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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Music for viola & piano Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Power's performance is particularly engaging in the witty, sardonic middle movement...if not the very last word on the Sonata, this is still a finely played programme that can be recommended with confidence." (Gramophone) |
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ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Violin Sonatina / Viola Sonata / etc Lawrence Power (viola & violin) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Whether playing his viola or violin, Lawrence Power is in total sympathy with Benjamin's shifting moods, and Simon Crawford-Phillips proves a lithe and responsive piano partner." (BBC Music) |
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TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Missa Gaudeamus Lay Clerks of Westmionster Cathedral / Matthew Martin / with Thomas Wilson (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Aug/2009 ] 'An elaborate musical mosaic, the appeal of which owes much to the atmospheric depths of the Westminster acoustic, beautifully captured on this recording' (Financial Times) |
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HENRY LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] If the name of Henry Charles Litolff is familiar today only through the scherzo of his Concerto symphonique No 4, the absurdity of that 'one-hit composer' tag is clearly demonstrated by this release. These are among the finest examples of the piano... |
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SIR HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Piano Trio No 2 / Piano Quartet Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] After a successful rehearsal of his piano quartet in 1879, Parry declared that he was 'wild with delight'. He could have been no less enthusiastic on hearing this dynamic account from the Leonore Piano Trio with violist Rachel Roberts. |
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ANTON ARENSKY
Arensky: Piano Trios Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] "The Leonores play with truly glorious affection and security, and it is hard to imagine playing of a greater empathy." (Gramophone) |
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JOHANN PETER PIXIS
Pixis: Piano Trios Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] "the excellent Leonore Trio make a good case for these trios (possibly the best that is ever likely to be made) and they are very decently recorded." MusicWeb |
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TANEYEV
String Trios Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "It would be hard to over-praise the Leopold Trio's performances. Agility and all-round aplomb? Check. Warmth and colour? Check. Structural and idiomatic awareness? Check. Fine recording quality and helpful annotation… too; so no reason not to... |
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J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations, BWV988 The Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "Captivating, mesmerising, and life-enhancing." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2011) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: 'Trout' Quintet & String Trios Leopold String Trio with Paul Lewis (piano) Graham Mitchell (double bass) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2006 ] 'one of the finest modern Trouts available. As with their Mozart, their Schubert benefits from scrupulous attention to detail, a keen sense of the music's drama and a deeply rewarding expressive response to this imperishable masterpiece … exquisitely... |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Dances and Marches Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 28 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "A distinguished addition to one of the most important recording projects of the CD era" (Fanfare) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Fantasies, paraphrases and transcriptions of National Songs and Anthems Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 27 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "An entertaining programme ... providing the perfect vehicle for Leslie Howard's enthusiastic, colourful playing. His scholarship, as revealed in the liner notes, is remarkable, the recording first class" (CD Review) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: The Canticle of the Sun Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 25 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "As choice as anything he's yet given us and the same goes for the recording" (Gramophone) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Liebestraume and the Songbooks Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 19 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Among the most readily and revealingly appealing issues of Howard's stupendous enterprise. Enthusiastically recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Album d'un Voyageur and other pieces from Liszt's years of travel in France and Switzerland Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 20 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'This album is one of the supreme rewards of Howard's Liszt traversal. Sound is transparently immediate, and the artist's annotations guide one surely and elegantly through these amazing riches - which you must hear' (Fanfare, USA) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Tanzmomente Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 37 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Vol 37 is a record not only to which lovers of Liszt can return, but which should give pleasure to those who may never have heard of some of the composers transcribed but enjoy the minor, overgrown paths of the nineteenth century' (Gramophone) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Les Preludes. Concert etudes & Episodes from Lenau's Faust Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 38 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A rewarding collection, very well played and recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Transcendental Studies (Incls Etudes d'exacution transcendente, S139) Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard is obviously the right man for tackling a complete edition of Liszt's piano music (CDReview) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: The Recitations with pianoforte Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 41 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A real curiosity and a valuable one' (Gramophone) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Schubert and Weber Transcriptions Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 49 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A very good pianist, who understands the Lisztian idiom and presents it with great effectiveness' (American Record Guide) |