Whelan, Paul

Grier: Around the Curve of the World / Darlington, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Francis Grier: Around the Curve of the World, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Norman, Daniel; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Schwanewilms, Anne; Whelan, Paul
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Oxford Chamber Orchestra

Herbert Howells: St John's Magnificat

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-03-30

Works: Herbert Howells: Sequence for St Michael; By the Waters of Babylon, for baritone, violin, cello & organ; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Gloucester Service; Psalm 142 ("I cried unto the Lord with my vo...
Performers: David Adams [Violin/Viola]; John, Gareth [Vocals]; Kraemer, Dominic; Last, Thomas [Vocals]; Mullock, Thomas [Vocals]; Neary, Alice; Ravalde, Tim; Strong, Pablo; Whelan, Paul; Williams, Francis [Tenor...

This recording heralds the beginning of an exclusive recording contract between Chandos and the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. All performances will be conducted...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (2009-01-09&2009-01-10&2009-)....continue...

Stravinsky: The Ballets / Robert Craft, et al

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex; Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Pe...
Performers: Beesley, Mark; Bickley, Susan; Cornwell, Joseph; Greenan, Andrew; Hall, Peter; Hill, Martyn; Lane, Jennifer; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Longworth, Pippa; Montague, Diana; Preece, Simon; Richardson...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: ; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2007-01-31

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Allan, Miriam; Bennett, Stephen; Bone, Corin; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; McCusker, Kathryn; Mills, Penelope; Walker, Daniel; Whelan, Paul; Whiteley, Damian
Conductors: Walker, Antony

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...this live recording reminds us that this richly endowed and noble work must seek advocacy and exposure wherever it can. The most compelling reason...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, The Nightingale / Craft

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts
Performers: Greenan, Andrew; Hall, Peter; Longworth, Pippa; Preece, Simon; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Tear, Robert; Trifonova, Olga; Whelan, Paul
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Written for huge orchestra, this elemental ballet, with its vaulting, violent energy and asymmetrical rhythms almost from beginning to end has become one of the...continue...

Clifford, Bainton / Martyn Brabbins, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-02-25

Works: Edgar Leslie Bainton: Epithalamion, rhapsody for orchestra; An English Idyll, for baritone and orchestra; Hubert Clifford: A Kentish Suite, for orchestra; The Casanova Melody (for the film The Third ...
Performers: Whelan, Paul
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is Volume II of Chandos's pairing of composers whose lives literally crossed between England and Australia in the early 1930s. Paul Whelan's shaded baritone...continue...