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... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets D112 & 887 Takács Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - due 31/May/2024 ] The 'heavenly lengths' Schumann loved in late Schubert are as much in evidence in the sublime G major quartet as in the other large-scale works of Schubert's final years. The Takács Quartet's earlier Hyperion recordings of Schubert were hailed as... |
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. |
NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: 24 Caprices Alina Ibragimova (violin) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 21/May/2021 ] 'Ibragimova's principal strength, aside from an all-facilitating technique, is her amazing imagination, an ability to turn each individual piece into a vivid narrative.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Instrumental |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Fantasias For Solo Violin Alina Ibragimova (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Telemann may have written his twelve fantasias for the amateur market, but he would surely have rejoiced to hear such superlative performances as these. Alina Ibragimova again demonstrates just what can be accomplished on the four strings of a solo... |
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) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Alina Ibragimova (violin), State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Concerto BBC Music Award Nomination 2021 - Concerto |
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 |