JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 7 Benjamin Appl (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] The last private pupil of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Appl has already been hailed as 'Lieder royalty' (The Spectator). Further proof comes with this distinguished Hyperion debut: volume 7 of our complete Brahms songs. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quintet) Capricorn with Sarah Leonard (soprano) / Timothy Mason (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Oct/2006 ] 'Capricorn's blazing performance of the Serenade is what really makes this disc a standout among recent Schnittke releases' (Fanfare) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book 5 & other piano music Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "A fine programme overall, much to be recommended" Gramophone award nomination 2017 - Instrumental |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion & other piano music Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] A welcome return to the piano music of Béla Bartók and a programme which includes the popular Sonatina, the aggressively experimental Op 18 Études and the Piano Sonata of 1926, the composer's 'year of the piano'. Cédric Tiberghien is then joined by... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Préludes / Piano Sonata No. 2 / Scherzo No. 2 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 'A Chopin player of real class … Tiberghien's Second Sonata is impressive … the final two movements are particularly fine … this disc as a whole is a potent new addition to the Chopin library' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, troisième année & other late piano works Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "Tiberghien's quasi-improvisatory approach works marvellously with works which would otherwise risk sounding directionless and self-indulgent. His range is breathtaking." BBC Music Instrumental Choice March 2019 |
SZYMANOWSKI
Masques, Métopes & Études Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD ] "One can have no reservations about Cédric Tiberghien's playing throughout this absorbing disc..." - Gramophone March 2014 |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Mikrokosmos Book 6 / Out of Doors / etc Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "Possessing an instinctive feel for impressionism, and for the ebb and flow of those rhythms with their little hesitations and sudden rushes forward, Cédric Tiberghien is ideally fitted for this task…the chief glory of this recording lies in what Tib |
THEODORE DUBOIS
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor / Suite for piano and string orchestra in F minor / etc Cédric Tiberghien (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] "Piano Concerto No 2 of 1898 won't give you great tunes or high drama but it's attractive...The best of the three exhibits is the lighter and sprightly Suite...Vigorously supported...Tiberghien plays as though he loves every dancing note." The Times |
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Concert and Piano Quartet Chilingirian Quartet with Pascal Devoyon (piano) and Philippe Graffin (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'The listener is left entirely free to revel in Chausson's sensualistic palette of scented harmonies and timbres. A revelation - certainly one of my top releases for 1997' (Classic CD) |
YORK BOWEN
The complete works for violin and piano Chloë Hanslip (violin) & Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "Chloe Hanslip plays with the most enviably sweet and subtly variegated tone...[Driver's] irreproachably eager and stylish pianism is a joy to encounter." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 1 Christine Brewer (soprano) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'At all times Brewer and Vignoles work together hand in glove … This is a properly equal partnership that bodes very well indeed for this admirable project. Brewer and Vignoles set... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Echoes of Nightingales Christine Brewer (soprano) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] This delightful disc, performed by one of the most admired sopranos of today, accompanied by her long-time collaborator, pays homage to an important musical tradition and part of performance history, and to four great sopranos from the past. The... |
SCHUMANN
The Songs of Robert Schumann-Vol 1 Christine Schafer (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Dec/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE CANNES CLASSIQUE SOLO VOCAL AWARD |
BRAHMS
The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Die Mühle, die dreht ihre Flügel') Christine Schäfer (soprano) & Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "A thrilling, limpid sound; clarity of diction; emotional immediacy; a fabulous technique...Christine Schäfer really has it all, and she proves a delightful and imaginative interpreter of these songs." (Classic FM) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 4 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Alastair Miles (bass) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some splendid accounts of Strauss songs for the male voice. This latest instalment in Hyperion's series is every bit as welcome and enjoyable as were its predecessors and further volumes are eagerly awaited." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 5: Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] A new recording from renowned recitalist and winner of the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Christopher Maltman. Graham Johnson is both accompanist and curator of this series that presents the entire piano-accompanied... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Songs 2 Lorna Anderson (soprano) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] "The first thing to say that the performances by sopranos Lorna Anderson and Lisa Milne are consistently beautiful, alert to the implications of Debussy's word-setting, whether ecstatic or subdued...Martineau matches them in the subtlety,... |
SCHUMANN
The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 5 (Incls 'Dichterliebe') Christopher Maltman (baritone) / Polyphony / Stephen Layton / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Nov/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 08 (Incls 'Sechs fruhe Lieder, WoO121') Christopher Maltman, Jonathan Lemalu (baritones) Mark Padmore (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] Volume 8 of Graham Johnson's Schumann series couples the divinely inspired song-cycle 'Liederkreis' with many little-known treasures from his early youth. |