Harle loves juxtapositions - long, silky saxophone notes against the sound of a classical soprano singer, the toll of a church-bell, African percussion rhythms, - that's the background to Silencium, but it's still an album of songs - it's just that Harle makes you reconsider what a song can be.

Shakespeare via Elvis Costello, Gothic mysteries, free-jazz, forty saxes playing at once - Terror and Magnificence is a wonderful splicing of ancient and modern.

Harle seems to appreciate the idiosyncrasies of particular singers and players like a jazz composer does, but he has an overarching vision that sets just the right place for all of it within his scheme of things, - that's why didgeridoos, string orchestras, trip-hop grooves, Andy Sheppard's sax or Sarah Jane Morris's voice can all sound as if they're in a real relationship here, rather than just bolted together.

With Richard Rodney Bennett, Paul Jones, Sarah Leonard and Stan Tracey. The Shadow of the Duke - John HarleHarle understands both the jazz and classical traditions, and is brilliant at getting musicians of different backgrounds to work creatively together. All that makes Shadow of the Duke a completely different kind of tribute album.

This collection expresses classical music's symmetry and lyricism through tradtional methods and modern electronics, opens a unigue widow on Duke Ellington, joins sharpend jazz to English folk balladry, and makes trip-hop, decks playing and world-music sound as if they belong together. - Harle, the Alchemist of Ambient Soundscapes.

A folk opera with texts by the Newcastle poet Tom Pickard, it tells the story of the 18th century Northumbrian piper, royal musician, deserter and horse thief, Jamie Allan.

Ballet after Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.

Deutsche Grammophon.

 (Il Sogno at Deutsche Grammophon)

Composed and produced by John Harle Music from the highly successful West End show now touring worldwide.

A CD to celebrate Bryars' 60th birthday, it includes Harle's performance of The Green Ray.

Harle joins soloists, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and Laudibus to play the music of Richard Allain.

Re-release of the classic Hyperion disc. A contemporary recital disc of music by Phil Woods, Richard Rodney Bennett, Dave Heath, Edison Denisov and Michael Berkeley.

A contemporary recital disc of music by Phil Woods, Richard Rodney Bennett, Dave Heath, Edison Denisov and Michael Berkeley.

The first album release of John Harle's concert music including songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, sung by Elvis Costello; Terror and Magnificence featuring the saxophone duo of John Harle and Andy Sheppard; The Three Ravens song cycle sung by Sarah Leonard; Rosie Blood sung by William Purefoy plus the John Harle Band, Balanescu Quartet, London Voices.

John Harle with Guy Barker, Sarah-Jane Morris, Andy Sheppard and Adrian Utley John Harle's most rhythmic and danceable album so far features a galaxy of stars from iconoclastic backgrounds as varied as world music, British trip-hop, modern jazz and classical music. It is full of surprises from the gut wrenching sound of the screaming Maoris, and Sarah-Jane Morris' vocalisations to Andy Sheppard's outrageous tenor saxophone solos via Adrian Utley's evocative guitar work and Guy Barker's cool jazz flugel horn. John Harle's compositions evoke a new world of trance-like, tribal, beat and rhythm. Guided by his own contributions on soprano sax, guitars and keyboards, the album has another worldliness and a hallucogenia seen before in his collaborations with Elvis Costello and Sir Paul McCartney.

Album of songs by John Harle, many based on his most popular Film and Television themes, including the RTS award winning theme for 'Silent Witness' featuring Amanda Burton. Sung by Catherine Bott, Sarah Leonard and Nicole Tibbels with the Silencium Ensemble / Choristers of Worcester Cathedral / The Children of New Brighton Primary School, Wirral / The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Songs written by John Harle for Simon Schama's BBC 'A History of Britain' with sopranos Emma Kirkby, Sarah Leonard and Lucy Skeaping, Dominic Burnham (treble), Willard White (bass) - also featuring Elvis Costello.

John Harle's highly popular Mrs Beeton's Christmas Plum Pudding featuring the BBC singers conducted by Stephen Cleobury and actors Eleanor Bron and Charles Collingwood in a nostalgic fantasy played on Christmas day 2001 as Radio 4 opened for broadcast.

