Mealor, Paul

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

Voice from Assisi / Friar Alessandro

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-16

Works: Donovan Leitch: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Fratello sole, sorella luna); Steven Baker: Pater Noster (The Lord's Prayer), for voice & orchestra; Paul Mealor: Le Lodi di Dio Altissimo, for voice & orche...
Performers: Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar

The legendary Mike Hedges (U2, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers) discovered Alessandro while in Italy, after years of searching for "the next Italian Tenor". Much...continue...

Tranquillity: Voices of Deep Calm

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-08-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31; Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37; Viktor Kalinnikov: Hymn to the Mother of God; Paul Mealor: De Profundis, for chorus; Anatol Lyadov: Arra...
Performers: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Kornieva, Natalia; Ranne, Alexander; Storms, Tim
Conductors: Korniev, Nikolai

This is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions by Cambridge Singers - Rutter

1 CD / Collegium / 2012-04-24

Works: John Rutter: This is the day which the Lord hath made, anthem for chorus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Franz Schubert: Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; Johannes Brahms: Ge...
Performers: Alden, Ben; Cox, Simon; Davidson, Grace; Hill, Alison; Lucas, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Wall, Simon
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

Music on royal occasions. Includes John Rutter's anthem, written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton...continue...

Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

3 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Giacomo Puccini: Tur...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Einaudi, Ludovico; Freni, Mirella; Gendron, Maurice; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Previn, Andre; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kempe, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Boskovsky, Willi; Khachaturian, Aram; Wordsworth, Barry; Dorati, Antal; Malone, Gareth; Leppard, ...
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

Madrigali: Fire and Roses / Paul Mealor, Con Anima Chamber Choir

1 CD / Divine Art / 2011-10-24

Works: Morten Lauridsen: Madrigali, 6 Fire Songs on Italian Renaissance poems, for chorus; Ov è, Lass, Il Bel Viso?, for chorus (Madrigali no 1); Chanson éloignée, for chorus; Claudio Monteve...
Performers: Christie, Jillian Bain; Philip, Lorna
Conductors: Mealor, Paul
Ensemble: ; Con Anima Chamber Choir

Since its founding in 2001, Aberdeen's Con Anima Chamber Choir has built up an impressive reputation in the northeast of Scotland and further afield. The...continue...

The Shadow Side: Contemporary Song from Scotland / Irene Drummond, soprano; Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-10-11

Works: James MacMillan: Souter Settings (3), for voice & piano; Edward McGuire: The Web, love songs (5), for voice & piano; John McLeod: Poems (3) of Irina Ratushinskaya, for voice & piano; John Maxwell Ged...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Drummond, Irene

For many years Irene Drummond has been the leading exponent of contemporary song in Scotland. With her partner Iain Burnside - peerless in this music...continue...
Recording information: Crear, Argyll, Scotland (11/16/2010-11/18/2010)....continue...

The Last Rose

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-08-02

Works: Patrick Hawes: The Last Rose of Summer, folk song setting for voice, cor anglais & orchestra; Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, folk song setting for voice, violin & orchestra; Skye Boat Song, folk s...
Performers: Andras, Tamas; Kamminga, Helen; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Stephenson, Karen; Wright, Laura
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry

Recording information: Angel Studios, London (2011-04-13_2011-04-15&2011-).

Formerly one-quarter of classical crossover girl group All Angels, 21-year-old Royal College of Music Student Laura W...continue...