated at 961 Field Rd, Marin Headlands (USA), became the project tag for a weekly collaboration between Tom Nunn (US), Paul Winstanley (US/NZ) and Phil Dadson (NZ). During Phil's three-month artist residency at... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb) |
OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Air Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Similarly to his previous album SOLACE, AIR was written during lockdown and draws on themes of nature, environment and the natural world. Davis's previous albums with Signum have reached the top 10 on both iTunes Classical and UK Specialist Classical... |
JOHANN JOHANNSSON
Jóhannsson: Drone Mass Theatre of Voices, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Hillier [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] 'Perhaps it's the way Drone Mass confounds expectations in unpredictable ways that will remain its most important legacy.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022 |
Unwind (Hayden Chisholm, Norman Meehan, Paul Dyne)
Daylight [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 17/Feb/2023 ] Daylight is the fourth outing for Unwind on Rattle, and like their previous releases, this beautifully recorded and performed collection of new works is as poignant and soulful as ever. Hayden Chisholm (saxophone, sruti box, throat... |
Unwind (Hayden Chisholm, Norman Meehan, Paul Dyne)
Orange [ Rattle Jazz / CD/DVD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Hayden Chisholm, Norman Meehan, and Paul Dyne follow their award-nominated debut, Unwind (2017), with this beautiful CD|DVD set. Recorded at Orange Studio in Christchurch, the accompanying DVD features 30 minutes of material from a live... |
Unwind (Hayden Chisholm, Norman Meehan, Paul Dyne, Julien Dyne)
Saffron [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Saffron marks the third Rattle release for Unwind, this time as a quartet featuring the excellent musicianship of drummer Julien Dyne. Like its predecessor (the excellent Orange), Saffron also features a DVD with concert material performed and... |
Artists incls Noel Coward, Les Paul Trio, Nat King Cole Trio, Ruth Etting, Elisabeth Welch, Billy Mayerl & Jessie Matthews:
Elegance: A Musical Journey Through the 30s & 40s [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This album features polished performances from the most elegant artists of the 1930s and 40s, including Noel Coward, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire and a wonderful Cole Porter medley from Hutch. |
Various Artists includes Paul Whitman, Jack Hylton, New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, Teh Savoy Havana Band, Joe Venuti, The Savoy Orpheans, etc
Fascinating Rhythm: Hits of the 20s [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] Ah, the Roaring Twenties! Can there ever have been such a decade, so endlessly discussed, pored over and analysed... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Andre Previn: The Warner Edition André Previn (conductor & piano), with Itzhak Perlman (violin) Paul Tortelier (cello) Radu Lupu, Christina Ortiz (pianos) Angel Romero (guitar) etc [ Warner Classics / 96 CD Box Set - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Conductor, pianist, composer and media personality, André Previn excelled in a diversity of musical genres and idioms. A child prodigy in his native Berlin, he moved to the USA in 1939 and made his early career in Hollywood. |
GLUCK / PERGOLESI / HANDEL / HASSE / VIVALDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl (countertenor) orchestras conducted by Paul Dyer, Paul McCreesh, Sir Roger Norrington and Christophe Rousset [ Decca Records / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] Andreas Scholl has been heralded as the greatest countertenor performing today. |
BONNET / VIERNE / LANGLAIS / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fete - French Organ Music Andrew Cantrill, organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington [ Morrison Trust New Zealand / CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] A cross-section of music from a fascinating and intense period of creativity in French organ music, the programme's title work is Jean Langlais' brash and celebratory Fête. |
BARBER / BERLIOZ / BRITTEN
Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (with works by Berlioz & Britten) Anne-Catherine Gillet (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liege, Paul Daniel [ AEON / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "singing her native French, she treats the Berlioz and Britten with a light touch...Gillet and her conductor, Paul Daniel, are at their nest in a well-paced 'Le spectre de la rose', which captures the lilt of the dance to perfection...It is Les illum |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La princesse de Trébizonde (complete operetta) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez, Antoinette Dennefeld, Josh Lovell / Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus, Paul Daniel [ Opera Rara / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] "... the whole thing has an immediacy that Daniel suggests is an attempt to recreate the acoustic of the Bouffes-Parisiens." Gramophone Recording of the Month November 2023 |