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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Keyboard Music Vol 3 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Oct/2005 ] With this third volume Angela Hewitt concludes her personal survey of Couperin's keyboard music and proves that, in the hands of someone as steeped in Baroque keyboard style as herself, music which was previously thought the exclusive domain of the... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284 & 309 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] "Hewitt makes them sound effortless. Her articulation is clean, the pedalling lightly judicious, her fingers nimble and strong, the ornamentation always tasteful, while the clarity of her approach brings out the individual character of each sonata" |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Art of Fugue Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "I won't mince words. This Art of Fugue is marvellous. The variety and beauty of tone alone make compelling listening, bringing contrasts, clarity and warmth to Bach's intellectual marvels...Yet her fingers never make the results dry triumphs of engi |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach - Goldberg Variations (2015 Recording) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "A salutary reminder that recordings which one thought couldn't be bettered, actually can - remarkable" International Piano Five Stars |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 27/1, 31/2, 79 & 109 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] This latest instalment of Angela Hewitt's Beethoven is bookended by the great 'Tempest' and Op 109 sonatas. The performances-incentive enough to acquire this release-are as usual complemented by Angela's own booklet notes which provide real insight... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Variations Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "No qualifications are required for Angela Hewitt's new Beethoven album..Hewitt's touch is remarkably nimble and poetic" The Times |
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RAVEL
Complete Solo Piano Music Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2002 ] "French music is clearly close to her heart as this magnificent survey of Ravel's music for solo piano reveals. Her wonderfully judged performances merely serve to heighten admiration for a composer of quite remarkable facility and imagination. A... |
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J.S. BACH
Das wohltemperirte Clavier-Book 2 (Well Tempered Clavier) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] ROSETTE (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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J. S. BACH
Das wohltemperirte Clavier [The Well-Tempered Clavier] (complete 2008 recording) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] 'Her best Bach yet..Not everyone can improve on the best, but it looks as it Angela Hewitt might have done just that..This is a defining moment in the performance history of the '48'..Hewitt's second thoughts" BBC Music |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Davidsbundlertanze / Kinderszenen / Piano Sonata No. 2 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] 'Here from Angela Hewitt comes a disc to make us marvel anew at Schumann's Romanticism..This is revelatory Schumann-playing - something to cherish' (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): The English Suites Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2003 ] CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Sunday Times) CD OF THE WEEK (Daily Telegraph) DISC OF THE WEEK (BBC Radio 3) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Fantasia, Aria and other works Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] "Her astonishing dispatch of the rapid repeated notes in the finale of the D major Sonata, her bouncy, characterful articulation in the BWV 832 Suite in A, and the feathery fingerwork in the BWV 944 Fugue take great Bach playing to joyous heights." |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Fantasia, Aria Variata and other works Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'Here is another out and out winner from Angela Hewitt … The hallmark of her playing derives from just such a sharp definition of musical character. Be it light or solemn, her outlook on Bach is consistently enlivening' (The Daily Telegraph) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Humoreske / Piano Sonata Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE INSTRUMENTAL DISC OF THE MONTH - 'A compelling Schumann player' |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): The Inventions Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/May/2005 ] 'Performances of exemplary clarity and craftsmanship' - CDReview |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): Italian Concerto, French Overture, etc Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Feb/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Instrumental 'This enticing collection once again confirms Angela Hewitt's reputation for playing Bach on the piano' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Keyboard Music Vol.2 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion SACD / SACD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Angela Hewitt is a remarkable musician with a highly refined sensibility. She makes use of the best qualities of the piano without stepping out of stylistic bounds … Such intelligent musicianship' (American Record Guide) |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Keyboard Suites Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] "A qualified welcome then - if Rameau played on the piano appeals there are no serious reservations" (MusicWeb January 2007) |
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BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / SCHUMANN / HOUGH
In the Night Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2014 ] This latest recital album by 'the thinking person's virtuoso: an extraordinary pianist' (The New York Times) takes the listener on a journey through that most intense and absorbing of nineteenth-century obsessions, the night. |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Piano Music Angela Hewitt, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Playing of the highest polish. Fastidiously balanced chords, every detail clear and clean. Rarely, if ever, can Messiaen's piano music have been played with such refinement' - Classic CD |