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ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: The Complete Solo Piano Music - Volume 4 Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] With this fourth volume-a collection in which Dohnányi pays homage to the styles and traditions of his great composer-pianist predecessors- Martin Roscoe brings his complete survey to a dazzling conclusio |
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SOMERVELL / COWEN
Piano Concertos Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 54 / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "Martin Roscoe does an impressive job with the fistfuls of notes." (The Guardian) |
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ROBERT FUCHS / FRIEDRICH KIEL
Piano Concertos Martin Roscoe (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 31 / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] Volume 31 of Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series features the only concertos written by Robert Fuchs and Friedrich Kiel. Both were popular and prolific composers during the 19th century, their music reflecting the traditionalist style inspired... |
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STENHAMMAR
Piano Music (Incls 'Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op 12') Martin SturfANlt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2008 ] Stockholm-born Wilhelm Stenhammar was the most outstanding musical personality in Sweden of his time. As a pianist he brought high-quality music-making to audiences throughout the country through several hundred solo recitals and chamber music concerts. |
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WIKLUND
Piano Concertos Martin Sturfält (piano)/ Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 57 / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] Volume 57 in Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series turns up another 'discovery': the music of Swedish composer Adolf Wiklund. These little-known but lusciously tuneful works are characterized by big-boned, symphonic gestures reminiscent of... |
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GODARD BOELLMANN
Cello Sonatas Mats Lidstrom (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Unfamiliar yet instantly captivating repertoire leaves you wondering why you'd never heard this music before |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 1 Matthew Polenzani (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "This auspicious inauguration of the series whets the appetite for more." (International Record Review) |
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MOZART / PAISIELLO / SALIERI / SARTI / SOLER
Arias for Benucci: Arias written for the buffo bass-baritone Francesco Benucci, Mozart's first Figaro Matthew Rose (bass) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Nov/2015 ] Matthew Rose, Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen throw themselves into the riotous world of Francesco Benucci, the larger-than-life opera star for whom Mozart created the role of Figaro. |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ / ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Albeniz / Granados: Piano Concertos Melani Mestre (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 65 / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Volume 65 (have you got them all?) of Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series journeys to Spain and the heart-on-sleeve world there to be found. The Albéniz Concierto fantástico owes much to Schumann and Chopin, albeit with an added drizzle of the... |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles … Utah Symphony / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Messiaen's lifelong engagement with Christian mysticism, birdsong and awestruck contemplation of the beyond finds its fullest expression in this massive, exultant symphonic cycle. |
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ROSSINI
Soiraes musicales Miah Persson (soprano) Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano) Bruce Ford (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] Rossini's Soirées musicales and Péchés de vieillesse were the musical fruits of salon evenings held weekly in his Parisian home. Elegant, charming and often delicately ironic, these songs for various voices are the perfect exemplar of 'salon music',... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Clarinet Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Michael Collins (clarinet) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Robin O'Neill [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] 'Collins completes his recordings of these delightful concertos with the contrasting works presented here … Collins dazzles like a bel canto diva in the pyrotechnic leaps, trills and runs, while he lavishes his rich tone, phenomenal breath control... |
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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / etc Michael Collins (clarinet) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Robin O'Neill, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'Michael Collins … repeats the success of his disc of Nos 1 and 2 with elegantly phrased melodies, immaculate passagework and wondurously even trills.' (BBC Music Magazine five stars) |
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BEETHOVEN / SCHUBERT / LISZT / STRAUSS / FAURE / etc
Of ladies and love Michael Schade (tenor) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Sep/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (October 2002) |
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JOHN IRELAND
The Songs of John Ireland Lisa Milne, John Mark Ainsley, Christopher Maltman / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "Ireland was a songsmith to rival the finest this country has produced, and Hyperion's generous anthology will hopefully encourage others to explore this rewarding and rapt repertoire" (Hi-Fi News) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 Minsoo Sohn (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 2/Oct/2026 ] Hyperion proudly welcomes the Korean-American pianist Minsoo Sohn to the roster for the first in a series of recordings of iconic piano repertoire. This new recording of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is a personal tribute to Minsoo's... |
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RACHMANINOV
Piano Trios Moscow Rachmaninov Trio [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Performances characterised by admirable technical fluency and innate musical quality" The Strad |
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GRECHANINOV
Piano Trios The Moscow Rachmaninov Trio [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] 'Lovely and fresh-sounding tonal works full of emotional tune-spinning' (Audiophile) |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Sonatas K310-311 & 330-333 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Angela Hewitt's voyage of discovery through Mozart's piano sonatas is proving a joy, the works sounding newly minted in vital, alert accounts which respect their scale and sensibility while revealing influences of Mozart's orchestral and concerto... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The complete multipiano concertos MultiPiano Ensemble, English Chamber Orchestra [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] The Larghetto and Allegro in E flat major is mature Mozart-contemporary with Idomeneo and Die Entführung-but remains incomplete. Tomer Lev has finished the job brilliantly, making it the perfect companion for Mozart's official concertos for two and... |