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SERGEI PROKOFIEV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Prokofiev / Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 Finalist - Concerto |
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BERLIOZ / CHABRIER / POULENC / HAHN / SAINT-SAENS / FAURE
L'heure exquis: A French Songbook Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] 'An exquisite time indeed in the company of Alice Coote and Graham Johnson, clearly relishing every minute of this delightfully formed and performed French song recital.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2015 |
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MENDELSSOHN / GRIEG / HOUGH
Mendelssohn / Grieg / Hough: Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello) & Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] Grieg's sole Cello Sonata has long been a favourite of performers and audiences, if not of musical theorists, and here receives an impassioned vote of confidence from Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough at the head of a programme which takes the... |
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CESAR FRANCK / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Franck/Rachmaninov: Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello) / Stephen Hough (piano) / Rebecca Evans (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] 'Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough give a serene and eloquent performance' (Gramophone) |
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JOSEPH HAYDN / C.P.E. BACH
Haydn & CPE Bach: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello), The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] "Isserlis's 1998 recording [of the Haydn] remains classy stuff, but this has superbly trumped it." Gramophone Disc of the Month Awards Issue 2017 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Bagatelles Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Osborne has delved deep to extract so much from cameos that pack emotional enormity within small spaces." (Gramophone) |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 109, 110 & 111 Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Instrumental |
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MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Complete Solo Piano music [2 CDs] Steven Osborne, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "[Gaspard] is technically immaculate...and gently seductive before turning on a more sinister pressure...Osborne spins his dancers towards a visceral and devastating oblivion." (Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Instrumental) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Études & Pour le piano Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] "Time and again there were details that tickled the ear with their freshness, revealing as if for the first time the anarchic brilliance of Debussy's vision." Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Piano |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Instrumental - 'Outstanding Rachmaninov playing of acute perception, discretion and poetic sensibility, limpid, powerful and luminous in equal measure' (BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice) |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 / Moments musicaux Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] 'One is left wondering where, in the first quarter of the 21st century, one might turn for more idiomatic, more intelligent or more beautiful Rachmaninov-playing.' Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2022 |
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SIR DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY
Piano Concerto in A major, Op 15 (with Mackenzie- Scottish Concerto) Steven Osborne (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 19 / CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] 'What a bonanza this Hyperion offering is! If you fancy piano concertos you'll find plenty in these two neglected specimens to challenge and enchant you' (Fanfare, USA) |
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GABRIEL FAURE / FRANCIS POULENC / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
French Duets Steven Osborne (piano), Paul Lewis (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
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SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Sappho / Sapphic Poem Susan Bickley (mezzo) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/1999 ] "No praise can be too high for Susan Bickley … [and] Tony Faulkner's stunningly natural engineering complements what is another triumphant addition to Hyperion's ongoing Bantock series" (Gramophone) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol. 3 (Dixit Dominus RV595; Domine ad adjuvandum RV593; Beatus vir RV598; etc) Susan Gritton, Catrin Wyn-Davies (sops) Catherine Denley (alto) Charles Daniels (ten) Neal Davies, Michael George / The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Performances and recording quality are exemplary' - BBC Music Magazine |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8 Susan Gritton (sop) Thomas Hobbs (ten) Iestyn Davies (cntten) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layon [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "Layton directs his young singers with such a perfect control of texture and rhythm that there's no hint of stodginess" (Gramophone) |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
Brian: Symphony No 1 in D minor "Gothic" Susan Gritton (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass) / London Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Hyperion's release is a perfect one, of a great event, a magisterial work and an encapsulation of the enormous difficulties of the project as a whole" Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2012 |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & 103 Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "The technical perfection can almost be taken for granted, but there is also the warmth and affection of the performances." BCB Music Five Stars |
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ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Schulhoff: Violin Sonatas Tanja Becker-Bender (violin) / Markus Becker (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "Tanja Becker-Benda offers absolutely stunning playing throughout this warmly recorded disc." (BBC Music Disc of the Month March 2011) |
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FERDINAND HILLER
Hiller: Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vo 45 / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "The indefatigable Shelley puts us in his debt again by uncovering these gems." (Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2008) |