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Al Campbell / John Rae / Paul Dyne
Storm in a Teacup [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] 'Storm in a Teacup' exudes one of the fundamental qualities of good jazz - joy. The playing is superb, the recording is excellent, and the music is honest and infectious. |
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ROBERTO GERHARD / WILLIAM WALTON / IGOR STRAVINSKY
Gerhard: The Plague / Walton: Facade / Stravinsky: L'Histoire du soldat [The Soldier's Tale] Alec McCowen, Glenda Jackson, Rudolf Nureyev, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Scofield (narrators) / National Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, etc [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] A trio of twentieth-century classics, sardonic and timely tales, in long-unavailable Decca/Argo recordings from the 1970s. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies / The Wasps (Overture) / Flos campi / etc Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Bakels, Paul Daniel, with Paul Silverthorne (viola) [ Naxos / 6 CD Box Set - released 28/Apr/2008 ] "Kees Bakels draws ravishing sounds from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra." Penguin Guide |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Under The Stars: Music from the shows Bryn Terfel (bass) Renee Fleming (soprano) with the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera conducted by Paul Gemignani [ Decca Records / CD - released 24/Mar/2003 ] Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel are two of the world's most popular classical stars. Their first CD together is Under The Stars, a feast of great songs from recent musical theatre. |
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BRIDGE / LILBURN / IRELAND / FINZI
Elegy - songs Paul Whelan (baritone) / David Harper (piano) [ Trust / CD - released 23/Jan/2000 ] The magic baritone voice of Paul Whelan! |
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TRADITIONAL
Carols from the Old and New Worlds Vol.3 Chamber Choir Ireland, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Oct/2014 ] On the third volume in harmonia mundi's series Carols from the Old and New Worlds, Paul Hillier and Chamber Choir Ireland celebrate the festive season with a wide-ranging mixture of new and traditional carols. Framed by the seven 'O' antiphons for... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Complete Songs vol.3 Felicity Lott (sop) Jennifer Smith (sop) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (ten) Christopher Maltmann (bar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] 'recording and presentation are the stuff of dreams. Hyperion has done Fauré proud' - Gramophone |
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Galen & Paul
Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? [ Sony Music / CD - released 19/May/2023 ] Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? is the debut project from Paul Simonon (The Clash, Gorillaz and The Good, The Bad and The Queen); and Galen Ayers (singer-songwriter who amongst other artistic projects released the rightly acclaimed solo album... |
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: Henry V (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in June, 2012) Globe Theatre / Brendan O'Hea, Jamie Parker, Paul Rider, David Hargreaves, Giles Cooper [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] Capped by one of the most famous speeches ever written, King Henry V recalls the momentous English victory at Agincourt. With comic sub-plots to be found among Henry's soldiers, the production boasts some terrific performances - including Sam Cox. |
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Hayden Chisholm / Norman Meehan / Paul Dyne
Unwind [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] A programme of contemporary music for improvising piano trio featuring Hayden Chisholm on saxophone. |
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John Coulter, Chris Cree Brown, David Downes, John Elmsly, Paul Smith
Sound Dome [ Rattle Records / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] A set of five works created specifically for the sounddome, a 25-loudspeaker instrument designed for composing with space that brings to life a three-dimensional sound world previously conceivable only in the imagination of the composer. |
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JONATHAN BESSER / GREG FOX
Cathedral Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral Organ, Dunedin Town Hall), Greg Fox (Guitar & Treatments) [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] An improvised live concert featuring Jonathan Besser (St Paul's Cathedral pipe organ) and Greg Fox (electric guitar and treatments), originally performed and recorded in 1984, here presented in a newly edit, mixed and mastered version. |
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Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian, Gary Peacock
The Old Country [ ECM / CD - released 8/Nov/2024 ] "This particular evening was a warm, humid, rainy autumn night in the Pocono Mountains. The room was full of people and outside on the porch more people listened through the screen doors." Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett's recordings from the Deer... |
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CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Libri Quinto & Sesto Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 5/May/2023 ] those who have thought of Gesualdo as a one-trick pony ('Moro lasso' and all that …) now have more than six hours' evidence to the contrary." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Early Music |
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Les Paul
The Jazzman [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] Les Paul, born in 1915 was not only a superb guitar player whose prowess with the instrument alone would have gained him a place in musical history, but also an innovative guitar designer and technician. In fact he is perhaps better known as the... |
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AUGUST KLUGHARDT / GEIRGE ONSLOW / LOUIS SPOHR
Les Vents Français: Romantique Les Vents Français [Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Francois Leleux (oboe), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), etc] [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Les Vents Français has been described as "the wind-quintet equivalent of a supergroup". All its members are renowned soloists. |
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MICHAEL F. WILLIAMS
Williams: Letters From The Front New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey, Madeleine Pierard & Paul Gittins [ Atoll Records / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] Michael Williams is a well-known figure in New Zealand composition. He has received commissions from most of the country's major musical institutions including the NZSO, NBR New Zealand Opera and Chamber Music New Zealand and his music is regularly... |
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Paul Gurney
Blue Horizon [ Tailgator Music / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] The album features 11 songs, written and performed by Gurney, an Americana and Roots music artist who has performed for many years as part of The DeSotos. Blue Horizon is the musician's second solo album and it explores personal themes, developed in... |
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Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
