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Paul Weller with Jules Buckley & the BBC Symphony Orchestra
An Orchestrated Songbook (Deluxe Edition) [ Polydor / CD - released 17/Dec/2021 ] On May 15, 2021, Paul Weller performed a thrilling concert with the hugely talented BBC Symphony Orchestra and award-winning arranger Jules Buckley. This one-of-a-kind performance was a first for Paul, performing with a full orchestra, and saw a... |
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Paul Weller with Jules Buckley & the BBC Symphony Orchestra
An Orchestrated Songbook (Double Gatefold LP) [ Polydor LP / 2 LP - released 17/Dec/2021 ] On May 15, 2021, Paul Weller performed a thrilling concert with the hugely talented BBC Symphony Orchestra and award-winning arranger Jules Buckley. This one-of-a-kind performance was a first for Paul, performing with a full orchestra, and saw a... |
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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
No Parlez (Reissue) (LP) [ Sony Music UK / LP - released 21/Nov/2025 ] With looks, style and soulful pipes, Paul Young was a force to be reckoned with, and it was little surprise that the former Q-Tips frontman became a teen idol upon the release of this, his debut album in 1983. The first of three consecutive... |
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Various Artists (Compiled by Paul Weller)
Paul Weller Presents That Sweet, Sweet Music [ Ace Records / CD - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Soul music has always been in Paul Weller's blood from early Jam covers of Martha & the Vandellas 1963 classic 'Heatwave'. Along with other forms of music, soul found its way into Paul's record collection, nourishing his ears and informing his own... |
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Various Artists (Compiled by Paul Weller)
Paul Weller Presents That Sweet, Sweet Music (Double LP) [ Ace Records / 2 LP - released 28/Mar/2025 ] Soul music has always been in Paul Weller's blood from early Jam covers of Martha & the Vandellas 1963 classic 'Heatwave'. Along with other forms of music, soul found its way into Paul's record collection, nourishing his ears and informing his own... |
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LULLY
Thesee (complete opera) Aaron Engebreth, Aaron Sheehan, Amanda Forsythe, Teresa Warkim, Yulia Van Doren / Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus / Paul O'Dette [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2008 - Baroque Vocal - "Still often underrated, Lully is an operatic giant, and this fine recording makes eloquent proof" Gramophone Magazine |
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CHARPENTIER
La couronne de fleurs / La descente d'Orphée aux enfers Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, Amanda Forsythe, Douglas Williams, Jesse Blumberg, Dorothee Mields / Boston Early Music, Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] "Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee Mields a compelling Amaranthe and Proserpine." Gramophone |
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GRAHAM LYNCH
Seria Ludo - Piano music by Graham Lynch Albert Kim & Paul Sánchez (piano) [ Divine Art Records / CD - released 8/Oct/2021 ] English composer Graham Lynch (b. 1957) is a master of his craft, a composer whose writing is exceptionally detailed, with specific articulations and layerings; not designed for show, but for better expressing the subject matter of his works, many of... |
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BLOW
Venus and Adonis (complete opera) Amanda Forsythe / Tyler Duncan / Mireille Lebel / Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles / Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs [ CPO Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] Again in cooperation with the Boston Early Music Festival, we are now releasing yet another baroque opera, this time a work by John Blow regarded as the first »real« English opera. |
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HENRY COTTER NIXON
Henry Cotter Nixon: Complete Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 Ana Török (violin) / Kodaly Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] The English composer-conductor Henry Cotter Nixon (1842-1907) has entirely disappeared from music history. But this new series - presenting all his surviving orchestral music in its first-ever recordings - reveals Nixon to have been one of the most... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Andre Previn: The Warner Edition André Previn (conductor & piano), with Itzhak Perlman (violin) Paul Tortelier (cello) Radu Lupu, Christina Ortiz (pianos) Angel Romero (guitar) etc [ Warner Classics / 96 CD Box Set - released 23/Apr/2021 ] Conductor, pianist, composer and media personality, André Previn excelled in a diversity of musical genres and idioms. A child prodigy in his native Berlin, he moved to the USA in 1939 and made his early career in Hollywood. |
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RODNEY NEWTON
Newton: Orchestral Music Vol.1 Andrea Sestakova (violin) David Llavata (trumpet) / Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Mann [ Toccata / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] The English musician Rodney Newton (b.1945) earned his living as an orchestral timpanist and percussionist, becoming known primarily for his works for brass bands. Until now his substantial output for orchestra has remained completely unknown. This... |
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HANDEL
Saul (Complete oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton, Nancy Argenta, Mark Padmore / Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ DG Archiv / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "This superbly recorded new version of Saul is the first to offer a serious challenge to John Elliot Gardiner's 1989 performance. With equally incisive, disciplined choral singing, the result is comparably over whelming. What finally trips me towards... |
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HANDEL
Solomon (Complete Oratorio) Andreas Scholl, Susan Bickley, Susan Gritton / Gabrieli Consort / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / 3 CD - released 8/Aug/2001 ] for the first time in the full, original version |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: La princesse de Trébizonde (complete operetta) Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez, Antoinette Dennefeld, Josh Lovell / Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Rara Chorus, Paul Daniel [ Opera Rara / 2 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] "... the whole thing has an immediacy that Daniel suggests is an attempt to recreate the acoustic of the Bouffes-Parisiens." Gramophone Recording of the Month November 2023 |
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VIVALDI / HUMMEL / HOFFMANN / CAROSO / GALILEI
Lute and Mandolin Concerti Anton Stringl (lute), Paul Grund, Artur Rumersch, Edith Bauer-Slatz (mandolins) / Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra, Jorg Faerber (conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Lute and Mandolin concerti by Vivaldi and others |
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HAYDN / MOZART / BOCCHERINI / DVORAK / BEETHOVEN / KELEMEN / etc
Antonio Janigro: the rare Cello Recordings Antonio Janigro (cello), with Gunhild Stappenbec, Paul Badura-Skoda (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Zagreb Soloists, etc [ Profil Hanssler / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Janigro was one of those all-round musicians who excel in anything they turn their hands to. This welcome release showcases his artistry to the full, and it receives my wholehearted recommendation." MusicWeb |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Tempest Nils Brown (tenor), Paul Grindlay (bass-baritone), Meredith Hall (soprano), Gillian Keith (soprano), Norman Engel (trumpet) Aradia Baroque Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Aug/2000 ] "The recording acoustic is more church than theatre, but lively enough. Recommended." Gramophone |
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Zimmermann / Dallapiccola / Dutilleux / Ginastera / Szymanowski / Kabalevsky / etc
Modern Times Edition Aranitza Ezenarro, Paul Armin Edelmann, Florian Barak, Beate Anton, Christiane Palmen, Jaques Mayencourt, Nikolaus Boewer, Cong Gu, Joachim Stever [ Capriccio / 11 CD/DVD Box Set - released 28/Feb/2020 ] 10CD + DVD. When Capriccio began its association with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz in 2014, it seemed unlikely that we would be able to present a 10-disc collection after only six productive years. The intention of this edition was... |