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MANUEL CARDOSO
Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat & motets Cupertinos, Luís Toscano (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2019 - Early Music |
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CHARLES IVES
Symphonies - Volume 1 (Nos 2 & 3) Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] "So, an excellent pair of discs, well filled and beautifully recorded" (MusicWeb Oct 2006) |
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CHARLES IVES
Symphonies-Volume 1 (Nos 2 & 3) Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / SACD - released 26/Oct/2006 ] "So, an excellent pair of discs, well filled and beautifully recorded" (MusicWeb Oct 2006) |
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CHARLES IVES
Symphonies - Volume 2 (Nos 1 & 4) Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] 'Cherish the endearing Third for its alert phrasing; cherish the Fourth for the transcendental finale, beautifully caught by the microphones. Polished performances' (The Times) |
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CHARLES IVES
Symphonies-Volume 2 (Nos 1 & 4) Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / SACD - released 26/Oct/2006 ] 'Cherish the endearing Third for its alert phrasing; cherish the Fourth for the transcendental finale, beautifully caught by the microphones. Polished performances' (The Times) |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: 'La Chanson d'Eve' and other songs Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Op102 (Nos. 1 & 2) & Variations Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) / Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] 'Absorbing interpretations, where the two players instinctively click and the music comes across with vibrancy, sensitivity and a galvanising unanimity of purpose' (The Daily Telegraph) |
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GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: The 18 Études Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] "In essence, Driver's Ligeti Études complement rather than compete with Aimard and Ullén, and that's high praise." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2021 |
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C. P. E. BACH
Keyboard Sonatas Vol 2 Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Danny Driver is intimately in touch with the fluctuations of the musical language....His feel for the harmonic explorations in the slow movement [of the E major Sonata] and the rhythmic mischievousness of the finale likewise echoes the music's... |
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SCHUMANN
Novelletten / Nachtstücke Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] "This is, in short, engaging and sophisticated playing with a fine mix of care and spontaneity." (BBC Music) |
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BENJAMIN DALE
Piano Music Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] The monumental Piano Sonata in D minor was composed by a young Benjamin Dale while he was still a student at the Royal Academy of Music. Dale's contemporaries included the burgeoning composer-pianists Arnold Bax and York Bowen. |
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MILY BALAKIREV
Balakirev: Piano Sonata & other works Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Bravo to Hyperion for championing this music and to Driver for playing it with such sensitivity, polish and élan" (The Daily Telegraph) |
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YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 46 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Danny Driver's pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen's considerable demands' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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AMY BEACH / CECILE CHAMINADE / DOROTHY HOWELL
Beach, Chaminade & Howell - Piano Concertos Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rebecca Miller [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 70 / CD - released 26/Feb/2017 ] "but even more appealing is Cécile Chaminade's Concertstück in the same key as the Beach...In Driver's hands it is enchanting." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Concerto |
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ERIK CHISHOLM
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Chishom's First Concerto is] full of provocative rhythm and utterly devoid of cliche. His second is even more elaborate, drawing its inspiration from the beguiling ragas of Hindustan, their evocative intervals and sensuous, twisting melodies... |
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KODALY
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Dante Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2014 ] The Dante Quartet, winners of the BBC Music Magazine Award for their album of Franck and Fauré, respond to this music with dancing energy and folkloric simplicity. |
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GABRIEL FAURE / CESAR FRANCK
Faure / Franck: String Quartets Dante Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Chamber Award Winner - 'Hyperion's recording sounds extremely natural, and the disc is enhanced by fine notes from Roger Nichols' (International Record Review) |
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RAVEL / DEBUSSY
String Quartets Dante Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "...the way melodies seem to emerge subtly from the texture before retreating back into it [in the Debussy] is most appealing...The Ravel Quartet, too, is unfailingly musical." Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 |
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ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Maud & A Shropshire Lad David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) David Owen Norris (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 25/Feb/2002 ] 'I cannot recommend this disc highly enough. To list the outstanding moments would take too long. Very highly recommended' (Classic CD) |