Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]

Bach: The Complete Flute Sonatas / Lisa Beznosiuk, Paul Nicholson, Richard Tunnicliffe

2 CD / Hyperion / 2011-06-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for flute & continuo in E minor, BWV 1034; Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1032; Partita for Flute solo in A minor, BWV 1013; Sonata for 2 flutes & cont...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Brown, Rachel; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Tunnicliffe, Richard

"Nicholson, Tunnicliffe, and Kenny engage with Beznosiuk and her musical ideas, creating excellent chamber music" -American Record Guide

"The playing of the accompanying ensemble shares the...continue...
Recording information: Walcot Hall, Shropshire (2000-09-12_2000-09-14&2001-)....continue...

Bach: Music for Oboe

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Sonata for oboe & keyboard in G minor, BWV 1030R; Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E flat major, BWV 1031; Carl Philipp Emanuel B...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]

50 Best Baroque

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Solomon; Messiah; Water Music; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Henry Purcell: Abdelazar, or The Moor'...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bussi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; d'Auvergne, Orchestre; Danby...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Auriacombe, Louis; Christophers, Harry; Sav...
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Circa 1500; Europa Galante; Fretwork; Il Seminario Musicale; Melante Amsterdam; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Essential Renaissance

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem in alium; John Sheppard: Verbum caro factum est; Giovanni G...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Becu, Wim; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Jones, Della; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; O'Dette, Paul; Rose, Barry; Smith, Hopkinson; Wilson, Alan
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hillier, Paul; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Munrow, David; Hilliard, Paul; ; Savall, Jordi; Blanchard, Rog...
Ensemble: ; Consort of Musicke; Early Music Consort of London; Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zür...

Golden Age of English Polyphony / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

10 CD / Hyperion / 2009-11-10

Works: Robert Fayrfax: Aeternae Laudis Lilium for 5 voices; Missa Albanus for 5 voices; Gregorian Chant: Archangeli Michaelis interventione, for chorus; John Taverner: Kyrie "Leroy"; Missa "O Michael", for ...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Royall, Christopher
Conductors: Christophers, Harry

When The Sixteen embarked upon their recording career back in 1982, few would have been able to predict quite how successful they would become, or...continue...

18th Century Keyboard Concertos / Paul Nicholson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-07-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Air and Variations for Harpsichord; Organ Concerto Movement in D minor (Adagio); Thomas Roseingrave: Concerto for organ & orchestra in D major; Thomas Chilcot: Keyboard Conce...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Nicholson, Paul
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

This recording is, in effect, a miniature history of the English keyboard concerto from its origins to the 1770s. Indeed the first item, the orchestral...continue...

English Music for Viols - Purcell, Lawes, Locke, Jenkins / Fretwork

5 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: John Jenkins: Fantasia a 5 no 16 in D major; Fantasia a 6 no 8 in A minor; Fantasia Suite for 2 trebles, bass & organ no 4 in C major; Suite for 4 parts no 6 in F major, MB26; Fantasia á 5 no 7 ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Campbell, Richard; Hunt, William; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; North, Nigel [Lute]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fretwork

Virgin Classics furthers its building of complete artist programs in super-budget boxed sets with the release of Fretwork's all-English program of music for viols. The...continue...

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Thomas Linley the younger / Nicholson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-09-12

Works: Thomas Linley: Music for The Tempest; Overture to The Duenna; In yonder grove, cantata; Ye nymphs of Albion's beauty-blooming isle, cantata; Daughter of heav'n, fair art thou!, cantata
Performers: Gooding, Julia; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Nicholson, Paul
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments; Parley of Instruments Choir

"An outstanding disc in a trail-blazing series: highly recommended." -BBC Music Magazine...continue...

Sixteen Edition - Bach: Cantatas 34, 50, 147 / Christophers

1 CD / Coro / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 50, "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft" (incomplete), BWV 50; Vater unser im Himmelreich (III), chorale prelude for organ (Clavier-Übung no 145), BWV 683 (BC K15; ...
Performers: Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry

"Deeply committed and technically brilliant." -Gramophone...continue...
Recording information: St Jude's on the Hill, Hampstead (1990)....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...

