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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Late Piano Works Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] Brahms announced his retirement from composing on more than one occasion, but these are among the last solo pieces he wrote for piano. By contrast, the Op 4 scherzo is the work of an eighteen-yearold, and the earliest he approved for publication. |
CHOPIN
The Complete Etudes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "In Op. 10, he is just about unsurpassed in the gruelling A minor study, and he flutters beautifully in the seventh study, which he takes really fast. If anything, he is even better in Op. 25, controlled and disciplined, never indulging in the sort... |
CHOPIN
The Complete Mazurkas Volume 1 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |
CHOPIN
The Complete Mazurkas Volume 2 Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Not only does he catch the rhythm, but his feel for nuance and colour misses no element of Chopin's infinite imagination, and the balance of earthiness and elegance is well-nigh ideal" BBC Music Magazine |
CHOPIN
The Complete Waltzes Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] The waltz reached Warsaw in the early years of the nineteenth century. As a teenager, Chopin would have known the piano waltzes of Polish composers like Maria Szymanowska, Kurpinski, Dobrzynski and Stefani. |
SMETANA
Czech Dances / On the Seashore Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Jun/2016 ] "what an accomplishment to present them not only lovingly but fairly bursting with character" (Gramophone) |
GRANADOS
Goyescas Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "you can't go far wrong with Ohlsson, who could hardly be more affecting in 'Quejas, o La maja y el ruisenor', or more able to express the dark and glittering hearts of both 'El amor y la muerte' and 'Epilogo, serenate del espectro'" (Gramophone) |
CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES
Piano Music Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jul/2013 ] "Hugely commanding and authoritative; a landmark in every way." (MusicWeb) |
CHOPIN
Preludes & Impromptus Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] 'Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday) |
DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Debussy / Prokofiev / Bartok: Études Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Throw in Roger Nichols' highly readable liner-notes and you have a piano album to die for. Dazzling pianism, class-leading sound; another notch on Ohlsson's bed post." Recording of the Month MusicWeb August 2015 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Variations for solo piano (complete) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 23/Sep/2010 ] 'This is a great Brahms recording that elevates and illuminates the music with a lightness of touch and heart that eludes many...Perhaps the most musical performance on disc in recent years' Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2010 |
CHOPIN
Complete works (16 CD set) Garrick Ohlsson (piano) with Ewa Podles (contralto) Leila Josefowicz (violin) Carter Brey (cello) [ Hyperion / 16 CD Box Set - released 20/Jan/2009 ] 'The collaborative works receive particularly rewarding performances… Ohlsson arguably offers more consistent artistry than Biret, Ashkenazy, Magaloff, and Harasiewicz' (ClassicsToday.com) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet in F D803 The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] "The Helios reissue of the Gaudier Ensemble Schubert Octet deserves to be heard and re-heard, a real tour de force performance of a work of unconquerable spirit." (AudAud.com December 2013) |
WEBER
Chamber Music (Incls 'Clarinet Quintet') The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] This new recital brings together all of Weber's chamber works to employ more than two musicians. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Wind Quintet / Serenade & Trio The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] "An enjoyable release in which the Gaudiers provide performances of discernment and character" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
FRANZ BERWALD
Berwald: Chamber Music (Incls Piano Trios Nos 2 & 4) The Gaudier Ensemble (with Susan Tomes, piano) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] 'Delightful performances on which it would be difficult to improve, and excellent recordings too' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra Gemma Rosefield (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Manze [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 3 / CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] "While there are rival recordings of the Concerto and Rhapsody, I can't imagine they're as sympathetically or as engagingly played as by the present musicians; whose hearts, I'm sure Stanford himself would agree, are in the right place." (AudAud.com) |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / LOEWE / SULLIVAN / WOLF / etc
The Ballad Singer Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Drake's playing has successfully suited the varied repertoire. Finley has enthralled with his interpretations and delighted with his singing purely as singing, combining the two aspects expertly." (International Record Review) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 3 Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "With the versatile Julius Drake at the piano any singer can be assured that he/she has the best possible support and the rapport between Finley and Drake feels like twin-souls working together." Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 15 |
SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe & other Heine settings Gerald Finley (baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Solo vocal - "In close collusion with the ever-sentient Julius Drake, Gerald Finley gives one of the most beautifully sung an intensely experience performances on dic of Schumann's cycle of rapture, disillusion and... |
