Nicholas Humprey

Nicholas Isherwood made his début as Lucifer in Stockhausen’s Donnerstag aus Licht at Covent Garden, at the age of 25, and has since collaborated closely with composers such as George Crumb, Hans Werner Henze, György Kurtág and Iannis Xenakis. His relationship with John Cage soon developed into what he in his liner notes to the disc calls ‘a love affair’. The composer Sylvano Bussotti has remarked that ‘since the passing of Cathy Berberian, Nicholas Isherwood is the singer who best understands the spirit of the music of John Cage’. On ARIA, Isherwood presents most of Cage’s music for solo voice that is not included in the composer’s Song Books, and most pieces are here recorded for the first time by a male singer. The programme covers 43 years, from A Chant with Claps from the early 1940s to Ryoanji and Sonnekus2 of the 1980s, and includes the celebrated Aria, here performed with a new multi-channel tape realization of Cage’s Fontana Mix, by the Italian composer Gianluca Verlingieri.

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.

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’.

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’.

Few vocalists have gone through as many permutations in their career in popular music in the manner of Paul Nicholas. Best known as a singer, Nicholas began his career in professional music at the keyboard at age 19, playing piano with Screaming Lord Sutch and his backing band, the Savages, in 1964. He didn't remain with the band too long, however, choosing to give up playing full-time in favor of studying drama and developing his acting skills. Nicholas continued to record occasionally, but despite his access to early compositions by Pete Townshend ("Join My Gang") and David Bowie ("Over the Wall We Go"), he failed to chart a single with any of his work. In 1968, Nicholas joined the British cast of the musical Hair, which was brought to London in 1968 by Robert Stigwood in the lead role of Claude.

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.