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Paul Simon
So Beautiful or So What (Deluxe Limited Edition) [ Hear Music / Concord Music Group / CD/DVD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] This Deluxe Limited Edition of 'So Beautiful or So What' comes as a digipak and includes a DVD featuring a documentary, video clip and a live track too. |
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Paul Simon and Friends
The Library of Congress - Gershwin Prize for Popular Song [ Stomp Visual Entertainment / DVD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] G :- Gershwin Prize for Popular Song performer Paul Simon is honored in this concert staged in Washington, D.C. by the Library of Congress, and featuring and unprecedented group of talented musicians. Shot in Dolby TrueHD with 5.1 Surrouns Sound,... |
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KODALY / DOHNANYI
Kodály & Dohnányi: Chamber Works for Strings Simon Smith (violin), Clare Hayes (violin), Paul Silverthorne (viola) & Katherine Jenkinson (cello) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Following on from his acclaimed Resonus debut of solo works by Bartók and Kurtág (Signs, Games & Messages - RES10167), virtuoso violinist Simon Smith returns to the label with an enticing programme of chamber works for strings by Zoltán Kodály and... |
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Sir Paul McCartney, Various Artists
Party At The Palace - The Queen's Golden Jubilee [ Kultur / Opus Arte / DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] |
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EDWARD GREGSON
Gregson: Instrumental Music Soloists from the BBC Philharmonic and Hallé Orchestras, Paul Janes [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Edward Gregson's career has followed two parallel paths, one to the top tier of music education and the other towards the international reputation he now enjoys as a composer. This representative selection is Gregson's own and spans more than half a... |
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CHRISTMAS
Carols With St Paul's Cathedral Choir St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Carwood, with Simon Johnson (organ) [ Decca / CD - released 1/Dec/2015 ] St. Paul's Cathedral Choir presents a survey of festive works: old favourites and mingle in a fine Christmas album perfect for the Festive Season. Featuring cherished carols from Classic FM's annual "Nation's Favourite Carols" poll. |
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RACHMANINOV / PROKOFIEV
Cello sonatas Julian Steckel (cello) & Paul Rivinius (piano) [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] Julian Steckel won first prize at the international ARD competition in 2010 where he also won the audience prize |
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MICHAEL WILLIAMS / ALAN RIACH
The Prodigal Child - A Chamber Opera Stephanie Acraman / Joanne Cole-Rosser / Paul Whelan / Ogen Plus [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] Michael Williams' chamber opera in three scenes to a libretto by Alan Riach explores three souls in crisis - the setting is New Zealand but the story is universal. |
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TARIK O'REGAN
Acallam na Senorach (Tales of the Elders) Stewart French (guitar) / National Chamber Choir of Ireland, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] "Led by Paul Hillier, the National Chamber Choir of Ireland negotiates dissonance and harmony with drama and nobility, never endangering the piece through pomposity - a delicate balance aided by the sparseness of the guitar." (The Independent) |
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Suggs And Paul Weller
Ooh Do U Fink U R (7") [ BMG / ADA / 7in - released 17/Jun/2022 ] 'Ooh do U Fink U R' is A gloriously sunny, optimistic, and defiant Motown and '60's R&B influenced stomper drawing on Suggs and Weller's upbringing in Britain's 1970's comprehensive school system in London and Woking respectively. Having known... |
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BRITTEN
Choral Edition Vol. 2 - Missa Brevis / Ceremony of Carols / Festival Te Deum Susan Drake (harp) / Andrew Lumsden (organ) / The Finzi Singers / Paul Spicer [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem 1962 Susan Gritton, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman / Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh [ Signum / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Choral WINNER |
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ANTONIO LOTTI
Lotti: Crucifixus The Syred Consort & Orchestra of St Paul's, Ben Palmer [ Delphian / CD - released 10/Sep/2016 ] Despite a hugely prolific output spanning a career of more than 50 years, Antonio Lotti is now known almost exclusively for his eight-part setting of the 'Crucifixus'. It is not widely known that that motet is in fact part of a complete Credo... |
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EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Rautavaara: Marjatta [The Lovely Maiden] - Works For Children's Choir Tapiola Choir, Tapiola Youth Symphony, Paul Hyokki [ Ondine / CD - released 21/Nov/2011 ] "All delightfully fresh performances in a satisfying programme." BBC Music |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto / Cello Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "Spellbinding performances of three concertos of languid beauty." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2011) |
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HANDEL
Tamerlano (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Teatro Real Madrid / Placido Domingo / Monica Bacelli / Ingela Bohlin / Sara Mingardo / Paul McCreesh (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2009 ] G - "The opera is one of Handel's greatest, reaching a powerful climax in Bajazet's suicide scene. Here Domingo, even with his now diminished vocal resources, puts some of his Baroque specialist colleagues to shame with the psychological penetration... |
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 1/Dec/2023 ] Long a Christmas favourite, this new Viennese production, sung in German, boldly re-examines the story finding its key elements to be fantasy, empathy and the enduring power of love. |
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (complete opera, sung in German, recorded in 2022) BLU-RAY Tempu Ishijima (boy soprano), Dshamilja Kaiser, Paul Schweinester / Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Magnus Loddgard [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Dec/2023 ] "The cast under Magnus Loddgard's baton is good. Boy soprano Tempu Ishijima is outstanding in the title role, incredibly touching but not mawkish, and as his mother, Dshamilja Kaiser has a strong mezzo." Opera Now |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles / Les Arts Florissants Teresa Wakins, Virginia Warnken, Jesse Blumberg / Boston Early Music Festival Vocal & Chamber Ensembles, Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs [ CPO / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] 62ndGrammy Awards (2019) Nominee - Best Opera Recording International Classical Music Awards 2019 Nominee - Baroque Vocal |
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JOHANN JOHANNSSON
Jóhannsson: Drone Mass Theatre of Voices, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Paul Hillier [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] 'Perhaps it's the way Drone Mass confounds expectations in unpredictable ways that will remain its most important legacy.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022 |