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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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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Humoreske / Piano Sonata Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - 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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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 |
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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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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Piano Music Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "turning convention topsy-turvy, she reminds us in her vehement, brightly lit performances that Faure objected to pianists who play his music 'with the shutters down'" Gramophone Magazine, September 2013 |
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J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): The Toccatas Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Jul/2002 ] 'Her performances could hardly be more stylish or impeccable, more vital or refined; and, as a crowning touch, Hyperion's sound is superb.'(Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
The Keyboard Concertos (complete) Angela Hewitt (Piano) /Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2007 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE (Gramophone) CD OF THE MONTH (Gramophone) CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Sunday Times) ALBUM OF THE WEEK (Musicweek) CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Daily Telegraph) DISC OF THE MONTH (Classic FM Magazine) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto / Introduction and Allegro / etc Angela Hewitt (piano) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hannu Lintu [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] Angela Hewitt's recordings of Schumann's solo piano works for Hyperion have been described as 'revelatory … something to cherish' (Gramophone) and 'unreservedly superb' (The Guardian). Now she turns her attention to the works for piano and orchestra... |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 9 and 9 Angela Hewitt (piano) / Orchestra da Camera di Mantova [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] "Hewitt directs the performances from the keyboard; with the piano well forward of the orchestra in the sound picture, her playing is typically crisp, and occasionally perhaps a bit too brisk, though its attention to detail is immaculate" The... |