ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera in English) Lisa Saffer / Susan Parry / Anna Burford / Graham Danby / English National Opera Orchestra / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] '"Lisa Saffer makes an ideal Lulu, dramatically compelling to watch, and with a voice to equal the sustained high note writing which Berg gives his protagonist… John Graham-Hall's Alwa is splendid. Robert Haywood an excellent Dr Schön…"' Peter... |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 3 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Bruno Walter and Paul Ulanowsky (accompanists) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] With her impassioned delivery, warm tone, telling word-painting and occasional use of portamento, Lehmann makes her own very personal yet utterly compelling case for Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -Leben and Dichterliebe. |
SCHUBERT / RICHARD STRAUSS
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 5 (recorded 1941-42) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Paul Ulanowsky (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] In Die schöne Müllerin Lehmann's judicious use of portamento and her wonderful feeling for the text make her performance one to treasure. |
WILLIAM WALLACE
Maritana (Complete Opera recorded in 1995) Majella Cullagh / Lunda Lee / Paul Charles Clarke / Rte Philharmonic Choir / Rte Concert Orchestra / Proinnsias O Duinn [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "[the cast] all sing with total dedication and conviction. It isn't at all difficult to understand Maritana's popularity, nor with the ensuing snobbery of the twentieth century, why it fell out of favour." (Gramophone) |
Manfred Mann & Paul Jones
Original Album Series [ Warner / 5 CD - released 8/Aug/2014 ] This 5 CD set includes the Manfred Mann and Paul Jones albums The Five Faces of Manfred Mann, Mann Made, Mann Made Hits, Soul of a Mann and My Way. |
DESPRES / AGRICOLA / DALZA / GHIZEGHE / etc
Two Lutes with Grace - Plectrum Lute Duos of the late 15th century Marc Lewon (lute, gittern), Paul Kieffer (lute), Grace Newcombe (vocals) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "The plectrum lute duo was one of the most popular ensembles for professional instrumentalists in late 15th-century Western Europe. This recording presents for the first time the bulk of a surviving repertoire that can arguably be considered for the... |
ÉTIENNE NICHOLAS MEHUL
Méhul: Uthal (complete operetta) Marie-Ève Munger, Marie Lenormand, Jeanne Crousaud, Michael Spyres / Coro e Orquestra Gulbenkian, Paul McCreesh [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / CD/Book - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "Speech and song are seemlessly integrated here, maintaining both dramatic tension and consistency of characterisation throughout. It's hard to imagine a better bicentenary tribute: do listen to it." Gramophone |
SCHUBERT
Die Schone Mullerin Mark Padmore (tenor) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "Besides being the most lyrically beautiful modern rendition of this oft-recorded cycle, the recording is a model of clear, natural presentation of voice and piano in a very complementary acoustic." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
Undance UNDANCE Band, Rambert Orchestra, Tim Murray, Paul Hoskins [ NMC / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] UNDANCE (2011) is a project created for Sadler's Wells by Turnage with choreographer Wayne McGregor and artist Mark Wallinger, inspired by the work of photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge. Its edgy syncopation frames various tunes and motifs that... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos / Piano Quintet Martin Helmchen (piano) / Paul Beniston (trumpet) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Helmchen proves a deft interpreter of both, aided by Jurowski at his most engaging; and the outstanding performance of the weightier Piano Quintet (1940), studio-recorded with members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, makes this a rare means of... |
Paul McCartney
Get Back [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 24/Aug/2011 ] G :- Region 4 - Colour / Black & White - 85 Minutes - PAL Special Features :- -Press Kit: including interviews, favourite moments, promos and bloopers from director Richard Lester, Paul McCartney and band. -Theatrical... |
PERRY
William Perry: Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Michael Chertock (piano), Helen Kearns (soprano) / RTÉ National Symphony, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
VERDI / MONTEVERDI / MOZART / BOESMANS
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - La Traviata / L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Julie (complete operas) Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie von Otter / Matthew Polenzani / Marc Minkowski / Zeljko Lucic / Jean-Paul Fouchecourt / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Four operas filmed in the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 2000 to 2006 in a limited edition box sets: internationnaly acclaimed productions of L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Klaus Michael Grüber, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Deschamps & Makeïeff or... |
ELLINGTON / EMERSON / GERSHWIN / SEDAKA
Manhattan Intermezzo Jeffrey Biegel (piano) / Brown University Orchestra, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] This programme brings together four works for piano and orchestra by composers best known from the fields of jazz, popular song and progressive rock |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: King Arthur (Highlights) Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Paul Elliott / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classic Apex / CD - released 14/Jun/2004 ] "Solo singing for the most part is excellent, with Stephen Varcoe outstanding among the men." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell
Time And Time Again [ ECM / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
Gerry Mulligan / Paul Desmond & The Dave Brubeck Trio
The Complete 1972 Berlin Concert [ Jazz Row / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] |
PROKOFIEV / RAVEL
Peter and the Wolf / L'Enfant Et Les Sortileges The Nederlands Dans Theater / Lorin Maazel / The Royal Ballet School / Paul Murphy [ Arthaus Musik / RM Associates / DVD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] G :- Regions 2 + 5 - Widescreen 16:9 & Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo - Colour - 82 Minutes (total) - PAL Prokofiev's classic and Ravel's fairy tale ballet are different in content but both are thoroughly recommended to all. Starring The... |
LEIGHTON
Cathedral Music Neil Mackie (tenor) / St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] 'Leighton at his most moving. St Paul's choir brings glowingly alive both the strength and the tenderness of this music. I can enthusiastically recommend this record' - Organists Review |