McCreesh, Paul

A Venetian Coronation 1595 - Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli / Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players

The fifth release in the Rediscoveries series from Virgin Classics is celebrated 1990 recording A Venetian Coronation 1595 by Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort...continue...

Choral Collection - Anniversary Series / Bach, Bernstein, Handel, Hawes, Tallis, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Bob Chilcott: The lily and the rose, for chorus; Leona...
Performers: Millett, Robert; Morris, Greg [Organ]; Pryce, Sally; Swait, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: ; Short, Nigel; Chilcott, Bob; Vivian, James; Cullen, Joseph; McCreesh, Paul; Dixon, Alistair; Nicholas, Benjamin; Skidmore, Jeffrey; Backhouse, Jeremy; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Al...
Ensemble: ; Ex Cathedra; Ex Cathedra Choir; Gabrieli Consort; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's Singers; Tenebrae; The Sirens (A Capella)

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Allegri: Miserere; Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah & other Renaissance masterpieces

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Orlande de Lassus: Timor et tremor; Jacob Obrecht: Salve regina; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Giovanni Pierlui...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Choir of King s College Cambridge; Gabrieli Consort; The Sixteen

From the heavenly stratospheric of Allegri's Miserere to the Elizabethan splendor of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, this outstanding collection celebrates the vocal magnificence of...continue...

Organs of Famous Cathedrals - works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Wesley et al. / David Goode, Joseph Nolan, Simon Preston, Jeremy Filsell

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C minor, BWV 564; Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata no 3 in A; Robert Schumann: Six Fugues on B-A-C-H, Op. 60; Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Choral Song & Fugue; ...
Performers: Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Goode, David; Hakim, Naji; Mason, Alexander; Matthes, Michael; Nolan, James [Organ]; Nolan, Joseph; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Quinney, Robert; Vivian, James
Conductors: Howarth, Robert; Ng, Kah-Ming; ; Short, Nigel; Thorby, Philip; McCreesh, Paul; Wickham, Edward; Dixon, Alistair; Webber, Geoffrey
Ensemble: ; Chapelle du Roi (Chorus); Charivari Agréable ; Cordaria; Gabrieli Players; Gallicantus; Mille Fleurs; Musica Antiqua; Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Company; Tenebrae (Vocal Ensemble); The Clerk...

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Mendelssohn: Elijah / Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Simon Keenlyside. Paul McCreesh

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Ballard, Lucy; Boden, Samuel; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Davies, Robert [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gaunt, William; Gibbins, Ruth; Gilmour, Susan; Jones, Emily Rowley [Soprano Vocal]; Joshua...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Wrocaw Philharmonic Choir

At the time of its first performances in 1846, Elijah was hailed as one of the great oratorios alongside Handel's Messiah. It tells the story...continue...

A New Venetian Coronation, 1595 / Paul McCreesh, Gabrielli Consort & Players

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-06-02

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Toccata del secondo tono; Intonationi d'organo; Canzon, for 12 parts, C. 193; Deus qui beatum Marcum, motet for 10 voices; Canzon no 16, for 12 parts, C. 209; Intonazione del quint...
Performers: Butler, Richard; Dougan, Eamonn; Gaunt, William; Skidmore, Greg; Waterfield, Jan; Whitehead, William
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players

The Gabrieli Consort and Players return to the program that put them on the musical map when it was originally recorded and released in 1990:...continue...
Recording information: Douai Abbey, Berkshire, England (02/28/2012-03/01/2012).

Includes work(s): bells / intrada tertia / sexta / septima by various composers....continue...

Time Traveller: The Italian Renaissance - Palestrina, Gabrieli, Monteverdi et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Gloria a 16; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus; Dulcis Jesu pat...
Performers: Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bonner, Tessa; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Pott, Charles; Robertson, Nicholas; Thomas, D...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Taverner Players

An exuberant period of rebirth, emerging from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance brought an artistic flowering exemplified in the glories of Italy: painting, sculpture, architecture,...continue...

