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AMY BEACH / CECILE CHAMINADE / DOROTHY HOWELL
Beach, Chaminade & Howell - Piano Concertos Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 70 / CD - released 26/Feb/2017 ] "but even more appealing is Cécile Chaminade's Concertstück in the same key as the Beach...In Driver's hands it is enchanting." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Concerto |
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ERIK CHISHOLM
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Chishom's First Concerto is] full of provocative rhythm and utterly devoid of cliche. His second is even more elaborate, drawing its inspiration from the beguiling ragas of Hindustan, their evocative intervals and sensuous, twisting melodies... |
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ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Maud & A Shropshire Lad David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) David Owen Norris (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Feb/2002 ] 'I cannot recommend this disc highly enough. To list the outstanding moments would take too long. Very highly recommended' (Classic CD) |
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SZYMANOWSKI
Piano Music (Incl Four Studies) Dennis Lee (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'This disc surpasses any earlier commercial recordings of Szymanowski’s music I have heard' (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Quartets 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE - "The Dvorak Piano Quartets are glorious pieces, and the playing of Domus is little short of inspired. This is real chamber-music-playing: intimate, unforced and distinguished by both vitality and sensitivity." |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Piano Quintets Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER |
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POULENC / AURIC / TAILLEFERRE / MILHAUD / DUREY / HONEGGER
L'Album des Six Emily Beynon (flute) Andrew West (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Hyperion has enriched the catalogs with far more than its fair share of superb releases, and this is yet another one… urgently recommended to everyone who has even a passing interest in fine flute-playing or works of this period" (Fanfare) |
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HANS BRONSART / ANTON URSPRUCH
Bonsart / Urspruch: Piano Concertos Emmanuel Despax (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Tzigane (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 77 / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] "Eugene Tzigane's partnership is warmly sympathetic. This is a delectable disc." - International Piano Five Stars Nov 2018 . |
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NAPRAVNIK / BLUMENFELD
Works for Piano and Orchestra Evgeny Soifertis (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Titov, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 37 / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] 'The Concerto Symphonique is a perky, extrovert piano concerto, full of nifty passage-work, if light on musical substance, and The Fantaisie Russe, full of Lisztian flourishes and apparently much admired by Tchaikovsky, is based on three Russian folk... |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
The Songs of Charles Gounod Felicity Lott (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2009 ] 'Superb ... perfection ... Best of the year' (The Sunday Times) |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch Felicity lott (soprano) Peter Schreier (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] BEST OF THE YEAR, BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BBC CD REVIEW 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE |
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CHABRIER
Musique Adorable! (complete songs) Felicity Lott (soprano) William Burden (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (October 2002)- "Unfailingly affectionate and stylish performances of the two colelctions and Chabrier's animal songs dominate the second disc of this real treasure of a treasury." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trio in E flat D929 (Incls first version of final movement) Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Jul/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (October 2002) |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "The fabulous Florestan find thrills and refinement for a Saint-Saëns stunner. This marvellous trio have that effect on their fans. Their restrained, delicate playing always leads to a cleverly calculated but deeply felt emotional pay-off." Editor's... |
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BEETHOVEN
Complete Music for Piano Trio Vol. 3 The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] "From the urgent bristling opening the Florestan leaves you in no doubt that this is music of an impetuous young man relishing his virtuoso command of materials….for all their pace and lightness, these performances never sound rushed." ***** Five... |
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BEETHOVEN
Complete Music for Piano Trio Vol 4 The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] 'With the Florestan Trio's fourth and last Hyperion CD of Beethoven's complete piano trios you enter the Elysian Fields almost straight away … This Hyperion series has already been so rapturously received that the pleasures of this last disc come as... |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Trio in B flat, Nocturne in E flat major, D897, etc The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2002)- "Is there a better trio than the Florestan playing today? All three members are consummate artists, outstanding instrumentalists, and ensemble players to the manner born, but it's the playing of pianist... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Trios 1 & 2 The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] 'Enchantment strikes straight away. There's that clean freshness and bounce, the trio's trademark. There's Dvorák himself, strongly lyrical and folksy at the start of his Op 21 Piano Trio. The players balance one another: Richard Lester's cradling... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Trios (Nos 1 & 2) The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE CLASSIC CD 100 GREATEST DISCS OF THE DECADE |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Piano Trios The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Nov/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - "This is a disc to treasure. The reputation of the Florestan Trio is already high - and here comes firm confirmation of the ensemble's stature" (RECORDING OF THE MONTH (MusicWeb) |