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  Paul Phoenix    (b. 1 April 1967) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Paul Phoenix Born on April Fools Day in 1967, I started my singing career some hours later! That seems to be my recollection - singing is something I have been doing and focussing on for as long as I can remember. I became a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral when I was nine under Barry Rose. Life was both challenging and rewarding, and I was lucky enough to make several successful recordings, including the theme music for the TV drama, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Being honest, though, my real love was soccer, and I lived for the moment, twice a week when we would travel to South London for a hard fought physical game.

After St. Paul's I finished my education back in Cheshire, and then went on to the Royal Northern College of Music where I spent another five hard fought years. Life as a freelance singer after college has been very kind to me, but the chance to sing with The King's Singers is for me the ultimate job (especially for someone who is not a great fan of opera). I spend most of my time adapting to a demanding but extremely exciting way of life. With my "new" career, beautiful wife Helena and young sons William and Edward, I must be the luckiest man alive. Just one more dream to fulfil now - my first sports car!

— Paul Phoenix, Kings Singers
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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Paul Phoenix - Paul Phoenix with the Boys of St. Paul's Cathedral
Paul Phoenix with the Boys of St. Paul's Cathedral (Fidelio SPH 8801, LP) 1980
Featuring Paul Phoenix   St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London  
All tracks are included on "Golden Favorites"
  1.   Tell me, Lovely Shepherd  
  2.   Morning Has Broken  
  3.   My Way  
  4.   Agnus Dei  
  5.   Nunc Dimittis  
Paul Phoenix - Rejoice
Rejoice (KTel NE 1064, CD) 1980
Featuring Paul Phoenix   St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London   Jeremy Carpenter  
With St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
All tracks are included on "Golden Favorites"
  1.   My Way   Jeremy Carpenter sings second treble
  2.   Try to Remember (from "The Fantasticks")  
  3.   Morning Has Broken  
  4.   Agnus (Mozart: Mass K317)  
  5.   Cockles and Mussels  
  6.   I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing   Jeremy Carpenter sings second treble.
  7.   Nunc Dimittis (for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)  
  8.   Brother James' Air  
  9.   A Grateful Heart  
10.   Lift Thine Eyes  
11.   The Little Road to Bethlehem  
12.   Silent Night, Holy Night  
Paul Phoenix - Jubilate! Golden Favorites From St. Paul's Cathedral
Jubilate! Golden Favorites From St. Paul's Cathedral (Guild GRCD 7024, CD)
Featuring Paul Phoenix   St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London   Jeremy Carpenter   Mark Higgins  
This CD contains all the music from Paul Phoenix's LPs and singles.

Available at St. Paul's Cathedral Shop in London. Phone: +44 (0)20 7246 8363
  1.   A Grateful Heart   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
  2.   Cockles and Mussels   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
  3.   Tell me, lovely shepherd   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
  4.   Orpheus with his lute   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
  5.   I'd like to teach the world to sing   Soloists: Paul Phoenix & Jeremy Carpenter
  6.   Lift thine eyes to the mountains  
  7.   Try to remember (L)   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
  8.   Who can express the noble acts of the Lord?   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
  9.   Brother James' Air  
10.   O for the wings of a dove   Soloist: Mark Higgins
11.   Nymphs and Shepherds  
12.   Morning has broken  
13.   But thou didst not leave his soul in hell   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
14.   In every fertile valley   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
15.   My Way   Soloists: Paul Phoenix & Jeremy Carpenter
16.   Agnus Dei   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
17.   The little road to Bethlehem   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
18.   Silent Night   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
19.   For this, our heart is faint   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
20.   Nunc Dimittis   Soloist: Paul Phoenix
Available at   Pascal Moré Musikvertrieb Album in stock and ready for dispatch
Available at   St Pauls Cathedral Shop
Review at   choirbase.com
Singles Compact | Full
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I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (Different HAVE20, 45rpm Single) 1979
Featuring Paul Phoenix   St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London  
  1.   I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing  
  2.   Nunc Dimittis(Burgon) (L)  
no cover
My Way (Different HAVE15, 45rpm Single) 1979
Featuring Jeremy Carpenter   Paul Phoenix   St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London  
  1.   My Way (Anka)   The boys of St Paul's Cathedral choir featuring Jeremy Carpenter and Paul Phoenix.
  2.   Lift Thine Eyes (Mendelssohn)   The Boys Of St Paul's Cathedral Choir
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Nunc Dimittis (Different HAVE18, 45rpm Single) 1979
Featuring Paul Phoenix   St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London  
Other Recordings Compact | Full
Paul Phoenix - Favourite Hymns For All Seasons
Favourite Hymns For All Seasons (Guild GMCD 7106, LP) 1983
Featuring St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London   Paul Phoenix  
  1.   O worship the King Hanover (Croft)   Descant Alan Gray
  2.   All things bright and beautiful (Monk)  
  3.   When morning gilds the skies Laudes Domini (Barnby)  
  4.   Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! Woodlands (Greatorex)  
  5.   O come, O come, Emmanuel [Veni Emmanuel] (Music from a French Missal)   Soloists Roger Heath, baritone - Paul Phoenix, treble - Philip O'Reilly, baritone
  6.   Silent night, holy night (Gruber)  
  7.   O come, all ye faithful Adeste Fideles (Wade)  
  8.   O praise the Lord! Laudate Dominum (Parry)  
  9.   Cross of Jesus, Cross of Sorrow [from The Crucifixion] (Stainer)  
10.   Ye choirs of new Jerusalem St. Fulbert (Gauntlett)  
11.   Love divine, all loves excelling Love Divine (Stainer)  
12.   Jesus lives! thy terrors now St. Albinus (Gauntlett)  
13.   The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended St. Clement (Scholefield)  
14.   Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Praise my soul (Goss)  
Available at   Guild Music
Paul Phoenix - The Boys of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
The Boys of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir (Sound SPAM 1701, 12in Single) 1980
Featuring St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London   Paul Phoenix  
All tracks are included on "Golden Favorites"
  1.   My Way  
  2.   I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing  
  3.   Nunc Dimittis  
  4.   Lift Thine Eyes  
Films and Videos Compact | Full
Paul Phoenix - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy (TV Series)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy (TV Series) (BBC , Film/TV) 1979
Featuring Paul Phoenix  
Paul sang the closing credits for the TV series. The music was Burgon's Nunc Dimittis.
  1.   Paul a chanté le générique de fin pour la série TV. Il a interprété: Burgon's Nunc dimittis.  
Paul Phoenix - Paul's Children
Paul's Children (BBC TV , Film/TV) December 1978
Featuring St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London   Paul Phoenix  
Documentary featuring the boys and families of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. First broadcast on BBC 1 on 17 December 1978
  YouTube - Part 1
  YouTube - Part 2
  YouTube - Part 3
  YouTube - Part 4
Paul Phoenix - As You Like It - Comme il vous plaira (Fr)
Barry Holden (left) and Paul Phoenix (right) as Pages.
As You Like It - Comme il vous plaira (Fr) (BBC Television , VHS) 1978
Featuring Paul Phoenix  
Paul Phoenix and Barry Holden sing "It was a lover and his Lass"
  Music Video
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