VIVALDI
Cello Concertos Jonathan Cohen (cello) Sarah McMahon (cello) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] "This appealing Hyperion recording is warm and clear with excellent balance. The liner notes from Michael Talbot are written to a high standard which enhances the appeal." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 9 (Harriet Cohen and other British transcriptions) Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen is in that sense a fascinating anthology of British transcribing manners of the inter-war period. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Homage to Paderewski Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2011 ] "Many of the composers have now disappeared into the mists of time, but all of these miniatures are well worth the warmth, affection, lyrical beauty and bravura that Plowright devotes to them...Plowright's playing throughout is sublime." (Daily... |
STOJOWSKI
Music for piano Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] The Polish romantic composer Sigismond Stojowski is currently enjoying a welcome revival, thanks largely to Jonathan Plowright and Hyperion. Sumptuously lyrical, intensely chromatic, by turns poetic and dramatic, this music deserves to be better known. |
STOJOWSKI
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Jonathan Plowright (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 28 / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine(May 2002) - "Stojowski could hardly have found a better interpreter than Jonathan Plowright, who plays with affection, understanding and sometimes breathtaking virtuosity." |
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." |
LUDOMIR ROZYCKI / IGNACY FRIEDMAN
Friedman & Różycki: Piano Quintets Jonathan Plowright (piano) / Szymanowski Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] '[Jonathan Plowright] is this outstanding British pianist in whose debt we are once more for this second Różycki resurrection … the excellent Szymanowski Quartet [exploits] to the full Friedman's civilised five-way conversation' (Gramophone) |
ZAREBSKI / ZELENSKI
Piano Quintet & Piano Quartet Jonathan Plowright (piano) / Szymanowski Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "[Zarebski] wrote [his Piano Quintet] in the year of his premature death, dedicating it to his teacher Liszt, and the virtuosity that implies is caught here in a performance of passionate warmth...Again, the performance [of the Zelenski] is... |
VIERNE / WIDOR / DUPRE
French Cathedral Music Joseph Cullen, Andrew Reid (organs) / The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell |
THOMAS LINLEY
Cantatas and Theatre Music Julia Gooding (soprano) Paul Goodwin (oboe) The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra & Choir / Paul Nicholson [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'An outstanding disc in a trail-blazing series: highly recommended' (BBC Music Magazine) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 6 Julia Kleiter (soprano), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "A marvellous disc and a great recital in its own right, this is arguably the finest instalment of the series to date. Do listen to it." Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2020 |
Juliane Banse
Schumann:songs Volume 3 [ Hyperion / CD ] |
SCHUMANN
Schumann - The Complete Songs [10 CDs Special Price] Juliane Banse, Edith Barlow, Katherine Broderick, Stella Doufexis, Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy, Dorothea Röschmann, Kate Royal, Jonathan Lemalu [ Hyperion / 10 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "As for the music, if you're a fan of Schumann you'll know what you're getting: probably the finest set of lieder after that of Schubert." (Bargain of the Month Sept 2010) |
GRIEG
Songs (Incls 'The mountain maid', Op 67 & 'Melodies of the heart', Op 5) Katarina Karnaus (mezzo-soprano) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] 'Karnéus is a singer of natural warmth and spontaneity who possesses what Grieg called the gift of 'reading between the lines' and 'interpreting a half-told tale' … A glorious disc' (Daily Telegraph Classical CD of the week) |
SIBELIUS
Songs Katarina Karnaus (soprano) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2013 ] Pick of the Month BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
SCHUMANN
The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 10 (Incls Liederkreis Op 39) Kate Royal, Felicity Lott, Lydia Teuscher (sopranos) Ann Murray, Daniela Lehner (mezzos) Stephan Loges (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "Here's the story. Kate Royal recorded an album of Lieder with Graham Johnson for EMI's Debut series, but when it became clear just how exciting a prospect she is, the record company held the Lieder and went with a larger-scale debut recital. So it... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: The Songs Vol.2 Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "In his notes Graham Johnson says that what we have always lacked is a convincing way of performing late Schumann songs, often spare in texture and elusive in style. Well, he and Keenlyside seem to have found one here in their wholly admirable... |
Keith John
Elgar:enigma Varations/Organ [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Mar/2003 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 5 Kiera Duffy (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] A further instalment of this major Hyperion project introduces the American soprano Kiera Duffy, whose performances in the concert hall and on the opera stage have received the highest praise. |
W.A. MOZART
Epistle Sonatas The King's Consort / Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] 'An hour's delightful listening. Warmly recommended' (CDReview) |