JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Songs of Sibelius Katarina Karneus (mezzo) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2011 ] PICK OF THE MONTH (BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE) BEST OF THE YEAR (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH) BEST OF THE YEAR (THE SUNDAY TIMES) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Piano Music Kathryn Stott (piano) [ Hyperion / CD ] Faure was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Concertos & Dances Kathryn Stott (piano) / Malcolm Stewart (violin) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Yet another definitive and indispensable addition to the recorded repertoire of British music... Go forth, purchase, and enjoy!' - Fanfare, USA |
GABRIEL FAURE
Complete Music for Piano Kathryn Stott (piano) with Martin Roscoe (piano in the duets) [ Hyperion / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE 'Sumptuously recorded. A true and dedicated Francophile [Kathryn Stott] is clearly among the more stylish and intriguing of all young pianists' (Gramophone) |
HANDEL / PURCELL / BLOW / TALLIS / GIBBONS / etc
The Coronation of King George II: A reconstruction of the Coronation of the King The King's Consort, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001)- "A recreation of the 1727 Coronation which captures the atmosphere of the occasion with great skill. There is some magnificent music to be discovered." |
GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI & OTHERS
Lo Sposalizio: the wedding of Venice to the sea The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] ".. another marvelous concept from Robert King and his redoubtable consort, here breathtakingly recreating the celebrations which would have taken place on Ascension Day circa 1600. Glitteringly recorded and a superb booklet" Sunday Times |
HENRY PURCELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Essential Purcell The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Raised amidst the veritable explosion of culture that greeted the Restoration of the British monarchy in 1660, Henry Purcell stands as a colossus in English music. |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: The Violin Sonatas Krysia Osostowicz (violin) / Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Feb/2006 ] 'Two outstanding performances. A marvellous disc, both as a performance and as a recording' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Sonata, Contrasts, Rhapsodies & Rumanian Dances Krysia Osostowicz (violin) Susan Tomes (piano) Michael Collins (clarinet) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'An outstandingly successful and enjoyable issue' (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / MIKHAIL GLINKA
The Princess and the Bear: Strauss (R): Duet-Concertino / Beethoven: Trio / Glinka: Trio pathétique Laurence Perkins (bassoon), with Sarah Watts (clarinet), Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sian Edwards (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "[the Glinka] finds Watts and Perkins squaring off and duetting like protagonists from one of the bel canto operas that inspired it, while Roscoe accompanies them with understated subtlety." Gramophone |
HECTOR BERLIOZ / CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Berlioz: Harold In Italy & Other Orchestral Works Lawrence Power (viola), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] "Andrew Manze leads Power and the Bergen Philharmonic on a swift hike across the Alps, keeping meandering to a minimum." Gramophone |
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo - Piano Trios Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Dec/2015 ] "Hyperion's engineers leave no detail unheard, although a slightly more distant perspective might have relieved occasional congestion in loud passages...this is the finest release with all three Lalo trios in the present and past catalogs" ClassToday |
SIR HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Piano Trio No 2 / Piano Quartet Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] After a successful rehearsal of his piano quartet in 1879, Parry declared that he was 'wild with delight'. He could have been no less enthusiastic on hearing this dynamic account from the Leonore Piano Trio with violist Rachel Roberts. |
SIR HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 3 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "This is a richly rewarding disc which I enjoyed from start to finish. The playing of the members of the Leonore Piano Trio is expert and highly committed. This is very worthwhile music anyway but they make the best possible case for it." MusicWeb |
SERGEI TANEYEV / NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Piano Trios Leonore Piano Trio: Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Tim Horton (piano), Gemma Rosefield (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "The thrilling performances of the Leonore Piano make these late Romantic works come alive and Hyperion has provided their usual superb sonics." AudAud.com |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt Complete Music for Solo Piano: The Complete Paganini Études Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 48 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "[Howard] can play anything that Liszt wrote, it seems, and be as intelligent and sensitive" Classic CD |
FRANZ LISZT
Complete Piano Music: The Waltzes (Incls Mephisto Waltzes) Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - MTA AWARD WINNER |
FRANZ LISZT
LIszt: Complete Piano Music: Ballades, Legends and Polonaises Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'The sheer quantity of music on offer may be impressive but the quality of the playing is even more remarkable, warmly sympathetic and, where necessary, thrillingly bold and impassioned' (BBC Record Review) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Konzertsolo & Odes Funebres (Incls Fantasia and Fugue on BACH) Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] This third release in the series of Liszt's complete piano music contains a mixture of the known and the unknown, and comprises some of Liszt's forays into larger forms (others are the Sonata, the Scherzo and March and the transcriptions). The first... |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Rapsodie Espagnole and other pieces on Spanish themes Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 45 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard is chef, artist, minstrel and matador in this Spanish spectacle. You will be delighted by the sense of spaciousness and clarity in the recorded sound, and your paella is guaranteed to be more flavoursome with this exotic accompaniment'... |