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JOHANNES DE CLEVE
Cleve: Missa Rex Babylonis & Other Works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] However cultivated the European centres of Habsburg imperial power may have been, few could regularly have boasted musicians of the calibre of Cinquecento. Their ongoing exploration of Franco-Flemish repertoire from the sixteenth century uncovers... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Musique? Modern and electro-acoustic works for harpsichord Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Under Mahan Esfahani's hands-and occasionally fists-the harpsichord is transmogrified into an elemental force, by turns supported or menaced by an astonishing arsenal of electronics. Concerned listeners please note: no harpsichords were harmed in the... |
EDMUND RUBBRA / SIR ARNOLD BAX / SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Rubbra / Bax / Bliss: The Romantic Piano Concerto Piers Lane (piano), The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Two very different takes on the romantic piano concerto, both equally successful. The Bliss - written in 1939 for the World's Fair in New York - is extrovert, exuberant and virtuosic, the Rubbra a profound reflection on, and continuation of, the... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Alina Ibragimova (violin), State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia 'Evgeny Svetlanov', Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Recording of the Month BBC Music Magazine July 2020 |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Symphony No 4 / Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2020 ] MacMillan's viola concerto was written for Lawrence Power, who brings a unique authority to this, its first recording. The fourth symphony-a major addition to the repertoire-is a generous and appropriate coupling, both works incorporating and... |
EDWARD ELGAR / AMY BEACH
Elgar & Beach: Piano Quintets Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "This is in every respect an outstanding disc" BBC Music Five Stars - Chamber recording of the Month - July 2020 |
PARRY / STANFORD / GRAY / WOOD
Parry: Songs of farewell & works by Stanford, Gray & Wood Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2020 ] Stanford's eight-part Latin Magnificat was posthumously dedicated to Parry, whose own Songs of farewell are unmistakably valedictory in mood. Personal as well as musical associations run deep in this poignantly expressive programme from Westminster... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "If you don't know Howells' music, this splendid new recording of one of his most powerful works is likely to win new friends, who will want to investigate further the many very fine Hyperion recordings" MusicWeb |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Songs Julia Sitkovetsky, Roger Vignoles [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] Rachmaninov's songs all date from the first half of his artistic life, before he left post-revolutionary Russia. They are exquisite, and this recital from Julia Sitkovetsky and Roger Vignoles includes some of the finest, culminating with the much... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Schumann (C) & Mendelssohn (Fanny): Piano Trios & String Quartet The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] A release which celebrates the talents and importance of the 'other' Mendelssohn and Schumann, who emerge from the shadows of their illustrious family names in a blaze of triumphant chamber music. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The performances have been captured in lovely clean and clear sound with just the right amount of hall ambience. The balance between the Bösendorfer piano and the orchestra is excellent as, indeed, is the internal orchestral balance." MusicWeb |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Homage to Godowsky Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "Gugnin approaches these works on their own terms so that, far from seeming dated or brittle, they emerge fresh and full of vitality and charm" Editor's Choice Gramophone May 2020 |
JUAN ESQUIVEL
Esquivel: Missa Hortus conclusus, Magnificat & motets De Profundis, Eamonn Dougan (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "All in all, it makes for a very satisfying sampler of a composer from whom I hope to hear much more" MusicWeb |
TALLIS / GESUALDO / SEERS / PARK / BYRD etc
Fading The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "The Gesualdo Six are the real deal. Far from fading, they're just coming into focus" Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2020 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 9 Robin Tritschler (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano), with Harriet Burns (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "With singing of such distinction as we encounter here, even the more obscure songs come to life, and Graham Johnson's accompaniments further heightens the listening experience." MusicWeb Recommended |
SAMUIL FEINBERG
Feinberg: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-6 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The more notes per second (Feinberg is up there with the notiest of them) the more the Canadian virtuoso is in his element. Hamelin does far more than tame these pianistic leviathans. He gives them momentum, character and individuality" Gramophone |
JEKOBS JANCEVSKIS
Jančevskis: Aeternum & other choral works Riga Cathedral Choir School Mixed Choir, Jurģis Cābulis (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "Arrestingly beautiful and dramatic contemporary choral works that might make me a convert." MusicWeb May 2020 |
LEOPOLD & W. A. MOZART / CARL HEINRICH GRAUN / ANONYMOUS / GEORG PHIPIPP TELEMANN
The Early Horn Ursula Paludan Monberg (horn), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The recording convincingly places the listener in the room with the players, tying the notoriously elusive horn to a precise spot on the soundstage." BBC Music Magazine May 2020 Chamber Choice |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & other works Utah Symphony, Thierry Fischer (conductor) , with Philippe Quint (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The recording is rich and full. The booklet notes are by the Berlioz expert David Cairns, no less." MusicWeb |
LUPUS HELLINCK / JOHNANNES LUPI
Hellinck: Missa Surrexit pastor; Lupi: Te Deum & motet The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] Mining the rich musical seam of the Low Countries, Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble have once again unearthed sixteenth-century treasure in the works of Lupus Hellinck and Johannes Lupi. |
