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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 21/Feb/2025 ] The critical reception of Schumann's violin sonatas-like that of much of the composer's late output-has vacillated over the course of the intervening centuries. Written for and first performed by some of the leading violinists of the day, all three... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 11 (Sonatas Opp 106 & 111) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Her playing has great energy and also plenty of light and shade....This is an outstanding disc." Musicweb recommended June 2022 |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets Vol 5 Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano) James Rutherford (baritone) Finnur Bjarnason (tenor) Hannah Morrison (soprano) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] 'Eugene Asti plays with a refreshingly light touch and a lively sense of rhythm' (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): The Complete Songs Vol. 2 Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] BBC Magazine Award Finalist 2008 (Best vocal recording) |
VIANNA da MOTTA
Vianna ds Motta: Piano Concerto in A major / Fantasia DramAItica / etc Arthur Pizarro (piano) / Orquestra Gulbenkian / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 24 / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'To hear Pizarro is always a pleasure…lyrical phrasing wrapped in one of the most entrancing and expressive pianissimos of any pianist' - International Record Review |
GRANDOS / RODRIGO / NIN / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canciones amatorias Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] 'Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes' (Fanfare) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mulleri Ian Bostridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (reader) [ Hyperion / CD ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE - GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
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) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: A Goethe Schubertiad Christine Shafer (soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Michael George (bass) / The London Chorale, Stephen Layton (dir) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 24 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'The whole record is priceless … renewed praise … an engrossing and invaluable addition to this series' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Songs of 1816 Christoph Pregardien (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 23 / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Prégardien is a prince among tenors' (Gramophone) GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Complete Songs vol.3 Felicity Lott (sop) Jennifer Smith (sop) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (ten) Christopher Maltmann (bar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] 'recording and presentation are the stuff of dreams. Hyperion has done Fauré proud' - Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonatas & Rhapsodies Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Both sonatas recorded here are the work of the young Brahms-still a teenager when he wrote Op 2-and perfectly complement the much later rhapsodies. These are magisterial accounts from a pianist noted for his mastery of the Romantics. |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Violin Sonatas Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 'Hagai Shaham plays with a large, richly Romantic tone and a feeling for the grand gestures in which the music delivers its message and the ethnic matrix from which it emerged. But he also has the virtuosic flair to put across the most flamboyant... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 8 [Incls 'Sechs Gesänge' (Op 7)] Harriet Burns (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] "Buoyed by Johnson's acutely judged accompaniments, the fresh-toned young soprano Harriet Burns, on her CD debut, spins a pure line and responds sensitively to the echt-Brahmsian moods of loneliness, regret and pathos." Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 6 (Incls 'Lieder und Gersänge', Op. 32) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Bostridge's fans have no need to hesitate either, and the virtues of his distinctive Lieder-singing art are very much in evidence." Gramophone |
FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Complete Songs Janice Watson (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo soprano), Jamie MacDougal (tenor), Gerald Finley (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "This fine collection of settings by poets as diverse as Herrick, Heine and Tagore is full of surprises and beautifully performed by all, especially pianist Roger Vignoles" The Observer |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Hyperion Schubert Edition: The Final Year John Mark Ainsley, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Schade (tenors) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 37 / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] The final volume in the Schubert Hyperion series |
JERZY GABLENZ / IGNACY Jan PADEREWSKI
Gablenz: Piano Concerto / Paderewski: Polish Fantasy Jonathan Plowright (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lukasz Borowicz [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 83 / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "In terms of sheer spontaneity, pliant rhythmic élan and delicacy of texture, I cannot imagine a more thrilling performance, or one that more fully captures Paderewski's heartfelt message." Gramophone |
BALAKIREV / GRIEG / HONEGGER / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERKELEY / MOMPOU / etc
Hommage a Chopin Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "All of these multifaceted offerings...show Jonathan Plowright as beguiling in his intimacy as he is magisterial in virtuosity." Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine - April 2010 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Songs Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] 'The versions by Sitkovetsky and Vignoles … form a notable addition to the catalogue and represent a remarkable achievement by an artist making her debut on disc' (MusicWeb International) |
