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SCHUBERT
Schwanengesang Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'Holl feels and communicates superbly and can be awesomely delicate. In this recital of songs from Schubert's last year, the stark Heine settings emerge with heart-wrenching power' (The Times) |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: The complete works for pedal piano & orchestra Roberto Prosseda (pedal piano) / Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 62 / CD - released 20/Oct/2013 ] "Prosseda seems to have full command of his unwieldy instrument and manages to make Gounod's music sing and dance in a lively fashion. Howard Shelley, who trades his piano for the podium, is an able accompanist" (AudAud.com) |
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GUIDO ALBERTO FANO / LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA / SILVIO OMIZZOLO / CRISTIAN CARRARA
War Silence: Rare Italian piano concertos Roberto Prosseda (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Nir Kabaretti (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The critical reception of Schumann's violin sonatas-like that of much of the composer's late output-has vacillated over the course of the intervening centuries. |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 7 Ruby Hughes (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Günter Haumer (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2017 ] "Ruby Hughes's bright soprano is appealing" Gramophone Magazine, May 2015 |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
38 Preludes from the two sets of Twenty-four Preludes in all the keys for pianoforte, Op 163 & Op 179 Sam Haywood (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Stanford retained an enthusiasm for the music of Bach throughout his life, and the two sets of 'Twenty-four Preludes in all the keys for pianoforte' are a clear homage to JSB's own '48'. Sam Haywood, making his second recording for Hyperion,... |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 4 Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] "[Sasha Cooke's] even, expressive voice is equal to all technical demands and rises to tremendous intensity for 'Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass' while offering a deeply considered account of 'Sei still'" (BBC Music) |
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SCHARWENKA
Piano Music Volume 1 Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] piano music from the romantic period - the first of four |
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SCHARWENKA
Piano Music Volume 4 (Incls Four Polish Dances) Seta Tanyel (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] '… brimful with alert character and beauty whilst the two piano pieces are delightful in their raucous melodies … briliantly done by Tanyel' (Classical Net Review) |
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EDWARD MacDOWELL
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2; Second Modern Suite Op 14 for solo piano Seta Tanyel (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 25 / CD - released 26/Mar/2001 ] '[Tanyel] can totally identify with this kind of post-Lisztian lyric bravura style' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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STENHAMMAR
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Seta Tanyel (piano) / Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 49 / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] The original orchestration of Stenhammar's Piano Concerto No 1 is recorded here: a version which was long thought lost when the publishers were bombed during the second world war. |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Serenade' Op 70 No 3) Simon Bode (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "His tone is sweet and gently rounded, his diction crystal-clear, his phrasing always thoughtful. Spinning a rapt, sustained lined, he movingly catches the Brahmsian twilit melancholy of 'Abenddammerung'...'Wiegenlied', too, is as dulcet as you could |
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JOSEPH RHEINBERGER / BERNHARD SCHOLZ
Rheinberger / Scholz: Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ben Gernon (conductor) [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 76 / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] 'The Rheinberger Concerto sets off in a mood of confident pomp..the supremely gifted Ben Gernon coaxes terrifically colourful playing from the BBC Scottish SO' (Gramophone) |
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ROGER SACDEVERELL COKE
Coke: Piano Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 5 Simon Callaghan (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 78 / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] The late Romanticism of Roger Sacheverell Coke will appeal to anyone who enjoys Rachmaninov or Delius, Grainger or Scriabin. If that sounds an intriguingly eclectic mix, Coke establishes his own distinctive voice, and this is an important addition to... |
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CARL REINECKE / EMIL VON SAUER
Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos Simon Callaghan, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen / Modestas Pitrėnas [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/May/2024 ] This is the fourth Romantic Piano Concerto album from Simon Callaghan, and that combination of talents which made his first three so successful - not least a flair for exploring the neglected byways of the Romantic repertoire, and the technique and... |
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STEPHEN HOUGH
Hough: Piano Concerto, Sonatina & Partita Sir Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Polymath Sir Stephen Hough has a growing reputation as a composer of chamber, choral and above all solo piano music with four sonatas and a constellation of dazzling arrangements to his name. This album presents the premiere recording of his... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
The Complete String Quartets / Piano Trio No 2 / String Quintet St Petersburg String Quartet [ Hyperion / 6 CD Box Set - released 23/Mar/2010 ] 'These players approach Shostakovich's mighty cycle with a natural authority that's unanswerable, along with tireless precision and virtuosity, plus a wonderful command of the music's way of switching between sunlight and shadow when you least expect... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Songs Stephan Genz (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 1999 PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK |
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MAHLER
Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Stephan Genz (baritone) & Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2008 ] 'The charm of Mahler's Lieder-composing style - so close to Schubert's - comes across beautifully. Stephan Genz is more than just a very fine singer: his precision, sensitivity and range of imagination proclaim him a true successor to the great... |
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SCRIABIN
The Early Scriabin Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'A programme of fascinating rarities played with a touching sensitivity and affection … This record is a most impressive achievement, as beautiful in sound as it is endlessly thought-provoking' (Gramophone) |
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GLAZUNOV
Piano Music Vol 2 (Incls Three Etudes, Op 31 & Nocturne, Op 37) Stephen Coombs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] "Superb, in a word. The two volumes of Glazunov Piano Music should be mandatory purchases for all pianists and all lovers of the Russian Romantics." (MusicWeb May 2006) |