HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Franz-Paul Decker, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] A programme of Hindemith with our beloved NZSO |
MAX REGER
Reger: Mozart and Hiller Variations New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Franz-Paul Decker (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] A programme of Reger variations with our beloved NZSO |
PURCELL
Anthems and Services Vol 6 Nicholas Witcomb (solo treble) James Bowman (countertenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Choir of New College, Oxford / King [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'No fewer than five first recordings in this ... Fans of Purcell will find this disc, Iike the others in the series, indispensable' (Fanfare, USA) |
Noel Edison, choirmaster / Paul Halley, organ / St. John's Choir, Elora
Faire is the Heaven: Hymns and Anthems [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Given the beautiful singing and the crystal-clear Naxos recording, this is an immensely rewarding disc." -- Marc Rochester, Gramophone, September 2004 |
Oakenfield, Paul
We Are Perfecto Vol.2 [ 405 Recordings / 2 CD - released 31/Aug/2012 ] |
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / The Nightingale Olga Trifonova (soprano) / Robert Tear (tenor) / Paul Whelan (bass-baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] “Composing The Rite, I had only my ear to help me. I heard and I wrote what I heard.” — Igor Stravinsky |
Oliver Nelson (Starring Paul Chambers / Eric Dolphy / Bill Evans / Roy Haynes / Freddie Hubbard)
The Blues and the Abstract Truth [ American Jazz Classics / CD - released 13/Feb/2012 ] |
FERNANDO LOPES-GRACA
Lopes-Graca: Canções portuguesas Coro Casa da Música, Paul Hillier [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Fernando Lopes-Graça's importance to 20th-century Portuguese music cannot be overestimated. His study of native songs and traditions has been compared to that of Bartók, and the soulful melodies of the Três canções corais are an early example of his... |
Open Mike Eagle & Paul White
Hella Personal Film Festival (LP) [ Mello Music Group LP / LP - released 29/Apr/2016 ] Open Mike Eagle dominated End of Year Lists with his last album, "Dark Comedy" - making USA Today, Rolling Stone, and Pitchfork's "Best of" Lists at the end of 2014. During 2015 he toured Europe & North America, as well as making television... |
LOUIS SPOHR
The Forgotten Master: The Four Clarinet Concertos Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Paul Meyer (conductor & clarinet) [ Alpha / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven Alive! Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs, Paul Lewis (piano), etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 24/Jan/2020 ] Beethoven the classic, the revolutionary, the visionary. This selection is a trip that reveals the multiple genius of one of the greatest composers of all time. You will be delighted with some masterpieces of his repertoire as well as with rare... |
MEREDITH WILSON
The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast Recording 1957) Barbara Cook, Robert Preston,Helen Raymond,Paul Reed, Vern Reed, and others [ Naxos Nostalgia Musicals / CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] Just call him 'Iowa Stubborn'. It took Meredith Wilson eight years and 32 drafts to bring his childhood memories of Iowa onto the stage, but anyone who has ever sat entranced by The Music Man will agree that it was well worth it. Willson was a... |
Original Cast, with Brian Blessed, Elaine Paige, Sarah Brightman, Wayne Steep, Paul NIcolaus, etc
Cats (Original UK Cast Recording - remastered) [ Polydor Records / 2 CD - released 13/Nov/1998 ] The Original Cast recording of 'Cats' features Elaine Paige, Paul Nicholas, Sarah Brightman, Brian Blessed, Bonnie Langford, Myra Sands, Jeff Shankley, etc. This iedition was digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios |
DONIZETTI
L'Elisir d'amore (complet opera recorded in 2006) Paris National Opera / Heidi Grant Murphy / Paul Groves / Laurent Naouri / Edward Gardner (cond) [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Edward Gardner conducted with outstanding imagination and authority" The Times, 12th August 2008, BBC Proms 2008 |
ADAM
Giselle (complete ballet recorded in 2007) Paris Opera Ballet / Laetitia Pujol, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Wilfried Romoli / Paul Connelly (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 10/Oct/2012 ] The performance recorded on this DVD is based on the St Petersburg version and was choreographed by Patrice Bart and Eugène Polyakov, two out-and-out Petipa specialists. |
LINLEY
Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings and Witches of Shakespeare The Parley of Instruments Choir & Orchestra / Paul Nicholson, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'This charming ode shows [Linley] sharing with Mozart something of that barely definable but unmistakable gift of melodic genius. The music is as beautiful as the text is absurd, full of shapely tunes that once heard linger hauntingly in the memory'... |
BELA BARTOK / MATTHEW HINDSON / MAURICE RAVEL
Bartok/Hindson/Ravel: Music for two pianos & percussion Pascal & Ami Rogé (pianos), Paul Clarvis & Joby Burgess (percussion) [ Onyx / CD - released 7/Sep/2015 ] On this disc Pascal Rogé is joined by his pianist wife Ami and percussionists Paul Clarvis and Joby burgess for an exciting recital including a world premiere recording of a work composed for the Rogé's : Matthew Hindson's Pulse Magnet. |
JEAN-BAPISTE LULLY
Lully: Armide (complete opera recorded in 2008) Theatre des Champs-Elysees / Stephanie d'Oustrac, Paul Agnew / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ FRA Musica / 2 DVD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Christie and his ensemble...surpass themselves in revivifying this 325-year-old score with imaginative articulation and expressive flair. Gideon Davey's designs are as impressive as Jean-Claude Gallotta's choreography. The cast, too, is remarkable"... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Death And The Maiden Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2018 ] Grammy Awards 60th Awards (2017) - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance |
GRIER, Francis
Around the Curve of the World Patricia Rozario / Paul Whelan / Christ Church Cathedral Choir / Oxford University Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Darlington [ Somm / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Patricia Rozario, Anne Schwanewilms, Daniel Norman, Paul Whelan, Christchurch Cathedral Choir, Oxford University Chamber Orchestra. Grier's musical language draws for its inspiration on the glories of Gregorian chant and is, by turns, elegiac and... |