HENRI SAUGUET / GORDON JACOB / MICHAEL HEAD / THOMAS SIMAKU / RUTH GIPPS / etc
Honey-coloured cow Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Carducci String Quartet, John Flinders (piano), Amy Thompson, Matthew Kitteringham (bassoons) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] Laurence Perkins is not only an extremely accomplished bassoonist; he also has the enviable talent of devising memorable and attractive programmes (and album titles) for his instrument. |
RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / MIKHAIL GLINKA
The Princess and the Bear: Strauss (R): Duet-Concertino / Beethoven: Trio / Glinka: Trio pathétique Laurence Perkins (bassoon), with Sarah Watts (clarinet), Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sian Edwards (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "[the Glinka] finds Watts and Perkins squaring off and duetting like protagonists from one of the bel canto operas that inspired it, while Roscoe accompanies them with understated subtlety." Gramophone |
WOLDEMAR BARGIEL
Bargiel: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] The name of Woldemar Bargiel may be little known today - although he was the half-brother of Clara Schumann, no less - but he was highly regarded by Brahms and the Schumanns. These are two delightful, richly melodic works. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Hammerklavier Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "it's always when Beethoven is at his most virile when Hamelin most excels, especially with sweeping runs up the keyboard or busy fugal complications - anything that needs flying fingers...there is nothing in Hamelin's latest Hyperion album (there ar |
FRANZ LISZT / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] "The execution is so incredibly neat and well ordered, and yet sounds completely spontaneous, like an inspired improvisation…This is a master pianist at the height of his powers" GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Late Piano Music Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Oct/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Instrumental |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: On wings of song Margaret Price (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] "Mesmerising... as is usual, the Hyperion recording is perfectly balanced" - Classic CD |
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Fauré: La bonne chanson & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Fauré's songs represent his art at its most radiant, demonstrating the composer's exceptional gift for melody as well as his acute sensitivity to the subtleties of the greatest French poets of the day. In 'La bonne chanson', the result is a song... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), with Timothy Ridout (viola) & the Piatti Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] 'a performance of On Wenlock Edge which, in its thrilling assurance, strength of imagination and rapt instinct, inclines me to rank it alongside the very finest I know.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022 |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - 'Performances as searingly intense as they are ardently lyrical. Truly extraordinary fire and brilliance' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and his Friends - II Philip Langridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
JOHN FIELD / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Russian Variations Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Three substantial sets of variations - by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov - plus a delightful amuse-bouche from John Field, who settled in St Petersburg in the early years of the nineteenth century, make up Piers Lane's attractive and virtuosic... |
THEODOR KULLAK / ALEXANDER DREYSCHOCK
Kullak / Dreyschock: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 21 / CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] 'Delightful concertos. Kullak's in particular strikes me as a gem. Piers Lane plays both with dexterity and wit. A winner' (The Sunday Times) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4 (Incls 'Vier ernste Gesänge', Op. 121) Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "This disc, while the whole recital has notable integrity and quality, would be worth having for [the Four Serious Songs] alone." (International Record Review) |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: The Piano Works Roberto Prosseda (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] The piano works of Georges Bizet will come as an agreeable discovery to many listeners-here is a body of work by a major composer which has never established itself on record or in the concert hall. Who knew that the twelve- and thirteen-year-old... |
ROBERT FRANZ
Franz: Songs Robin Tritschler, (tenor), Graham Johnson, (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jul/2017 ] " This concise music perhaps lacks the contained intensity of his two compatriots, but it's still hugely appealing. Tritschler and Johnson's performances capture precisely the mood and scent of each song." Sunday Times |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 10 - Sophie Rennert Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Lawrence Power (viola) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] 'Sophie Rennert's voice is magnificently burnished, full and deep … the songs with viola form the centrepiece of the disc, and one could hardly hope for a finer exponent of the obbligato part than Lawrence Power' (MusicWeb) |
FAURE / POULENC / CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / etc
Stephen Hough - French Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGNAZ MOSCHELES
Schumann & Moscheles: 1851 - Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jan/2026 ] 'It's a fantastic sound … so beautifully done' (BBC Record Review)... his enduring love of Schumann's music shines through every bar. Warmly recommended' (Gramophone) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev) Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "This is an excellent performance, one which I will be enjoying regularly in the years to come. The recorded sound is also excellent as are the booklet notes by Steven Isserlis, who sets the scene well in his essay." Recommended Recording MusicWeb |
