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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) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Three String Quartets & Piano Quintet Piers Lane (piano) / New Budapest Quartet [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Nos 8 & 9 Piers Lane (piano) / The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 75 / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Ferdinand Ries may once have been celebrated as 'one of the finest piano-performers of the present day' (the 1820s), but he is now remembered chiefly for his association with Beethoven. Yet the music here is never slavishly imitative: Piers Lane... |
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FREDERICK DELIUS / JOHN IRELAND
Delius/Ireland: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 39 / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "I find Lane much more jazzily incisive than (any rivals). He catches better the wit and spikiness of this often over-whimsified concerto. David Lloyd-Jones is equally lively in the orchestral portion of these scores…(a) welcome release."(BBC Music... |
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LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Godowsky: Piano Music Rian de Waal (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'A musical as well as a technical revelation ... De Waal's virtuosity is awe-inspiring, and he's complemented throughout by a beautifully natural and wide-ranging recording' (Gramophone) |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: Complete Music for Cello Richard Lester (cello) / Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'Chamber-music playing of the highest order, empathetic and warm-hearted' (Birmingham Post) |
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BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE
Bird Songs at Eventide Robert White (tenor) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE 'RECORD OF THE MONTH' - 'If these ardent renderings … do not find a place in your heart then you should wonder what your heart's made of' (Classic FM Magazine) |
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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 |
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JULIUS ISSERLIS
Isserlis: Piano Music Sam Haywood (piano) with Steven Isserlis (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] "Haywood, fortunately, isn't tempted to make more of these pieces than is wise. He plays them with consummate sensitivity, and has been well recorded. Isserlis seems to have been a charmer and, musically-speaking, a miniaturist and his works reflect |
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HERBERT HOWELLS / EDMUND RUBBRA / HAMILTON HARTY / RUTLAND BOUGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sarah Francis - Music for oboe Sarah Francis (oboe), Peter Dickinson (piano), The Rasumovsky Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] A very attractive reissue' (Classic CD) |
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GERSHWIN / SCHOENBERG / COLE PORTER / KERN / NICHOLAS / FLANDERS AND SWANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Blah Blah Blah and other trifles ... (Recorded at a concert in Wigmore Hall, London, on 17 June 1988) Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 'One of the happiest records you could wish to find, as well as one of the funniest' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 1 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] "A thoroughly enjoyable 69 minutes in the company of Tanyel and Moszkowski" International Record Review |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 2 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Tanyel plays as if the pieces were written with her in mind on recordings of near-textbook perfection' (Gramophone) |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Moszkowski: Piano Music Volume 3 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] 'Once again [Tanyel's] performances are of the most engaging insouciance and dexterity' (Gramophone) |
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XAVER SCHARWENKA
Scharwenka: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Seta Tanyel (piano) / Radio Philharmonie Hannover des NDR, Tadeusz Strugala conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 33 / CD - released 21/Jul/2003 ] 'Seta Tanyel's outstanding performances are suffused with the very epitome of the romantic soul' (American Record Guide) |
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JEAN LOUIS NICODE
Nicodé: Ein Liebesleben & other piano works Simon Callaghan (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] Felix Draeseke's description of Nicodé as 'more a moderate progressive than a cacophonist' - in contrast to his younger contemporary Richard Strauss - may have been intended as a compliment, but doesn't begin to do justice to this profoundly... |
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CARL REINECKE
Reinecke: Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan (piano), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen , Modestas Pitrėnas [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] A prolific composer, respected and influential in his lifetime-the Romantic Piano Concerto again turns up trumps with three concertos by Carl Reinecke. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 02 (Incls 'Lieder und Gesange aus Wilhelm Meister, Op 98a') Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition / CD - released 4/Aug/2003 ] 'The collaboration of Keenlyside and Johnson is so potent that after an hour one is still ready for more' (Gramophone) |
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CLAY / WOOD / SULLIVAN / COATES / WALLACE / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: More Songs My Father Taught Me (music of Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] "Drawing-room songs that make their mark again, thanks to such a strong advocate" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
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SULLIVAN / COATES / NOVELLO / PENN / WOOD / etc
Songs my father taught me Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] A persuasive case for the often sublime artistry of the humble parlour song' (Gramophone) |