The Da Vinci Collection

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices; Ce moys de may, rondeau for 3 voices; Johannes Ockeghem: Ma bouche rit, chanson for 3 voices; Missa prolationum, for 4 voices; Josquin Despre...
Performers: Balloy, Philippe; Beavan, David; Becu, Wim; Bona, Jacques; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Brookes, Oliver; Chance, Michael; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dani...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London; Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich; The Hilliard Ensemble

Albinoni: Sonate da Chiesa, etc / Locatelli Trio

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-05-09

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Sonata per camera, for violin, cello & continuo no 1 in C major (Trattenimenti no 1), Op. 6/1, (T.; Sonata da chiesa, for violin, cello & continuo no 4 in G minor, Op. 4/4 (T. So 29)...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallfisch, Elizabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Locatelli Trio

'These discs will be a revelation to those who honor Corelli... here is his compositional successor. Superb notes by Michael Talbot complement this sumptuous set...continue...

Handel: Israel in Egypt / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & the Nightingale" (no 13), HWV 295
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Evans, Robert; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; MacKenzie, Neil; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen; The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

It's not surprising that 'Isreal in Egypt' is much-performed. Hailstones and lightning, buzzing flies and leaping frogs, are all brilliantly evoked for choir and orchestra...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Handel: Alexander's Feast

2 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/1, HWV 289
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Alexander's Feast, an ode to St Cecilia by the longdead John Dryden, was set by Handel in 1736 and revised many times....continue...

Arne: Six Favourite Concertos / Nicholson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Thomas Arne: Keyboard Concerto no 1 in C major; Keyboard Concerto no 2 in G major; Keyboard Concerto no 3 in A major; Keyboard Concerto no 4 in B flat major; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in G minor; Keyboa...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]

'A fascinating issue' (CD Review)

'Should afford plenty of enjoyment. Recommended' (Gramophone)

'Buy it!' (Gramophone)

'Delightful music in delightful performances with outstandin...continue...

Handel: Organ Concertos / Goodman, Nicholson, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/1, HWV 289; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/3, HWV 291; Concertos (6) for Organ, Op. 4; Organ...
Performers: Goodman, Roy; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort

'The great coup of this new recording ... is to have secured the instrument on which the composer played. Nicholson's playing is unfailingly stylish' (The...continue...

Muffat: Armonico Tributo / Goodman, Parley of Instruments

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: Georg Muffat: Chaconne
Performers: Crawford, Timothy; Holman, Peter; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'The best English baroque chamber music record I have ever heard' (Hi Fi News)

'I have always found the music indescribably beautiful' (Fanfare, USA)

'Can one find...continue...

Pachelbel's Greatest Hit - The Ultimate Canon

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-09-23

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Canon in D major, arranged for keyboard; Cleo Laine: How, Where, When? (after Pachelbel's Canon in D); Curtis Williams /...
Performers: Canadian Brass; Carroll, Clive; Concord String Quartet; Galway, James [Flute]; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Glaser, Jamie; Guildhall String Ensemble; Hampton String Quartet, The; Ikeda, Tatsuya; Irw...
Conductors: Paillard, Jean-François; Georgiadis, John; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Paillard Chamber Orchestra

Personnel: Cleo Laine, Yurihito Watanabe, Naoko Hishikawa, Reiko Iio, Eriko Mura (vocals); Clive Carroll, Angel Romero (guitar); Kouichiro Tashiro (bouzouki, kantele); Mabo Suzuki (koto); Mary Sokol,...continue...

Handel: Harpsichord Suites, Fugues / Paul Nicholson

2 CD / Hyperion / 2002-12-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in A major, HWV 426; Suite for Harpsichord in F major, HWV 427; Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 428; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, n...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]

'Superbly recorded. Highly recommended and unlikely to be surpassed in the near future' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'The commanding nature of these performances, captured...continue...

Handel: Complete Flute Sonatas / Beznosiuk, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo in G major, HWV 363b/Op. 1 no 5; Sonata for Flute in E minor (Op.1/1a), HWV 379; Sonata for Flute and Basso continuo in B minor, HWV 367b/...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Tunnicliffe, Richard

'The performances deserve a place at the very forefront of available versions of these charming sonatas' (Fanfare, USA)

'Engaging pieces, consisting of between four and...continue...

Purcell: Songs and Airs / Nancy Argenta

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-06-05

Works: Henry Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406; Ah! How sweet it is to love, Z. 613/2; History of King Richard II, Z 581; Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444; Tell me, some pitying a...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Fiona; Jones, Trevor [Viol]; McKenna, Sophia; Nicholson, Paul [H...

