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ALOYS SCHMITT
Schmitt: Piano Concertos / Rondeau brilliant Howard Shelley (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 84 / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 84. Composer and conductor, pianist and pedagogue: Aloys Schmitt (1788-1866) was respected by his peers and largely forgotten by posterity. As so often in this series, the three works recorded here will have... |
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CONSTANT LAMBERT
Piano Concerto / Eight Poems of Li-Po / Piano Sonata / etc Ian Brown (piano) Philip Landridge (tenor) Nigel Hawthorne (narrator) / The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE |
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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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LAMBERT
Romeo and Juliet / Piano Concerto Jonathan Plowright (piano) / David Lloyd-Jones and the English Northern Philharmonia [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/Sep/2005 ] EDITOR'S CHOICE Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2005)"Here's a winner of a programme which finds the ENP on top form and David Lloyd-Jones evidently enjoying every moment of this delightful 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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ARENSKY
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 54 (with Taneyev-Suite de concert, Op 28) lya Gringolts (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 7 / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] This disc juxtaposes two significant Russian works for violin and orchestra, each written by a composer with a close relationship to Tchaikovsky, and each dedicated to the great violinist and pedagogue Leopold Auer. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Italian Concerto & French Overture Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Sep/2022 ] "Since for Esfahani any performance starts from a position where everything is freshly, indeed forensically reconsidered, ClavierÜbung II offers particularly rich pickings...Altogether, a challenge to complacency that can't be ignored." BBC Music |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU / HANS KRASA / VIKTOR KALABIS
Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) / Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Liebreich [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "An unalloyed joy from first chord to last...The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra's accompaniment is sensitive and ideal, and Esfahani plays like an angel." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Concerto |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Concerto for solo piano Op 39 / Troisieme recueil de chants Op 65 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Instrumental - "If anyone can play Alkan's solo Concerto better, expect to see the devil as their agent" BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month (Oct 2007) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 / (with Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Dec/2003 ] Marc-André Hamelin yet again displays his phenomenal technique in performances of three twentieth-century piano concertos. |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2 (with Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No 2) Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Dec/2003 ] - Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) January 2004 - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
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ADOLF VON HENSELT / CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Piano Concertos Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 7 / CD - released 23/Sep/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE BEST OF THE YEAR, BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major Op 39 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mark Elder (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos / CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 2 / Four Piano Pieces Op 119 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] Marc-André Hamelin's pianistic authority and, when required, thrilling virtuosity are underpinned by a deep understanding of Brahms's epic second piano concerto. He is magnificently partnered by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Litton, and... |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major Op 83 / Four Piano Pieces Op 119 Marc-Andra Hamelin (piano) / Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2006 ] "Very satisfying all round … particularly rewarding to hear this piece played at just the right tempo" (MusicWeb Sept 2006) |
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ANTON RUBINSTEIN / XAVER SCHARWENKA
Rubinstein/Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No.4 / Piano Concerto No.1 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Michael Stern, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 38 / CD - released 2/Oct/2005 ] "This splendidly engineered disc is a crown jewel both in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series and in Hamelin's standard-setting discography. Bravo!" (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
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MAX REGER
Reger: Piano Concerto in E minor [with Richard Strauss - Burleske] Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 53 / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "While an easy majority of pianists would run for cover when faced with such sheerly physical demands, Hamelin relishes every challenge, clarifying and refining Reger's potential for opacity at every point." (Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Concerto) |