HANDEL / BLOW / BOYCE
Music for St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, John Scott (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Invigorating and uplifting, this is a disc to raise the lowest and most jaded of spirits" Fanfare |
WILLIAM CROFT
Te Deum & Burial Service St Paul's Cathedral Choir / The Parley of Instruments / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'This is choral singing of the highest quality' - Choir & Organ |
St Petersberg String Quartet
Shostakovich: String Quartets [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] |
St Petersburg Quartet/Uryash
Shostakovich: Pno Quintet/Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2004 ] |
SHOSTAKOVICH
The Complete String Quartets / Piano Trio No 2 / String Quintet St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2010 ] 'These players approach Shostakovich's mighty cycle with a natural authority that's unanswerable, along with tireless precision and virtuosity, plus a wonderful command of the music's way of switching between sunlight and shadow when you least expect... |
St Petersburg String Quartet
Shostakovich: Quartets 7 & 9 [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets 5, 7 & 9 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] 'These are among the great interpretations that have been placed on disc … I do believe that this cycle could grow to some of the most impressive Shostakovich performances ever placed on disc' (Fanfare) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets 4, 6 & 8 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'These are among the great interpretations that have been placed on disc' (Fanfare). |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets Nos 2 & 3 St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'Deserves an emphatic recommendation and makes one impatient for the ensemble's next Shostakovich disc' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet no.1, Piano Quintet & Piano Trio no.2 St. Petersburg String Quartet with Igor Uryash (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "With a suburb recording to boot, this release provides an extremely fitting conclusion to the St Petersburg's excellent Shostakovich cycle. I have no hestitation in recommending the performance of the First Quartet." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the... |
GABRIEL JACKSON
Jackson: A ship with unfurled sails The State Choir Latvija, Maris Sirmais [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] Gabriel Jackson's sumptuous choral textures and beautiful, yet individual, harmonic language respond thrillingly to the Latvian treatment. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Songs Stephan Genz (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 1999 PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK |
MAHLER
Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Stephan Genz (baritone) & Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2008 ] 'The charm of Mahler's Lieder-composing style - so close to Schubert's - comes across beautifully. Stephan Genz is more than just a very fine singer: his precision, sensitivity and range of imagination proclaim him a true successor to the great... |
DEBUSSY
Complete music for two pianos Stephen Coombs and Christopher Scott (pianos) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'Leads the field in this repertoire. Very highly recommended' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ARENSKY
Suites for Two Pianos Stephen Coombs, Ian Munro (pianos) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ] 'Hyperion have again found the perfect acoustic for this most delightful and effective music. All in all, this is one of the classiest and most enjoyable two-piano discs I've ever had the pleasure of hearing' (Classic CD) |
SCRIABIN
The Early Scriabin Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'A programme of fascinating rarities played with a touching sensitivity and affection … This record is a most impressive achievement, as beautiful in sound as it is endlessly thought-provoking' (Gramophone) |
GLAZUNOV
Piano Music Vol 2 (Incls Three Etudes, Op 31 & Nocturne, Op 37) Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] "Superb, in a word. The two volumes of Glazunov Piano Music should be mandatory purchases for all pianists and all lovers of the Russian Romantics." (MusicWeb May 2006) |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Piano Music Vol 3: Preludes and Fugues Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] 'When in the past we have written that Glazunov is not at his best in his piano music we obviously did not have the benefit of such persuasive advocacy as this' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
GLAZUNOV
Piano Music-Volume 4 (Incls Two Impromptus, Op 54 & Sonata No 2, Op 75) Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'A series that will surely raise this composer's status immeasurably' (Gramophone) |
ANATOL LIADOV
Solo Piano Music (Incls Four Pieces, Op 64 & Variations on a theme by Glinka, Op 35) Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] 'Scarcely anybody outside Russia looks at them these days, but, as Stephen Coombs eloquently establishes on this disc, they are gems' (The Daily Telegraph) |