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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 & 8 Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "There are so many towering performances of these harrowing works…but I believe Steven Osborne caps them all…This is legendary stuff." BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Instrumental |
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MAURICE RAVEL / MANUEL de FALLA
Ravel: Piano Concertos / Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2017 ] Steven Osborne's solo Ravel for Hyperion has invited comparisons with the distinguished interpretations of the past; this new recording of the concertos is certain to win similar plaudits. The Falla is a generous and appropriate coupling, perfectly... |
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MESSIAEN
Turangalîla-Symphonie Steven Osborne (piano) / Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] 'The Messiaen Monster', ridiculed by critics at its premiere-in the best tradition of works of genius-is now 'established as one of the most astonishing classics of the twentieth century', as Nigel Simeone writes in the booklet of this brilliant new... |
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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen and other piano music Steven Osborne (piano I) Martin Roscoe (piano II) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] Steven Osborne has already made his name as an outstanding interpreter of Messiaen with his ecstatic recording of the Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (Hyperion, CDA67351/2), described by Gramophone as 'one of Hyperion's finest piano recordings -... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The complete works for piano and orchestra (Incls Piano Concerto in D major) Steven Osborne (piano) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Concerto - 'Steven Osborne yields nothing to the great Sviatoslav Richter in the punchiness and fine-tuned filigree of his playing. No skating over the surface here, with Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO adept at teasing out... |
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TIPPETT
Complete Music for Piano Steven Osborne (piano) with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Concerto 'The Scottish pianist demonstrates the driving energy behind Tippett's solo piano music. The four sonatas dance nimbly over the keys … Nothing beats the hungry Vivace of the Piano Concerto,... |
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Leçons de ténèbres, Litanies & Magnificat Stéphane Degout baritone Samuel Boden tenor Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Another demonstration from Arcangelo of exactly why they maintain so stellar a reputation as one of today's leading early music ensembles. With contributions from tenor Samuel Boden and baritone Stéphane Degout, this exquisite programme of... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: The Choice of Hercules (with Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto me, ye Holy Children) Susan Gritton (soprano) Alice Coote (mezzo) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / King's Consort & Choir, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] 'A delightful sequence of 24 brief numbers telling the story of Hercules making his choice between Virtue and Pleasure' (The Guardian) |
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FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Lieder (Songs) Susan Gritton (Soprano), Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] '[Fanny Mendelssohn's] reputation deserves the kind of boost this excellent disc offers. Both Eugene Asti and Susan Gritton get to the heart of these pieces.' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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BOCCHERINI / D'ASTORGA
Stabat Mater Susan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Fox (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor) / The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] Boccherini wrote very little vocal music; however he left two settings of the Stabat mater. It was first set in 1781 for solo soprano and strings and then in 1800 for two sopranos and tenor, obviously influenced by the hugely-popular Pergolesi Stabat... |
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W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 11, 12 & 13 Susan Tomes (piano) / The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "An absolute joy. Hyperion at its best; beautifully recorded and presented." (ClassicWeb) |
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Susan Tomes/Gaudier Ensemble
Berwald;Chamber Music Vol.2 [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
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CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Mr Abel's Fine Airs Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Editor's Choice - 'Until the release of this new recording the fascinating world of Abel's gamba music has been pretty much a closed book … Abel inclined towards simplicity and elegance, and Heinrich is always... |
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TOBIAS HUME
Passion & Division Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "Ah, but the music! The melancholy of the opening and closing tracks is bewitching. Here, and elsewhere on the disc, Heinrich dramatically - often poetically - conveys Hume's deeply personal, seemingly reflective musical... |
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BERWALD
Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'Two sensational CDs ... He's the first great Scandinavian symphonist, though we had to wait until this century to appreciate the fact ... a sort of cross between Mendelssohn and Sibelius. A winner' - Time Out, New York |
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Swedish Rso/Goodman
Berwald:symphonies & Overt [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 21/Mar/1996 ] |
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GRANADOS / GURIDJ / TURINA / TOLDRA / MONTSALVATGE
Canciones Espanolas Sylvia Schwartz (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] The Nash Ensemble presents a programme of works written at the transit camp Theresienstadt by four Jewish composers who went on to be killed at Auschwitz, their music forgotten. |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos 13 'Rosamunde' & 14 "Death And The Maiden" Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] "a sense of drama and tensile strength underlines everything, even a movement as luscious as the Andante of the Rosamunde Quartet..." Gramophone Editor's Choce Awards issue 2006 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: String Quartet 1 - 3 Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone November 2013 |
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FRANK BRIDGE
Phantasy Piano Quartet & Sonatas the Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "The sonata receives a wonderfully searching performance from Paul Watkins and Ian Brown...[in the Violin Sonata] the earlier lyricism is there, but as just one part of an expressive web. Thorsen and Brown catch those moodswings perfectly" Guardian |