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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 14 No 1, Op 31 No 1, Op 49 Nos 1 & 2, Op 81a Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Jul/2016 ] Another instalment of Angela Hewitt's much- lauded Beethoven presents five piano sonatas, culminating with the masterly 'Les adieux'. As usual, Angela's booklet notes muse compellingly on the music, performance practice and all things Beethovenian. |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas-Vol 2 (Incls Piano Sonata in C minor 'Pathetique' Op 13) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'The Pastoral sonata leads off Angela Hewitt's second Beethoven sonata cycle instalment, and she taps into the music's overall geniality while also paying heed to its darker corners … I love Hewitt's conversational give and take between the droning... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 5 (Nos 2, 5, 24, 31) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Here is a stimulating well-contrasted programme. Each sonata benefits from Angela Hewitt's beautifully clean-cut pianistic commant, in which every score marking is placed within a precisely articulated interpretative overview." BBC Music Magazine |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas-Vol 3 (Incls Sonata in C sharp minor 'Moonlight') Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] "Despite her versatility, she goes straight to the heart of every composer she tackles. Here there is colour and agility aplenty, but gravitas too." (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 4 (Incls Sonata No 18 'The Hunt') Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] Angela Hewitt presents a fourth volume in her acclaimed series of Beethoven's piano sonatas, which has delighted her fans worldwide. The little-known Sonata in B flat major, Op 22, the last of Beethoven's 'early' sonatas, is recorded alongside Op... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano works (incls Suite Bergamasque & Children's Corner) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "This is one of the better offerings for Debussy's 150th anniversary...This generously filled disc finds Hewitt utterly persuasive in the three suites at its heart...Hyperion caputres the sound marvellously. Hewitt has the knack of noticing details... |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti Sonatas Vol 2 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] "Again, she has cleverly organised her selection into satisfying subgroups linked by key and mood. We begin in declamatory mode with the theatrical sonata in D major Kk491 followed by the sultry Iberian flavours of Kk492 and Kk146 and so on" Guardian |
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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Scarlatti: Sonatas Vol 1 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] 'Angela Hewitt responds intuitively and alluringly to the multi-faceted character of these sonatas' (BBC Music Instrumental recording of the month March 2016) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): The Toccatas Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Jul/2002 ] 'Her performances could hardly be more stylish or impeccable, more vital or refined; and, as a crowning touch, Hyperion's sound is superb.'(Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Keyboard Concertos (Nos 1, 5, 7 & Triple) Angela Hewitt (Piano) / Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Her playing is absolutely captivating: she decorates the solo part with playful, come-hither ornamentation-twirls, flutters, arabesques-and yet it never disturbs the clear, logical path she forges through the course of each work." Gramophone Magazine |
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J. S. BACH
The Keyboard Concertos (complete) Angela Hewitt (Piano) /Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE (Gramophone) CD OF THE MONTH (Gramophone) CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Sunday Times) ALBUM OF THE WEEK (Musicweek) CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Daily Telegraph) DISC OF THE MONTH (Classic FM Magazine) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / etc Angela Hewitt (piano) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hannu Lintu [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] Angela Hewitt's recordings of Schumann's solo piano works for Hyperion have been described as 'revelatory … something to cherish' (Gramophone) and 'unreservedly superb' (The Guardian). Now she turns her attention to the works for piano and orchestra... |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 9 and 9 Angela Hewitt (piano) / Orchestra da Camera di Mantova [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] "Hewitt directs the performances from the keyboard; with the piano well forward of the orchestra in the sound picture, her playing is typically crisp, and occasionally perhaps a bit too brisk, though its attention to detail is immaculate" The... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 2 Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 'Kirchschlager's rich, resonant mezzo finds beauties everywhere on this disc, from heights of drama to intimacies of reflection, and at every turn Drake is with her' (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Vocal WINNER) |
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SCHUMANN
Violin Sonatas / Three Romances Anthony Marwood (violin) Susan Tombes (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2001 ] 'The best performances of these pieces on disc' (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Music for violin and piano (Includes the Violin sonata in F) Anthony Marwood (violin) Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] 'Yet another unimpeachable release from the Hyperion stable' (Classic CD) |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Complete Music for Violin & Piano Anthony Marwood (violin) Thomas Adès (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] Anthony Marwood (violin) & Thomas Adès (piano) 2CD's for price of 1 |
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CAROLINE NORTON / MAUDE VALERIE WHITE / LIZA LEHMANN / and others
In praise of Woman (English women composers) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] PICK OF THE YEAR, CD REVIEW GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quintet) Capricorn with Sarah Leonard (soprano) / Timothy Mason (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Oct/2006 ] 'Capricorn's blazing performance of the Serenade is what really makes this disc a standout among recent Schnittke releases' (Fanfare) |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book 5 & other piano music Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "A fine programme overall, much to be recommended" Gramophone award nomination 2017 - Instrumental |