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 |
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] "It is quite stunning, an extraordinary schievement even by Hamelin's own standards. No one with an interest in the piano should pass this by." Rosette (Highest Rating) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Images / Préludes II Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "This is a disc to treasure' (Gramophone) |
ANTON RUBINSTEIN / XAVER SCHARWENKA
Rubinstein/Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No.4 / Piano Concerto No.1 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Michael Stern, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 38 / CD - released 2/Oct/2005 ] "This splendidly engineered disc is a crown jewel both in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series and in Hamelin's standard-setting discography. Bravo!" (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
MAX REGER
Reger: Piano Concerto in E minor [with Richard Strauss - Burleske] Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 53 / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "While an easy majority of pianists would run for cover when faced with such sheerly physical demands, Hamelin relishes every challenge, clarifying and refining Reger's potential for opacity at every point." (Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Concerto) |
JOSEPH KORNGOLD / JOSEPH MARX
Korngold: Piano Concerto / Marx: Romantisches Klavierkonzert in E Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Scottish Symphony, Vanska [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 18 / CD - released 20/Jun/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - 'All the most wildly romantic concertos you can think of rolled into one huge pianistic feat' (Gramophone) |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: On wings of song Margaret Price (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] "Mesmerising... as is usual, the Hyperion recording is perfectly balanced" - Classic CD |
TRADITIONAL
Marie McLaughlin - Songs of Scotland Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Isobel Frayling-Cork (clarsach) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "McLaughlin sings with passionate intensity, and her voice has all the colors of the rainbow for these widely varying songs … An album to treasure'" Fanfare |
JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lute Songs (with Britten-Nocturnal) Mark Padmore (tenor) Elisabeth Kenny (lute) Craig Ogden (guitar) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] "A terrific disc which demonstrates how flexibly Dowland's line can be treated in expressing the nuances of the texts." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Feb 2008) |
ERNO DOHNANYI
The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 2 Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] "Martin Roscoe is an absolute master when it comes to repertoire such as this and one could well imagine the composer himself looking on as he plays with a smile of approval." MusicWeb International, March 2013 |
ERNO DOHNANYI
The Complete Solo Piano Music Vol 3 Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] 'The ever-impressive Martin Roscoe continues his Dohnányi survey with this disc of the composer's complete solo piano works, often beguiling music and all brilliantly played.' (Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2015) |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Fedor Glushchenko (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 6 / CD - released 9/Nov/2002 ] "Best of the Year" - BBC Music Magazine |
GERLAD FINZI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain (Songs by Gerald Finzi to words of Thomas Hardy) Martyn Hill (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "You can't go wrong with this recording of these immensely beautiful and brilliantly-crafted songs." (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Mats Lidstrom (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "These artists radiate total conviction and a life-enhancing vitality and sensitivity" Penguin Guide |
KORNGOLD / SIBELIUS / KREISLER / SCRIABIN / FAURE / STENHAMMAR / etc
Smorgasbord [works for cello and piano] Mats Lidstrom (cello) / Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] 'The music is so winning, and so intelligently chosen, that even hearts as hard as that of your average critic are won over ere long … a wonderful disc' - Fanfare, USA |
FINZI / GURNEY / FARRAR / BROWNE / KELLY / BUTTERWORTH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: War's Embers: a legacy of songs by composers who perished or suffered in World War 1 Michael George (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] 'If you enjoy English song, this set is a must ... The singers are Britain's best, and their excellence is matched by the accompaniments of Clifford Benson' (BBC Music Magazine) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas K310-311 & 330-333 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Angela Hewitt's voyage of discovery through Mozart's piano sonatas is proving a joy, the works sounding newly minted in vital, alert accounts which respect their scale and sensibility while revealing influences of Mozart's orchestral and concerto... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: String Quintets Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Aug/2010 ] The complete String Quintets is a enchanting body of chamber music, recorded here in a 3-disc set by the peerless Nash Ensemble. |
GERSHWIN / WAXMAN / COPLAND / HERRMANN
American chamber music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The Nash Ensemble's adroit playing tug at the heart-strings." (The Financial Times) |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: String Quartet, Serenade & Sextet The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] The music of Dohnányi (admired by figures as disparate as Brahms and Bartók) embodies virtues of taste, humour, impeccable control of form and beauty of style; all qualities relished by The Nash Ensemble in wonderful new recordings which can only... |