John Harle's award-winning music to Nissan's world-wide advertising campaign which achieved a number six position in the British Dance Charts. With a creative concept from advertising guru Trevor Beattie and mixed by Simon Cotsworth of Soul 2 Soul, it features John Harle's mid 1990's ensemble "Opera House".

John Harle's contemporary album of his own reworkings of compositions by Duke Ellington alongside compositions by himself with guest artists Paul Jones (harmonica) Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) Anne Dudley (arranger) Henry Lowther (trumpet) and Stan Tracey (piano).

Music by Rachmaninov, Corea, Dowland, Machaut, Prokofiev, Birtwistle and Nyman, with John Lenehan (piano), Sarah Leonard (soprano) - recorded in the beautiful church at Orford near Aldeburgh.

Concertos by Debussy, Glazunov, Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Richard Rodney Bennett and Dave Heath. Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner with The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. For many, the definitive performances of some of the classics of the saxophone repertoire.

Michael Nyman - Where the bee dances Gavin Bryars - The Green Ray Mike Westbrook - Bean Rows and Blues Shots Three new English works for saxophone and chamber orchestra conducted by Ivor Bolton with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Saxophone Concertos by John Harle's long time colleague film composer Stanley Myers, the American minimalist Michael Torke, and Richard Rodney Bennett's Concerto for Stan Getz premiered by John Harle at the BBC promenade concerts shortly after Getz's death.

John Tavener's apocalyptic vision of the crucifixion of St Paul, with the Soprano Saxophone in the role of St.Paul. With conductor Paul Goodwin and the Academy of Ancient Music.

Sally Beamish's acclaimed soprano saxophone concerto for John Harle, depicting the Summer Solstice at Newgrange, a neolithic burial mound outside Dublin. With The Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ola Rudner.

Possibly the most controversial piece of new music written in the latter part of the twentieth century Harrison Birtwistle's Panic caused a storm when Harle performed it at the Last Night of the Proms in 1995 with Andrew Davis (conductor) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The media frenzy which followed its performance caused Private Eye to change their front cover and a vociferous Anne Robinson to compare John Harle to a character from the soap opera "Coronation Street"!

Frank Martin's chromatic and challenging Ballade for alto saxophone performed with conductor Riccaro Chailly and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.

Composition teacher to Michael Tilson Thomas, Ingolf Dahl's Concerto for alto saxophone and symphonic wind band is a highly virtuosic work in a full blooded American style. With Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) and players from the New World Symphony Orchestra.

Commissioned by the late Michael Vyner, the driving force behind the early London Sinfonietta, the concerto was a result of much collaboration between Dominic Muldowney and John Harle in the National Theatre music department in London and includes inflences from composers such as Kurt Weill. With conductor Diego Masson and the London Sinfonietta.

Nyman's legendary Double Concerto, with John Harle and Julian Lloyd Webber. With The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Michael Nyman.

James Whitbourne's 'Son of God Mass', with John Harle on Soprano Sax. Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, conducted by Timothy Brown.

John Harle with John Lenehan (piano) in a recording of music by Bartok, Satie, Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, Richard Rodney Bennett and Poulenc. Produced by the legendary Joe Boyd.

With the Orchestra of St John's Smiths Square, conductor John Lubbock.

Glass's mesmeric duet for 2 soprano Saxophones and strings, performed with saxophonist Simon Haram, and the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Warren-Green.

Saxophone solo on Stings version of "Mac the Knife" by Kurt Weill, produced by the legendary Hal Wilmer.

An unsung masterpiece of the contemporary repertoire, Fitkin's electrifying journey through hard edged rhythmic cells and spine-tingling modulations thrills with every listening.

Another of Fitkin's hard bop ensemble pieces, with the unusual addition of Jack Brymer playing first clarinet in the John Harle Band!

Harold Arlen's 'One for my Baby' performed with the George Shearing Trio, and the Kings Singers, - arranged by Daryl Runswick.