N.K-Pop [ EMI / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] 'N.K-Pop' is the fifth studio album by Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, both formerly members of The Beautiful South. The release follows previous studio album 'Manchester Calling', which reached No.1 in March 2020. 'N.K-Pop' was recorded at... |
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Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly's Christmas Train [ Universal / CD - released 26/Nov/2021 ] Paul Kelly's first Christmas album is an extraordinary 22-song collection that travels across the centuries, from a Latin hymn to well-known carols, from a traditional Irish folk ballad to new Kelly music written for Christmas poems. There are songs... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas [Nos 32, 40, 49, 50] Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 15/Apr/2018 ] "Paul Lewis has finally turned his attention to Haydn. Hurray for that, for it's a superb fit; it's also clear that he has absorbed the experience of working with Alfred Brendel as a young man, and the results are nothing if not personal." Gramophone |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Nos.20, 34, 51 & 52 Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] In 2018, Paul Lewis embarked on an exploration of one of the richest bodies of work of the Classical era: the keyboard sonatas of Haydn. For his second volume, the British pianist tackles some of the most remarkable pieces in this vast oeuvre: the... |
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Paul McLaney
As the North Attracts the Needle [ Allgood Absolute Alternative Records / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] A new collection of songs for acoustic guitar and voice. Flaws are an integral part of being human. |
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Paul McLaney
As the North Attracts the Needle (LP) [ Allgood Absolute Alternative Records / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] A new collection of songs for acoustic guitar and voice. Flaws are an integral part of being human. |
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Paul Rodgers
Midnight Rose [ Sun Records / CD - released 22/Sep/2023 ] Legendary rock and roll vocalist Paul Rodgers is ready to rock with a new album of original music. A celebration of a storied career and a feel-good, hopeful look towards the future, Midnight Rose features Paul's quintessential larger-than-life... |
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Paul Simon
Graceland (LP) [ Sony Music / LP - released 1/Apr/2012 ] |
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Paul Simon
Graceland - The Remixes [ Sony / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Acclaimed as one of the most iconic records in rock and roll history, Paul Simon's GRAMMY-winning 1986 album GRACELAND has received a special 2018 reworking with the like of MK, Richy Ahmed, Paul Oakenfold and Groove Armada all spinning their own... |
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Paul Simon
In The Blue Light [ Sony / CD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] Produced by Paul Simon and Roy Halee, In The Blue Light features a talented cast of musicians who have joined Simon to lend fresh perspectives on 10 of the artist's favorite (though perhaps less-familiar) songs, drawn from his unparalleled body of... |
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BACH / BRAHMS / WALTON / TCHAIKOVSKY / R. STRAUSS / ELGAR / etc
The Very Best of Paul Tortelier [2 CD set] Paul Tortelier (cello) with various accompanists [ EMI Very Best of / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Paul Tortelier had the lean, ascetic look of an El Greco saint, yet possessed the turbulent idealism of Don Quixote, whom he portrayed so memorably in Richard Strauss's tone poem. |
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Paul Walden
The Voice of Aotearoa [ Frenzy / CD - released 21/Jun/2013 ] The Voice of Aotearoa features 25 of Paul Walden's most well-known tracks. |
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COPLAND / BERNSTEIN / CARTER / BARBER / CRUMB
American Works for Cello & Piano Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2015 ] Having explored much of twentieth-century British works for cello and piano, the Watkins brothers now turn their attention to the American contribution to this repertoire. The music spans a fascinating period of some four decades of intensive... |
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Paul Weller
Find El Dorado (Limited 180G Recycled LP) [ PLG / 2 LP - released 25/Jul/2025 ] 'Find El Dorado' is a deeply personal new album of reinterpretations, that sees Weller revisit songs that have long lived in the back of his mind - now reimagined with fresh meaning and a sense of reverence. Less a covers album and more a map of his... |
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Paul Young
From Time To Time: The Singles Collection (Reissue) (LP) [ Sony Music UK / 2 LP - released 21/Nov/2025 ] Certified triple platinum in the UK (and platinum in at least four other countries), Paul Young's first retrospective topped the charts upon release in 1991. It drew from his initial four albums while adding four tracks that had previously not been... |
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Paul Young
Good Thing [ Warner Music / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] |
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Peter Paul and Mary
The Very Best of Peter Paul and Mary [ Rhino Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2005 ] This career-spanning, digitally re-mastered hits collection gathers 25 signature songs, including "Leaving On A Jet Plane," "Blowin' In The Wind," "Puff, The Magic Dragon," and "In the Morning" (as featured in the Vodafone commercial). |
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Phil Dadson, Paul Winstanley, Tom Nunn
961 [ Rattle Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] 961, the moniker for a building situated at 961 Field Rd, Marin Headlands (USA), became the project tag for a weekly collaboration between Tom Nunn (US), Paul Winstanley (US/NZ) and Phil Dadson (NZ). During Phil's three-month artist residency at... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Gloriana (complete opera recorded in June 2013) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Susan Bullock, Toby Spence, Patricia Bardon, Mark Stone, Kate Royal / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "At its moments of greatest drama and pathos this 2013 production is undeniably effective." (MusicWeb) |
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OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Air Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Bateman [ Signum / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] Similarly to his previous album SOLACE, AIR was written during lockdown and draws on themes of nature, environment and the natural world. Davis's previous albums with Signum have reached the top 10 on both iTunes Classical and UK Specialist Classical... |
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Sean Paul
Dutty Rock (Limited Edition LP) [ Rhino / Warner / 2 LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Dutty Rock is the breakthrough second studio album by Sean Paul, released in 2002. With hits like "Get Busy" and "Gimme the Light", it established Sean Paul as a leading figure in dancehall and reggae-infused pop music. The album's energetic... |