GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDE
Handel: Riccardo Primo, Re d'Inghilterra HWV23 (complete opera) Lawrence Zazzo, Nuria Rial, Geraldine McGreevy, Tim Mead, David Wilson-Johnson & Curtis Streetman / Chamber Orchestra of Basel, Paul Goodwin [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/2010 ] |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet & String Trios Leopold String Trio with Paul Lewis (piano) Graham Mitchell (double bass) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 'one of the finest modern Trouts available. As with their Mozart, their Schubert benefits from scrupulous attention to detail, a keen sense of the music's drama and a deeply rewarding expressive response to this imperishable masterpiece … exquisitely... |
CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Books 3 & 4 Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Early Music |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Volume 2: Mantova - Excerpts from Books IV, V and VI Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Les Arts Florissants Editions / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "Agnew's selection is impeccably judged...if you don't know a single volume this should be enough to persuade you that you ought to have done, long ago." (Gramophone Disc of the Month Jan 2015) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Volume 1 - 3: Cremona / Mantova / Venezia Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Les Arts Florissants Editions / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2017 ] "If a keen sense of the interpretative moment is the hallmark of ensemble performance at its best, then this new Monteverdi instalment from Les Arts Florissants deserves to be held up as such" Gramophone Award WINNER 2016 - Baroque Vocal on Cremona |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Volume 3: Venezia Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi Les Arts Florissants Editions / CD - released 15/Jun/2017 ] "The vivid atmosphere of Agnew's performance is palpable and, as so often in these discs, his text-driven subtlety wins over." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Baroque Vocal |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2015) DVD + Blu-ray Theatre de Caen / Cyril Auvity, Hannah Morrison, Paul Agnew / Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi DVD + Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Cyril Auvity's tremulous and emphatic singing of the title-role has unstinting dramatic commitment: the shadowy silhouettes of the obbligato instrumentalists in 'Possente spirto' appear as if the underworld is conjured to do Orfeo's bidding)." |
Les frivolités parisiennes; Dylan Corlay; Sarah Laulan; Marion Tassou; Julie Mossay; Mathieu Dubroca; Denis Mignien; Paul-Alexandre Dubois
Marcel Lattès: Le Diable à Paris [ B Records / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Human wickedness has exceeded that of the Devil himself! It is this dark observation which is at the root of all the spice and comedy in the operetta Le Diable à Paris (The Devil in Paris). Premiering in 1927, it was unearthed by Les Frivolités... |
Les Paul
Les Paul Now [ Vocalion / CD - released 9/Aug/2004 ] |
Les Paul And Mary Ford
Greatest Hits [ 2 CD ] |
Les Paul
How High The Moon - Hits and Rarities [ Fantastic Voyage / 3 CD - released 2/Feb/2016 ] An attractively packaged 3-CD set comprising 77 tracks, featuring all of Les Paul's hits with Mary Ford, plus solo successes, EP & LP tracks, his early Trio work and recordings as Rhubarb Red. |
Les Paul feat. Mary Ford
Blowing The Smoke Away From A Trail Of Hits [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] This compilation ably reveals the talents of Les Paul at the peak of his 'Pop' chart successes in the 1950s. The Country roots remain much in evidence, not least because Mary Ford was also from that background... |
Les Paul & Mary Ford
In Perfect Harmony [ Proper Records / 4 CD Box Set - released 14/Sep/2007 ] This definitive 4-disc collection brings together 109 tracks from the original guitar genius, Les Paul with singer, Mary Ford. Les Paul pioneered electric guitar design and multi-track recording... |
LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Harold In Italy Leslie Howard (piano) with Paul Coletti (viola) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 23 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard joue tout cela avec beaucoup de raffinement et un vrai sens du châtoiement sonore. De belles découvertes' (Répertoire, France) |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
BRAHMS
String Sextets 1 & 2 The Lindsays, with Louise Williams (viola) and Paul Watkins (cello) [ Alto / CD - released 3/Sep/2015 ] both sextets have a compelling sense of direction - in the Second's magnificent first movement, we can feel what a giant young Brahms had become. |
HANDEL
Twenty Sonatas 'Opus 1' Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Rachel Beckett (recorder) Paul Goodmwin (oboe) Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Oct/2014 ] "This set gives authoritative readings, impeccable in style, dependable in text" (Gramophone) |
J.S. BACH
Flute Sonatas (Complete) Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Rachel Brown (flute) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month)BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 27: Whit Tuesday BWV184 & 175 / Trinity Sunday BWV194, 176, 165 & 129 Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Paul Agnew / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] 'What this survey reveals is a deep personal affection for the repertoire and a refreshing, expressive spontaneity often missing from studio recordings but which here captures the moment of live performance.' BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Choral... |
ROLF MARTINSSON
Martinsson: Into Eternity Lisa Larsson (soprano), Malmö Symphony Orchestra / Paul Mägi [ BIS SACD / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] The music on Presentiment, a 2018 release with four orchestral works by Rolf Martinsson, was described by one critic as 'bold and uncompromisingly personal, eschewing avant-garde modernism and engaging us with solidly expert conventional techniques... |