London Symphony Brass and Woodwinds play Weill's Suite from the Threepenny Opera, with saxophone solos played by John Harle.

The multi-milllion seller soundtrack, with saxophone solo on 'Lost and Found'

Soundtrack music from The Draughtman's Contract, Prosperos Books and others, with the classic line-up of the Nyman Band at the height of their rhythmic commitment and no holds barred, energetic performance style.

Rare example of Nymans Chamber Music. Elegant works for String and Saxophone Quartets.

Wonderfully idiosyncratic versions of songs by Hanns Eisler with a small ensemble including John Harle and ex-Pentangle bassist Danny Thompson.

Akiro Yuyama's 'Divertimento' for Alto Sax and Marimba played with the world's leading percussionist.

The multi faceted composer Dave Heath's work 'Dawn of a New Age' includes extraordinary spatial effects - and possibly the hardest two bar phrase ever written for the Soprano Saxophone.

John Harle features on 'Truly' - composed by long time associate and keyboard player Steve Lodder. Also with Andy Sheppard, Monica Vâsconcelos, Paul Nieman and Mark Ramsden

music written by John Dankworth, featuring Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) and the Myrha saxophone quartet.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts John Harle and the London Symphony Orchestra in Ravel's textural and atmospheric masterwork.

John Harle, Royal Ballet Sinfonia & Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/ Gavin Sutherland A musical take on London is long overdue - there are new landmarks to be celebrated by music which captures a fresh spirit and ebullience about the city. Inevitably, this has the feel of a soundtrack to accompany cityscapes and well-known sites around the capital. There's a buregeoning urgency about David Watt's Metropolis and Gunning's Saxophone Concerto, fabulously played by Harle, contrasting with the more traditional styles of Rotten Row and London Fields. The result is a delightful collection. (Classic FM Review)

John Harle as guest producer on Lesley Garrett's no 1 hit record, including John Harle's own arrangement of Amazing Grace, with Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Lemper performs 'Careless Love Blues' from the Stanley Myers/John Harle soundtrack album for 'Voyager' starring Sam Shepard.

Soundtrack album to Stephen Frears'/Alan Bennett's film biography of Joe Orton. Featuring John Harle co-composer (with Stanley Myers) /producer/ saxophone and John Harle's Berliner Band.

Soundtrack album to Volker Schlondorff's film starring Sam Shepard, featuring John Harle co-composer (with Stanley Myers)/producer/saxophone and Ute Lemper voice

60s' mystic rock guru Moondog's compositions for big band John Harle producer with London Brass and London Saxophonic

Music by Michael Nyman, Chick Corea, David Bedford, Roy Powell and Will Gregory, featuring Apollo Saxophone Quartet, with John Harle - Artistic Advisor/Co-Producer/ saxophone/keyboards.

Music by Michael Nyman, Chick Corea and Roy Powell Apollo Saxophone Quartet, John Harle producer

Music by Gershwin, Grainger, Ellington, etc, featuring Saxpack, - John Harle producer.

Reissue of Saxophobia on ASV label.

The result of four years work with Paul McCartney, orchestrating and recording 'Standing Stone', - the follow up to the controversial 'Liverpool Oratorio'.

John Harle arranges Paul McCartney's 'Nova' - written as a commemoration of the life of Linda McCartney.

John Harle conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Bennett's heroic, lush score to Mervyn Peake's gruesome tale in an extravagent, star filled BBC production, featuring cinema-style colour, very likeable characters, and stereo sound.

TV advertised compilation with John Harle's theme for 'Silent Witness', alongside tracks by John Barry, Ravi Shankar and Terry Oldfield.

Argo compilation, including Stanley Myers' Saxophone Concerto.

Futuristic compilation of House and Rave music, including John Harle's Flying.

RTL TV compilation featuring music by Mozart, Bizet, Stravinsky, Harle, Brahms and Liszt.

Claude Debussy's Saxophone Rhapsodie, with John Harle saxophone, Sir Neville Marriner conductor, Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Prague based band 'Hundred Animals' in a SKA style cover version of 'Little Tiny Boy", from 'Terror and Magnificence'. Witty and fun.