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MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN
Hamelin: Etudes Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine November 2010 / BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 ***** |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 1 (2 CDs) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "The Hamelin charisma is stamped on this music from the first Sonata of the set, one of Haydn's greatest, No 50 in C major. In the opening movement, staccatos are as crisp as the best melba toast and, where lesser pianists rattle, Hamelin creates... |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 3 (2 CDs) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 2 (2 CDs) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "This Hyperion double set contains some of the finest performances of Haydn sonatas I have heard. Hamelin's playing overflows with ardent lyricism and I especially enjoyed his naturalness of rubato." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Medtner & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski [ Hyperion / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] A typical release-in so far as there can ever be such a thing-from Marc-André Hamelin, combining a stimulating, unexpected coupling; brilliant new light shed on the familiar; and pianism of the very highest calibre. Not to be missed. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Winterreise Matthias Goerne (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "The one to knock Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore from the pedestal … Johnson and Goerne plumb the emotional depths of one of the most heart-wrenchingly sublime masterpieces in the genre" BBC Music Magazine |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles … Utah Symphony / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Messiaen's lifelong engagement with Christian mysticism, birdsong and awestruck contemplation of the beyond finds its fullest expression in this massive, exultant symphonic cycle. |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Piano Trio & other chamber music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] With a programme of chamber works drawn from both ends of Bruch's long composing career, members of The Nash Ensemble once more reveal a neglected side of the composer's output. |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Chamber Music Vol 2 (Includes Flute Sonatina Op 19 & Clarinet Sonatina Op 29) The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 5/Feb/2001 ] "This set may one day be equalled but it is unlikely to be bettered, and it deserves classic status." International Record Review Feb 2001 |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine October 2013 |
FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Trio & Sextets The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Sextets featuring piano and harp may be a rarity, but the one included here is a real delight. The three companion pieces are no less attractive, showcasing the individual and collective strengths of The Nash Ensemble.. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), with Timothy Ridout (viola) & the Piatti Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] 'a performance of On Wenlock Edge which, in its thrilling assurance, strength of imagination and rapt instinct, inclines me to rank it alongside the very finest I know.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Demidenko plays Rachmaninov Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] 'This excellently chosen selection of Rachmnaninov's finest solo piano works is played with superb panache by Demidenko … With warm acoustic, a most appealing disc' (BBC Music Magazine) |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - 'Performances as searingly intense as they are ardently lyrical. Truly extraordinary fire and brilliance' (Gramophone) |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut: The Lion of nobility The Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Early Music |
LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 26 / CD - released 15/Jul/2001 ] 'Peter Donohoe … is the ideal man for such music, while the BBCSSO under Andrew Litton offers razor-sharp support. A wonderfully clear recording' (BBC Music Magazine) |
CECILE CHAMINADE
Chaminade: Piano Music vol. 1 Peter Jacobs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Nov/2005 ] "An undemanding and tuneful collection that will enchant all but the strictest classicists and the hardest-hearted" (MusicWeb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Virtuoso Strauss Transcriptions Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'Throughout this collection Mr Lane's playing shimmers with liquid warmth ... his performances hang together out of his evident affection for these scores and the sheer convicton of his playing' (The New York Times) |
PARRY / STANFORD
Parry / Stanford: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 12 / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Splendid, eloquent performances in clear, warm sound plus Jeremy Dibble's scholarly notes full of insights about the period of these compositions makes this an issue not to be missed. One is left dumbfounded that the [Parry] concerto could have lain... |
FREDERICK DELIUS / JOHN IRELAND
Delius/Ireland: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 39 / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "I find Lane much more jazzily incisive than (any rivals). He catches better the wit and spikiness of this often over-whimsified concerto. David Lloyd-Jones is equally lively in the orchestral portion of these scores…(a) welcome release."(BBC Music... |
