JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Trios no.43-45 Patrick Cohen (fortepiano) Erich Hobarth (violin) Christophe Coin (violoncello) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Aug/2005 ] These three Trios were published in April 1797 by Longman and Broderip in London. Haydn brought a density and a variety of writing and expressiveness to a genre that was performed by amateur musicians with the sole aim of mutual pleasure. The... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 & 37 Patrick Cohen (fortepiano) Erich Hobarth (violin) Christophe Coin (violoncello) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2015 ] "Cohen, Höbarth and Coin maintain the high standards...astutely balancing vigour and subtlety, elegance and passion." (BBC Music) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Flute Trios Nos. 28-30 Patrick Cohen (pianoforte Anton Walter, Wien c.1790), Konrad Hünteler (flute) & Christophe Coin (cello C.A. Testore, 1758) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "The 1994 recording has not aged; it still sounds good as new. There are two kinds of Haydn lover in the world: those who have this album already, and those who need to grab it soon" (MusicWeb Feb 2014) |
VIVALDI / TELEMANN
Oboe Sonatas Paul Goodwin (baroque oboe) Nigel North (lute) with John Toll [ Harmonia Mundi 1 + 1 / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "His playing is bold and bright with solid, versatile technique and fluid phrasing, and his interpolations are detailed and intelligent while losing nothing in spontaneity." - Gramophone |
MARTIN CODAX / JAUFRE RUDEL / DOM DINIS / ANONYMOUS
Cantigas Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / Andrew Lawrence-King [ Harmonia Mundi 1 + 1 / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2006 ] "This is a jewel, both for its music and in its performance. Paul Hillier interprets each composer with intense sympathy and remarkable command of the two languages - Galician-Portuguese and Old Occitan." - Gramophone |
JOHN CAGE
Litany for the Whale Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / Terry Riley [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] "A landmark for Cage" - Gramophone |
Paul Hillier-voice; Nigel North-lute, theorbo, guitar
The Rags of Time-17th-c. English lute songs and dances [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine(Aug 02) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Sonatas / Piano Concertos / Diabelli variations Paul Lewis (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek [ Harmonia Mundi / 14 CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol 4 (Nos 5-7, 15, 19, 20, 26, 30-32) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 23/May/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - RECORDING OF THE YEAR - "Every one of Paul Lewis's now-complete Beethoven Sonatas series has been selected as an Editor's Choice. Deservedly so. This final instalment boasts all the virtues of its... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol.1 (op.31 no.1, 2 & 3) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Sep/2005 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE Awards Issue 2005 "An epic Beethoven journey begins and this strong start promises well" |
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata No. 16, Wandererfantasie & Impromptus Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
SCHUBERT
Piano Sonata D959 and D960 Paul Lewis, piano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2003 ] "As an overall conception, however, it's exceptionally impressive. Lovely recordings, too, with the piano placed at what feels like the ideal distance." - BBC Music Magazine. Pick of the Month (June 2003) |
SCHUBERT
Sonate no. 19 D.958 / Sonate no.14 D.784 Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Paul Lewis's passionate performance..playing at once spacious and implacably rhythmic." (Sunday Times) |
BACH FAMILY / BEETHOVEN / HAYDN / GLUCK / MONN / TELEMANN / VIVALDI / etc
Lumieres: The Unprecedented Expansion of Music in the Age of Enlightenment [30 CD set] Paul Lewis (piano) / Tokyo String Quartet / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / English Concert / etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "Harmonia Mundi have somehow contrived to telescope that most industriously inventive of musical centuries into this 30CD set, by dint of ingenious thematic programming which apportions discs to different modes...it's an indisputable bargain... |
FRANCESCO da MILANO
Francesco da Milano: Il divino Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "O'Dette captures this music's improvisatory quality with effortless finger work and fluent ornamentation. Above all, he reveals the underlying rhetoric of this vocally inspired music" (BBC Music) |
J.S. BACH
Lute Works Vol 1 Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Dec/2007 ] Johann Sebastian Bach so admired the sound of the lute that he designed a gut-strung harpsichord to imitate it (Lautenwerk) which 'deceived the ears of the best lutenists'. This invention permitted him, as a keyboard virtuoso, to compose astonishing... |
KAPSBERGER / BACH / DOWLAND / MOLINARO
The Art of the Lute Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "These are first class productions and performances that will give great satisfaction to anyone who likes the lute, and make a lot of new fans as well." (AudAud.com) |
DANIEL BACHELAR
The Bachelar's Delight: Lute Works Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "All in all, a significant contribution to our understanding of the Golden Age of English music." (Gramophone) |
JOHN DOWLAND
Complete Lute Works (Volumes 1 - 5) Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2009 ] "His technique is faultless...All this, together with the fine sound and excellent notes, make these Dowland discs some of the most attractive available." BBC Music Magazine |
Paul O'Dette - lute
Italian Music for Lute Vol. 2 (Borrono, L'Aquila, Milano, Ripa) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] lutenist Paul O'Dette has enchanted listeners with his recordings |