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HUSS / SCHELLING
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Ian Hobson (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 16 / CD - released 20/May/2007 ] 'Compelling listening' (Gramophone) |
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Ian Partridge (tenor) Stephen Roberts (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano)
Songs by Finzi and His Friends [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] 'Delightful collection... outstanding performances... superbly accompanied' |
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PAWEL LUKASZEWSKI
Via Crucis Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Allan Clayton (tenor) Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone) / Britten Sinfonia / Polyphony / Stephen Layton (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "This string of moments, by turns bright and oppressively dark, dramatic and reflective, receives a performance of the very deepest conviction by Polyphony and the Britten Sinfonia under Stephen Layton, and the recorded sound is wonderful." (Gramophone) |
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HANDEL / HASSE / C.P.E. BACH / GLUCK etc.
Arias for Guadagni Iestyn Davies (countertenor) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] Gramophone Awards WINNER 2012: Recital - "Davies includes some of the showstoppers written for [Guadagni] by Handel and Arne, delivering them with wonderful finesse and flawless tone." (Guardian) |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] "The dominant virtue in this fine collaboration between the outstanding Davies and Arcangelo lies in an unsentimental perspicacity, reassuring in its intelligence and deep sensitivity." Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Baroque Vocal |
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JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: The Art of Melancholy Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford (lute) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Apr/2014 ] Of all English songwriters, John Dowland has enjoyed the most powerful afterlife, his voice unmistakably present in any version of his songs. The preeminent marriage of music and poetry, the nuanced shades of wit and melancholy and the extraordinary... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "In 1984 Steven Isserlis made excellent recordings for Hyperion of the Brahms sonatas with Peter Evans; this time he's added some substantial extra items - the two Suk pieces, wonderfully played, are particularly welcome. The new recording is fuller... |
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DIMITAR NEVOV
Piano Concerto & Ballade No 2 Ivo Varbanov, (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Emil Tabakov conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] A refusal to toe the party line in communist Bulgaria led to polymath Dimitar Nenov being marginalized in life, and to posthumous neglect. But this is hugely enjoyable music, well worthy of revival in such fiercely committed performances as we find here. |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 1 / Romance / Serenade Jack Liebeck (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 19 / CD - released 31/Dec/2015 ] Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 is the daddy-the most popular ever written. Much recorded, Jack Liebeck turns in a dazzling performance of youthful vigour, prefacing the Concerto with the gorgeous Serenade and a Romance. |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 2 & other works Jack Liebec (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 18/Jan/2017 ] "There's much to admire in Jack Liebeck's patrician account of Bruch's D Minor Violin Concerto. His playing is virtually flawless in its technical ease, scintillating articulateness and purity of tone." Gramophone |
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MLYNARSKI / ZARZYCKI
Violin Concertos & other works Eugene Ugorski (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 15 / CD - released 31/Mar/2014 ] "Not only the first recording of both Mlynarski's Violin Concertos together, but the premiere of his haunting First Concerto in a warm performance. The smaller Zarzycki works are attractive, too." (BBC Music) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Vivaldi & Piazzolla: The mandolin seasons Jacob Reuven (mandolin), Sinfonietta Leipzig, Omer Meir Wellber, with Omer Meir Wellber (accordion) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/May/2022 ] A mandolin for all seasons: accompanied by accordion, harpsichord and a backing band drawn from the strings of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Jacob Reuven brings us Vivaldi's and Piazzolla's 'Seasons' as you've never heard them before. |
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Leçons de Ténèbres James Bowman (countertenor), Michael Chance (countertenor), Robert King (organ) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] 'I ... enthusiastically urge you to obtain this recording ... an outstanding recording by any standards, all four artists contributing to a truly memorable experience' (CDReview) |
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ROMANTIC RESIDUES
Romantic Residues AE Songs for tenor & harp James Gilchrist (tenor) Alison Nicholls (harp) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] '[Roth] These are attractive works … The resources of voice and instruments are imaginatively exploited. And the performances are excellent. On the Hyperion disc Roth shares with Britten, Ravel and others, the whole working together as an unusual and... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Madrigals of Love and Loss James Gilchrist (tenor) Katherine Watson (soprano) & Anna Dennis (soprano) Thomas Walker (tenor) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] 'These are not easy pieces, but the opening ballet swings along with panache, and there is some excellent tenor solo singing in the first section … the two sopranos in the duet Ohimè, dov'è il mio ben show poise and taste' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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BEETHOVEN
Mass in C major Janice Watson (soprano); Jean Rigby (mezzo); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Gwynne Howell (bass) / Corydon Singers and Orchestra / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "The performance of the Mass is as good as any modern instrument version I've heard and I'm delighted that it's been restored to the catalogue" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy Songs 3 Jennifer France (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion Debussy Song Series / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "McGovern shows himself to be thoroughly at home within the normal baritone register...Martineau, whose pianism is a constant delight, has devised a proper recital programme rather than a completist survey." (Gramophone) |
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ANTON RUBINSTEIN
Cello Sonatas Jiri Barta (cello) Hamish Milne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "…Sonata No. 1 in D major is well-nigh irresistible, with memorable melodies and a heroic piano part sweeping all before it. In Jirí Bárta's hands it speaks to us across the centuries with a radiant ardour." (Gramophone) |
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MOSCHELES / HUMMEL
Cello Sonatas Jiri Barta (cello) Hamish Milne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "With such strong, sympathetic playing and clear, carefully-balanced recordings this Hyperion disc is a must for adventurous cellists and listeners alike" (BBC Music) |