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FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert in 1816 Lucia Popp (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 17 / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Piano-playing, notes and recording all enhance the virtues of this rewarding disc, which will surely be a thing of joy for many years to come' - Gramophone |
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MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
Moszkowski: Piano Concerto in B minor (with Schulz-Evler - Russian Rhapsody, Op. 14) Ludmil Angelov (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kiradjiev [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 68 / CD - released 5/Jun/2016 ] "Ludimol Angelov plays with enviable fluency and affection" (InternationalPiano) |
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XAVIER SCHARWENKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scharwenka: The Complete Chamber Music Lydia Morkovitch (violin) Levon Chilingirian (violin) Seta Tanyel (piano) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] "I have seldom heard a pianist on such good terms with her instrument" (Gramophone) |
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GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: Choral Symphony / Choral Fantasia Lynne Dawson (soprano) / Guildford Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic, Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] "Lynne Dawson colours her deliciously pure-toned soprano according to the text's different moods, while Wetton directs both chorus and orchestra with persuasive style and eloquence." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (June 2002) |
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GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut: The fount of grace Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The 'fount of grace' of the title is the Virgin Mary, to whom Machaut addresses his appeals for mercy during a turbulent period in France's history. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Italian Concerto & French Overture Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "Since for Esfahani any performance starts from a position where everything is freshly, indeed forensically reconsidered, ClavierÜbung II offers particularly rich pickings...Altogether, a challenge to complacency that can't be ignored." BBC Music |
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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... |
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NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MILI BALAKIREV
Rimsky-Korsakov/Balakirev: Piano Concertos Malcolm Binns (piano) / English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] 'These three works make an excellent programme … all in all an admirably conceived and executed disc' (Gramophone) 'Binns makes a strong case for all three works playing them superbly' (Fanfare, USA) |
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ALEXANDER MacKENZIE
Mackenzie: Violin Concerto / Pibroch Suite Malcolm Stewart (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Vernon Handely, conductor / David Davies, conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] 'Stewart is the real red-blooded article, with a big sound and a bow that travels across the strings so fast that it must look like a blur in the concert hall. But not a single note is blurred or slighted here' - Fanfare, USA |
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C. P. E. BACH
Bach (CPE): Sonatas & Rondos Marc Andre-Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Jan/2022 ] 'Hamelin's delight and relish are highly infectious...In short, I cannot think of a better introduction to CPE Bach on the modern piano than these two joyous discs.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Piano |
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WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: The complete rags Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] 'Bolcom is lucky in having such a musician to provide him with these authoritative accounts of his music.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Piano |
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MORTON FELDMAN
Feldman: For Bunita Marcus Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] "Hyperion has matched an ideal sound to a first-rate performance (and liner notes) by Marc Andre-Hamelin." AudAud Best of the year 2017 |
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PAUL DUKAS / ABEL DECAUX
Dukas/Decaux: Piano Music Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2006 ] 'Hamelin makes Dukas's challenging Sonata a thrilling experience' Instrumental Recording of the Month (BBC Music June) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 (with Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Dec/2003 ] - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
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BEETHOVEN / ALKAN / CHOPIN / BALAKIREV / BUSONI / MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Marc-Andre Hamelin - Live At The Wigmore Hall Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] "The most dazzling piano disc of the year" The Guardian |
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MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
Hamelin: Etudes Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine November 2010 / BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 ***** |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 3 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Medtner & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ Hyperion / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] A typical release-in so far as there can ever be such a thing-from Marc-André Hamelin, combining a stimulating, unexpected coupling; brilliant new light shed on the familiar; and pianism of the very highest calibre. Not to be missed. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN / WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety / Bolcom: Piano Concerto Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / The Ulster Orchestra / Dmitry Sitkovetsky [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / RECORDING OF THE MONTH |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert and the Nocturne (III) Margaret Price (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 15 / CD - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE 'Pleasure after pleasure... the equal of anything yet heard in this wonderful undertaking' (Hi Fi News) |