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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: The Three Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin, violin / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'All are beautifully crafted, irresistibly violinistic and catchily tuneful. Graffin is a real stylist, a player in the Franco-Belgian tradition with exquisitely sweet and focused tone and enviable bravura in the technical high jinks Saint-Saëns... |
EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/1997 ] Eugène Ysaÿe was the charismatic and flamboyant successor to Wieniawski in the great French tradition of violin virtuosity. Yet he was to take the genre to new and giddy heights with his Six Sonatas for solo violin of 1924. Each sonata is dedicated... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Piers Lane Goes To Town Again Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] 'This superbly recorded disc (played on a gorgeously voiced Steinway) is Lane's love letter to the piano. I wish more pianists would share their guilty pleasures like this' (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 23) |
J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 8 (Eugen d' Albert) Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Johann Sebastian Bach is hardly likely to require an introduction to listeners of this CD, but Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932) may well be another matter. |
MOSZKOWSKI / PADEREWSKI
Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Performances of exceptional poetry and virtuosity and the recording is first class. Strongly recommended' - The Good CD Guide |
KULLAK / DREYSCHOCK
Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 21 / CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] 'Delightful concertos. Kullak's in particular strikes me as a gem. Piers Lane plays both with dexterity and wit. A winner' (The Sunday Times) |
BELA BARTOK / ERICH KORNGOLD
Bartók & Korngold: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Throughout both quintets, Lane's piano has kept pace with any number of quirky metrics and subtle keyboard effect,s all captured in piercing sonics by Record Producer Jeremy Hayes" AudAud.com |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Three String Quartets & Piano Quintet Piers Lane (piano) / New Budapest Quartet [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Concertos Nos 8 & 9 Piers Lane (piano) / The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Ferdinand Ries may once have been celebrated as 'one of the finest piano-performers of the present day' (the 1820s), but he is now remembered chiefly for his association with Beethoven. Yet the music here is never slavishly imitative: Piers Lane... |
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1 & 5 / Suite for Voice & Violin / etc The Pleeth Cello Octet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Stunning performances' (BBC Record Review) |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Requiem and other choral works Polyphony / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE - 'A radiant richness of sound.' (Penguin Guide) |
TRADITIONAL
A Christmas Present from Polyphony Polyphony Stehpen Layton (conductor) with City of London Sinfonia [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2005 ] 'Stephen Layton directs the performances and deserves major credit for the very high standards evident on this compilation' (BBC Music Magazine) |
BARBER / COPLAND / BERNSTEIN / THOMPSON
American Polyphony Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "This is the finest performance of Barber's Agnus Dei I've heard by any choir, live or on record…a wonderful recital, not to be missed." (BBC Music Disc of the month - August 2015) |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: The Song of Songs Pro Cantione Antiqua / Bruno Turner [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'an excellently balanced and natural-sounding recording' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: String Quintet No. 3 / String Sextet The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] "Warmly effusive playing, captured in exquisite sound" (American Record Guide) |
ARENSKY
String Quartet (with Tchaikovsky - String Sextet 'Souvenir de Florence' Op 70') The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2013 ] Tchaikovsky's virtuoso string sextet 'Souvenir de Florence' is one of the most popular works in the string chamber music repertoire. It has been recorded here with Arensky's Quartet Op 35 which was dedicated to the memory of Tchaikovsky. |
SCHULHOFF / MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schulhoff / Martinu: String Sextet / Sextet & Three Madrigals The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This enjoyable disc...offers warmly aerated performances, persuasively realised" (MusicWeb Sept 2008) |
KORNGOLD / SCHOENBERG
String Sextet, Verklärte Nacht The Raphael Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] 'The Raphael Ensemble are superb in every respect; their performances have blazing commitment and integrity, and Hyperion's recording is in the demonstration category' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Godowsky: Piano Music Rian de Waal (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'A musical as well as a technical revelation ... De Waal's virtuosity is awe-inspiring, and he's complemented throughout by a beautifully natural and wide-ranging recording' (Gramophone) |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet / Clarinet Quintet Richard Hosford (clarinet) / The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] BBC Award finalist 2008 - Best Chamber recording - 'Coleridge-Taylor is best-known, when he's remembered at all, for his Violin Concerto…but the Nash Ensemble offers us delightful chamber music from the 1890s, of which the Clarinet Quintet is the... |
