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LUDOMIR ROZYCKI / IGNACY FRIEDMAN
Friedman & Różycki: Piano Quintets Jonathan Plowright (piano) / Szymanowski Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] '[Jonathan Plowright] is this outstanding British pianist in whose debt we are once more for this second Różycki resurrection … the excellent Szymanowski Quartet [exploits] to the full Friedman's civilised five-way conversation' (Gramophone) |
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ZAREBSKI / ZELENSKI
Piano Quintet & Piano Quartet Jonathan Plowright (piano) / Szymanowski Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "[Zarebski] wrote [his Piano Quintet] in the year of his premature death, dedicating it to his teacher Liszt, and the virtuosity that implies is caught here in a performance of passionate warmth...Again, the performance [of the Zelenski] is... |
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VIERNE / WIDOR / DUPRE
French Cathedral Music Joseph Cullen, Andrew Reid (organs) / The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell |
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THOMAS LINLEY
Cantatas and Theatre Music Julia Gooding (soprano) Paul Goodwin (oboe) The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra & Choir / Paul Nicholson [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'An outstanding disc in a trail-blazing series: highly recommended' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 6 Julia Kleiter (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "A marvellous disc and a great recital in its own right, this is arguably the finest instalment of the series to date. Do listen to it." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
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SCHUMANN
Schumann - The Complete Songs [10 CDs Special Price] Juliane Banse, Edith Barlow, Katherine Broderick, Stella Doufexis, Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy, Dorothea Röschmann, Kate Royal, Jonathan Lemalu [ Hyperion / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "As for the music, if you're a fan of Schumann you'll know what you're getting: probably the finest set of lieder after that of Schubert." (Bargain of the Month Sept 2010) |
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GRIEG
Songs (Incls 'The mountain maid', Op 67 & 'Melodies of the heart', Op 5) Katarina Karnaus (mezzo-soprano) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] 'Karnéus is a singer of natural warmth and spontaneity who possesses what Grieg called the gift of 'reading between the lines' and 'interpreting a half-told tale' … A glorious disc' (Daily Telegraph Classical CD of the week) |
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SIBELIUS
Songs Katarina Karnaus (soprano) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] Pick of the Month BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Complete Music for Piano Kathryn Stott (piano) with Martin Roscoe (piano in the duets) [ Hyperion / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2001 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE 'Sumptuously recorded. A true and dedicated Francophile [Kathryn Stott] is clearly among the more stylish and intriguing of all young pianists' (Gramophone) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ottone, Re Di Germania The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Handel's Ottone was one of the most popular operas of the composer's career, with 34 known performances during his lifetime, beaten only by the 53 performances of Rinaldo. |
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PURCELL
The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Gillian Fisher (soprano) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Purcell Complete Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2010 ] 'Every disc is such a treasure-house of wonderful invention that the whole set must be an irresistable temptation' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
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GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI & OTHERS
Lo Sposalizio: the wedding of Venice to the sea The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "The music is glorious, the performances exemplary, the sense of occasion overwhelming … another marvellous concept from Robert King and his redoubtable consort, here breathtakingly recreating the celebrations which would have taken place on... |
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Laurence Perkins, bassoon, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp
The Playful Pachyderm (Includes 'Funeral March of a Marionette' (Gounod) & Romance (Elgar) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2005 ] 'Perkins is a compelling advocate of the instrument, not only in his painstaking work as orchestrator and arranger, and his enthusiastic and well-researched booklet notes, but most of all in his playing … This is a delightful disc which will be of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
18th Century Portuguese Love Songs L'Avventura London, Zak Ozmo [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] "L'Avventura's performances tend towards the genteel, suggesting decorous courtly soirees rather than raunchy street theatre...These are, in short, charming accounts" (BBC Music) |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Suite For Viola And Orchestra / Flos Campi (with McEwen - Viola Concerto) Lawrence Power (viola) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2011 ] Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine December 2011 |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Symphony No 4 / Viola Concerto Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2020 ] MacMillan's viola concerto was written for Lawrence Power, who brings a unique authority to this, its first recording. The fourth symphony-a major addition to the repertoire-is a generous and appropriate coupling, both works incorporating and... |
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WALTON / RUBBRA
Viola Concertos Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Concerto - "This is a highly satisfying release, both for the excellent playing of all concerned, Hyperion's gorgeous recording and for the programme." (MusicWeb June 2007) |
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HINDEMITH
The Complete Viola Music Volume 3: Concertos Lawrence Power (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "All four works receive really excellent performances from violist Lawrence Power, whose consistently attractive tone and on-target intonation leaves no doubt that the sometimes off-kilter harmonies are the composer's and not an accident." (10/10... |
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ROZSA / BARTOK / SERLY
Viola Concertos Lawrence Power, viola / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Power's supreme artistry fuels performances of works by composers who are linked...All are energised by the orchestra's vigour." The Telegraph, 13th September 2010 ***** |
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HINDEMITH
The Complete Viola Music Volume 1 Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "All Hindemith's hits and more, played with true conviction." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - August 2009 |