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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Offenbach: La Princesse de Trébizonde
Paul Daniel, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera - Released by Opera Rara on 22 Sep 2023
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Samuel Barber - Hector Berlioz - Benjamin Britten
Anne-Catherine Gillet, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by AEON on 27 Oct 2011
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Flos Campi
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Green, Paul Silverthorne, Paul Daniel, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Classical - Released by Naxos on 6 Nov 2004
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Mendelssohn: Elijah
Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1997
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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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Poulenc: The Carmelites
Opera - Released by Chandos on 1 Sep 2006
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Bainton: Three Pieces, Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal, Golden River & Concerto fantasia
Paul Daniel, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Margaret Fingerhut
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Mar 2008
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Berkeley: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Opera - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2004
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Rule Britannia & Other Music from Last Night of the Proms
Leeds Festival Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 8 Jul 1998
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Symphony No. 1 / Partita
English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 13 Oct 1997
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The Solent: 50 Years of Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Andrew Kennedy, Roland Wood, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Albion on 4 Sep 2013
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Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful
Bryn Terfel, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Oct 1995
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Rhythms of Paradise
World - Released by Soundings of the Planet on 6 Aug 1996
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Bryn Terfel - If Ever I Would Leave You
Bryn Terfel, The Orchestra Of Opera North, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1998
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Howard Blake: Orchestral Works
Howard Blake, Philharmonia Orchestra, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by SOMM Recordings on 3 Nov 2023
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Elgar: Enigma Variations
Classical - Released by Sony Music Entertainment on 7 Apr 2003
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Armstrong: Orchestral and Choral Works
Paul Daniel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Janice Watson, Stephen Varcoe, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Jun 1998
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WALTON: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue / Sinfonia Concertante / Hindemith Variations
English Northern Philharmonia, Peter Donohoe, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 15 Mar 1999
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Abenteuer am Riff: Eine Unterwassergeschichte (Live)
Rufus Beck, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leonhard Huber, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 3 Feb 2023
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WALTON: Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto
Dong-Suk Kang, Tim Hugh, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 16 Aug 1999
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Between Two Worlds
New Age - Released by Soundings of the Planet on 24 Apr 2020
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