LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 2/1, 14/2, 53 & 54 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] "As you might expect, her way with the fingery textures of the first movement [of the Waldstein] is dexterous and effortless, while the repeated left-hand chords have a crispness about them." Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
Bach arrangements Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] 'A magnificent addition to both the Bach repertoire and Angela Hewitt's artistically unparallelled survey of Bach's keyboard compositions' (Fanfare) |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach - Goldberg Variations (2015 Recording) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "A salutary reminder that recordings which one thought couldn't be bettered, actually can - remarkable" International Piano Five Stars |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 27/1, 31/2, 79 & 109 Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] This latest instalment of Angela Hewitt's Beethoven is bookended by the great 'Tempest' and Op 109 sonatas. The performances-incentive enough to acquire this release-are as usual complemented by Angela's own booklet notes which provide real insight... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The English Suites Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2003 ] CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Sunday Times) CD OF THE WEEK (Daily Telegraph) DISC OF THE WEEK (BBC Radio 3) |
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Piano Music Angela Hewitt, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Playing of the highest polish. Fastidiously balanced chords, every detail clear and clean. Rarely, if ever, can Messiaen's piano music have been played with such refinement' - Classic CD |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Piano Sonata & other works Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "Hewitt's Liszt interpretations are both exquisite and dramatic, at once finely thought-out and exalting. From the first bar, the Sonata is invested with a freshness," Sunday Times |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Volume 5 (Nos 2, 5, 24, 31) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Here is a stimulating well-contrasted programme. Each sonata benefits from Angela Hewitt's beautifully clean-cut pianistic commant, in which every score marking is placed within a precisely articulated interpretative overview." BBC Music Magazine |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 4 (Incls Sonata No 18 'The Hunt') Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] Angela Hewitt presents a fourth volume in her acclaimed series of Beethoven's piano sonatas, which has delighted her fans worldwide. The little-known Sonata in B flat major, Op 22, the last of Beethoven's 'early' sonatas, is recorded alongside Op... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets Vol 5 Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano) James Rutherford (baritone) Finnur Bjarnason (tenor) Hannah Morrison (soprano) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] 'Eugene Asti plays with a refreshingly light touch and a lively sense of rhythm' (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 2 Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] BBC Magazine Award Finalist 2008 (Best vocal recording) - 'Most unusual of today's great Straussian sopranos, Schwanewilms chooses Lieder tailored to her beauty of line - perfectly complemented by Vignoles - and ability to change colour on a note.... |
Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton
Anthems [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Exciting accounts of eight anthems spanning nearly two hundred years, with a welcome emphasis firmly on recent works. |
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / SIR ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Coleridge-Taylor/Somervell: Violin Concertos Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] 'Marwood's unflashy, sweet-toned playing lends just the right note of enchantment and authenticity to these forgotten scores. In short, this is Hyperion at its best' - Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Music for violin and piano (Includes the Violin sonata in F) Anthony Marwood (violin) Susan Tomes (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] 'Yet another unimpeachable release from the Hyperion stable' (Classic CD) |
IVO ANTOGNINI
Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Come to me (2019) was written for The Aeolians of Oakwood University, Alabama, conducted by Jason Max Ferdinand. The text is by one of the composer's favourite poets, Christina Rossetti. Originally entitled Echo, this poignant poem concerns a person... |
J.S. BACH / C.P.E. BACH / J.C. BACH
The Bach Family: Magnificats Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] "You would be hard-pressed to find a more illuminating disc than this latest offering from Arcangelo" BBC Music Choral & Song Choice March 2018 |
VIANNA da MOTTA
Vianna ds Motta: Piano Concerto in A major / Fantasia DramAItica / etc Arthur Pizarro (piano) / Orquestra Gulbenkian / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 24 / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'To hear Pizarro is always a pleasure…lyrical phrasing wrapped in one of the most entrancing and expressive pianissimos of any pianist' - International Record Review |
HENRIQUE OSWALD & ALFREDO NAPOLEAO
The Romantic Piano Concerto 64 - Oswald & Napoleão dos Santos Artur Pizarro (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 64 / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] Portuguese virtuoso Artur Pizarro makes a welcome return to the Romantic Piano Concerto series with the outpourings of two brilliant pianist-composers. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "If you don't know Howells' music, this splendid new recording of one of his most powerful works is likely to win new friends, who will want to investigate further the many very fine Hyperion recordings" MusicWeb |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The French Suites Mahan Esfahani (early keyboard instruments) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] 'Mahan Esfahani couldn't make a routine recital of Bach's keyboard music if you paid him' was BBC Record Review's verdict on a previous release: prospective listeners to this wonderful new set should rest assured that any hint of the routine remains... |