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. |
CHARLES KOECHLIN
Songs: Le cortege d'Amphitrite Claudette Leblanc (soprano) Boaz Sharon (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "This really must be a find for those who wish to be captivated by some relatively unknown turn-of-the-century French songs" Hi-Fi News |
DONALD SWANN
Swann: Songs Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] "this is a continually fascinating and diverse selection...The real star of the show is Christopher Glynn, for whom the project has evidently been a labour of love." Gramophone |
FAURE
'La Chanson d'Eve' and other songs Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
MAHLER
Songs of Youth (incl Lieder und Gesange aus dem Jugendzeit) Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2008 ] 'Superb. A heart-warming record' - Penguin Stereo Record Guide |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Op102 (Nos. 1 & 2) & Variations Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] 'Absorbing interpretations, where the two players instinctively click and the music comes across with vibrancy, sensitivity and a galvanising unanimity of purpose' (The Daily Telegraph) |
GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: The 18 Études Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] "In essence, Driver's Ligeti Études complement rather than compete with Aimard and Ullén, and that's high praise." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2021 |
C. P. E. BACH
Keyboard Sonatas Vol 2 Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Danny Driver is intimately in touch with the fluctuations of the musical language....His feel for the harmonic explorations in the slow movement [of the E major Sonata] and the rhythmic mischievousness of the finale likewise echoes the music's... |
SCHUMANN
Novelletten / Nachtstücke Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] "This is, in short, engaging and sophisticated playing with a fine mix of care and spontaneity." (BBC Music) |
BENJAMIN DALE
Piano Music Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] The monumental Piano Sonata in D minor was composed by a young Benjamin Dale while he was still a student at the Royal Academy of Music. Dale's contemporaries included the burgeoning composer-pianists Arnold Bax and York Bowen. |
MILY BALAKIREV
Balakirev: Piano Sonata & other works Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Bravo to Hyperion for championing this music and to Driver for playing it with such sensitivity, polish and élan" (The Daily Telegraph) |
AMY BEACH / CECILE CHAMINADE / DOROTHY HOWELL
Beach, Chaminade & Howell - Piano Concertos Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 70 / CD - released 26/Feb/2017 ] "but even more appealing is Cécile Chaminade's Concertstück in the same key as the Beach...In Driver's hands it is enchanting." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Concerto |
ERIK CHISHOLM
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Chishom's First Concerto is] full of provocative rhythm and utterly devoid of cliche. His second is even more elaborate, drawing its inspiration from the beguiling ragas of Hindustan, their evocative intervals and sensuous, twisting melodies... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trios Dartington Piano Trio [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'I'm sure no-one would have been happier to find two such engaging performances side by side than the two ladies themselves' (Gramophone) |
FRANK BRIDGE
Piano Trios & Piano Quartet The Dartington Piano Trio (with Patrick Ireland, viola) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2001 ] 'A very worthwhile reissue.' BBC-Music |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Jupiter Project David Owen Norris (piano), Katy Bircher (flute), Caroline Balding (violin), Andrew Skidmore (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] An intriguing re-creation of how Mozart's largescale orchestral works might have been encountered in Georgian Britain, realized by the kind of ensemble which played such a prominent role in its musical life. |
ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Maud & A Shropshire Lad David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) David Owen Norris (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Feb/2002 ] 'I cannot recommend this disc highly enough. To list the outstanding moments would take too long. Very highly recommended' (Classic CD) |
SZYMANOWSKI
Piano Music (Incl Four Studies) Dennis Lee (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'This disc surpasses any earlier commercial recordings of Szymanowski’s music I have heard' (Gramophone) |