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MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
Undance UNDANCE Band, Rambert Orchestra, Tim Murray, Paul Hoskins [ NMC / CD - released 5/Sep/2014 ] UNDANCE (2011) is a project created for Sadler's Wells by Turnage with choreographer Wayne McGregor and artist Mark Wallinger, inspired by the work of photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge. Its edgy syncopation frames various tunes and motifs that... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos / Piano Quintet Martin Helmchen (piano) / Paul Beniston (trumpet) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Helmchen proves a deft interpreter of both, aided by Jurowski at his most engaging; and the outstanding performance of the weightier Piano Quintet (1940), studio-recorded with members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, makes this a rare means of... |
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Paul McCartney
Get Back [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 24/Aug/2011 ] G :- Region 4 - Colour / Black & White - 85 Minutes - PAL Special Features :- -Press Kit: including interviews, favourite moments, promos and bloopers from director Richard Lester, Paul McCartney and band. -Theatrical... |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
DonizettI: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1982) Metropolitan Opera / Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira & Paul Plishka / Richard Bonynge (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] With an exhilarating performance of her signature role, Dame Joan Sutherland captivates the audience in this elaborate production of Donizetti's bel canto masterpiece, taped during its celebrated 1982 run at the Metropolitan Opera |
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PERRY
William Perry: Music for Great Films of the Silent Era Michael Chertock (piano), Helen Kearns (soprano) / RTÉ National Symphony, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] |
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VERDI / MONTEVERDI / MOZART / BOESMANS
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Vol.2 - La Traviata / L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Julie (complete operas) Mireille Delunsch / Anne Sofie von Otter / Matthew Polenzani / Marc Minkowski / Zeljko Lucic / Jean-Paul Fouchecourt / and more [ Bel Air Classiques / 4 DVD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2011 ] Four operas filmed in the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 2000 to 2006 in a limited edition box sets: internationnaly acclaimed productions of L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Klaus Michael Grüber, Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Deschamps & Makeïeff or... |
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ELLINGTON / EMERSON / GERSHWIN / SEDAKA
Manhattan Intermezzo Jeffrey Biegel (piano) / Brown University Orchestra, Paul Phillips [ Naxos / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] This programme brings together four works for piano and orchestra by composers best known from the fields of jazz, popular song and progressive rock |
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HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: King Arthur (Highlights) Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Paul Elliott / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Warner Classic Apex / CD - released 14/Jun/2004 ] "Solo singing for the most part is excellent, with Stephen Varcoe outstanding among the men." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem Montserrat Caballé, Bianca Berini, Placido Domingo, Paul Plishka / Musica Sacra Chorus & New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] Never before reissued on commercial CD: a live 1980 performance of the Verdi Requiem with Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic and soloists including Plácido Domingo and Montserrat Caballé, who "surpasses even her studio recording. |
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Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Bill Frisell
Time And Time Again [ ECM / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
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Gerry Mulligan / Paul Desmond & The Dave Brubeck Trio
The Complete 1972 Berlin Concert [ Jazz Row / 2 CD - released 26/Oct/2009 ] |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / TCHAIKOVSKY / VERDI / WAGNER / etc
Paul van Kempen - the Complete Philips Recordings Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic], Paul van Kempen [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 10 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "Beethoven is represented by an Eroica that is truly among the greatest of the period - of any period, I'd say...testimony to a genuinely great conductor who up until now has rarely been acknowledged as such." Gramophone reissue of the Month June '20 |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (Blu-ray) Emma Pearson, Amitai Pati, Sarah Castle, Paul Whelan / New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, NZ Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone |
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HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler; Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Franz-Paul Decker, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] A programme of Hindemith with our beloved NZSO |
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MAX REGER
Reger: Mozart and Hiller Variations New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Franz-Paul Decker (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] A programme of Reger variations with our beloved NZSO |
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Noel Edison, choirmaster / Paul Halley, organ / St. John's Choir, Elora
Faire is the Heaven: Hymns and Anthems [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Given the beautiful singing and the crystal-clear Naxos recording, this is an immensely rewarding disc." -- Marc Rochester, Gramophone, September 2004 |
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Oakenfield, Paul
We Are Perfecto Vol.2 [ 405 Recordings / 2 CD - released 31/Aug/2012 ] |
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STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring / The Nightingale Olga Trifonova (soprano) / Robert Tear (tenor) / Paul Whelan (bass-baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Robert Craft [ Naxos Stravinsky Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 9/Nov/2005 ] “Composing The Rite, I had only my ear to help me. I heard and I wrote what I heard.” — Igor Stravinsky |
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HOWARD SHORE
Howard Shore - Anthology - The Paris Concerts Olivier Doise (oboe) Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano) Raphaëlle Moreau (violin) Lydia Kavina (theremin) / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 18/Apr/2025 ] Recorded live over one very special weekend in 2023, Howard Shore: Anthology - The Paris Concerts presents highlights from key scores by the multi-award-winning Canadian composer. |
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FERNANDO LOPES-GRACA
Lopes-Graca: Canções portuguesas Coro Casa da Música, Paul Hillier [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] Fernando Lopes-Graça's importance to 20th-century Portuguese music cannot be overestimated. His study of native songs and traditions has been compared to that of Bartók, and the soulful melodies of the Três canções corais are an early example of his... |