W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets K478 & K493 Paul Lewis (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die - "For anyone who responds to Mozart's piano concertos, these charming works might almost be considered two bonuses to the cycle. They are superbly played here." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2003) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Duets Paul Lewis (piano) & Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] 'In this repertoire Lewis and Osborne are as one, touch and tone indistinguishable from one another (they swap Primo and Secondo roles throughout, apparently, though it's impossible to tell who is playing which in what), playing with a delicious... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] 'Intense, emotional and pure' is how Pavel Kolesnikov describes the experience of making this recording, the fruits of a collaboration between the pianist and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Impromptus, waltzes & mazurkas Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Pavel Kolesnikov's deep affinity with the music of Chopin is once again on display: immaculate performances - and an intelligently planned recital, which builds towards the epic F minor Fantasy - can only enhance the listener's appreciation of this... |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Mazurkas Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "The young Russian pianist - a member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme - shows a remarkable command and originality in this superb Chopin set." Editor's Choice Awards Issue Gramophone 2016 |
LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Dances From the Bauyn Manuscript Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] Equally well-suited to the demands of the French Baroque as to the high Romanticism of Tchaikovsky and Chopin, Pavel Kolesnikov's attentive musicianship yields predictably revelatory results in the music of Louis Couperin. |
PIOTYR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op. 37b / Morceaux Op. 19 Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2014 ] "In 2012, Kolesnikov took first prize in the Honens piano competition in Canada, and on the evidence of his effortlessly refined playing here, he was a worthy winner. His performances never overstretch the boundaries of what are, essentially, salon... |
PFITZNER / BRAUNFELS
Pfitzner & Braunfels: Piano Concertos Markus Becker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Constantin Trinks [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] The Braunfels-a concerto in all but name-and Pfitzner make an apt pairing, two works dating from the twilight of German Romanticism. Both are heroically dispatched by Markus Becker, with Constantin Trinks and his Berlin Radio Symphony forces... |
HENRI HERZ
Piano Music Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2008 ] This is the first recording devoted exclusively to the delightfully enjoyable solo works of Henri Herz. The Variations on 'Non più mesta' from Rossini's La Cenerentola Op 60 is Herz's best-known work. Several composers were attracted to the... |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music vol. 1 An American composer bon Dieu! Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] 'An important and recommendable issue... to be welcomed wholeheartedly' - CDReview |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol. 2 (Incls Souvenir d'Andalousie) Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Martin's flair comes through flamboyantly in these virtuosic pieces... the ideal advocate for his music' |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music vol. 3 Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'The pre-eminent Gottschalk interpreter of the 1980s and 1990s ...absolutely flawless' |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'La Colombe' & 'souvenir de Cuba') Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS'CHOICE 'Gottschalk's elegant sensuality has surely had its most gracious advocate in Philip Martin' |
GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol 5 (Incls 'La chasse du jeune Henri Morceau de concert') Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] Gramophone Magazine Critics' Choice (2001)- 'More glowing Gottschalk from Martin … a real enchantment from start to finish. This series is another immaculate Hyperion production [and] nobody is better qualified than Philip Martin to play it all for us' |
GOTTSCHALK
Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CD set] Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] 'Gottschalk is never abstruse or merely technical, but it is obvious from the elegance of his writing that he was a wonderful pianist. The piano sound is simply wonderful - Hyperion manages to convey an individual instrument's personality in piano... |
SAINT-SAENS
Music for Violin and Piano Philippe Graffin (violin) Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "There is no doubt about the sheer pleasure which Graffin and Devoyon find in this music, with a performance enducing a wit and heartwarming intimacy that also extend to the smaller works ... Strongly recommended' (BBC Music Magazine) |
GOLDMARK / WALTER
Violin Sonatas Philippe Graffin (violin) Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] 'these are sumptuously responsive performances, glowingly recorded and expertly annotated' (International Record Review) |
CANTELOUBE / BREVILLE
Music for Violin and Piano Philippe Graffin (violin) Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "Two substantial rare French works for violin and piano played with utter conviction, typically presented in Hyperion's honest, well judged sound and superbly documented" - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
SAINT-SAENS / YSAYE
Rare transcriptions for violin and piano Philippe Graffin, violin, Pascal Devoyon, piano [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'Graffin's tone throughout is sweet and seductive, his phrasing a thing of pure joy … A wonderful disc. Buy it.' (Gramophone) |
YSAYE
Violin Music (Incls Poème élégiaque in D minor) Philippe Graffin (violin) with Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] 'Even the most demanding of Ysaye's flights of fancy sound beautiful, with the accurate tuning complemented by fine tone, thrillingly precise fingerwork, plus excellent recording' (Gramophone) |