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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "In 1984 Steven Isserlis made excellent recordings for Hyperion of the Brahms sonatas with Peter Evans; this time he's added some substantial extra items - the two Suk pieces, wonderfully played, are particularly welcome. The new recording is fuller... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy Songs 3 Jennifer France (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion Debussy Song Series / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "McGovern shows himself to be thoroughly at home within the normal baritone register...Martineau, whose pianism is a constant delight, has devised a proper recital programme rather than a completist survey." (Gramophone) |
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ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Cello Sonatas Jiri Barta (cello) Hamish Milne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "…Sonata No. 1 in D major is well-nigh irresistible, with memorable melodies and a heroic piano part sweeping all before it. In Jirí Bárta's hands it speaks to us across the centuries with a radiant ardour." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Songs Joan Rodgers (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "This marvellous compilation offers no fewer than 25 Mozart songs which genuinely redress this grossly neglected part of his output. A disc which offers rich rewards" (The Independent) |
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CUI / GLINKA / MEDTNER / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / SHOSTAKOVIICH / etc
Pushkin Romances Joan Rodgers (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] 'A treasure trove of Russian song that will reward repeated listening for years, delivered by a first-rate soprano already with a distinguished track record in the repertoire, themed on the verse of Russia's most favourite poet, is a more than... |
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MUSSORGSKY / BRITTEN / PROKOFIEV
Russian Songs Joan Rodgers (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "This is Hyperion at its best: a pair of fine artists exploring a less-than-familiar corner of the repertoire. More please!" International Record Review- The Sunday Times |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Morike Lieder Joan Rodgers (soprano) Stephan Genz (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "This important new recording, with its illuminating essays and commentaries, can stand proudly for the present and the futureas abenchmark in its own right." ***** Five Stars... |
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PETER WARLOCK
Songs John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD ] "Whether you collect tenors, English music or simply good singing, don't be without this" (BBC Music) |
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ROGER QUILTER
Songs John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano) |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Songs (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' for tenor, piano & string quartet / 10 Blake Songs) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) 'John Mark Ainsley's performance is among his best on record in these austerely beautiful, imaginatively scored settings' - Gramophone |
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J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 9 (Harriet Cohen and other British transcriptions) Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen is in that sense a fascinating anthology of British transcribing manners of the inter-war period. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Homage to Paderewski Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2011 ] "Many of the composers have now disappeared into the mists of time, but all of these miniatures are well worth the warmth, affection, lyrical beauty and bravura that Plowright devotes to them...Plowright's playing throughout is sublime." (Daily... |
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JAN PADEREWSKI
Paderewski: Piano Sonata / Variations & Fugues Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'All three works provide the listener with an incredible musical journey; a kaleidoscope of pianistic ideas with fleeting echoes of Rachmaninov, Brahms, Debussy, and even elements of earlier music with its elegance and trills." BBC Music |
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LAMBERT
Romeo and Juliet / Piano Concerto Jonathan Plowright (piano) / David Lloyd-Jones and the English Northern Philharmonia [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2005)"Here's a winner of a programme which finds the ENP on top form and David Lloyd-Jones evidently enjoying every moment of this delightful music." |
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LUDOMIR ROZYCKI / IGNACY FRIEDMAN
Friedman & Różycki: Piano Quintets Jonathan Plowright (piano) / Szymanowski Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] '[Jonathan Plowright] is this outstanding British pianist in whose debt we are once more for this second Różycki resurrection … the excellent Szymanowski Quartet [exploits] to the full Friedman's civilised five-way conversation' (Gramophone) |
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ZAREBSKI / ZELENSKI
Piano Quintet & Piano Quartet Jonathan Plowright (piano) / Szymanowski Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "[Zarebski] wrote [his Piano Quintet] in the year of his premature death, dedicating it to his teacher Liszt, and the virtuosity that implies is caught here in a performance of passionate warmth...Again, the performance [of the Zelenski] is... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 6 Julia Kleiter (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "A marvellous disc and a great recital in its own right, this is arguably the finest instalment of the series to date. Do listen to it." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
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GRIEG
Songs (Incls 'The mountain maid', Op 67 & 'Melodies of the heart', Op 5) Katarina Karnaus (mezzo-soprano) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] 'Karnéus is a singer of natural warmth and spontaneity who possesses what Grieg called the gift of 'reading between the lines' and 'interpreting a half-told tale' … A glorious disc' (Daily Telegraph Classical CD of the week) |
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SIBELIUS
Songs Katarina Karnaus (soprano) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] Pick of the Month BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Complete Music for Piano Kathryn Stott (piano) with Martin Roscoe (piano in the duets) [ Hyperion / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE 'Sumptuously recorded. A true and dedicated Francophile [Kathryn Stott] is clearly among the more stylish and intriguing of all young pianists' (Gramophone) |