Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel is an English conductor known for introducing new and forgotten operas and orchestral works. He's also known for his work with British opera companies, and his style is often described as sensitive, mature, and magnetic. He was born in Birmingham in 1958, and when he was a child, he sang in the Coventry Cathedral Choir. As a chorister, he participated in the weekly performances and received musical training. Later, he studied music at King’s College, Cambridge, and conducting with Adrian Boult and Edward Downes at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. His first professional appointment as a conductor began in 1982 at the English National Opera. He was music director of Opera Factory from 1987 to 1990, followed by seven years with Opera North and the English Northern Philharmonia. He quickly developed a reputation for reintroducing forgotten operas such as Korngold’s Violanta and Dukas’ Ariane et Barge-Bleue. He continued this practice as music director of the English National Opera from 1997 to 2005, and he also conducted many world premieres including Glass’ Akhnaten, Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre, and Turnage’s The Silver Tassie. As a guest conductor, Daniel led the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in 2006, and he became its principal conductor in 2009. Since 2007 he was also the principal guest conductor of the Real Filharmonia de Galicia, and became its principal conductor in 2013, at the conclusion of his contract with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he was appointed music director of the Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra. Daniel conducted on several recordings from around this time, including The Solent: Fifty Years of Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and the video Alban Berg: Lulu. He stepped down from his position with the Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra in 2022, and in 2023 he appeared on the album Offenbach: La Princesse de Trébizonde with Anne-Catherine Gillet, Virginie Verrez, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Daniel remains active as a recording artist and as a guest conductor in the U.K. and abroad.
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Between Two Worlds
New Age - Released by Soundings of the Planet on 24 Apr 2020
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Liebermann: Flute Concerto - Works by Hüe, Nielsen and Poulenc
Katherine Bryan, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Linn Records on 1 Sep 2010
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Concerto
John Christopher Williams, English Chamber Orchestra, Horacio Durán, Richard Harvey, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Chamber Music - Released by JCW Recordings on 2 Sep 2014
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Vaughan Williams: The Garden of Proserpine & In the Fen Country - Hadley: Fen & Flood (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
Joyful Company of Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Albion on 31 May 2011
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Ardente flamme
Gaëlle Arquez, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 3 Nov 2017
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Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Près des remparts de Séville
Gaëlle Arquez, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 29 Sep 2017
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ELGAR-PAYNE: Symphony No. 3
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Feb 2000
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Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on 1 Mar 2008
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Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony"
Joan Rodgers, Christopher Maltman, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Sep 2003
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Symphony No. 2 / Viola Concerto
English Northern Philharmonia, Lars Anders Tomter, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 7 Feb 1996
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Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op.24: D'amour l'ardente flamme
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Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 27 Oct 2017
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Tchaïkovski: Symphonie No. 6 “Pathétique” (Live)
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Symphonic Music - Released by Actes Sud Musicales on 18 Nov 2016
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Boris Godounov (extraits)
Opera Extracts - Released by Chandos on 1 Apr 1998
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Massenet: Werther: Va ! Laisse couler mes larmes
Gaëlle Arquez, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 13 Oct 2017
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Offenbach: La Princesse de Trebizonde, Act 3: Ronde des pages 'Faisons notre ronde' (Les pages)
Paul Daniel, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera - Released by Opera Rara on 8 Sep 2023
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Offenbach: La Princesse de Trebizonde, Act 2: Duo 'La voila' (Raphael, Zanetta)
Paul Daniel, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera - Released by Opera Rara on 25 Aug 2023
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André Tchaikowsky
Maciej Grzybowski, Jakob Fichert, Nico de Villiers, Wiener Symphoniker, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Toccata Classics on 25 Nov 2013
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Howard Blake: Violin Concerto "The Leeds"; A Month in the Country Suite; Sinfonietta
Christiane Edinger, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) on 20 Sep 1994
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