RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / MIKHAIL GLINKA
The Princess and the Bear: Strauss (R): Duet-Concertino / Beethoven: Trio / Glinka: Trio pathétique Laurence Perkins (bassoon), with Sarah Watts (clarinet), Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sian Edwards (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "[the Glinka] finds Watts and Perkins squaring off and duetting like protagonists from one of the bel canto operas that inspired it, while Roscoe accompanies them with understated subtlety." Gramophone |
HECTOR BERLIOZ / CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Berlioz: Harold In Italy & Other Orchestral Works Lawrence Power (viola), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] "Andrew Manze leads Power and the Bergen Philharmonic on a swift hike across the Alps, keeping meandering to a minimum." Gramophone |
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo - Piano Trios Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Dec/2015 ] "Hyperion's engineers leave no detail unheard, although a slightly more distant perspective might have relieved occasional congestion in loud passages...this is the finest release with all three Lalo trios in the present and past catalogs" ClassToday |
SIR HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Piano Trio No 2 / Piano Quartet Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 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. |
SIR HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 3 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "This is a richly rewarding disc which I enjoyed from start to finish. The playing of the members of the Leonore Piano Trio is expert and highly committed. This is very worthwhile music anyway but they make the best possible case for it." MusicWeb |
SERGEI TANEYEV / NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Piano Trios Leonore Piano Trio: Benjamin Nabarro (violin), Tim Horton (piano), Gemma Rosefield (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "The thrilling performances of the Leonore Piano make these late Romantic works come alive and Hyperion has provided their usual superb sonics." AudAud.com |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt Complete Music for Solo Piano: The Complete Paganini Études Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 48 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "[Howard] can play anything that Liszt wrote, it seems, and be as intelligent and sensitive" Classic CD |
FRANZ LISZT
Complete Piano Music: The Waltzes (Incls Mephisto Waltzes) Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - MTA AWARD WINNER |
FRANZ LISZT
LIszt: Complete Piano Music: Ballades, Legends and Polonaises Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'The sheer quantity of music on offer may be impressive but the quality of the playing is even more remarkable, warmly sympathetic and, where necessary, thrillingly bold and impassioned' (BBC Record Review) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Konzertsolo & Odes Funebres (Incls Fantasia and Fugue on BACH) Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 3 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] This third release in the series of Liszt's complete piano music contains a mixture of the known and the unknown, and comprises some of Liszt's forays into larger forms (others are the Sonata, the Scherzo and March and the transcriptions). The first... |
FRANZ LISZT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Rapsodie Espagnole and other pieces on Spanish themes Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 45 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard is chef, artist, minstrel and matador in this Spanish spectacle. You will be delighted by the sense of spaciousness and clarity in the recorded sound, and your paella is guaranteed to be more flavoursome with this exotic accompaniment'... |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Harmonies poetiques et religiuses Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 7 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard, catching the authentic tinge of hysteria, mounts swiftly upwards in an ecstasy that burns away awareness of mere notes' (Classic CD) |
GERSHWIN / ROSSINI / REGER / LISZT / RACHMANINOV / etc
Rare Piano Encores Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 7/Aug/2004 ] 'A delightful collection, beautifully played' - BBC World Service |
PYOTR IL'YICH TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: The Three Piano Sonatas Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] 'Much stirring music, some unexpected delicacies, and generally walloping performances' (The Observer) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: The Complete Flute Sonatas Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] 'The performances deserve a place at the very forefront of available versions of these charming sonatas' (Fanfare) |
TRADITIONAL
Land of Heart's Desire (Songs of the Hebrides from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Sioned Williams (harp) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'A treasure house of gems . . . This is as fine a solo debut album as I have encountered all year and deserves a cult following. It will come near the top of my Christmas list' - The Sunday Times |
TRADITIONAL
Land of Heart's Desire (Songs of the Hebrides from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Sioned Williams (harp) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'A treasure house of gems . . . This is as fine a solo debut album as I have encountered all year and deserves a cult following. It will come near the top of my Christmas list' - The Sunday Times |
JOSEF HAYDN
String Quartets, Op. 17 (2 CDs) The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] The quartets are performed here on period instruments by the dazzling London Haydn Quartet, whose disc of the Op 9 quartets drew the most extravagant praise from the critics. Their second disc has been eagerly awaited, and comes as part of Hyperion's... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 Nos. 1-6 (complete) [2 CDs] The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op 50 'Prussian' The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] The London Haydn Quartet turns to the six Op 50 quartets. More serious-intellectually taut-than the Op 33 'Russian' quartets which they follow in Haydn's output, these six 'Prussian' quartets dazzle in such committed performances as these. |