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JOHANN PETER PIXIS / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Pixis/Thalberg: Piano Concertos Howard Shelley (piano) / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 58 / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] 'Howard Shelley gives us fine performances. There's exquisite filigree in the Pixis, while the Thalberg has swagger and panache' (The Guardian) |
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IGNAZ MOSCHELES
Moscheles: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Howard Shelley (piano) The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Howard Shelley (con) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 29 / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Very agreeable music of the Romantic era, well constructed and melodious. Highly recommended' (International Record Review) |
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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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SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Mar/2019 ] The centuries do indeed 'roll away' as the libretto addresses questions of empire - Roman and Victorian - and Britain's place in the world. But that shouldn't detract from the music; this is simply glorious and worthy of the mature Elgar. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion [2 CD set] Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Nicolas Mulroy / Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "the choral singing is wonderfully pure, buoyant and transparent...Ian Bostridge's Evangelist, mannered and occasionally stretched but full of "narrative" character, dominates Layton's performance" Financial Times, 9th March 2013 *** |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Red Cockatoo and other songs Ian Bostridge (tenor) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/May/2005 ] 'Bostridge is in the royal line of Britten's tenor interpreters ... heard here in a veritable cornucopia of, by and large, unfamiliar, and even unknown songs ... all performed with full understanding and innate beauty' - Gramophone |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale: partsongs, folksongs & Shakespeare settings Ian Bostridge (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Holst Singers / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'The Holst Singers ... sing with a spellbinding sense of atmosphere and crystal-clear textures. Strongly recommended for all admirers of Vaughan Williams and fine choral work' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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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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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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THOMAS MOORE
Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies Invocation Ensemble / Timothy Roberts [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2006 ] 'A real charmer, featuring exquisitely musical singing and ensemble work. Utterly beguiling' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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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) |