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EDWARD ELGAR / ANTONIN DVORAK
Elgar & Dvorak: Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt (cello), WDR Sinfonieorchester, Andrew Manze (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - due 3/Jul/2026 ] With the cello concertos by Edward Elgar and Antonín DvoĆák, Alban Gerhardt turns to two cornerstones of the repertoire-while presenting, in his first studio recording of these works, a distillation of 35 years of close artistic engagement. Joined... |
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J.S. BACH
Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Britten Sinfonia (ensemble) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Mahan Esfahani's mammoth project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach reaches its zenith with The Complete Keyboard Concertos. At every stage in the series Esfahani has sought to challenge long-held assumptions about the composer we seek to... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 3/Jul/2026 ] Sir Stephen Hough's new solo piano album 'Stephen Hough's Piano Postcards' explores the world from the perspective of the itinerant pianist sending home musical messages from his voyages. Stephen picks beloved songs and tunes from around the world... |
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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... |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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" |
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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 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 7 Benjamin Appl (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] The last private pupil of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Appl has already been hailed as 'Lieder royalty' (The Spectator). Further proof comes with this distinguished Hyperion debut: volume 7 of our complete Brahms songs. |