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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New England Choirworks Yale Schola Cantorum / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] "The four unaccompanied movements [of the Williams] captivate from the moment the exhorting opening note merges to the Symphony's radiant conclusion." BBC Music |
MICHAEL HEAD
Head: Songs Ailish Tynan (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Roger (mezzo-soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Christpher Glynn (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] "Christopher Glynn brings out the different colours in accordance with each song, from crashing chords to gurgling gruppetti, sparking little scales to vigorous outpourings or soft sweetness." (International Record Review) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Rostropovich Encores Alban Gerhardt (cello) Markus Becker (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] "A genuinely thoughtful and engaging tribute recital, and a compelling partner to the Casals." Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2017 |
SCHUMANN / VOLKMANN / GERNSHEIM / DIETRICH
Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt (cello) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Hannu Lintu [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] 'Alban Gerhardt throws himself into the fray with thrilling virtuoso abandon and the recording is out of Hyperion's top drawer' (Classic FM Magazine ) ***** |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Alban Gerhardt, WDR Sinfonieorchester / Jukka-Pekka Saraste [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] International Classical Music Awards 2021 Winner - Solo Instrumental Winner - Concerto |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 21 Songs Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] One of the leading mezzos of our day in a Schubert recital which offers seventy minutes of pure pleasure. The twenty-one songs recorded here are among Schubert's finest, from Erlkönig (written in the composer's annus mirabilis of 1815) to Leise... |
NICCOLO PAGANINI
Paganini: 24 Caprices Alina Ibragimova (violin) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 21/May/2021 ] 'Ibragimova's principal strength, aside from an all-facilitating technique, is her amazing imagination, an ability to turn each individual piece into a vivid narrative.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Instrumental |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Fantasias For Solo Violin Alina Ibragimova (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] Telemann may have written his twelve fantasias for the amateur market, but he would surely have rejoiced to hear such superlative performances as these. Alina Ibragimova again demonstrates just what can be accomplished on the four strings of a solo... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Mendelssohn may have published only one violin sonata (the early Op 4), but that does not signify any lack of inspiration in the others left in manuscript. The F major sonata which opens this programme is a particularly substantial and ambitious work. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 3 Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "Avoiding the twin traps of over-inflation and simpering coyness, the symbiotic partnership of Tiberghien and Ibragimova respect the music's innocence while relishing every tiny opportunity for mischief and humour." Gramophone Editor's Choice |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin Alina Ibragimova (violin) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2022 ] Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - November 2009 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Songs: An 1815 Schubertiad (II) Simon Keenlyside (bar), Patricia Rozario (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Graham Johnson (p [ Hyperion Complete Schubert Edition Vol 22 / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] 'This is an archive of glorious Lieder singing as much as it is a definitive treasury of the greatest Lieder ever composed' (The Guardian). |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Leighton: Crucifixus & other choral works Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] The choral music of Kenneth Leighton is beloved of cathedral and collegiate choirs across the land: immersion in the Anglican tradition dates back to the composer's earliest years as a boy chorister and combines with a unique adult musical language... |
SAINT-SAENS
Organ Music Volume 2 Andrew-John Smith (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2011 ] "The preludes and fugues make a sharply contrasted trio: the first and last, in D minor and C, are grand in scale and conception; the second, in G, is much more compact and relaxed. Smith makes full use of the resources of the Madeleine instrument to... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Andrey Gugnin presents a wonderful all-Grieg recital, the elegant neo-classicism of 'From Holberg's time' (a rare and welcome opportunity to hear the original version for solo piano) contrasting with the brooding magnificence of the 'Ballade'. |
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Scriabin: Mazurkas Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Scriabin clearly responded to the passionate and emotionally charged nature of the mazurka, qualities shared by all twenty-three of the exquisite miniatures recorded here. |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / STRAUSS / GRIEG / etc
Love Songs Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "...The real treats are Hewitt's own arrangements...In all, this beautifully recorded recital is a gift to all song-loving pianists who wrestle with the instrument's stubbornly percussive nature." BBC Music Five Stars - Instrumental Choice Sept 2021 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / JOSEPH HAYDN
Angela Hewitt plays Handel & Haydn Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Altogether a splendid contribution to these composers' anniversary year' (BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice) |
J. S. BACH
Bach arrangements Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] 'A magnificent addition to both the Bach repertoire and Angela Hewitt's artistically unparallelled survey of Bach's keyboard compositions' (Fanfare) |
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Keyboard Music Vol.2 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'For someone of Angela Hewitt's pulling power to invite her fans so enticingly down so unfashionable a path - a poncy ancien régime twiddler? And on the piano! - is brave; and it's right' (BBC Music Magazine) |
