GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut: The Lion of nobility The Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Early Music |
LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 26 / CD - released 15/Jul/2001 ] 'Peter Donohoe … is the ideal man for such music, while the BBCSSO under Andrew Litton offers razor-sharp support. A wonderfully clear recording' (BBC Music Magazine) |
HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 14 / CD - released 17/May/2001 ] 'This entertaining Hyperion CD is one of the year's surprises and very much worth having' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
CECILE CHAMINADE
Chaminade: Piano Music vol. 1 Peter Jacobs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Nov/2005 ] "An undemanding and tuneful collection that will enchant all but the strictest classicists and the hardest-hearted" (MusicWeb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Virtuoso Strauss Transcriptions Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'Throughout this collection Mr Lane's playing shimmers with liquid warmth ... his performances hang together out of his evident affection for these scores and the sheer convicton of his playing' (The New York Times) |
PARRY / STANFORD
Parry / Stanford: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 12 / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Splendid, eloquent performances in clear, warm sound plus Jeremy Dibble's scholarly notes full of insights about the period of these compositions makes this an issue not to be missed. One is left dumbfounded that the [Parry] concerto could have lain... |
FREDERICK DELIUS / JOHN IRELAND
Delius/Ireland: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 39 / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "I find Lane much more jazzily incisive than (any rivals). He catches better the wit and spikiness of this often over-whimsified concerto. David Lloyd-Jones is equally lively in the orchestral portion of these scores…(a) welcome release."(BBC Music... |
CONSTANT LAMBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lambert: The Rio Grande / Summer's Last Will and Testament / etc Sally Burgess (mezzo) William Shimell (baritone) Jack Gibbons (piano) / English Northern Sinfonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - RECORD OF THE YEAR, THE INDEPENDENT GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
HUBERT PARRY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parry: Cathedral Music: Incls 'songs of Farewell' & 'Jerusalem' St George's Chapel Choir, Windsor / Christopher Robinson (cond) with Roger Judd (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] "A stirring Jerusalem completes this enterprising recording, which brings the sound of a great building into our homes with absolute fidelity." Gramophone |
CHARLES Villiers STANFORD
Stanford: Requiem Carolyn Sampson, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, James Way, Ross Ramgobin / University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] "Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the period, it is a must!" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2023 |
CHOPIN
Chopin: The Complete Waltzes Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "Hough's playing has such authority and panache, its balance between virtuosity and vividly communicated expression so finely judged, that every perfectly scaled moment is as intensely realised as every other. Few other pianists around today play... |
FAURE / POULENC / CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / etc
Stephen Hough - French Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / WEBER / CHOPIN / LISZT / etc
Stephen Hough in recital Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH - GRAMOPHONE MAY 2009 SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK |
FRANCK / HOUGH / REYNOLDS / LISZT / TCHAIKOVSKY / HUMMEL / SCHUBERT / BOWEN / BRAHMS / WEBER / MOMPOU / CHOPIN
The Stephen Hough Piano Collection Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] The Stephen Hough Piano Collection, available at budget price, brings together tracks from all eleven of Stephen Hough's acclaimed solo recordings on Hyperion, from Gramophone Award-winning Mompou, through rarely trodden byways of Weber and Reynolds,... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano) / Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Mark Wigglesworth [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] "[Hough's] performances here show his usual thoughtfulness, elegance and brilliance...The reverberations of the entire orchestra are equally slow to die. The conductor Mark Wigglesworth scrupulously prepared his musicians and their medium-weight soun |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Prokofiev / Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 Finalist - Concerto |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev) Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "This is an excellent performance, one which I will be enjoying regularly in the years to come. The recorded sound is also excellent as are the booklet notes by Steven Isserlis, who sets the scene well in his essay." Recommended Recording MusicWeb |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Early and late piano pieces Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] A programme which bridges Debussy's first work for piano (the 'Danse bohémienne', from 1880) and his last ('Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon', from 1917). Steven Osborne is equally responsive to the very different musical moods of both. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Études & Pour le piano Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] "Time and again there were details that tickled the ear with their freshness, revealing as if for the first time the anarchic brilliance of Debussy's vision." Gramophone recording of the Month Dec 2023 |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Leçons de ténèbres, Litanies & Magnificat Stéphane Degout baritone Samuel Boden tenor Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Another demonstration from Arcangelo of exactly why they maintain so stellar a reputation as one of today's leading early music ensembles. With contributions from tenor Samuel Boden and baritone Stéphane Degout, this exquisite programme of... |