|
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... |
|
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 |
|
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) |
|
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Trios, Vol. 1 The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Mar/2009 ] "With excellent recorded sound and an illuminating booklet note by Robert Philip, this release offers much joy" (ClassicalSource.com) |
|
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Chamber Music [12 CDs special price] The Florestan Trio / The Raphael Ensemble / New Budapest Quartet / Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Steven Isserlis (cello) Krysia Osostowicz (violin) [ Hyperion / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Immerse yourself in this set of 12 CDs of Brahms's chamber music … In the last 25 years, Hyperion has managed to persuade some of the finest of chamber musicians to reveal their affection for Brahms in recordings of remarkably consistent quality …... |
|
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 / Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok Florestan Trio, with Susan Gritton (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] The Florestan judges its performances extremely well...The players maintain a raw, nervy quality - this is playing close to the edge...Highly recommended." (International Record Review) |
|
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Schubert's transcendent song cycle of loss and desolation has not lacked for great recordings since the days of the 78: this new account from Florian Boesch and Roger Vignoles (hailed as 'two of the best performers of Lieder in our time') is surely... |
|
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Der Wanderer Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "This is a most distinguished recital that confirms the stature of Florian Boesch as one of the leading Lieder singers currently before the public. With production values - recorded sound and documentation - up to Hyperion's usual excellent standards |
|
LOEWE
Songs and Ballads Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2011 ] "As for the singing, I cannot praise it too highly. Florian Boesch has a warmly attractive baritone voice and his diction is first class, as is his response to the word meanings." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, August 2011 |
|
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Sonatas D537 & 959 Garrick Ohlsson [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] An inspired pairing of Schubert's first completed piano sonata with one of the sublimely expansive masterpieces from his final year. Garrick Ohlsson delivers rather special results. |
|
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Late Piano Works Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] Brahms announced his retirement from composing on more than one occasion, but these are among the last solo pieces he wrote for piano. By contrast, the Op 4 scherzo is the work of an eighteen-yearold, and the earliest he approved for publication. |
|
CHOPIN
The Complete Etudes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "In Op. 10, he is just about unsurpassed in the gruelling A minor study, and he flutters beautifully in the seventh study, which he takes really fast. If anything, he is even better in Op. 25, controlled and disciplined, never indulging in the sort... |
|
CHOPIN
The Complete Mazurkas Volume 1 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |
|
CHOPIN
The Complete Mazurkas Volume 2 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Not only does he catch the rhythm, but his feel for nuance and colour misses no element of Chopin's infinite imagination, and the balance of earthiness and elegance is well-nigh ideal" BBC Music Magazine |
|
CHOPIN
The Complete Waltzes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The waltz reached Warsaw in the early years of the nineteenth century. As a teenager, Chopin would have known the piano waltzes of Polish composers like Maria Szymanowska, Kurpinski, Dobrzynski and Stefani. |
|
SMETANA
Czech Dances / On the Seashore Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Jun/2016 ] "what an accomplishment to present them not only lovingly but fairly bursting with character" (Gramophone) |
|
GRANADOS
Goyescas Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "you can't go far wrong with Ohlsson, who could hardly be more affecting in 'Quejas, o La maja y el ruisenor', or more able to express the dark and glittering hearts of both 'El amor y la muerte' and 'Epilogo, serenate del espectro'" (Gramophone) |
|
CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES
Piano Music Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jul/2013 ] "Hugely commanding and authoritative; a landmark in every way." (MusicWeb) |
|
CHOPIN
Preludes & Impromptus Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] 'Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |
|
DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Debussy / Prokofiev / Bartok: Études Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Throw in Roger Nichols' highly readable liner-notes and you have a piano album to die for. Dazzling pianism, class-leading sound; another notch on Ohlsson's bed post." Recording of the Month MusicWeb August 2015 |