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J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos Catharine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violins) / Paul Goodwin (oboe) / The Kings Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Inspired performances combining a satisfying historical approach with interpretations that explore the music's emotional depth' (American Record Guide) |
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PURCELL / CLARKE / CHILCOT / ARNE / de FESCH / WELDON / LEVERIDGE / etc
The English Orpheus Vol. 50 - Orpheus with His Lute (Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne) Catherine Bott (soprano) Rachel Brown (flute) / The Parley of Instruments Peter Holman, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] "This is a tough challenge: 17 short songs, many by second-rank composers, entrusted to a single singer, leavened with an overture and a minor flute concerto...the result is a triumph…Shakespeare doesn't come better than this." ***** Five Stars BBC |
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ANONYMOUS / GUILLAUME DUFAY / FRANCESCO LANDINI / BERNART de VENTADORN / etc
Delectatio angeli: Songs from the Middle Ages Catherine Bott (soprano) with Pavlo Beznosiuk & Mark Levy (fiddles) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "I enjoyed practically everything that this disc offered with the Dufay being the star. I know of no just cause or impediment why everyone else shouldn't do so as well." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2006) |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Mikrokosmos Book 5 & other piano music Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "A fine programme overall, much to be recommended" Gramophone award nomination 2017 - Instrumental |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion & other piano music Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] A welcome return to the piano music of Béla Bartók and a programme which includes the popular Sonatina, the aggressively experimental Op 18 Études and the Piano Sonata of 1926, the composer's 'year of the piano'. Cédric Tiberghien is then joined by... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Préludes / Piano Sonata No. 2 / Scherzo No. 2 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] 'A Chopin player of real class … Tiberghien's Second Sonata is impressive … the final two movements are particularly fine … this disc as a whole is a potent new addition to the Chopin library' (Gramophone) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, troisième année & other late piano works Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "Tiberghien's quasi-improvisatory approach works marvellously with works which would otherwise risk sounding directionless and self-indulgent. His range is breathtaking." BBC Music Instrumental Choice March 2019 |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Mikrokosmos Book 6 / Out of Doors / etc Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "Possessing an instinctive feel for impressionism, and for the ebb and flow of those rhythms with their little hesitations and sudden rushes forward, Cédric Tiberghien is ideally fitted for this task…the chief glory of this recording lies in what Tib |
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THEODORE DUBOIS
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor / Suite for piano and string orchestra in F minor / etc Cédric Tiberghien (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] "Piano Concerto No 2 of 1898 won't give you great tunes or high drama but it's attractive...The best of the three exhibits is the lighter and sprightly Suite...Vigorously supported...Tiberghien plays as though he loves every dancing note." The Times |
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THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
The Language of Love: Songs of the troubadours and trouveres Duo Trobairitz [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE CHOICE OF 2007 - 'There are some outstanding renditions here … Newton is fresh-voiced and immediate, and Brooks is a vigorous accompanist' (Early Music) |
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Charles Lloyd
Hyperion with Higgins [ ECM Records / CD - released 16/Nov/2001 ] 'Hyperion with Higgins' is dedicated to Charles Lloyd's lifelong friend, the drummer Billy Higgins, who died in May 2001. This is a must listen for avid Jazz fanatics. |
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DITTERSDORF / VANHAL
Double Bass Concertos Chi-Chi Nwanoku (double bass) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'An elegant performance. Beautifully played and phrased by Nwanoku, who reveals the lyrical potential of the solo bass' (The Strad) |
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CHAUSSON / D'INDY
String Quartets Chilingirian Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE - 'Ripely affectionate performances from the Chilingirians, beguilingly recorded, and expertly annotated by Roger Nichols' (Classic CD) |
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EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: String Quartets 1 & 2 Chilingirian Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "The first quartet is a masterwork … on Hyperion's inexpensive Helios label the disc is well worth the outlay." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
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YORK BOWEN
The complete works for violin and piano Chloë Hanslip (violin) & Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] "Chloe Hanslip plays with the most enviably sweet and subtly variegated tone...[Driver's] irreproachably eager and stylish pianism is a joy to encounter." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 |
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ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / OTHMAR SCHOECK
Glazunov/Schoeck: Violin Concertos Chloe Hanslip (violin) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexander Vedernikov [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 14 / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "The engineering forms a perfectly adroit complement to the demands of these sunset works in performances that seem faithfully to emote the composers' intentions. In a word: glorious." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2013) |
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HENRY VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Chloe Hanslip (violin) / Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 12 / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "rhythmically taut, meticulously executed performances...few will be able to resist Hanslip's deliciously coquettish handling of the rondo movements of both concertos." (Gramophone) |
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PHILIPPE ROGIER
Missa Ego sum qui sum: Motets The Choir of King's College London, David Trendell with the English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] The much admired choir of King's College London and their director David Trendell appear in their Hyperion debut. |
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PURCELL
Hail, bright Cecilia! (Complete Odes & Welcome Songs, Volume 2) The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort, Robert King, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] "For those to whom Purcell's unfailing sensitivity and inventiveness in the setting of English texts is a constant miracle, the problem with this series is knowing where to start" - Gramophone |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Coronation Anthems [Zadok the Priest, etc] / Royal Fireworks Music The Choir of New College Oxford / The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) |