A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning & Consolation / Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-03-08

Works: Orlando Gibbons: Hymn; William Walton: A Litany; Robert White: Christe, qui lux es et dies; James MacMillan: A Child's Prayer, for treble, chorus & organ; John Sheppard: In manus tuas Domine no 1; Jo...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

Sunday Times
This is a concept album, a sequence of purgative music on the theme of death by a wide range of British composers from the...continue...
Recording information: Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral (11/08/2009-11/10/2009)....continue...

The Renaissance of Italian Music (The National Gallery Collection)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-29

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Beata es a 8; Hodie gloriosa; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Misaa, for 5 to 16 voices; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes pla...
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Cornwell, Joseph; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harre-Jones, Robert; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hurley, David; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, ...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; ; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

The Renaissance Period was a vibrant time when knowledge and fine arts flourished. In this beautiful 2-CD set, EMI Classics presents a collection of works...continue...

Choral Classics: Veneitian Vespers: Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Cavalli, Banchieri, Lassus

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort Choir; Gabrieli Consort Players

A superb collection of music gathering together some of the greatest composers and music from 17th Century Venice - Monteverdi and Cavalli. These composers exploited...continue...

Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts

2 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Murray, Robert [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Ensemble Wroclaw; Gabrieli Players

The first in a new series of releases from the world-renowned conductor Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort. Called Winged Lion (the symbol of Venice...continue...
Recording information: Mary Magdalene Church, Wroclaw (09/13/2010-09/15/2010)....continue...

The Wedding Collection

2 CD / Classic FM Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor's Suite; Jerusalem; Char...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Drury, Elizabeth; Fleming, Renée; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hurford, Peter; Jenkins, Katherin...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul; Hawes, Patrick; Hickox, Richard; Hancock, Gerre; Fancourt, Daisy; Lole, Simon; Vivian, James; Brüggen, Frans; Rose, Barry; Darlington, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Gi...
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort

Morales: Mass / Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-12-07

Works: Francisco Guerrero: Cançión a 6; Cançión "Subiendo amor" a 5; Cançión "Todos aman" a 5; O Doctor optime, motet for 6 voices; Philippe Rogier: Ecce sacerdos magnus, for 5...
Performers: Clarkson, Julian; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Lyons, William; Pott, Charles; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

In 1545 a very sick Cristobal de Morales left Rome where he had contracted malaria, and travelled back to his hometown of Toledo in Spain....continue...
Recording information: 06/1995-10/1995....continue...

Messiah: The Dream Cast [Australia]

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-11-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; Price, Leontyne; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; McCreesh, Paul; Hogwood, Christopher; Pinnock, Trevor; Minkowski, Marc; Walker, Antony; Kaminski, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Mackerras, Charles...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia / Paul McCreesh/Gabrieli Players

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; My beloved spake, Z 28; O sing unto the Lord, anthem for soprano, alto, tenor, 2 basses, chorus, 2 violins, viola & organ, Z
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Jones, Susan Hemington; Podger, Julian; Purves, Christopher
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

In 1692 the 'musical society', a group of musicians and amateur including the publisher John Playford, initiated a specifically British annual celebration to celebrate St...continue...
Recording information: Brinkburn Priory, Weldon, Northumberland, England (07/1994)....continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Handel: Tamerlano / McCreesh/Teatro Real, Domingo, Bacelli, Bohlin [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-04-28

Works: George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Bohlin, Ingela; de Donato, Luigi; Domingo, Placido; Holloway, Jennifer; Mingardo, Sara
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Teatro Real Orchestra

Teatro Real's majestic production of Handel's vivid tragedy, 'Tamerlano', stars a Lear-like Placido Domingo as the Turkish Sultan Bajazet, caught between pride, love and loyalty....continue...
Run Time: 241 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Handel: Tamerlano / McCreesh/Teatro Real, Domingo, Bacelli, Bohlin [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-04-28

Works: George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Bohlin, Ingela; de Donato, Luigi; Domingo, Placido; Holloway, Jennifer; Mingardo, Sara
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Teatro Real Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc that will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1006 Teatro Real's majestic...continue...
Run Time: 241 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Ital...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Handel / Rolando Villazón, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Players

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-03-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano; Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ariodante; La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47
Performers: Bottone, Rebecca; Gadoullet, Jean; Howarth, Robert; Suckling, Christopher; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Internationally acclaimed tenor Rolando Villazon presents an all-new recording of Italian arias by Handel. All admirers of the tenor's voice will be engaged by this...continue...

