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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 3/May/2024 ] Andrey Gugnin presents a wonderful all-Grieg recital, the elegant neo-classicism of 'From Holberg's time' (a rare and welcome opportunity to hear the original version for solo piano) contrasting with the brooding magnificence of the 'Ballade'. |
CARL REINECKE / EMIL VON SAUER
Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen / Modestas Pitrėnas [ Hyperion / CD - due 31/May/2024 ] This is the fourth Romantic Piano Concerto album from Simon Callaghan, and that combination of talents which made his first three so successful - not least a flair for exploring the neglected byways of the Romantic repertoire, and the technique and... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Matchless accounts of Brahms at his most lyrically reflective, plus a benedictory encore by Clara Schumann: this is another outstanding release from today's pre-eminent violin and piano partnership. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 3 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "Avoiding the twin traps of over-inflation and simpering coyness, the symbiotic partnership of Tiberghien and Ibragimova respect the music's innocence while relishing every tiny opportunity for mischief and humour." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 1 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] "It is difficult to imagine [these sonatas] better played" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Mazurkas Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Scriabin clearly responded to the passionate and emotionally charged nature of the mazurka, qualities shared by all twenty-three of the exquisite miniatures recorded here. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Preludes & Piano Sonatas Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "Gugnin rivets us in orchestral-sounding climaxes…and the metaphysical twilight zones in between…Gugnin finds surprising poetry in the music" BBC Music Award WINNER 2020 - Instrumental |
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J.S. BACH
Angela Hewitt plays Bach [15 CDs Special Price] Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 15 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] 'Angela Hewitt's Bach has long been a thing of wonder' (The Daily Telegraph) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 11 (Sonatas Opp 106 & 111) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Her playing has great energy and also plenty of light and shade....This is an outstanding disc." Musicweb recommended June 2022 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Variations Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "No qualifications are required for Angela Hewitt's new Beethoven album..Hewitt's touch is remarkably nimble and poetic" The Times |
BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas-Vol 3 (Incls Sonata in C sharp minor 'Moonlight') Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "Despite her versatility, she goes straight to the heart of every composer she tackles. Here there is colour and agility aplenty, but gravitas too." (Gramophone) |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol 1 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] 'Angela Hewitt responds intuitively and alluringly to the multi-faceted character of these sonatas' (BBC Music Instrumental recording of the month March 2016) |
GRANDOS / RODRIGO / NIN / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canciones amatorias Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] 'Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes' (Fanfare) |
C. P. E. BACH
Bach (C.P.E.): Keyboard Sonatas Vol 1 Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "This is surely one of the finest of all recent keyboard issues." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - July 2010 |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Piano Quintets Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonatas & Rhapsodies Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Both sonatas recorded here are the work of the young Brahms-still a teenager when he wrote Op 2-and perfectly complement the much later rhapsodies. These are magisterial accounts from a pianist noted for his mastery of the Romantics. |
MOZART / CRAMER / FRIEDMAN / HOUGH / LISZT
Stephen Hough's Mozart Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE INSTRUMENTAL CHOICE |
ALOYS SCHMITT
Schmitt: Piano Concertos / Rondeau brilliant Howard Shelley (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 84 / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 84. Composer and conductor, pianist and pedagogue: Aloys Schmitt (1788-1866) was respected by his peers and largely forgotten by posterity. As so often in this series, the three works recorded here will have... |
BALAKIREV / GRIEG / HONEGGER / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERKELEY / MOMPOU / etc
Hommage a Chopin Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "All of these multifaceted offerings...show Jonathan Plowright as beguiling in his intimacy as he is magisterial in virtuosity." Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine - April 2010 |
WOLDEMAR BARGIEL
Bargiel: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] The name of Woldemar Bargiel may be little known today - although he was the half-brother of Clara Schumann, no less - but he was highly regarded by Brahms and the Schumanns. These are two delightful, richly melodic works. |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: The complete rags Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] 'Bolcom is lucky in having such a musician to provide him with these authoritative accounts of his music.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Piano |
MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
Hamelin: Etudes Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine November 2010 / BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 ***** |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 1 (2 CDs) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "The Hamelin charisma is stamped on this music from the first Sonata of the set, one of Haydn's greatest, No 50 in C major. In the opening movement, staccatos are as crisp as the best melba toast and, where lesser pianists rattle, Hamelin creates... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 3 (2 CDs) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Medtner & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ Hyperion / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] A typical release-in so far as there can ever be such a thing-from Marc-André Hamelin, combining a stimulating, unexpected coupling; brilliant new light shed on the familiar; and pianism of the very highest calibre. Not to be missed. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Winterreise Matthias Goerne (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "The one to knock Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore from the pedestal … Johnson and Goerne plumb the emotional depths of one of the most heart-wrenchingly sublime masterpieces in the genre" BBC Music Magazine |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Piano Trio & other chamber music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] With a programme of chamber works drawn from both ends of Bruch's long composing career, members of The Nash Ensemble once more reveal a neglected side of the composer's output. |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Trio & Sextets The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Sextets featuring piano and harp may be a rarity, but the one included here is a real delight. The three companion pieces are no less attractive, showcasing the individual and collective strengths of The Nash Ensemble.. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), with Timothy Ridout (viola) & the Piatti Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] 'a performance of On Wenlock Edge which, in its thrilling assurance, strength of imagination and rapt instinct, inclines me to rank it alongside the very finest I know.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Demidenko plays Rachmaninov Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] 'This excellently chosen selection of Rachmnaninov's finest solo piano works is played with superb panache by Demidenko … With warm acoustic, a most appealing disc' (BBC Music Magazine) |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - 'Performances as searingly intense as they are ardently lyrical. Truly extraordinary fire and brilliance' (Gramophone) |
LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 26 / CD - released 15/Jul/2001 ] 'Peter Donohoe … is the ideal man for such music, while the BBCSSO under Andrew Litton offers razor-sharp support. A wonderfully clear recording' (BBC Music Magazine) |
CECILE CHAMINADE
Chaminade: Piano Music vol. 1 Peter Jacobs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Nov/2005 ] "An undemanding and tuneful collection that will enchant all but the strictest classicists and the hardest-hearted" (MusicWeb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Virtuoso Strauss Transcriptions Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'Throughout this collection Mr Lane's playing shimmers with liquid warmth ... his performances hang together out of his evident affection for these scores and the sheer convicton of his playing' (The New York Times) |
PARRY / STANFORD
Parry / Stanford: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 12 / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Splendid, eloquent performances in clear, warm sound plus Jeremy Dibble's scholarly notes full of insights about the period of these compositions makes this an issue not to be missed. One is left dumbfounded that the [Parry] concerto could have lain... |
FREDERICK DELIUS / JOHN IRELAND
Delius/Ireland: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 39 / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "I find Lane much more jazzily incisive than (any rivals). He catches better the wit and spikiness of this often over-whimsified concerto. David Lloyd-Jones is equally lively in the orchestral portion of these scores…(a) welcome release."(BBC Music... |
CONSTANT LAMBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lambert: The Rio Grande / Summer's Last Will and Testament / etc Sally Burgess (mezzo) William Shimell (baritone) Jack Gibbons (piano) / English Northern Sinfonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - RECORD OF THE YEAR, THE INDEPENDENT GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
CHOPIN
Chopin: The Complete Waltzes Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Hough's playing has such authority and panache, its balance between virtuosity and vividly communicated expression so finely judged, that every perfectly scaled moment is as intensely realised as every other. Few other pianists around today play... |
FAURE / POULENC / CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / etc
Stephen Hough - French Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / WEBER / CHOPIN / LISZT / etc
Stephen Hough in recital Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH - GRAMOPHONE MAY 2009 SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK |
