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SCHUBERT / NICOLAI / SIBELIUS / BORODIN / BERLIOZ / SOUSA / etc
Concertgebouw Lollipops [2 CD set] Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Antal Dorati, etc [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "Haitink's sane if not intoxicating choices provide firm ballast." BBC Music |
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PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Tone Poems Concertgebouw Orchestra, Paul van Kempen [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] Between January and December 1951 Dutch conductor Paul van Kempen recorded a series of major Tchaikovsky works with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The performances are at once fiery and incandescent - a kind of meaningful sound and fury - and have long... |
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W.A. MOZART
Concerto in A for Basset Clarinet plus vocal items Craig Hill (basset clarinet) Cyndia Sieden (soprano) / Australian Brandenburg Orchestra [period instruments] / Paul Dyer [ ABC Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] |
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Marilyn Crispell / Gary Peacock / Paul Motion / Annette Peacock
Nothing Ever Was Anyway [ ECM / 2 CD - released 19/Dec/2008 ] It's astonishing to think that the music of Annette Peacock, given its rare and just dues on this essential 1997 release, has not been buried under more attention. Then again, when listening to it in the hands of pianist Marilyn Crispell (in her ECM... |
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ELGAR / WALTON / BRITTEN / DELIUS / KNUSSEN / TIPPETT / RODNEY-BENNETT
Best of British from the 2007 BBC Proms [2 CD set] Daniel Hope (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) Christian Poltéra, Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Jiríi Belohlávek [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] This special priced two-CD set features selected highlights from the 2007 BBC Proms season, compiled to a survey of the best of British music of the last 100 years. The Album captures the world premiere performance of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's... |
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BENT SORENSEN
Bent Sørensen: Snowbells - Works for choir Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Paul Hillier [ Dacapo / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Bent Sørensen's atmospheric vocal work Sneklokker (Snowbells) from 2010 arose as the audio accompaniment for the unique art installation 'The White Forest', in which an area in a summer-green forest was partly transformed into a snow-white winter... |
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Dave Brubeck Quartet feat. Paul Desmond
In Your Own Sweet Way [ Avid / CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] One of the key jazz groups of the time are here featured with previously unreleased material recorded around the summer and autumn of 1958. Led by the legendary pianist Dave Brubeck these studio transcriptions feature Brubeck's long time sax player... |
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Dave Brubeck Quartet Featuring Paul Desmond
On The Radio: Live 1956-57 [ Acrobat / CD - released 14/Aug/2008 ] |
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet With Paul Desmond
At Newport 1956 & 1959 [ Phoenix / CD - released 18/Jul/2011 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel's Unsung Heroes Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice, Lucy Crowe (vocals) / Paul Sharp (trumpet) Roger Montgomery (horn) Joe Walters (horn) / La Nuova Musica, David Bates [ Pentatone / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "This project is a heroic achievement for all involved." Recording of the Month BBC Music Magazine Christmas 2021 |
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David Lanz & Paul Speer
Natural States [ CD ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No 6 / Violin Concerto (Rec 1955/60) David Oistrakh (violin) / Stockholm Festival Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Kletzki [ Medici Masters / CD - released 18/Nov/2007 ] "Another fine entrant in this increasingly useful series, this Tchaikovsky release is a testament to Kletzki's under-sung symphonic eloquence and adds the absorbing Oistrakh performance." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
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David Paul Jones
Something There [ Linn / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] |
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Denis Mpunga & Paul K.
Criola (EP) [ MUMM19 / 12in - released 2/Apr/2017 ] The work of the Belgian / Congolese duo Denis Mpunga and Paul K. is the subject of Music From Memory's latest compilation EP. Criola combines elements of traditional African music with experimental electronics, the pair recorded and released only a... |
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Denis Mpunga & Paul K.
Criola Remixed (EP) [ Music From Memory / 12in - released 5/Jul/2017 ] As well as the tracks featured on the Criola compilation of works by Denis Mpunga and Paul K., Music From Memory received from them some great short sketches. Lasting mostly less than a minute and some even just a few seconds there were some great... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos 1, 21 & 25 Derek Han (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Freeman [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2008 ] |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos 20, 21 'Elvira Madigan', 23 & 24 Derek Han (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra under Paul Freeman [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] In addition to Brilliant's best-selling 170 CD box with the complete works by Mozart they celebrate with this double CD of four major piano concertos. |
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W.A. MOZART
The Great Piano Concertos Vol. 2 (Incls KV271 Jeunehomme KV449 KV456 KV537 Coronation Concerto) Derek Han (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra under Paul Freeman [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 13/Mar/2006 ] Of course we can not ignore Mozart’s anniversary. So in addition to Brilliant's best-selling 170 CD box with the complete works by this composer they celebrate his 250th birthday with a special series. This consists of 14 3CD-sets with selected... |
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FRANZ von SUPPE / DANIEL AUBER / HECTOR BERLIOZ / etc
Suppe / Auber: Overtures:(1959- - 1962 recordings) Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray [ Alto / Mercury Living Presence / CD - released 15/May/2018 ] Mastered fromMercury Living Presence LPs. 'Mercury is all about the placement of the microphones. Paul Paray, the conductor who made the Detroit Symphony one of the finest 'French' orchestras on the planet' (Gramophone) . |
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MENDELSSOHN / SCHMITT / SIBELIUS / CHABRIER / BEETHOVEN / SUPPÉ / etc
Paul Paray - The Mercury Masters: Volume 2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray, with Monique Haas (piano) [ Mercury Living Presence Eloquence / 22 CD Box Set - released 17/Jun/2022 ] This edition of their recordings, remastered from the original sources by Thomas Fine and Wilma Cozart Fine, chronicles the last five years of this partnership (1958-62). This original jackets collection is presented chronologically. |