Nicholas Humprey

The San Francisco Chronicle called Scarlatti’s La Gloria di Primavera a “feast of vocal invention, supplemented by wondrous instrumental writing for a strikingly large orchestra” after Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Nicholas McGegan presented acclaimed western hemisphere premiere performances in October 2015. PBO and McGegan are delighted to be the first to record this newly-discovered 300 year old serenata. After Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI acquired the kingdom of Naples in a treaty, the Neapolitans commissioned their court composer, Alessandro Scarlatti, to compose a grand serenata to celebrate the birth of Charles VI’s son, prince John Leopold. Scarlatti wrote the piece within a few weeks and it was performed to audiences in Naples immediately following the birth. Unfortunately, just months after La Gloria di Primavera premiered, the celebrated infant died and the incredible work was forgotten.

Gold is the definitive 3CD collection of Paul Nicholas illustrious career across his pop, movie, TV and musical theatre career. Starting in the mid-1960s, Paul Nicholas played the lead role as Jesus of Nazareth in Robert Stigwood’s acclaimed 1972 Original London Cast Recording of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. In 1973 Paul starred as 'Danny' in GREASE before signing to Stigwood's RSO Records label, where he became a mainstay in the chart throughout 1976 with 4 top 40 hits including ‘Reggae Like It Used To Be’, ‘Dancing With The Captain’, ‘Grandma’s Party’ and ‘Heaven On The 7th Floor’.

In giving shape to the fifth album, Degenerate, in the Phonographic market from June 9, the composer, pianist and guitarist from São Paulo Nichoal Abdo was inspired by the dark corners of the souls and works of erudite composers such as the Czech-Austrian Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911) and Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959), in addition to what he calls the “dark side” of the music of the American jazz pianist Brad Mehldau.

While passionately seeking the creative breakthrough that fueled the old school R&B vision behind his upcoming fourth Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm album Blue Magic, multi-talented keyboardist, composer and producer Nicholas Cole kept up his wildly prolific ways collaborating with fellow genre greats, hitting #1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay chart with Marcus Anderson, and labelmate Ryan La Valette and the Top Ten with Anderson and Brian Culbertson.

“Elegantly written and magisterially researched” (Robert Service, author of A History of Modern Russia), the definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world’s foremost expert

Nicholas Mudd grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, surrounded by horse country and lush farmland, and Mudd found himself immersed in country, southern rock, and traditional folk music. It was evident from a young age that he had inherited his grandfather’s musical interests. Leonard Mudd, now 95, always had a collection of guitars, mandolins, fiddles, dulcimers, and banjos sprinkled around his home, and still manages to make music from time to time.