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RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 8 Nicky Spence (tenor) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] "He deals heroically with Strauss's more outrageous demands and, perhaps more importantly, he has just the right interpretative keenness and enthusiasm to put a persuasive case for everything he sings here." Gramophone |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Fragments from Hans Andersen & Studies Nicolas Namoradze (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] "Superbly recorded and performed with such distinction, this release must be an early Awards nominee." Gramophone Editor's Choice January 2021 |
J. S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 2 (Busoni) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] 'His performances capture the smouldering long lines and Gothic grandeur inherent in Busoni's textural transformations of the originals' (International Record Review) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Demidenko plays Chopin (Polonaises / Berceuse / Tarantella) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] 'Demidenko's free-flowing virtuosity in such comparitive rarities as the Allegro de concert and Tarantella carries all before it, perfectly offset by the delightful polonaises and a sublime rendering of the Berceuse' (BBC Music Magazine) |
LISZT
Demidenko plays Liszt (Incls Piano Sonata in B minor) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'A keenly dramatic and powerfully projected account that has the listener on the edge of his or her seat. It must be numbered among the finest performances he has given us. The excitement and virtuosity are second to none' - The Penguin Guide to... |
CHOPIN
The Four Scherzi Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "There is a very good case for getting Demidenko's intelligently played account...The recorded sound is excellent, the warm, sympathetic acoustic of Snape Maltings well captured by Hyperion's engineers...a real snip at the Helios budget... |
MUZIO CLEMENTI
Clementi: Piano Sonatas Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Demidenko brings enormous gravitas and spirituality. The fire and dash he lavishes on the quicker movements make this highly enjoyable disc no less exciting than any of his Medtner, Chopin or Rachmaninov releases on Hyperion' (Hi Fi News) |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Piano Concertos Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 10 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] Throughout his youth, his father, Franz Anton, relentlessly moved the family between Hamburg, Salzburg, Freiberg, Augsburg and Vienna. Consequently he studied with many teachers-his father, Johann Peter Heuschkel, Michael Haydn, Giovanni Valesi,... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 4 & 5 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / The London Philharmonic Orchestra / Alexander Lazarev [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Sep/2007 ] 'Dazzlingly virtuosic accounts of the youthful D flat, the left hand and the brilliant G major. Outstanding accompaniments ... put these performances in the class of the celebrated Ashkenazy/Previn set.' (The Sunday Times) |
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] 'Demidenko is breathtaking in his virtuosity. The orchestra is with him all the way and so is the Hyperion production team who have, as usual, created the perfect sonic setting' (BBC Music Magazine) |
STRAVINSKY
Complete music for piano & orchestra Steven Osborne (piano) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] "The outstanding work here is the Concerto for piano and wind instruments, played by Osborne in a way that finds wit in the rhythmic quirks while lending substance to the music's 18th-century references, so that it never sounds dry." Financial Times |
IVOR GURNEY
Severn Meadows: Songs Paul Agnew (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Aug/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'Another fine addition to the Hyperion treasure-house of vocal recordings' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
SAMMONS
'the English Kreisler' Paul Barritt (Vio) / Catherine Edwards (Piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] From the composer known as the 'English Kreisler'! |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland - The Complete Music for violin and piano Paul Barritt (violin) Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'Another extremely useful addition to the ever-expanding Ireland discography' - Gramophone |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Music for Violin and Piano Paul Barritt (violin) / Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Music for violin & piano Paul Barritt (violin), Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] 'Music of great charm. Fine advocates of Stanford's musical riches' (BBC Music Magazine) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets K478 & K493 Paul Lewis (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die - "For anyone who responds to Mozart's piano concertos, these charming works might almost be considered two bonuses to the cycle. They are superbly played here." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2003) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Duets Paul Lewis (piano) & Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] 'In this repertoire Lewis and Osborne are as one, touch and tone indistinguishable from one another (they swap Primo and Secondo roles throughout, apparently, though it's impossible to tell who is playing which in what), playing with a delicious... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] 'Intense, emotional and pure' is how Pavel Kolesnikov describes the experience of making this recording, the fruits of a collaboration between the pianist and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Impromptus, waltzes & mazurkas Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Pavel Kolesnikov's deep affinity with the music of Chopin is once again on display: immaculate performances - and an intelligently planned recital, which builds towards the epic F minor Fantasy - can only enhance the listener's appreciation of this... |
