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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Complete Piano Music: Saint-Saens, Chopin and Berlioz transcriptions Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 2/May/2005 ] 'I can wholly recommend this release to lovers of Liszt since it presents much music that is otherwise unavailable' (Gramophone) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera - V Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 50 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'He plays here not only with his usual technical facility and understanding of the Lisztian idiom, but also with verve, wit, and an enjoyment that he conveys to the listener' (American Record Guide) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Paralipomanes Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 51 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A formidable achievement, splendidly recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Ungarischer Romanzero Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 52 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'These arrangements are quite elaborate and charming' (Classic CD) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera-VI Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 54 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'A bombshell selection that promises to hold the listener for hours on end. One almost imagines the fire of Liszt himself at the keyboard. Another jewel in Hyperion's legendary series.' (The Sunday Times, Malta) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Harold In Italy Leslie Howard (piano) with Paul Coletti (viola) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 23 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard joue tout cela avec beaucoup de raffinement et un vrai sens du châtoiement sonore. De belles découvertes' (Répertoire, France) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Liszt at the Opera III Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 30 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Another valuable instalment in Howard's vast trek through Liszt's piano music' (Classic CD) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: New Discoveries, Vol. 4 Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] A fascinating compendium of first thoughts, alternative versions and lost works: the fruits of Leslie Howard's assiduous fossickings in the Lisztian workshop, and all believed to be first recordings. |
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LISZT
New Discoveries Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Liszt at his most unpretentious, fresh and direct … Howard is here at his warmest, bringing out how Liszt's genius developed' (The Guardian) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: New Discoveries Volume 2 Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "his stylistic understanding is always impeccable, and as recorded here his Steinway makes a warmly appealing sound" BBC Music |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: New Discoveries Vol 3 [2 CDs] Leslie Howard, piano [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "Wayward, expansive, luridly colourful, [Liszt] still needs his advocates. Leslie Howard is one of his most devoted: long-serving, skilful, eloquent in his interpretations of the vast piano output." The Observer |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Sonata in B minor / Two Elegies / Consolations / etc Leslie Howard (piano) [ Hyperion Liszt Edition Vol 9 / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Enthusiastically recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
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LISZT
Complete Piano Music: Music for Piano and Orchestra - 2 Leslie Howard (piano) / Budapest Symphony Orchestra / Karl Anton Rickenbacher [ Hyperion Complete Liszt Edition Vol 53b / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] 'Howard's dedication is clear in all his playing here, with clear, crisp articulation vividly caught in finely balanced sound' (The Guardian) |
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MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets Paul Lewis (piano), Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Twenty Sonatas 'Opus 1' Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Rachel Beckett (recorder) Paul Goodmwin (oboe) Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Paul Nicholson (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Oct/2014 ] "This set gives authoritative readings, impeccable in style, dependable in text" (Gramophone) |
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TRADITIONAL
Land of Heart's Desire (Songs of the Hebrides from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Sioned Williams (harp) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'A treasure house of gems . . . This is as fine a solo debut album as I have encountered all year and deserves a cult following. It will come near the top of my Christmas list' - The Sunday Times |
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TRADITIONAL
Land of Heart's Desire (Songs of the Hebrides from the collection by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Sioned Williams (harp) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] 'A treasure house of gems . . . This is as fine a solo debut album as I have encountered all year and deserves a cult following. It will come near the top of my Christmas list' - The Sunday Times |
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ALBINONI
Sonate da Chiesa Op 4 / Trattenimenti Armonici Op 6 The Locatelli trio [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] 'These discs will be a revelation to those who honor Corelli... here is his compositional successor. Superb notes by Michael Talbot complement this sumptuous set of golden treasures. Warmly recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
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LOCATELLI
Sonatas, Op 8 The Locatelli trio with Elizabeth Wallfisch & Rachel Isserlis (violins) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] "The performances are altogether admirable; no one who admires good violin playing will want to miss Elizabeth Wallfisch's crisp, rhythmic playing, her precise articulation or her impeccable intonation or indeed her general command of the style and... |
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IVES / BARBER / HARRIS / THOMSON / COWELL
From the Steeples and the Mountains The London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble / Christopher Larkin (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'The brass playing throughout is vividly expert and the recording is splendidly real' (Gramophone) |