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CONSTANT LAMBERT
The Rio Grande / Summer's Last Will and Testament / etc Sally Burgess (mezzo) William Shimell (baritone) Jack Gibbons (piano) / English Northern Sinfonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - RECORD OF THE YEAR, THE INDEPENDENT GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
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 |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Five Tudor Portraits / Five Mystical Songs Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) / Henry Herford (baritone) / Guildford Choral Society / Philharmonia Orchestra / Hilary Davan Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'An incredible bargain. Altogether, this sumptuously remastered issue is definitely one of the highlights of the first batch of Helios reissues that promise to take a fair share of the market both for artistic and commercial merit.' (The Sunday... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Requiem & other sacred music Sarah Yanovitch (soprano) Edmund Milly (bass) Nola Richardson (soprano) / Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "Edmund Milly has just the cantor-like voice Faure specified, with no boom or bluster, and the top choral parts are clear and bell-like." BBC Music |
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... |
JOSEPH RHEINBERGER / BERNHARD SCHOLZ
Rheinberger / Scholz: Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ben Gernon (conductor) [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 76 / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] 'The Rheinberger Concerto sets off in a mood of confident pomp..the supremely gifted Ben Gernon coaxes terrifically colourful playing from the BBC Scottish SO' (Gramophone) |
St George's Chapel Choir/Robin
Tavener: Sacred Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] |
ARCHER / GRAY / ROTH / STANFORD / WALTON / etc
Canticles from St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Andrew Carwood, with Simon Johnson (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The Canticles are the crowning glory of the Anglican liturgy and have afforded the greatest opportunity for musical development within the Anglican rite. Thousands of people daily hear the world-famous St Paul's Cathedral Choir and organist Simon... |
NOBLE / HOWELLS / MURRILL / HARWOOD / DYSON / etc
My Spirit hath Rejoiced: Best loved settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dinittis-2 St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Christopher dearnley, organ / John Scott [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'The performances of this lovely music are uniformly superb' (Fanfare, USA) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
My soul doth magnify the Lord - Best-loved settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Vol. 1 St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "This rich anthology is presented with breathtaking skill and soul-stirring animation by one of the world's greatest choirs" Gramophone Magazine |
HANDEL / BLOW / BOYCE
Music for St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral Choir, The Parley of Instruments, John Scott (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Invigorating and uplifting, this is a disc to raise the lowest and most jaded of spirits" Fanfare |
ARENSKY / BORTKIEWICZ
Arensky / Bortkiewicz: Piano Concertos Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 4 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'A couple of piano concertos that have been waiting in the wings for the committed advocacy they deserve and have finally received' (Fanfare, USA) |
GABRIEL PIERNE
Pierne: Piano Concerto in C minor Stephen Coombs (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 34 / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] 'Stephen Coombs savours the more exotic keyboard writing with confidence and a sure sense of style, contributing appropriately dazzling and light-fingered virtuosity when required' (International Record Review) |
HUGO WOLF
Eichendorff-Lieder Stephen Genz (baritone) RogerVignoles (piano) with Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] 'What makes this disc so special is the very obvious enthusiasm of everyone involved' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SCRIABIN / JANACEK
Scriabin / Janacek: Piano Sonatas & Poems Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2015 ] 'The recorded sound is warm and immediate. A fascinating concept album that genuinely does shine new light on both composers' (Classical Ear) |
LISZT
Annees de pelerinage - Suisse Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] "Hough seems to capture the romantic spirit of this cycle so effectively. He masterfully achieves that just balance of lyricism and pyrotechnics so necessary to the successful playing of Liszt's music" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Music (Incls 'Children's Corner' & 'Images') Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2018 ] 'Hough himself is an exhibited painter, and his approach to Images resembles that of a visual academic, concerned to explore intellectual nuances' (Pianist) |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "It's rare for a pianist to reveal familiar repertoire in fresh and newly minted ways without being willful, eccentric, or unorthodox. Not Stephen Hough. His expertly curated collection of Grieg Lyric Pieces abounds with individual touches, yet the i |
NEW YORK VARIATIONS
New York Variations (Corigliano, Copland, Weber, Tsontakis) Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] 'his playing is unerringly musical in its intentions ... This is a disc of the highest musical and interpretative quality whose appeal lies as much in the quality of the pianism as in the fascinating repertoire' (Hi-Fi News & Record Review) |
FEDERICO MOMPOU
Mompou: Piano Works Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide - GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE |
