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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien [ Hyperion / CD - due 30/Aug/2019 ] Matchless accounts of Brahms at his most lyrically reflective, plus a benedictory encore by Clara Schumann: this is another outstanding release from today's pre-eminent violin and piano partnership. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOHANNES BRAMS
Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 27/Sep/2019 ] An inspired coupling of two contrasting yet complementary sets of 'swansongs'. Despite the three decades separating Brahms' and Schubert's ages at the time of writing, both are among their composers' very final works, poignant reflections on the... |
BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 8Harriet Burns Harriet Burns, Graham Johnson [ Hyperion / CD - due 30/Aug/2019 ] |
PFITZNER / BRAUNFELS
Pfitzner & Braunfels: Piano Concertos Markus Becker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Constantin Trinks [ Hyperion / CD - due 30/Aug/2019 ] |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt (cello) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Those elusive qualities of 'transcendental beauty paired with an enchanting simplicity', eloquently glossed by Alban Gerhardt in his booklet note, might also be said to characterize his playing in this outstanding new recording. |
HANS PFITZER
Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt (cello) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sebastian Weigle [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 4 / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] "Cellist Alban Gerhardt a composed and elegant player, who I have seen a couple of times in live concert, is at one with these scores and takes them all in his stride. With exemplary, highly refined playing he aptly displays the beautiful tone of his |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 5 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] 'A set that will surely become the modern reference recording' wrote David Threasher after Vol 4, a claim I would enthusiastically endorse after this superlative final volume." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2018 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 4 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "The whole enterprise is near-impossible to fault. Six sonatas left now to complete the cycle, a set that will surely become the modern reference recording." Gramophone Editor's Choice Awards Issue 2017 |
LOUIS VIERNE / CESAR FRANCK
Vierne & Franck: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "Superb playing and ravishing engineering intertwine here to stunning effect. It's a modern set-up - Ibragimova on a 1775 Anselmo Bellosio strung with metal, with Tiberghien on a very beautiful and relatively new Steinway D" Gramophone |
GERSHWIN
Fascinating Rhythm: The Complete Music for Solo Piano Angela Brownridge (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 'Marvellous little gems thrown off with a tremendous amount of aplomb and elan. A must for all Gershwin fans' (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 2/1, 14/2, 53 & 54 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] "As you might expect, her way with the fingery textures of the first movement [of the Waldstein] is dexterous and effortless, while the repeated left-hand chords have a crispness about them." Gramophone |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach - Goldberg Variations (2015 Recording) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "A salutary reminder that recordings which one thought couldn't be bettered, actually can - remarkable" International Piano Five Stars |
BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 14 No 1, Op 31 No 1, Op 49 Nos 1 & 2, Op 81a Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] Another instalment of Angela Hewitt's much- lauded Beethoven presents five piano sonatas, culminating with the masterly 'Les adieux'. As usual, Angela's booklet notes muse compellingly on the music, performance practice and all things Beethovenian. |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Suite for Violin and Orchestra Op 32 / Violin Concerto in D major Op 74 Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 2 / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Concerto - "A first recording for the Violin Concerto, and a performance unlikely to be bettered. Anthony Marwood is the impassioned soloist" |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
St Nicolas / Hymn to St Cecilia Anthony Rolf Johnson (tenor) Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "A fresh and atmospheric account of Britten's colourful cantata" Penguin Guide |
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 |
STOJOWSKI / WIENIAWSKI
Stojowski / Wieniawski: Violin Concertos Bartłomiej Nizioł (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 20 / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] The music of Zygmunt Stojowski has yet to benefit from the renaissance enjoyed by other Polish composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His violin concerto - enthusiastically received at its premiere - is here revivified... |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "...it's not often you hear cries of "encore" after a Bruckner symphony, but I would gladly have heard this one repeated in full' (The Guardian) |
PAUL HINDEMITH
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis & other orchestral works BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] 'This is ideal repertoire for the BBCSSO, with its beefy lower strings, its bright, biting brass and searing violins' (The Guardian) |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Enigma Variations & other orchestral works BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, with Kate Royal (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2016 ] Two much-loved orchestral favourites representing the summit of Elgar's maturity are coupled with three of the lesser-known wartime works, here receiving their rst recordings with the original French texts. Kate Royal is the soprano soloist in 'Une... |
