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JOHN FAWCETT / JOSEPH STEPHENSON / JOHN WAINWRIGHT / ANONYMOUS / etc
Nativity - Christmas Music from Georgian England (The English Orpheus vol.49) The Parley of Instruments Psalmody / Peter Holman, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] This is an unusual collection championing the village genius of local composers, whose settings of carols and hymns kept the congregations warm all those years ago - a time when the commercial excesses of today's Christmas were unknown. |
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PURCELL
The Complete Ayres for the Theatre The Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman, director [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "..the players set out in almost holographic detail between, beyond, between and in front of the loudspeakers. You could almost be there' (Gramophone 'Soundings') |
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JOHN STANLEY
Six Concertos in seven parts Op 2 The Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "The players are technically superb, but also play with a grace and lightness which are wholly uplifting" BBC Music Magazine |
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Patricia Rozario, soprano, the Vanbrugh Quartet
Tavener-String Quartets: Diodia, the World [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Feb/2001 ] 'The Vanbrugh Quartet's intense and committed performance is of the highest calibre. An indispensable and thoroughly recommendable disc' (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Il Duello Amoroso Patrizia Kwella (soprano) Gillian Fisher (soprano) Catherine Denley (contralto) The London Handel Orchestra, Denys Darlow conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] 'enjoyable performances ... well worth exploring' - Gramophone |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Music for Violin and Piano Paul Barritt (violin) / Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Duets Paul Lewis (piano) & Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] 'In this repertoire Lewis and Osborne are as one, touch and tone indistinguishable from one another (they swap Primo and Secondo roles throughout, apparently, though it's impossible to tell who is playing which in what), playing with a delicious... |
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THOMAS ARNE
Six Favourite Concertos Paul Nicholson (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano) / The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra / Paul Nicholson, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] "With a beautifully clear recording and fully informative notes, this is a model of how such things should be done." (MusicWeb Nov 2005) |
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REYNALDO HAHN
Hahn: Poèmes & Valses Pavel Kolesnikov [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] The nuanced titles - miniature works of art in themselves - merely hint at the delights to come in Pavel Kolesnikov's sensitive realization of Hahn's refined sound-world. |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] 'Intense, emotional and pure' is how Pavel Kolesnikov describes the experience of making this recording, the fruits of a collaboration between the pianist and choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Impromptus, waltzes & mazurkas Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Pavel Kolesnikov's deep affinity with the music of Chopin is once again on display: immaculate performances - and an intelligently planned recital, which builds towards the epic F minor Fantasy - can only enhance the listener's appreciation of this... |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Mazurkas Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "The young Russian pianist - a member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme - shows a remarkable command and originality in this superb Chopin set." Editor's Choice Awards Issue Gramophone 2016 |
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LOUIS COUPERIN
Couperin: Dances From the Bauyn Manuscript Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] Equally well-suited to the demands of the French Baroque as to the high Romanticism of Tchaikovsky and Chopin, Pavel Kolesnikov's attentive musicianship yields predictably revelatory results in the music of Louis Couperin. |
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PIOTYR TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op. 37b / Morceaux Op. 19 Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2014 ] "In 2012, Kolesnikov took first prize in the Honens piano competition in Canada, and on the evidence of his effortlessly refined playing here, he was a worthy winner. His performances never overstretch the boundaries of what are, essentially, salon... |
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HENRY LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5 Peter Donohoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 26 / CD - released 15/Jul/2001 ] 'Peter Donohoe … is the ideal man for such music, while the BBCSSO under Andrew Litton offers razor-sharp support. A wonderfully clear recording' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF
Litolff: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4 Peter Donohoe (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Litton [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 14 / CD - released 17/May/2001 ] 'This entertaining Hyperion CD is one of the year's surprises and very much worth having' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
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PFITZNER / BRAUNFELS
Pfitzner & Braunfels: Piano Concertos Markus Becker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Constantin Trinks [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 79 / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] The Braunfels-a concerto in all but name-and Pfitzner make an apt pairing, two works dating from the twilight of German Romanticism. Both are heroically dispatched by Markus Becker, with Constantin Trinks and his Berlin Radio Symphony forces... |
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HENRI HERZ
Piano Music Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2008 ] This is the first recording devoted exclusively to the delightfully enjoyable solo works of Henri Herz. The Variations on 'Non più mesta' from Rossini's La Cenerentola Op 60 is Herz's best-known work. Several composers were attracted to the... |
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GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol. 2 (Incls Souvenir d'Andalousie) Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Martin's flair comes through flamboyantly in these virtuosic pieces... the ideal advocate for his music' |
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GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'La Colombe' & 'souvenir de Cuba') Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS'CHOICE 'Gottschalk's elegant sensuality has surely had its most gracious advocate in Philip Martin' |