VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 4 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Paul Ulanowsky (piano) [ Naxos Great Singers / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Volume 4 of Lotte Lehmann’s Lieder recordings made in America focuses on three composers, Brahms, Wagner and Wolf, all particularly suited to the soprano’s velvet and sensuous tone. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Zaide K344 (Complete opera) Lynne Dawson, Hans Peter Blochwitz,Olaf Bär, Herbert Lippert / The Academy of Ancient Music; Paul Goodwin-director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Jun/2004 ] Mozart began this masterpiece in 1780 for the new Viennese Singspiel company, but at their insistence on a comedy he switched to writing Idomeneo, and Zaide remained unfinished. |
LOUIS-FERDINAND HEROLD
Herold: Le Pré Aux Clercs (complete opera) Marie-Ève Munger, Marie Lenormand, Jeanne Crousaud, Michael Spyres / Coro e Orquestra Gulbenkian, Paul McCreesh [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 10/Jan/2017 ] "Hérold's effervescent music is performed with tremendous charm by Paul McCreesh and the Gulbenkian Orchestra...Munger [is] in exquisite form, coloratura cascading like champagne...Ensembles fizz and it's a joy to hear " Gramophone |
SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang Mark Padmore (tenor) / Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] "Padmore's silvery, keen-edged tenor, grace of phrase and sensitivity to mood and verbal nuance are ideal [in Liebesbotschaft]; and how affectionately Lewis's left hand sings in gentle colloquy with the voice" Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded 2000) Metropolitan Opera / Renee Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Solveig Kringelborn, Paul Groves / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] "It's hard not to give this Don a warm welcome. For those irritated by modern psychological stagings, this set could well provide the perfect answer" - MusicWeb April 2005 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mitridate, Rè Di Ponto (complete opera) Michael Spyres, Julie Fuchs, Sabine Devieilhe, Elsa Dreisig, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djia / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 29/Oct/2021 ] "that this is probably the most successful recording of Mozart's opera we will ever see on disc; there is no doubt in my mind that it is the most exciting by a long stretch." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
MOLTER / PLEYEL / MERCADANTE
MARBECKS COLELCTABLE: Molter, Pleyel & Mercandante: Clarinet Concertos Thomas Friedli (clarinet) / South-West German Chamber Orchestra, Paul Angerer [ Claves / CD ] Highly regarded recording by clarinetists and musicians interested in unusual repertoire. |
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) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Montserrat Caballé, Bianca Berini, Placido Domingo, Paul Plishka / Musica Sacra Chorus & New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] Never before reissued on commercial CD: a live 1980 performance of the Verdi Requiem with Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic and soloists including Plácido Domingo and Montserrat Caballé, who "surpasses even her studio recording of 12... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / TCHAIKOVSKY / VERDI / WAGNER / etc
Paul van Kempen - the Complete Philips Recordings Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Paul van Kempen [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "Beethoven is represented by an Eroica that is truly among the greatest of the period - of any period, I'd say...testimony to a genuinely great conductor who up until now has rarely been acknowledged as such." Gramophone reissue of the Month June '20 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Seven Cello Concertos Ofra Harnoy (cello) / Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Paul Robinson [ RCA / CD - released 1/Sep/1989 ] "This set is enthusiastically recommended for what it is - a record of marvellously inventive music, beautifully played by a superb cellist. It is guaranteed to provide hours of fulfilling musical experience." (MusicWeb) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / OFFENBACH / SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky/Saint-Saens/Offenbach: Works for Cello & Orchestra Ofra Harnoy (cello) / Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman / Cincinatti Symphony, Erich Kunzel [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 7/May/1986 ] "Her exalted and eminently sensuous tone permeates all the music she touches, and the delicacy of her touch may well exceed that of her eminent teachers, Pierre Fournier, Jacqueline du Pre, and Vladimir Orloff. " AudAud.com |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - complete opera recorded in 1990) Opera Australia / Helena Doese, Donald McIntyre, Paul Frey, John Pringle / Charles Mackerras (cond) [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 2 DVD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "Charles Mackerras and a well-chosen cast, including Helen Doese, Donald McIntyre, Paul Frey, and John Pringle, meet the music's challenges effectively" |
Original Soundtrack, with Topol, Leonard Frey, Norma Crane, Paul Mann / score conducted by John Williams
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fiddler On The Roof (30th anniversary edition) [ EMI / CD - released 15/Oct/1986 ] Topol's London stage production of the Sheldon Harnick-Jerry Bock musical led movie director Norman Jewison to cast him in the film version, for which he won an Academy Award®, ensuring his popularity worldwide. |
HANDEL / ROSEINGRAVE / CHILCOT / HAYES / etc
English 18th-Century Keyboard Concertos The Parley of Instruments / Paul Nicholson (harpsichord/fortepiano/organ) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] 'A delightful project' (The Times) |
Paul Anka
21 Golden Hits [ RCA Records / CD - released 25/Oct/1990 ] American imported disc. |
Paul Anka
Four Classic Albums Plus (Paul Anka / My Heart Sings / Swings For Young Lovers / Young Alive And In Love) [ Avid Pop / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] AVID Pop continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Paul Anka complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details and bonus tracks; |
Paul Anka
My Way: The Best Of [ Camden / CD - released 13/Feb/2006 ] |
Paul Bley
Ballads [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] First released in the spring of 1971, these historic recordings from March and July 1967 capture the sound of a genre being born in the free ballads of Annette Peacock, played with extraordinary sensitivity by Paul Bley's trio. Annette Peacock:... |
Paul Bley
Four Classic Albums (Introducing / Paul Bley / Solemn Meditation / Fusion) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 6/May/2016 ] Quite some career this Canadian pianist had! Starting in the early 1950's, he founded the Jazz Workshop in Montreal where he played piano and recorded with Charlie Parker. At around the same time he was also playing with other great be-boppers,... |