JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: 3 Violin Sonatas Krysia Osostowicz (violin) Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2008 ] 'Subtle enough to suggest that for both artists these performances were a revelatory voyage of discovery' (Gramophone) |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
38 Preludes from the two sets of Twenty-four Preludes in all the keys for pianoforte, Op 163 & Op 179 Sam Haywood (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Stanford retained an enthusiasm for the music of Bach throughout his life, and the two sets of 'Twenty-four Preludes in all the keys for pianoforte' are a clear homage to JSB's own '48'. Sam Haywood, making his second recording for Hyperion,... |
BERNSTEIN / BOLCOM
The Age of Anxiety / Piano Concerto Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / The Ulster Orchestra / Dmitry Sitkovetsky [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / RECORDING OF THE MONTH |
SCHUMANN
Album for the Young (Album fur die Jugend, Op 68) Angela Brownridge (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] The Album falls into two parts, with the first eighteen pieces designed for young children and the later numbers for 'more grown-up' players. |
ALKAN
Esquisses, Op 63 Steven Osborne, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2003 ] "A sparkling, fleet scherzo - reminiscences of Mendelssohn? - that never rises above piano and ends with typical Alkan jeu d'esprit" - Editor's Choice (Gramophone September 2003) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas K310-311 & 330-333 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Angela Hewitt's voyage of discovery through Mozart's piano sonatas is proving a joy, the works sounding newly minted in vital, alert accounts which respect their scale and sensibility while revealing influences of Mozart's orchestral and concerto... |
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) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / JOSEF HAYDN
Angela Hewitt plays Handel & Haydn Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Altogether a splendid contribution to these composers' anniversary year' (BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice) |
LISZT
Annees de pelerinage - Suisse Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] "Hough seems to capture the romantic spirit of this cycle so effectively. He masterfully achieves that just balance of lyricism and pyrotechnics so necessary to the successful playing of Liszt's music" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Art of Fugue Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "I won't mince words. This Art of Fugue is marvellous. The variety and beauty of tone alone make compelling listening, bringing contrasts, clarity and warmth to Bach's intellectual marvels...Yet her fingers never make the results dry triumphs of engi |
POULENC / HAHN
Aubade & Sinfonietta / Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este The New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp (conductor) with Julian Evans (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'A scintillating recording debut... in admirably off-the-beaten-track repertory' - The Observer |
J.S. BACH
Bach arrangements Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] 'A magnificent addition to both the Bach repertoire and Angela Hewitt's artistically unparallelled survey of Bach's keyboard compositions' (Fanfare) |
C. P. E. BACH
Bach (CPE): Sonatas & Rondos Marc Andre-Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Jan/2022 ] 'Hamelin's delight and relish are highly infectious...In short, I cannot think of a better introduction to CPE Bach on the modern piano than these two joyous discs.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Piano |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] 'Intense, emotional and pure' is how Pavel Kolesnikov describes the experience of making this recording, the fruits of a collaboration between the pianist and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach - Goldberg Variations (2015 Recording) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "A salutary reminder that recordings which one thought couldn't be bettered, actually can - remarkable" International Piano Five Stars |
J.S. BACH
Bach - Piano Transcriptions vol. 5 Hamish Milne, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] "Hamish Milne again and again reveals his pianistic talents, and his playing also reflects his love of this demanding yet rewarding repertoire" - MusicWeb June 2005. |
J.S. BACH
Piano Transcriptions vol.4 - Feinberg Martin Roscoe, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "Roscoe illuminates the refurbished contrapuntal textures with luxuriant sonority and mesmerising facility" (Gramophone Critics' Choice 2004) |
Plowright
Bach: Piano Transcriptions 6 [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 27/Feb/2006 ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 2 (Busoni) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] 'His performances capture the smouldering long lines and Gothic grandeur inherent in Busoni's textural transformations of the originals' (International Record Review) |
J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 3 (Ignacy Friedman, William Murdoch, Percy Grainger) Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] "Lane commands the golden tone and effortless, spirited virtuosity needed to make these transcriptions come alive, and makes them sound easy to boot. A honey of a release." (BBC Music) |