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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Schubert and Weber Transcriptions Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 49 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A very good pianist, who understands the Lisztian idiom and presents it with great effectiveness' (American Record Guide) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Saint-Saens, Chopin and Berlioz transcriptions Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] 'I can wholly recommend this release to lovers of Liszt since it presents much music that is otherwise unavailable' (Gramophone) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera - V Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 50 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'He plays here not only with his usual technical facility and understanding of the Lisztian idiom, but also with verve, wit, and an enjoyment that he conveys to the listener' (American Record Guide) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Paralipomanes Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 51 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A formidable achievement, splendidly recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Ungarischer Romanzero Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 52 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'These arrangements are quite elaborate and charming' (Classic CD) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera-VI Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 54 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A bombshell selection that promises to hold the listener for hours on end. One almost imagines the fire of Liszt himself at the keyboard. Another jewel in Hyperion's legendary series.' (The Sunday Times, Malta) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Harold In Italy Leslie Howard (piano) with Paul Coletti (viola) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 23 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard joue tout cela avec beaucoup de raffinement et un vrai sens du châtoiement sonore. De belles découvertes' (Répertoire, France) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera III Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 30 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Another valuable instalment in Howard's vast trek through Liszt's piano music' (Classic CD) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: New Discoveries, Vol. 4 Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] A fascinating compendium of first thoughts, alternative versions and lost works: the fruits of Leslie Howard's assiduous fossickings in the Lisztian workshop, and all believed to be first recordings. |
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LISZT
New Discoveries Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Liszt at his most unpretentious, fresh and direct … Howard is here at his warmest, bringing out how Liszt's genius developed' (The Guardian) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: New Discoveries Volume 2 Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "his stylistic understanding is always impeccable, and as recorded here his Steinway makes a warmly appealing sound" BBC Music |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: New Discoveries Vol 3 [2 CDs] Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "Wayward, expansive, luridly colourful, [Liszt] still needs his advocates. Leslie Howard is one of his most devoted: long-serving, skilful, eloquent in his interpretations of the vast piano output." The Observer |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Sonata in B minor / Two Elegies / Consolations / etc Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Liszt Edition Vol 9 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Enthusiastically recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
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Complete Piano Music: Music for Piano and Orchestra - 2 Leslie Howard (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra / Karl Anton Rickenbacher [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 53b / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard's dedication is clear in all his playing here, with clear, crisp articulation vividly caught in finely balanced sound' (The Guardian) |
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MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, Humoreske & Blumenstück Luca Buratto (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] Hyperion welcomes 2015 Honens Prize Laureate Luca Buratto to the label, a pianist whose 'fiery imagination and finesse' (Musical America) are perfectly suited to the demands of this all-Schumann programme. Despite its unassuming title, the... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Songs 4 Lucy Crowe (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) with Jennifer France (soprano) & Christopher Maltman (baritone) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] "In wonderful voice throughout, Crowe very much makes this repertory her own. Ascents into the stratospheres are all beautifully and securely accomplished, and those long melismas are tautly controlled and always expressive, never vacuous" Gramophone |
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SAMUIL FEINBERG
Feinberg: Piano Sonatas Nos 1-6 Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The more notes per second (Feinberg is up there with the notiest of them) the more the Canadian virtuoso is in his element. Hamelin does far more than tame these pianistic leviathans. He gives them momentum, character and individuality" Gramophone |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan: Symphony for solo piano Marc Andre-Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] This spectacularly virtuosic follow-up to Hamelin's first Hyperion recording |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Piano Quartets Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 'A delight from start to finish: this is such cultivated and characterized playing, which becomes quite exultant in the finale. It's also beautifully recorded by Hyperion. Given... |