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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Kullervo BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard [ Hyperion / CD - due 28/Jun/2019 ] While 'Kullervo' represents just the confident first step in Sibelius's symphonic odyssey, it is also a viscerally exciting experience on its own terms- little wonder the first performance in 1892 was such a triumph for the young composer. An... |
JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos 4 & 5 Howard Shelley, London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion / CD - due 28/Jun/2019 ] Listening to these fluent, expressive performances, it's difficult to see how even Cramer-one of the great virtuosos of his day-could have matched the effortless mastery so characteristic of Howard Shelley's pianism. |
SIR HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Piano Trio No 2 & Piano Quartet Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - due 28/Jun/2019 ] After a successful rehearsal of his piano quartet in 1879, Parry declared that he was 'wild with delight'. He could have been no less enthusiastic on hearing this dynamic account from the Leonore Piano Trio with violist Rachel Roberts. |
LEOS JANACEK
Janácek: The diary of one who disappeared & other works Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - due 28/Jun/2019 ] Like many of Janácek's late masterpieces, the genesis of the 'Diary' is unseparable from its composer's intense, obsessional love for Kamila Stösslová. A song-cycle like no other, here it's the main work in a recital which showcases the extraordinary... |
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. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cello Concerto & Symphony-Concerto Alban Gerhardt, cello / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] 'Music that is especially compelling, both in terms of creativity and scoring … No praise is too high for Alban's Gerhardt's musicianship, commitment and technique' (International Record Review) |
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for Saint Katherine of Alexandria The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] Admirers of Andrew Kirkman and The Binchois Consort will know what to expect of this group's recordings: not only carefully crafted programmes delivered with idiomatic flair (both of which may be taken for granted), but also lavishly illustrated... |
NICOLAS GOMBERT
Tribulatio et angustia The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Early Music - "It's one of very few discs of this repertoire I've been happy to play in its entirety, and then several times since. This is in part a tribute to Gombert … but also to the Brabant Ensemble and... |
THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: The Votive Antiphons The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] The monumental votive antiphon settings are among the highlights of Hyperion's Tallis recordings from Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall's Musick, the composer's evolving style a musical response to the religious vicissitudes of the time. |
BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book 5 & other piano music Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "A fine programme overall, much to be recommended" Gramophone award nomination 2017 - Instrumental |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Préludes / Piano Sonata No. 2 / Scherzo No. 2 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 'A Chopin player of real class … Tiberghien's Second Sonata is impressive … the final two movements are particularly fine … this disc as a whole is a potent new addition to the Chopin library' (Gramophone) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Mikrokosmos Book 6 / Out of Doors / etc Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "Possessing an instinctive feel for impressionism, and for the ebb and flow of those rhythms with their little hesitations and sudden rushes forward, Cédric Tiberghien is ideally fitted for this task…the chief glory of this recording lies in what Tib |
CHAUSSON / D'INDY
String Quartets Chilingirian Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE - 'Ripely affectionate performances from the Chilingirians, beguilingly recorded, and expertly annotated by Roger Nichols' (Classic CD) |
JEAN GUYOT
Guyot: Te Deum laudamus & other sacred music Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "the five adult men of Cinquecento - here joined by the countertenor David Allsopp - are, as always, absolutely flawless in the performance of this music. Even by the best standards of today their ensemble, balance and intonation are beyond reproach" |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Contrabandista & The Foresters (Complete operettas) Claire Rutter, Frances McCafferty, Richard Suart, Ashley Catling, The London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "These are première professional recordings of two little known works by Sullivan. The singers on this disc are well known to those who follow this genre of music and they do not disappoint." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
BRUCKNER
Mass in E Minor Corydon Singers / English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'One of the most beautiful recordings of a choral masterpiece I have ever heard' (The Sunday Times) |
AMY BEACH / CECILE CHAMINADE / DOROTHY HOWELL
Beach, Chaminade & Howell - Piano Concertos Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 70 / CD - released 26/Feb/2017 ] "but even more appealing is Cécile Chaminade's Concertstück in the same key as the Beach...In Driver's hands it is enchanting." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Concerto |
JEAN SIBELIUS / BEDRICH SMETANA
Sibelius / Smetana: String Quartets Dante Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "The fluctuations of darkness and light, the juxtapositions of animation and still reflection, are communicated here with palpable heart." (The Daily Telegraph) |
BERNARDINO DE RIBERA
Ribera: Magnificats & Motets De Profundis, David Skinner (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] All that remains of the choirbook in Toledo Cathedral devoted to the works of 'Bernardinus Ribera' is a magnificent, mutilated torso. These are premiere recordings of the surviving output of a forgotten figure from sixteenth-century Spain. |
BEDRICH SMETANA / PETR EBEN / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Smetana / Eben / Martinu: Czech Piano Trios The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "[The Eben] is the sort of score that the Florestans seem to relish, music full of subtle shades, many of them tucked carefully within subsidiary voices...[The Smetana] is an immensely imposing piece, written in the wake of great personal loss, and... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Der Wanderer Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "This is a most distinguished recital that confirms the stature of Florian Boesch as one of the leading Lieder singers currently before the public. With production values - recorded sound and documentation - up to Hyperion's usual excellent standards |
MANUEL DE FALLA
Falla: Fantasia Baetica & Other Piano Music Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] "This album is a must-buy for Falla fans and newbies alike. But, as with all exceptional recordings, it's about a confluence of talents, musical and technical...in short, a perfect storm." MusicWeb Recording of the Month April 2018 |
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 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Medieval Romantics Gothic Voices / Christopher Page [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] 'A revelatory disc. If the ravishing sound of the ensemble does not convince you that this music is of the highest quality, then nothing will' (The Good CD Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Spirits of England and France Gothic Voices / Christopher Page with Pavlo Beznosiuk (medieval fiddle) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2007 ] 'Unalloyed pleasure … Once again a superb recording that stimulates, that charms' (Gramophone) |
