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WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER
Piano music, chamber music & songs John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Ian Brown (piano) / Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] |
VINCENZO GALILEI
The Well-tempered Lute Žak Ozmo (lute) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] The modern sequence of keys had yet to be invented when Vincenzo Galilei set out to traverse them all-well over a century before Bach's seminal 'Well-tempered Clavier'. The resulting demands on the sixteenth-century lutenist are ferocious, and Žak... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt (cello) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] Those elusive qualities of 'transcendental beauty paired with an enchanting simplicity', eloquently glossed by Alban Gerhardt in his booklet note, might also be said to characterize his playing in this outstanding new recording. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Cello Symphony, Cello Sonata & Cello Suites Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze / Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Concerto |
DOHNANYI / ENESCU / D'ALBERT
Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Carlos Kalmar, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Gerhardt's playing, with its richly hued tone, gets right to the heart of this music and brilliantly ignites the fireworks that the Enescu and d'Albert pieces have up their sleeves' - The Daily Telegraph |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cello Concerto & Symphony-Concerto Alban Gerhardt, cello / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] 'Music that is especially compelling, both in terms of creativity and scoring … No praise is too high for Alban's Gerhardt's musicianship, commitment and technique' (International Record Review) |
BOCCHERINI / CHOPIN / POPPER / SAINT-SAENS / WAGNER / etc
Casals Encores Alban Gerhardt (cello) Cecile Licad (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "This is cello playing of exquisite sophistication and bold imagination. Casals, I feel sure, would have approved." (BBC Music Chamber Choice Aug 2011) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 Alban Gerhardt (cello) Cecile Licad (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone April 2012 |
WILHELM FITZENHAGEN
Fitzenhagen: Cello Concertos (with Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo theme) Alban Gerhardt (cello) / Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Sebastian Weigle [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 7 / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] The music of Wilhelm Fitzenhagen bursts into the Hyperion catalogue with two triumphant cello concertos, a couple of other original works, and his (in)famous version of the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations. Ace cellist Alban Gerhardt presides. |
MAX REGER
Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) Markus Becker (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Alban Gerhardt's profound musicality and charisma have made him one of the most sought-after cellists of his generation. His ebullient personality is present in all his performances; he is nevertheless passionately committed to the intentions of the... |
HENRY VIEUXTEMPS
Vieuxtemps: Cello Concertos (with works by Ysaÿe) Alban Gerhardt (cello), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Josep Caballé-Domenech (conductor) [ Hyperion The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 5 / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Hyperion's blossoming Romantic Cello Concerto series welcomes back German virtuoso Alban Gerhardt for this sixth volume. Henry Vieuxtemps and Eugène Ysaÿe are of course best known for their blistering pyrotechnics on the violin, but each of this... |
HANS PFITZER
Pfitzer: Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt (cello) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Sebastian Weigle [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 4 / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] "Gerhardt holds it all together with his sustained singing lines, while Weigle and his Berlin band provide vividly pointillist backing." (BBC Music) |
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN / FREDERIC CHOPIN
Alkan / Chopin: Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "This is a magnificent performance: the tiny Largo is a particular gem. Pellucidly clean and clear engineering completes a remarkably fine disc that never once deviates from the highest artistic standards on offer today. You'll love it." (10/10... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Shostakovich/Schnittke: Cello Sonatas Alban Gerhardt (cello) / Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jul/2006 ] 'Beautifully recorded... Both Gerhardt and Osborne are noted especially for their poetic insights and whenever the music turns introspective here they cast a magic spell so as to have one hanging on to their every note' (Classic FM Magazine). |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 / Piano Quintet in C Dmitri Alexeev (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev / Bew Pudapest Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Jul/2013 ] "The recordings are judiciously balanced in both works, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Lazarev are fully sympathetic." (Gramophone Classical CD Guide) |
W. A. MOZART
Wind Concertos (plus Haydn - Sinfonia concertante) Alfredo Bernardini (oboe) Peter Whelan (bassoon) Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2015 ] "Soloists get to enjoy the music, their quirky charisma shining through." (Financial Times) |
QUILTER / WARLOCK / GRAINGER / HOLST / GIBBS / etc
the Power of Love: An English Songbook Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "From start to finish, the artistry of Alice Coote and Graham Johnson is of the highest order." (Gramophone) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos Alina Ibragimova (violin), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2015 ] Alina Ibragimova recently transfixed Proms audiences with her live solo Bach performances. Back in the studio she has teamed up with the expert Arcangelo to record five Bach Violin Concertos, two undisputed masterpieces and three probable... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Matchless accounts of Brahms at his most lyrically reflective, plus a benedictory encore by Clara Schumann: this is another outstanding release from today's pre-eminent violin and piano partnership. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (LP) Alina Ibragimova (violin), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Vladimir Jurowski [ Hyperion / LP - released 13/Sep/2024 ] The young violinist Alina Ibragimova is already established as an admired recording artist, standing alongside great artists of the past and present with her versions of Bach and Beethoven's violin works. She appears on this new vinyl release with... |