Adagio for Relaxation

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e); Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Cioffi, Gino; De Larrocha, Alicia; Dwyer, Doriot Anthony; Eskin, Jules; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Walt, Sherman; Zighera, Bernard; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Munch, Charles; Schneider, Alexander; Levine, James; Leinsdorf, Erich; Mehta, Zubin; ; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: ; Guildhall String Ensemble

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

This individual compilation taps into the spiritual mind and soul of relaxation. "Adagio" refers to the meaning "at ease," and this particul...continue...

Vivaldi: Concerti / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

1 CD / Linn Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, violin, cello, harpsichord, strings & continuo in F major ("Il Prote; Concerto for Oboe in D minor, Op. 8 no 9/RV 454; Concerto for 2 violins, 2 recor...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Bury, Alison; Clark, Andrew; Eastaway, James; Faultless, Margaret; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Latham, Catherine; Mackintosh, Catherine; McLaren, Neil; Montgomery, Roger; Murphy, Emm...

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
It's a nice idea for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to record a disc of such varied Vivaldian fare. The...continue...

Armada - Music from the Courts of England & Spain / Fretwork

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-10

Works: William Byrd: Rejoice unto the Lord; The Carman's Whistle, air & variations for keyboard, MB 36; Psalmes, Sonets and Songs; In angel's weed; Fantasia a 5, for instrumental consort in C major; Work(s)...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; Gillespie, Wendy; Hodgson, Julia; Hunt, William; Little, Elizabeth [Viola, Bass Viol, Strings, Viol; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichor...

Bach: Violin Concertos, etc / Wallfisch, Bury, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 106...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bury, Alison; Mackintosh, Catherine; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Robson, Anthony; Wallfisch, Elizabeth

Leclair: Sonatas Vol 2 / Convivium

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-05-01

Works: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3; Sonata for violin & continuo in E minor, Op. 9/2; Sonata for violin (or flute) & continuo in G major, Op. 9/7; Sonata for violin ...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallfisch, Elizabeth

'Superb ensemble musicianship and a rare interpretive lucidity. Wonderful playing' (Classic CD)

'Polished and spirited performances brimming with joie de vivre and musicality' (Early Music...continue...

Leclair: Sonatas Vol 1 / Convivium

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-03-01

Works: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonatas (12) for violin & continuo, Book 3, Op. 5
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallfisch, Elizabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Convivium (Trio)

"Both as a composer and as a violinist, Leclair is considered the founder of the French violin school...[he] published four books of violin sonatas, all...continue...

Bach: Four Orchestral Suites / Brandenburg Consort

2 CD / Hyperion / 1996-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major, BWV 1066; Cantata no 34a, "O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe" (incomplete), BWV 34a; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Cantata no...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Rachel; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort

'This new Dyad set now takes pride of place among currently available period performances of these works' (Gramophone)

'A triumph ... highly recommended' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'Among ...continue...

The English Orpheus - A Series of English Discoveries

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-11-01

Works: Matthew Locke: Curtain Tune, for string orchestra, in C major; Jesu auctor clementie, motet for 3 voices, 4 strings & continuo; Turlough O'Carolan: O'Carolan's Favorite Jig (a.k.a. "Mary O'Neill"); R...
Performers: Burden, Andrew; Byrd, Red; Cave, Philip; Gooding, Julia; Holman, Peter; Holton, Ruth; Jackson, Sally [winds]; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Johnston, Oliver; Jones, Timothy; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Kirkby, ...
Conductors: Holman, Peter; Music], John Scott [Choral; Scott, John [Organ]; Goodman, Roy; Nicholson, Paul; Hill, David; ; Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Locatelli Trio; Opera Restor'd; Parley of Instruments

Keyboard Music by Peter Philips / Paul Nicholson

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-10-01

Works: Peter Philips: Chi farà fede al Cielo, fantasia for keyboard in G major after Alessandro Striggio, FVB 9; Pavan 1580, FVB 16; Galliard, FVB 18; Tirsi morir volea, diminutions for harpischord (af...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]

'The complete restoration of a great composer's name may be beyond the capacity of a single CD, but if anything can do the trick, this...continue...

18th Century Keyboard Concertos / Paul Nicholson

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-06-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Chaconne and Variations (21) for Harpsichord in G major, HWV 435; Concerto for Two Organs, Adagio in D minor, HWV 303; Thomas Roseingrave: Concerto for organ & orchestra in D...
Performers: Holman, Peter; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloist

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-11-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bury, Alison; Darke, Valerie; Holton, Ruth; Homburger, Maya; Mason, Timothy; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Pringle, Katie; R...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Members of the English Baroque Soloists (Members)