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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... |
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) |
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) |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
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. |
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) |
J.S. BACH
Flute Sonatas (Complete) Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Rachel Brown (flute) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month)BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 27: Whit Tuesday BWV184 & 175 / Trinity Sunday BWV194, 176, 165 & 129 Lisa Larsson, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Paul Agnew / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 22/Mar/2008 ] 'What this survey reveals is a deep personal affection for the repertoire and a refreshing, expressive spontaneity often missing from studio recordings but which here captures the moment of live performance.' BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Choral... |
ROLF MARTINSSON
Martinsson: Into Eternity Lisa Larsson (soprano), Malmö Symphony Orchestra / Paul Mägi [ BIS SACD / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] The music on Presentiment, a 2018 release with four orchestral works by Rolf Martinsson, was described by one critic as 'bold and uncompromisingly personal, eschewing avant-garde modernism and engaging us with solidly expert conventional techniques... |
ALBAN BERG
Berg: Lulu (complete opera in English) Lisa Saffer / Susan Parry / Anna Burford / Graham Danby / English National Opera Orchestra / Paul Daniel (conductor) [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] '"Lisa Saffer makes an ideal Lulu, dramatically compelling to watch, and with a voice to equal the sustained high note writing which Berg gives his protagonist… John Graham-Hall's Alwa is splendid. Robert Haywood an excellent Dr Schön…"' Peter... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora (complete oratorio) Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Michael Spyres, John Chest / Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato / 3 CD Box Set - released 18/Nov/2022 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2023 - Choral |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 3 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Bruno Walter and Paul Ulanowsky (accompanists) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] With her impassioned delivery, warm tone, telling word-painting and occasional use of portamento, Lehmann makes her own very personal yet utterly compelling case for Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -Leben and Dichterliebe. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 4 (1941) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Paul Ulanowsky (piano) [ Naxos Great Singers / CD - released 17/Jul/2007 ] Volume 4 of Lotte Lehmann’s Lieder recordings made in America focuses on three composers, Brahms, Wagner and Wolf, all particularly suited to the soprano’s velvet and sensuous tone. |
SCHUBERT / RICHARD STRAUSS
Lieder Recordings, Vol. 5 (recorded 1941-42) Lotte Lehmann (soprano) / Paul Ulanowsky (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Singers / CD - released 19/Sep/2007 ] In Die schöne Müllerin Lehmann's judicious use of portamento and her wonderful feeling for the text make her performance one to treasure. |
GLUCK
Paride ed Elena (Complete Opera) Magdalena Kozena, Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson / Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh [ DG Archiv / 2 CD - released 24/Jul/2005 ] "If anyone can, Kozena can - an impressive restoration of a forgotten opera" (Gramophone) |
WILLIAM WALLACE
Maritana (Complete Opera recorded in 1995) Majella Cullagh / Lunda Lee / Paul Charles Clarke / Rte Philharmonic Choir / Rte Concert Orchestra / Proinnsias O Duinn [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "[the cast] all sing with total dedication and conviction. It isn't at all difficult to understand Maritana's popularity, nor with the ensuing snobbery of the twentieth century, why it fell out of favour." (Gramophone) |
DESPRES / AGRICOLA / DALZA / GHIZEGHE / etc
Two Lutes with Grace - Plectrum Lute Duos of the late 15th century Marc Lewon (lute, gittern), Paul Kieffer (lute), Grace Newcombe (vocals) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "The plectrum lute duo was one of the most popular ensembles for professional instrumentalists in late 15th-century Western Europe. This recording presents for the first time the bulk of a surviving repertoire that can arguably be considered for the... |
LOUIS-FERDINAND HEROLD
Herold: Le Pré Aux Clercs (complete opera) Marie-Ève Munger, Marie Lenormand, Jeanne Crousaud, Michael Spyres / Coro e Orquestra Gulbenkian, Paul McCreesh [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / 2 CD/Book - released 10/Jan/2017 ] "Hérold's effervescent music is performed with tremendous charm by Paul McCreesh and the Gulbenkian Orchestra...Munger [is] in exquisite form, coloratura cascading like champagne...Ensembles fizz and it's a joy to hear " Gramophone |
ÉTIENNE NICHOLAS MEHUL
Méhul: Uthal (complete operetta) Marie-Ève Munger, Marie Lenormand, Jeanne Crousaud, Michael Spyres / Coro e Orquestra Gulbenkian, Paul McCreesh [ Bru Zane Ediciones Singulares / CD/Book - released 20/Apr/2017 ] "Speech and song are seemlessly integrated here, maintaining both dramatic tension and consistency of characterisation throughout. It's hard to imagine a better bicentenary tribute: do listen to it." Gramophone |
Marilyn Crispell, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian
Amaryllis (Luminessence Series) (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 23/Aug/2024 ] Return of the great American jazz trio that delivered the poll-topping "Nothing Ever Was, Anyway" in 1997. Material heard on "Amaryllis" is by turns thoughtful, touching, joyous and viscerally exciting. Some of the songs are well known - almost... |