Spotless Rose

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-02-17

Works: John Tavener: Hymns to the Mother of God; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Igor Stravinsky: Blessed Virgin; Giles Swayne: Magnificat for chorus; Jean Mouton: Nesciens Ma...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul

Recording information: Classic Sound Ltd....continue...

Venetian Vespers / Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, et al

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonationi d'organo; Surrexit Christus; Canzoni et sonate (21); Hic est filius Dei; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Regina coeli; Dulcis Jesu patris imago; Toccata a 4, C237; Symphonia...
Performers: McCreesh, Paul; Roberts, Timothy
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul;
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players

Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players have become famous for their recreations of the great liturgical set pieces of the Venetian 16th and...continue...

Haydn: The Creation / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Persson, Miah; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Chetham's Chamber Choir

"McCreesh has worked wonders with this popular but difficult score, and the Gabrieli Consort and Players produce a performance of considerable electricity... The orchestral and...continue...

Christmas In Rome / McCreesh/Gabrieli Consort & Players [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 588; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Quem vidistis, pastores; Giovanni Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Missa "Hodie Christus natus est"; ...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert; English Concert Choir; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players

An inspiring concert of Renaissance and Baroque masterworks. Among the pieces performed are Palestrina's 'Christmas Mass' and Vivaldi's 'Gloria'. Paul McCreesh conducts the Gabrieli Consort...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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The Road to Paradise

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Thomas Tallis: Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207; Gregorian Chant: Work(s); In paradisum, antiphon; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; William Byrd: Christe qu...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul

Recording information: Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Holborn, England (07/2006)....continue...

Grand Prix - Bach: Magnificat, Easter Oratorio / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gooding, Julia; McCord, Kimberly
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players

BBC Music Magazine
Bach purists might baulk at the use of solo voices for choruses. Here, however, the matchless talents of vocalists and instrumentalists validate this...continue...

Monteverdi: Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Giovanni Paolo Cima: Work(s); Ercole Pasquini: Work(s); Adriano Banchieri: Dialogo secondo for organ
Performers: Dougan, Eamonn; Evans, Robert; Grieg, Don; Smith, Angus
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players

Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort & Players presents a new recording of one of the early masterpieces of the Baroque era, Monteverdi's 'Vespro della...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-06-26

Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Blythe, Stephanie; Boothby, Richard; Bowman, James; Brosse, ...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Paul; Kraemer, Nicholas; S...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of London; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Agostino Steffani; Choir of the Age of Enlightenment; City of London Bar...

EMI's collection 100 Best Baroque includes a generous 460 minutes of some of the most familiar works or movements from works written during the Baroque era. There is a good mix of genres, including wo...continue...

Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Cinq Mars; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesa...
Performers: Delgado-Boge, Claire; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Marcinger, Ludovit; Martineau, Malcolm; Massis, Annick; Parat, Edwige; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Swierczewski, Michel; Goebel, Reinhard; Stryncl, Marek; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ; Musica Florea

A richly-colored voice, a perfect technique and a vivid musical imagination: the recipe for a portrait of an exceptional artist. 'Enchantment' is a personal selection...continue...

Mozart: Mass In C Minor / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Berenice, che fai, H 24a no 10; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65
Performers: Bircher, Katy; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Jackson, Sally [winds]; Robinson, Timothy; Spreckelsen, Katharina; Tilling, Camilla
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players

"McCreesh propels his period-instrument band and incisive choir with feverish energy. There's never a dull moment. Yet he also has the imagination and control to...continue...

The Baroque Christmas Album

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2); Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls (3), H 531; Noëls pour les instruments, H 534; In Nativitatem Domini Ca...
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Giardelli, Mirella; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Standage, Simon; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Pinnock, Trevor; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Experience Christmastide as it was celebrated more than 250 years ago with 18 glorious tracks from Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Trevor Pinnock and...continue...

Gluck: Paride ed Elena / McCreesh, Kozená, Gritton

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-05-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Kozená, Magdalena; Sampson, Carolyn; Webster, Gillian
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort & Players offer a splendid accompaniment. "...more important... was the presence of a conductor of genius, for McCreesh is...continue...

