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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. |
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... |
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 |
ZYGMUNT STOJOWSKI
Stojowski: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Jonathan Plowright (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 28 / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine(May 2002) - "Stojowski could hardly have found a better interpreter than Jonathan Plowright, who plays with affection, understanding and sometimes breathtaking virtuosity." |
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." |
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) |
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... |
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 |
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) |
SIBELIUS
Songs Katarina Karnaus (soprano) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] Pick of the Month BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
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) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Sonata, Contrasts, Rhapsodies & Rumanian Dances Krysia Osostowicz (violin) Susan Tomes (piano) Michael Collins (clarinet) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'An outstandingly successful and enjoyable issue' (Gramophone) |
HINDEMITH
The Complete Viola Music Volume 1 Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "All Hindemith's hits and more, played with true conviction." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - August 2009 |
HINDEMITH
The Complete Viola Music Volume 2: Solo Sonatas Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Power's warmly rounded tone and searching interpretations cast the most favourable possible light on this wonderful if sometimes astringent music...few players can make this music more compelling than does Power." BBC Music Magazine, May 2010 ***** |
YORK BOWEN
The complete works for viola & piano Lawrence Power (viola) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] 'Composers whose rich romanticism was out of favour among 20th-century pundits who favoured angular austerity are finally receiving their due. Bowen believed the viola sounded more attractive than the violin and has a persuasive advocate in Power'... |
HENRI BUSSER / GEROGES HUE / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / LOUIS VIERNE / etc
Fin de siècle: Music for viola and piano Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] That the names of Hüe and Büsser are now largely forgotten is no reflection on their ability to write music which cannot fail to delight (and did not fail to win the Prix de Rome). Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips present a wonderful... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Music for viola & piano Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Power's performance is particularly engaging in the witty, sardonic middle movement...if not the very last word on the Sonata, this is still a finely played programme that can be recommended with confidence." (Gramophone) |
ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Violin Sonatina / Viola Sonata / etc Lawrence Power (viola & violin) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Whether playing his viola or violin, Lawrence Power is in total sympathy with Benjamin's shifting moods, and Simon Crawford-Phillips proves a lithe and responsive piano partner." (BBC Music) |
HENRY LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] If the name of Henry Charles Litolff is familiar today only through the scherzo of his Concerto symphonique No 4, the absurdity of that 'one-hit composer' tag is clearly demonstrated by this release. These are among the finest examples of the piano... |
SIR HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Piano Trio No 2 / Piano Quartet Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] After a successful rehearsal of his piano quartet in 1879, Parry declared that he was 'wild with delight'. He could have been no less enthusiastic on hearing this dynamic account from the Leonore Piano Trio with violist Rachel Roberts. |
