LOEWE
Songs and Ballads Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2011 ] "As for the singing, I cannot praise it too highly. Florian Boesch has a warmly attractive baritone voice and his diction is first class, as is his response to the word meanings." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 |
JOSEPH LIDARTI
Violin Concertos Francesco d'Orazio (violin) / Auser Musici [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Auser Musici's first release for Hyperion was highly praised and we are delighted to present their second disc. The eighteenth-century Italian composer Christian Joseph Lidarti's three violin concertos are all recorded here for the first time. These... |
Francois/Johnson Leroux
Saint-Saens:songs [ Hyperion / CD ] |
ALESSANDRO & DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Salve Regina, Cantatas & Motets Deborah York (soprano) James Bowman (countertenor) Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'Congratulations to Hyperion on imaginative programming of repertoire, some not otherwise available on disc. Highly recommended ... for repeated enjoyable listening' (BBC Music... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D537 & 959 Garrick Ohlsson [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] An inspired pairing of Schubert's first completed piano sonata with one of the sublimely expansive masterpieces from his final year. Garrick Ohlsson delivers rather special results. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Late Piano Works Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] Brahms announced his retirement from composing on more than one occasion, but these are among the last solo pieces he wrote for piano. By contrast, the Op 4 scherzo is the work of an eighteen-yearold, and the earliest he approved for publication. |
CHOPIN
The Complete Etudes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "In Op. 10, he is just about unsurpassed in the gruelling A minor study, and he flutters beautifully in the seventh study, which he takes really fast. If anything, he is even better in Op. 25, controlled and disciplined, never indulging in the sort... |
CHOPIN
The Complete Mazurkas Volume 1 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |
CHOPIN
The Complete Mazurkas Volume 2 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Not only does he catch the rhythm, but his feel for nuance and colour misses no element of Chopin's infinite imagination, and the balance of earthiness and elegance is well-nigh ideal" BBC Music Magazine |
CHOPIN
The Complete Waltzes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The waltz reached Warsaw in the early years of the nineteenth century. As a teenager, Chopin would have known the piano waltzes of Polish composers like Maria Szymanowska, Kurpinski, Dobrzynski and Stefani. |
SMETANA
Czech Dances / On the Seashore Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Jun/2016 ] "what an accomplishment to present them not only lovingly but fairly bursting with character" (Gramophone) |
GRANADOS
Goyescas Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "you can't go far wrong with Ohlsson, who could hardly be more affecting in 'Quejas, o La maja y el ruisenor', or more able to express the dark and glittering hearts of both 'El amor y la muerte' and 'Epilogo, serenate del espectro'" (Gramophone) |
CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES
Piano Music Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jul/2013 ] "Hugely commanding and authoritative; a landmark in every way." (MusicWeb) |
CHOPIN
Preludes & Impromptus Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] 'Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |
DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Debussy / Prokofiev / Bartok: Études Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Throw in Roger Nichols' highly readable liner-notes and you have a piano album to die for. Dazzling pianism, class-leading sound; another notch on Ohlsson's bed post." Recording of the Month MusicWeb August 2015 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Variations for solo piano (complete) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 23/Sep/2010 ] 'This is a great Brahms recording that elevates and illuminates the music with a lightness of touch and heart that eludes many...Perhaps the most musical performance on disc in recent years' Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2010 |
CHOPIN
Complete works (16 CD set) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) with Ewa Podles (contralto) Leila Josefowicz (violin) Carter Brey (cello) [ Hyperion / 16 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2009 ] 'The collaborative works receive particularly rewarding performances… Ohlsson arguably offers more consistent artistry than Biret, Ashkenazy, Magaloff, and Harasiewicz' (ClassicsToday.com) |
Gaudier Ensemble
Beethoven: Wind Quintet/Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
Gaudier Ensemble
Francaix:a Huit/Divertissem [ Hyperion / CD ] |
Gaudier Ensemble
Strauss:dances [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Nov/2000 ] |