GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: Violin Sonatas Adelina Oprean (violin) Justin Oprean (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'An unqualified recommendation' (Classic CD) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Concertos for violin Adelina Oprean (violin) / Justin Oprean (piano) / European Union Chamber Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'Adelina Oprean plays with flair and style, adding her own cadenzas (quite tastefully) and holding her own against competition from a number of better-known violinists. The European Union Chamber Orchestra plays very well for her, and the recorded... |
GURNEY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Ludlow and Teme / On Wenlock Edge Adrain Thompson (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) / The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Jan/2005 ] 'I recommend this record to every serious collector of songs' (American Record Guide) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Songs Volume 12: The Young Schubert Adrian Thompson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Schubert Edition / CD ] The Young Schubert |
MICHAEL HEAD
Head: Songs Ailish Tynan (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Roger (mezzo-soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Christpher Glynn (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "Christopher Glynn brings out the different colours in accordance with each song, from crashing chords to gurgling gruppetti, sparking little scales to vigorous outpourings or soft sweetness." (International Record Review) |
WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER
Piano music, chamber music & songs John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Ian Brown (piano) / Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze / Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
BOCCHERINI / CHOPIN / POPPER / SAINT-SAENS / WAGNER / etc
Casals Encores Alban Gerhardt (cello) Cecile Licad (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication and bold imagination. Casals, I feel sure, would have approved." (BBC Music Chamber Choice Aug 2011) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 Alban Gerhardt (cello) Cecile Licad (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2012 |
MAX REGER
Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) Markus Becker (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Alban Gerhardt's profound musicality and charisma have made him one of the most sought-after cellists of his generation. His ebullient personality is present in all his performances; he is nevertheless passionately committed to the intentions of the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Rostropovich Encores Alban Gerhardt (cello) Markus Becker (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] "A genuinely thoughtful and engaging tribute recital, and a compelling partner to the Casals." Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2017 |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Alkan / Chopin: Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "This is a magnificent performance: the tiny Largo is a particular gem. Pellucidly clean and clear engineering completes a remarkably fine disc that never once deviates from the highest artistic standards on offer today. You'll love it." (10/10... |
SHOSTAKOVICH / SCHNITTKE
Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) / Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'Beautifully recorded and played, this is a disc that enchants simply through the sound it makes. Both Gerhardt and Osborne are noted especially for their poetic insights and whenever the music turns introspective here they cast a magic spell so as... |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 / Piano Quintet in C Dmitri Alexeev (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev / Bew Pudapest Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Jul/2013 ] "The recordings are judiciously balanced in both works, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lazarev are fully sympathetic." (Gramophone Classical CD Guide) |
QUILTER / WARLOCK / GRAINGER / HOLST / GIBBS / etc
the Power of Love: An English Songbook Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "From start to finish, the artistry of Alice Coote and Graham Johnson is of the highest order." (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 21 Songs Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] One of the leading mezzos of our day in a Schubert recital which offers seventy minutes of pure pleasure. The twenty-one songs recorded here are among Schubert's finest, from Erlkönig (written in the composer's annus mirabilis of 1815) to Leise... |
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. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Mendelssohn may have published only one violin sonata (the early Op 4), but that does not signify any lack of inspiration in the others left in manuscript. The F major sonata which opens this programme is a particularly substantial and ambitious work. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 5 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] 'A set that will surely become the modern reference recording' wrote David Threasher after Vol 4, a claim I would enthusiastically endorse after this superlative final volume." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2018 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 4 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "The whole enterprise is near-impossible to fault. Six sonatas left now to complete the cycle, a set that will surely become the modern reference recording." Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2017 |