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Country: England

Paul Goodwin, long regarded as one of the best "original instruments" oboists, rapidly established himself in the 1990s as an exceptional conductor in a wide range of music. As an oboist he recorded more than 20 solo and recital compact discs as well as recording frequently with leading London "original instrument" Baroque ensembles. Among those discs are an acclaimed set of Vivaldi oboe sonatas, another of seven Vivaldi concertos with oboe, and Read more oboe sonatas of Georg Philip Telemann.

In addition to playing in major venues and festivals around the world, Goodwin also became well known for his teaching and his work with student musicians.

After he began conducting, Goodwin received major recognition when Christopher Hogwood, founder and conductor of the Academy of Ancient Music, appointed him associate conductor of the Academy. His skills with standard instrument ensembles were also obvious, and he became principal guest conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra. He has guest conducted major orchestras of all sizes, both standard instruments and period instruments. These include the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre national de Lille, the Ulster Orchestra, the Camerata Academica Salzburg, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He is also a sensitive choral conductor who has led the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, and the Tallis Chamber Choir and been invited to take the Netherlands Chamber Choir on tour. As a conductor, Goodwin is an exclusive Harmonia Mundi USA recording artist, including his performances with the Academy of Ancient Music. Notable projects with the AAM have included tours devoted to the music of Monteverdi and Schütz and Mozart's almost unknown Singspiel Zaide. In 1999, Goodwin made his BBC Proms Concerts conducting debut with the Academy in a program of Handel, Haydn, and contemporary composer John Tavener.

The European interest in reviving Baroque-era opera has shown Goodwin to be a dramatic and effective theater conductor. He conducted Jonathan Miller's acclaimed and innovative staging of Bach's St. Matthew Passion as well as Handel's Agrippina, Amadigi, and Poro, Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, and Classical-era works including Gluck's Orfeo and Haydn's L'isola disabitata, as well as Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Il Re pastore.

Goodwin is highly interested in the idea of promoting contemporary composers to write for Baroque-period instruments. This has resulted in commissions from British composer John Tavener, whose Eternity's Sunrise was the first work commissioned by Goodwin for the Academy, and who has gone on to write the large-scale cantata Total Eclipse. David Bedford has also agreed to write an orchestral suite for the Academy.

Goodwin continues his interest in music education and youth orchestras. He often works with the Baroque and Classical orchestras of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in London. He is director of the Dartington International Summer School Baroque Orchestra and Early Opera and has worked with the Spanish Youth Orchestra (JONDE), the Britten-Pears Orchestra, the European Community Baroque Orchestra, and the Jeune Orchestre Atlantique. Read less

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Telemann, Bach: Oboe & Oboe D'amore Concertos / Paul Goodwin

Release Date: 07/10/2007 Label: Helios
Catalog: 55269 Number of Discs: 1

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Albinoni, Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos / King, Goodwin, Wood

Release Date: 04/13/2010 Label: Helios
Catalog: 55349 Number of Discs: 1

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Classical Express - Vivaldi: Seven Concertos / Goodwin, Holloway

Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 3957046 Release Date: 03/13/2001 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Sebastian Comberti, John Toll, Marion Verbruggen, John Holloway ...
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Veritas - Bach: Cantatas Bwv 82a, 199, 51 / Huggett, Argenta

Label: Virgin Classics Special Import Catalog: 45038 Release Date: 02/06/2001 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Paul Goodwin, Nancy Argenta, Sarah Cunningham, Lisa Beznosiuk ...
Conductor: Monica Huggett
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Sonnerie

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Vivaldi: Four Seasons, Etc / Pinnock, Standage, Et Al

Label: Dg Panorama Catalog: 469220 Release Date: 09/26/2000 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Jakob Lindberg, Nigel North, James Tyler, Philip Pickett ...
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
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Bach: Cantatas / Argenta, Huggett, Ensemble Sonnerie

Label: Virgin Classics Special Import Catalog: 45059 Release Date: 07/11/2000 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Nancy Argenta, Paul Goodwin, Lisa Beznosiuk
Conductor: Monica Huggett
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Sonnerie
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Fasch: Concertos & Orchestral Suite / Pinnock, English Concert

Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 449210 Release Date: 02/16/1998 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johann Friedrich Fasch
Performer: Alberto Grazzi, Paul Goodwin, Christian Rutherford, Andrew Clark ...
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
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Mozart, Haydn, Gluck: Opera Arias / Von Otter, Pinnock

Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 449206 Release Date: 05/02/1997 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Christoph W. Gluck
Performer: Colin Lawson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Trevor Pinnock, Anthony Halstead ...
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
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Albinoni: Adagio; Pachelbel: Canon; Etc / Musica Da Camera

Label: Linn Records Catalog: 12 Release Date: 10/31/1995 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Tomaso Albinoni, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Johann Pachelbel ...
Performer: James O'Donnell, David Woodcock, Paul Goodwin
Conductor: Robert King
Orchestra/Ensemble: Musica da Camera

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Essential Purcell / Robert King, The King's Consort

Label: Hyperion Catalog: 2 Release Date: 04/10/1995 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Henry Purcell
Performer: James Bowman, Michael George, John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey-Crump ...
Conductor: Robert King
Orchestra/Ensemble: Oxford New College Choir, King's Consort

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Gloria - Vivaldi, Corelli, A. Scarlatti / Trevor Pinnock

Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 437834 Release Date: 11/09/1993 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Nancy Argenta, Trevor [viola da gamba] Jones, Jane Coe, Peter McCarthy ...
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert, English Concert Choir
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Haydn: Concertos For Oboe, Trumpet, Harpsichord / Pinnock

Label: Archiv Produktion (Dg) Catalog: 431678 Release Date: 08/11/1992 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Trevor Pinnock, Mark Bennett, Paul Goodwin
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert
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