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STANFORD
Songs - Vol 2 Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] 'Maintains in each and every bar the high standards of the previous release' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: The Cello Suites Steven Isserlis (cello) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/May/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2007 'Isserlis asserts the music's dance roots, whether through his thrusting accents or by sweeping through with a winning lilt … Just listen to Isserlis, Bach and your heart, and the music that never dies' (Times) |
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SCHUMANN
Music for cello & piano Steven Isserlis (cello) Danes Varjon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "The really exciting performance here is Steven Isserlis's transcription of Schumann's valedictory Third Sonata: it's as if he's been preparing all his life to launch into its dark storm." (BBC Music) |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN / FRANZ SCHUBERT
Chopin: Cello Sonata, etc / Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, etc Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (Érard piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] "Even among Isserlis's many fine discs, this one stands out. And if you still need convincing that the Chopin Cello Sonata is a total masterpiece, this is the recording to do it." Gramophone Recording Of The Month November 2018 |
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EDWARD ELGAR / WILLIAM WALTON
Elgar / Walton: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Feb/2016 ] "This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands" BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice March 2016 |
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BACH / HANDEL / SCARLATTI
Gamba Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello), Richard Egarr (harpsichord) with Robin Michael (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Isserlis judges the scale of his performances to a nicety." Financial Times, 11th September 2015 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Cello Sonatas / Variations Steven Isserlis (cello) Robert Levin (fortepiano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] Gramophone Magazine Recording of the Month February 2014 |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas (with works by Suk and Dvorak) Steven Isserlis (cello) / Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "His current recording of Brahms's Sonatas with Stephen Hough displaces all others" (BBC Music Recording of the Month Dec 2005) |
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BRUCH / DVORAK / R. STRAUSS / BEAU / E.D. WAGNER / NATHAN
Steven Isserlis - A Golden Cello Decade, 1878-1888 Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano), Olivia Jageurs (harp) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] "No cellist alive can match the eloquent intent of Steven Isserlis's line. Every phrase he threads through the warm embrace of Connie Shih's pianism is articulated and 'breathed' with the ardour of a great vocalist" BBC Music |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Early and late piano pieces Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] A programme which bridges Debussy's first work for piano (the 'Danse bohémienne', from 1880) and his last ('Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon', from 1917). Steven Osborne is equally responsive to the very different musical moods of both. |
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BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano sonatas: Op 9-. Op 101, Op 106 'Hammerklavier' Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] Steven Osborne has repeatedly proved himself a Beethovenian of profound insight. In these three late sonatas-including the monumental 'Hammerklavier'-he gives performances of stunning impact and lasting fulfilment. |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: The Complete Preludes Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "Deeply satisfyng, glowing Préludes from this fine British pianist..A good recording of the Debussy Préludes should feel like an occasion, and Steven Osborne delivers. His playing seeps with atmosphere and he delves deep into the composer's sound... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Music Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Some of the disc's finest moments, though, occur in the spare perfectionism of Children's Corner: here Osborne's phrasing is pure and poetic, as well as raptly atmospheric in 'The snow is dancing'. And it finishes with a deliciously louche cake-walk. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Four Impromptus D935 / Three piano pieces D946 / etc Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] "Osborne takes a wonderfully clear-sighted, analytical approach which gives the seven late works, as well as the early, often playful variations, great radiance and lyricism." (The Guardian) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Harmonies poetiques et religieuses Steven Osborne, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] "Poetic, radiant playing that makes this one of the finest Liszt recordings ever made" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (April 2004) |
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NIKOLAI KAPUSTIN
Kapustin: Piano Music: Vol 1 Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'Engaging, often witty, jazz-inspired works that are highly recommended, especially to lovers of Gershwin or Billy Mayerl' - Gramophone |
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MEDTNER / RACHMANINOV
Medtner / Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Steven Osborne has become increasingly admired for his performances and recordings of Russian Romantic piano music, playing with a remarkable level of authority and a rare combination of technical ease, tonal lustre and idiomatic identification. Here... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano sonatas: 'Moonlight', 'Pathetique' & 'Waldstein' Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'The Pathetique and Waldstein sonatas receive equally refreshing and sensitive accounts. And all are recorded with Hyperion's usual finesse' (The Times) |
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MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version) [with piano pieces by Prokofiev] Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Instrumental |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Preludes Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Instrumental - 'Outstanding Rachmaninov playing of acute perception, discretion and poetic sensibility, limpid, powerful and luminous in equal measure' (BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice) |