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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' |
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GOTTSCHALK
Piano Music Vol 5 (Incls 'La chasse du jeune Henri Morceau de concert') Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] Gramophone Magazine Critics' Choice (2001)- 'More glowing Gottschalk from Martin … a real enchantment from start to finish. This series is another immaculate Hyperion production [and] nobody is better qualified than Philip Martin to play it all for us' |
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GOTTSCHALK
Complete Solo Piano Music [8 CD set] Philip Martin (piano) [ Hyperion / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2011 ] 'Gottschalk is never abstruse or merely technical, but it is obvious from the elegance of his writing that he was a wonderful pianist. The piano sound is simply wonderful - Hyperion manages to convey an individual instrument's personality in piano... |
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PHILLIPPE de MONTE / JEAN GUYOT / JACOBUS VAET / JACOB REGNART
Amorosi Pensieri: Songs for the Habsburg Court Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] Editors Choice - Gramophone July 2014 |
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CLIFFE / ERLANGER
Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 10 / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Graffin plays superbly, with all the fire and tenderness required, and with glorious tone. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is as attentive and sympathetic as one would expect with David Lloyd-Jones conducting, and the recording is well judged in... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: The Three Violin Concertos Philippe Graffin, violin / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'All are beautifully crafted, irresistibly violinistic and catchily tuneful. Graffin is a real stylist, a player in the Franco-Belgian tradition with exquisitely sweet and focused tone and enviable bravura in the technical high jinks Saint-Saëns... |
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GOLDMARK / WALTER
Violin Sonatas Philippe Graffin (violin) Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] 'these are sumptuously responsive performances, glowingly recorded and expertly annotated' (International Record Review) |
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CANTELOUBE / BREVILLE
Music for Violin and Piano Philippe Graffin (violin) Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] "Two substantial rare French works for violin and piano played with utter conviction, typically presented in Hyperion's honest, well judged sound and superbly documented" - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
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SAINT-SAENS / YSAYE
Rare transcriptions for violin and piano Philippe Graffin, violin, Pascal Devoyon, piano [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'Graffin's tone throughout is sweet and seductive, his phrasing a thing of pure joy … A wonderful disc. Buy it.' (Gramophone) |
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JONGEN / LAZZARI
The Romantic Violin Concerto 18 - Jongen & Lazzari Philippe Graffin (violin) Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] The Romantic Violin Concerto series reaches Belgium and the music of Joseph Jongen, a composer more celebrated for his organ music now, but who was equally admired in his day for his orchestral and chamber works. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Piers Lane Goes To Town Again Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] 'This superbly recorded disc (played on a gorgeously voiced Steinway) is Lane's love letter to the piano. I wish more pianists would share their guilty pleasures like this' (Gramophone Editor's Choice July 23) |
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J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 3 (Ignacy Friedman, William Murdoch, Percy Grainger) Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] "Lane commands the golden tone and effortless, spirited virtuosity needed to make these transcriptions come alive, and makes them sound easy to boot. A honey of a release." (BBC Music) |
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SCRIABIN
Complete Preludes Vol 2 Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Jan/2015 ] 'Lane certainly knows how to tease out the music's textural subtleties; his emotional commitment is undeniable, as is his grasp of the poetic/virtuosic dichotomy inherent in Scriabin's music' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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MOSCHELES
The Complete Concert Studies Piers Lane, piano [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] 'Lane is the kind of pianist who can make anything sound good. His formidable technique is evident from the opening etude … It is all the better that this recording is engineered well and we have a fine instrument' (American Record Guide) |
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BACH / CONFREY / GRAINGER / MAYERL / BENJAMIN / TEMPLE / etc
Piers Lane goes to town Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "Lane's joie de vivre is infectious in the more flamboyant pieces. He loves these pieces, and isn't coy about telling us that we can, and should, love them too. Flamboyance and poetry are nicely balanced, and Lane attacks the cheesier numbers with su |
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GRAINGER
Rambles and Reflections Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Nov 2002)- 'Inspired re-creations … strongly recommended to connoisseur and newcomer alike' |
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EUGEN d'ALBERT
Solo Piano Music Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/May/2013 ] 'A superb recital ... provoking astonishment that music of such quality could have lain neglected for so long. No praise could be high enough for Piers Lane whose playing throughout is of a superb musical intelligence, sensitivity and scintillating... |