EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: 12 Concertos (Collector's Edition) Elmar Oliveira (violin) Marko Ylönen (cello) Esko Laine (double bass) Reija Bister, Marielle Nordmann (harp) Patrick Gallois (flute) [ Ondine / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] This first-ever edition of Einojuhani Rautavaara's complete twelve concertos (written and recorded to this date) follows on the great success of the release of his eight symphonies, in a special box set. |
HEWITT / CARR / REINAGLE
The 18th Century American Overture Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä / Patrick Gallois [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Conductor Patrick Gallois and his Finnish band play this music with energy and even more important, without an air of condescension. This is a very enjoyable recreation of music from a lively time in American cultural and political history."(AudAud.com) |
ADOLPHE ADAM & OTHERS
Adam: Le Corsaire (complete ballet recorded May 2013) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Nicoletta Manni, Martina Arduino, Timofej Andrijashenko / Patrick Fournillier (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] With fairytale-like staging and a "Pas de deux" that made Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn a legend and always awaited in the ballet galas, Le Corsaire is considered a choreographic milestone in the history of ballet. |
Patrick Watson
Adventures in Your Own Backyard [ CD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] |
MARK TWAIN
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (unabridged) Narrated by Patrick Fraley [ BBC Radio Collection / 10 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] One of the greatest treats in all world literature, offers both brilliant humour and tragedy as Huck and Jim explore moral dilemmas of slavery and freedom. Read by Patrick Fraley. |
MARK TWAIN
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Narrated by Patrick Fraley [ BBC Radio Collection / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] The sun shines on Tom Sawyer. The idealized childhood of this fictional hero, based on Mark Twain's own early life along the banks of the Mississippi, is filled with robust good humour and high-spiritied adventure. Read by Patrick Fraley. |
JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS
Aeneas in Carthage (orchestra excerpts from the opera) Sinfonia Finlandia / Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "This is an absolutely wonderful recording of some amazing 18th century incidental music. First-rate engineering completes the picture. Don't miss this." (10 / 10 ClassicsToday) |
DELIBES / RAVEL / MILHAUD / OFFENBACH / GOUNOD / SAUGUET / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Natalie Dessay - Airs d'operas Francais [French Opera Arias] Natalie Dessay (soprano) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Patrick Fourniller [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/1996 ] "Dessay revels in Olympia's amusing aria known as the 'Doll Song', delivered with assurance and freedom; Dessay's striking coloratura makes an impression" MusicWeb |
ALAN PARTRIDGE
Alan Partridge: Knowing Me Knowing You Steve Coogan with Doon MacKichan, Rebecca Front, David Schneider & Patrick Marber [ BBC Radio Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2010 ] The Complete Radio Series starring the well known and loved Alan Partridge |
JACK HEGGIE / GEORGE GERSHWIN / JEROME KERN
Amercian Operas: Moby-Dick / Porgy and Bess / Showboat (recorded 2009 - 2014) San Francisco Opera / Eric Owens, Laquita Mitchell, Jay Hunter Morris, Jonathan Lemalu, Bill Irwin, Patricia Racette / John DeMain, Patrick Summers [ EuroArts San Francisco Opera DVD / 6 DVD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2016 ] "Zambello's production for San Francisco is drenched in detail and fine to look at. Catfish Row springs to life in all its tawdry glory...At the heart of the work is Eric Owen's Porgy, thankfully a subtle and superbly vocalised assumption." Opera Now |
HOLST / SSCHIFFMANN / GUILMANT / LISZT / GENZMER / etc
The Art Of The Trombone Vol.1 Alain Trudel (trombone) Patrick Wedd (organ) [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1999 ] The trombone, like the organ, has always had an ecclesiastical association, from the fourteenth-century Messe de Notre Dame by Guillaume de Machaut, through Gabrieli, Mozart and Beethoven to Berlioz. |
STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Assassins Michael Cerveris, Alexander Gemignani & Neil Patrick Harris / The Broadway Cast [ PS Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2004 ] Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by John Weidman, based on an original concept by Charles Gilbert Jr. |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS-ESPRIT AUBER
Auber: Le domino noir / Gustave III Ballet Music Sumi Jo, Isabelle Vernet, Bruce Ford, Patrick Power / London Voices & English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Australian Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 13/Dec/2017 ] "Bonynge makes the ideal advocate, moulding melodies, springing rhythms and aerating textures to make the music sparkle from first to last. … The recording is among Decca's most vivid." Penguin Guide |
C. P. E. BACH
The C. P. E. Bach Edition: Symphonies, Concertos, Sonatas & Chamber Music Julian Steckel, Michael Rische, Ana-Marija Markovina, Patrick Gallois, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart & more [ Hanssler Classic / 54 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2016 ] The composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach has been rediscovered in recent years. Hardly any other label has done more for the composer's appreciation than Hanssler Classic. Now all, really all, of Hänsslers C.P.E Bach recordings are in a sensational box |
C. P. E. BACH
Complete Flute Concertos Patrick Gallois (flute) / Toronto Camerata Kevin Mallon (conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2002 ] Patrick Gallois belongs to the generation of French musicians leading highly successful international careers as both soloist and conductor. From the age of seventeen he studied the flute with Jean-Pierre Rampal at the Paris Conservatoire and at the... |
WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH
Bach, W.F.: 6 Duets for 2 Flutes Patrick Gallois, Kazunori Seo (flutes) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Sebastian's eldest son, enjoyed a reputation as one of Germany's finest organists, but his career was one of mixed fortunes and he died in poverty. The dating of his Six Duets is the subject of speculation, but their... |
BACH, HAENDEL
Bach-Haendel Nuria Rial(Soprano), Giovanna Pessi(Harpe Baroque), Patrick Beaugiraud(Hautbois D'Amore), Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot [ MIRARE / CD ] |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Ballet Music [Incls 'El Cid'] Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Gallois [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Jules Massenet is best known for operas such as Manon and Werther, but his less familiar stage works are also packed with superb intermezzos and ballet music. Evocative scenes bring the mythical story of Bacchus to life, while Hérodiade deals with... |
DIDEM BASAR
Basar: Levantine Rhapsody Didem Başar, Patrick Graham, Noémy Braun [ Analekta / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] The dialogue I created between the kanun and Western classical instruments (flute, percussion, violin and cello) is enriched by Turkish makams (modes), rhythmic cycles and improvisation. |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Olivier Cavé (piano), Kammerakademie Potsdam, Patrick Hahn [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2020 ] A subtle performer of the Baroque and Classical piano repertory, Olivier Cavé here offers us for the first time his interpretation of Beethoven's first two concertos, written between the ages of twenty-five and thirty. |