Victoria: Requiem / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-03-14

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa Pro defunctis II, for 6 voices
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

Here Conductor Paul McCreesh and the Gabriel Consort offer an informed, up-to-date, scholarly arrangement of Victoria's famous Requiem Mass or Officium Defunctorum (Office of the...continue...

SACD - The Ultimate Audio Experience - The Classics Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Universal Classics Import / 2004-06-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dance no 9 for orchestra in B major, B. 147/1 (Op. 72/1); Rusalka; Ludwig van Beethoven...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego; Gheorghiu, Angela; Harada, Takashi; Keenlyside, Simon; Menafra, Andrea; Michael, Nadja; Moore, Latonia; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Fischer, Iván; Noseda, Gianandrea; Masur, Kurt; Dantone, Ottavio; Chailly, Riccardo; Summers, Patrick; Goebel, Reinhard; McCreesh, Paul; Gergiev, Valery; Kaplan, Gilbert; Frizza,...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Musica Antiqua Köln ; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Verdi ...

Handel: Saul / McCreesh, Scholl, Padmore, Davies, Gritton

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-04-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Susan Hemington; Lemalu, Jonathan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Phillips, Tom...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Bach: St Matthew Passion / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-04-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gooding, Julia; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kozena, Magdalena; Loges, Stephan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; York, Deborah
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

For his recording of St. Matthew Passion, Paul McCreesh is taking a radical yet convincing approach. Following the path he began with his previous Bach...continue...

Handel: Theodora / McCreesh, Gritton, Bickley, Blaze, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-09-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bickley, Susan; Blaze, Robin; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Smith, Angus
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players

"...For one of the better cast line-ups, for superior interpretation, for greatest textual fullness, and for overall stylistic and musical satisfaction, it is pretty clearly...continue...

Biber: Missa Salisburgensis / Goebel, McCreesh, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-11-09

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Missa Salisburgensis, mass for 2 double choruses in 16 parts, double orchestra & double continuo, C.; Sonata tam Aris à 8, for 2 trumpets, 2 violins, 2 violas & c...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln

The composer of the "Missa Salisburgensis" cannot be named with complete confidence, but it is generally assumed that the work is by Heinrich Ignaz Franz...continue...
Includes medley: ein langer und schöner aufzug (bartholomäu by various composers....continue...

Schütz: Christmas Vespers / Paul McCreesh, et al

1 CD / Polydor Import / 1999-10-12

Works: Anonymous: La piva; Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon; Gregorian Chant: Deus in adiutorium meum intende, introduction to the Compline; Dominus vobiscum, oratorio (Prayer, recitation solo); Heinrich Sch...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Carwood, Andrew [Conductor/Tenor vocals]; Daniels, Charles; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Harre-Jones, Robert; Horn, Robert; Horn, Robert [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul;
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players; Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir; Roskilde Cathedral Choir

The centerpiece of this recording is "Weihnachtshistorie," a retelling of the Christmas story from the Gospels. The spectacular recording features a huge range of instrumental...continue...
"As it might have been celebrated at the Court of Dresden c. 1664." The subtitle of this recording is the key: there's no Schütz work called 'Christmas Vespers,' but by combining research in chur...continue...

Handel: Messiah / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 1997-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Davies, Neal [Bass Baritone]; Fink, Bernarda; Gritton, Susan; Röschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players

"...the text on its own terms is clearly what drives this thoughtful and invigorating new Messiah. That said, McCreesh still feels the need to justify...continue...

Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-10-11

Works: Martin Luther: Christum wir sollen loben schon, processional; Wir glauben all an eine Gott, credo; Michael Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Der Herr ...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bonner, Tessa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Devaere, Hannelore; Engberg-Pederson, Anders; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Greig, Donald; Horn, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Susan Hemington; Le...
Conductors: ; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players; Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir

Personnel: Constanze Backes, Sally Dunkley, Rosemary Tusa, Sarah Pendlebury, Tessa Bonner (soprano); Tom Phillips , Robert Horn , Angus Smith (tenor); Donald Greig (baritone); Raimund Nolte, Stephen C...continue...