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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet & String Trios Leopold String Trio with Paul Lewis (piano) Graham Mitchell (double bass) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 'one of the finest modern Trouts available. As with their Mozart, their Schubert benefits from scrupulous attention to detail, a keen sense of the music's drama and a deeply rewarding expressive response to this imperishable masterpiece … exquisitely... |
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CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Madrigali, Books 3 & 4 Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Early Music |
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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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CARLO GESUALDO
Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsaria, Feria Quinta Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] With their bold harmonies, their counterpoint of unequalled refinement and their raw emotion, the Tenebrae Responsories are the sacred counterpart to Gesualdo's last two books of madrigals, published the same year (1611). Paul Agnew and Les Arts... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Volume 2: Mantova - Excerpts from Books IV, V and VI Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Les Arts Florissants Editions / CD - released 2/Feb/2015 ] "Agnew's selection is impeccably judged...if you don't know a single volume this should be enough to persuade you that you ought to have done, long ago." (Gramophone Disc of the Month Jan 2015) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Volume 1 - 3: Cremona / Mantova / Venezia Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Les Arts Florissants Editions / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2017 ] "If a keen sense of the interpretative moment is the hallmark of ensemble performance at its best, then this new Monteverdi instalment from Les Arts Florissants deserves to be held up as such" Gramophone Award WINNER 2016 - Baroque Vocal on Cremona |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigali Volume 3: Venezia Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi Les Arts Florissants Editions / CD - released 15/Jun/2017 ] "The vivid atmosphere of Agnew's performance is palpable and, as so often in these discs, his text-driven subtlety wins over." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Baroque Vocal |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2015) DVD + Blu-ray Theatre de Caen / Cyril Auvity, Hannah Morrison, Paul Agnew / Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew [ Harmonia Mundi DVD + Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Cyril Auvity's tremulous and emphatic singing of the title-role has unstinting dramatic commitment: the shadowy silhouettes of the obbligato instrumentalists in 'Possente spirto' appear as if the underworld is conjured to do Orfeo's bidding)." |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: A Life in Music (Vol. 1). Early Cantatas. Arnstadt & Mühlhausen (1703-1708) Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, Feat. Benjamin Alard [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] "These are beautiful, text-centred performances, and while I find several movements too fast for my taste, they are always engaging. There are some extraordinarily good solos throughout, and I keenly anticipate the next volume." Gramophone |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Great Venetian Mass Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew, Sophie Karthäuser, Lucile Richardot [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] A puzzling paradox: although Vivaldi devoted over 30 years to composing for the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, no complete musical setting of any liturgy by him has come down to us. By intercalating existing examples of his sacred music (such as the... |
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Les frivolités parisiennes; Dylan Corlay; Sarah Laulan; Marion Tassou; Julie Mossay; Mathieu Dubroca; Denis Mignien; Paul-Alexandre Dubois
Marcel Lattès: Le Diable à Paris [ B Records / 2 CD - released 25/Jun/2021 ] Human wickedness has exceeded that of the Devil himself! It is this dark observation which is at the root of all the spice and comedy in the operetta Le Diable à Paris (The Devil in Paris). Premiering in 1927, it was unearthed by Les Frivolités... |
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Les Paul
Les Paul Now [ Vocalion / CD - released 9/Aug/2004 ] |
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Les Paul feat. Mary Ford
Blowing The Smoke Away From A Trail Of Hits [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] This compilation ably reveals the talents of Les Paul at the peak of his 'Pop' chart successes in the 1950s. The Country roots remain much in evidence, not least because Mary Ford was also from that background... |
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
Their Great Evergreens [ Fab Four / 4 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/2010 ] 80 original hits and rarities 1950 - 1956. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Les Vents Français: Beethoven Les Vents Français [Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Francois Leleux (oboe), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), etc] [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] This extra helping of Beethoven's music for winds comes on the heels of Les Vents Français's recent triple-CD release WINDS & PIANO, praised by The Telegraph for "stylistically sure and interpretatively ear-catching" performances, including one of... |
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POULENC / FARRENC / ROUSSEL / CAPLET / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / etc
Les Vents Français: Winds & Piano Les Vents Français [Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Francois Leleux (oboe), Gilbert Audin (bassoon), Radovan Vlatkovic (horn), etc] [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "The engineers have provided crystal clear sound that superbly captures that often difficult balance between winds and piano. For admirers of chamber music this release makes indispensable listening." (MusicWeb Feb 2015) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Harold In Italy Leslie Howard (piano) with Paul Coletti (viola) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 23 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard joue tout cela avec beaucoup de raffinement et un vrai sens du châtoiement sonore. De belles découvertes' (Répertoire, France) |
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MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
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BRAHMS
String Sextets 1 & 2 The Lindsays, with Louise Williams (viola) and Paul Watkins (cello) [ Alto / CD - released 3/Sep/2015 ] both sextets have a compelling sense of direction - in the Second's magnificent first movement, we can feel what a giant young Brahms had become. |
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HANDEL
Twenty Sonatas 'Opus 1' Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Rachel Beckett (recorder) Paul Goodmwin (oboe) Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Oct/2014 ] "This set gives authoritative readings, impeccable in style, dependable in text" (Gramophone) |