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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata & other piano music Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] The 'abundance of intelligence' in Pavel Kolesnikov's pianism which so impressed Gramophone pays particular dividends in Beethoven, the 'Moonlight' sonata sounding newly minted in this remarkable reading. |
HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 14 / CD - released 17/May/2001 ] 'This entertaining Hyperion CD is one of the year's surprises and very much worth having' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos Peter Holtslag (treble and sopranino recorders) / The Parley of Instruments / Peter Holman [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] 'The flavour of the baroque strings is strong and unmistakeable, but of greater importance is the unerring preservation by the ensemble of every detail in Vivaldi's busy scores' (CDReview, USA) |
CECILE CHAMINADE
Chaminade: Piano Music vol 2 Peter Jacobs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] 'A treasure trove for the explorer' (BBC Music magazine) |
CECILE CHAMINADE
Chaminade: Piano Music vol 3 Peter Jacobs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'As in the previous volumes, Peter Jacobs shows himself to be fluent, clean-fingered, elegantly delicate where required, and able to invest the music with fine nuances of tone and pace - an ideal interpreter of Chaminade' (Gramophone) |
Alban Gerhardt, Alliage Quintett
Phantasy in Blue [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] Playful yet serious, imaginative yet true to the spirit of the originals - Alban Gerhardt and the inimitable Alliage Quintett offer a wholly new perspective on a variety of favourites drawn from the cello's established repertoire and beyond. |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: The Three Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin, violin / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'All are beautifully crafted, irresistibly violinistic and catchily tuneful. Graffin is a real stylist, a player in the Franco-Belgian tradition with exquisitely sweet and focused tone and enviable bravura in the technical high jinks Saint-Saëns... |
EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/1997 ] Eugène Ysaÿe was the charismatic and flamboyant successor to Wieniawski in the great French tradition of violin virtuosity. Yet he was to take the genre to new and giddy heights with his Six Sonatas for solo violin of 1924. Each sonata is dedicated... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Piers Lane Goes To Town Again Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] 'This superbly recorded disc (played on a gorgeously voiced Steinway) is Lane's love letter to the piano. I wish more pianists would share their guilty pleasures like this' (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 23) |
J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 8 (Eugen d' Albert) Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Johann Sebastian Bach is hardly likely to require an introduction to listeners of this CD, but Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932) may well be another matter. |
MOSZKOWSKI / PADEREWSKI
Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Performances of exceptional poetry and virtuosity and the recording is first class. Strongly recommended' - The Good CD Guide |
KULLAK / DREYSCHOCK
Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 21 / CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] 'Delightful concertos. Kullak's in particular strikes me as a gem. Piers Lane plays both with dexterity and wit. A winner' (The Sunday Times) |
BELA BARTOK / ERICH KORNGOLD
Bartók & Korngold: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Throughout both quintets, Lane's piano has kept pace with any number of quirky metrics and subtle keyboard effect,s all captured in piercing sonics by Record Producer Jeremy Hayes" AudAud.com |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Three String Quartets & Piano Quintet Piers Lane (piano) / New Budapest Quartet [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Nos 8 & 9 Piers Lane (piano) / The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Ferdinand Ries may once have been celebrated as 'one of the finest piano-performers of the present day' (the 1820s), but he is now remembered chiefly for his association with Beethoven. Yet the music here is never slavishly imitative: Piers Lane... |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Requiem and other choral works Polyphony / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE - 'A radiant richness of sound.' (Penguin Guide) |
TRADITIONAL
A Christmas Present from Polyphony Polyphony Stehpen Layton (conductor) with City of London Sinfonia [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] 'Stephen Layton directs the performances and deserves major credit for the very high standards evident on this compilation' (BBC Music Magazine) |
BARBER / COPLAND / BERNSTEIN / THOMPSON
American Polyphony Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "This is the finest performance of Barber's Agnus Dei I've heard by any choir, live or on record…a wonderful recital, not to be missed." (BBC Music Disc of the month - August 2015) |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: The Song of Songs Pro Cantione Antiqua / Bruno Turner [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'an excellently balanced and natural-sounding recording' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
