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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14 (with Debussy - String Quartet in G minor) Takács Quartet, with Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2016 ] Franck's Piano Quintet and Debussy's String Quartet make an apt and unusual coupling, each work its composer's only, unsurpassable, contribution to the genre. Both receive authoritative performances from Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet.. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet / String Quartet No. 2 Takács Quartet, with Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Apr/2015 ] "Right from the very first bar I felt that these were going to be fine performances of these two Shostakovich works. The first movement of Quartet No.2 is played with vigour and forward thrust." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2015) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartet / Piano Quintet Takacs Quartet with Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 'The Takács Quartet bring a huge sense of enjoyment to both the Piano Quintet and the String Quartet Op 51 No 2, and it's clear that this chamber music is being revelled in by its players as much as its listeners. Stephen Hough's playing -... |
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RESPIGHI
Violin works {incls violin sonatas) Tanja Becker-Bender (violin) Peter Nagy (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "a revelatory programme, performed with rare panache." Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 |
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FRIEDRICH KALKBRENNER
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4 Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra / Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 41 / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] 'Kalkbrenner's First Concerto offers a truly beautiful and atmospheric slow movement...it would be a boring world if we couldn't find an hour to listen to these musical layer cakes from a bygone age' (Pianist: Recommended) |
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Tatiana Nikolaeva
Shostakovich:piano Music [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] 'This disc captures all the warmth and naturalness which this great artist shows in live recitals' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/May/2005 ] 'The recording is clear and atmospheric, and the playing has power, grandeur, character, intellectual clarity and unforced intensity' - Gramophone |
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Thea King
English Music Clarinet & Piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD ] |
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SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schiller Settings Thomas Allen (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'Thomas Alen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words' (Classic CD) |
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JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Piano Concertos Opp. 3, 14 & 49 Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "Dussek wrote little orchestral music beyond his concertos but the sympathetic collaboration of the Ulster orchestra showcases the increasing subtlety and sophistication of his handling of the orchestra." Gramophone |
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JEAN FRANCAIX
Orchestral Music vol.2 Ulster Orchestra / Philippe Cassard (piano) Thierry Fischer (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] This recording of orchestral music by Jean Françaix - personification of the elegant and witty French 'salon' ambience - brings us two ballets scores and the Concertino for piano and orchestra, one of the composer's earliest successes, still one of... |
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CHOPIN
Polish Songs, Op 74 Urszula Kryger (mezzo) Charles Spencer (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'A rare opportunity to sample Chopin the song composer, here performed with real feeling by Polish mezzo Urszula Kryger.'(Gramophone) |
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LISZT
Liszt: Piano Music 41: The Recitations with pianoforte Leslie Howard (piano) with Yuri Stepanov (reciter), Wolf Kahler (reciter) & Sandor Eles (reciter) [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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ARENSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MUSSORGSKY / TANEYEV / etc
English Poets, Russian Romances Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone) Alexander Blok (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'Russian composers have set many English poems to music, and here we have some of the best' (Classic FM Magazine) |
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SATIE
Piano Music (Including Trois Gymnopedies & Sonatine Bureaucratique) Yitkin Seow (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] 'A generously filled anthology... consistent beauty of sound' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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DELIUS
Delius: Songs Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] "Yvonne Kenny is, as ever, a scrupulous, sensitive artist, always alive to mood and character. She vividly catches the bardic desolation of Twilight Fancies, the sensuality of In the Garden of the Seraglio and the wayward charm of The Nightingale Has... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Songs 1 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] 'Christopher Maltman has already distinguished himself as a lieder singer, but now he reveals himself as a stunningly apt exponent of French mélodies' (Opera News) |
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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) |