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MILY BALAKIREV
Balakirev: Piano Sonata & other works Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Bravo to Hyperion for championing this music and to Driver for playing it with such sensitivity, polish and élan" (The Daily Telegraph) |
YORK BOWEN
The Piano Sonatas Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Instrumental |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 46 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Danny Driver's pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen's considerable demands' (BBC Music Magazine) |
ERIK CHISHOLM
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Chishom's First Concerto is] full of provocative rhythm and utterly devoid of cliche. His second is even more elaborate, drawing its inspiration from the beguiling ragas of Hindustan, their evocative intervals and sensuous, twisting melodies... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Jupiter Project David Owen Norris (piano), Katy Bircher (flute), Caroline Balding (violin), Andrew Skidmore (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] An intriguing re-creation of how Mozart's largescale orchestral works might have been encountered in Georgian Britain, realized by the kind of ensemble which played such a prominent role in its musical life. |
FAURE
Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER "Domus have the requisite lightness of touch and subtlety, and just the right sense of scale and tempo." Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 6 Elizabeth Watts (soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Hyperion's Strauss Lieder series continues to demonstrate that the composer's achievements in this genre are among the most fascinating and accomplished of his works. |
DOWLAND / CAMPION / HANDFORD / DANYEL / LAWES
Time Stands Still: Lute Songs Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] 'A fine recital that adds a few welcome items to the recorded repertory of the lute-song, engineered close to perfection' (Gramophone) |
MONTEVERDI / DOWLAND / de MACHAUT / HILDEGARD OF BINGEN / etc
The Emma Kirkby Collection (music by Monteverdi, Dowland, de Machaut, etc) Emma Kirkby (soprano) with various artists and ensembles [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'An attractive release, not only for the almost unfailing charm with which Kirkby imbues the music but also as a record of how her voice has blossomed over a period of some two decades' (BBC Music Magazine) |
HANS BRONSART / ANTON URSPRUCH
Bonsart / Urspruch: Piano Concertos Emmanuel Despax (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Tzigane (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 77 / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] The common thread-as so often in The Romantic Piano Concerto series-is Liszt, in whose Weimar circle both composer-pianists featured here moved. Both concertos are pleasingly substantial, and the typically demanding piano writing is... |
NUNES GARCIA / LOBO de MESQUITA / L. A. PINTO / etc
Brazilian Adventures Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] This wonderful new recording casts a dazzling light on composers whose names are as obscure as their music is revelatory. Mozart from an unfettered South America? |
ANONYMOUS / de PADILLA / de ARAUJO / ZIPOLI
New World Symphonies - Baroque Music From Latin America Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "A richly rewarding journey across a fairly unexplored musical landscape" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Editor's Choice August 2003) |
ALEC ROTH
A Time to Dance / Hatfield Service / Men and Angels Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] Alec Roth's new oratorio is a celebration of times and seasons, and a joy to hear. Also included are new settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis and of John Donne's Antiphon 'Praised be the God of love'. |
MARTIN PEERSON
Latin Motets The Ex Cathedral Consort, Jeffrey Skidmore-conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Feb/2005 ] The 1604 Royal May Day celebrations - the 'Proms in the Park' of their day - headlined with a madrigal by Martin Peerson. His career can be traced through posts at Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral, and his powerful patrons enabled a... |
POULENC
Voyage a Paris Felicity Lott (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] 'Highly desirable' - BBC Record Review |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "The fabulous Florestan find thrills and refinement for a Saint-Saëns stunner. This marvellous trio have that effect on their fans. Their restrained, delicate playing always leads to a cleverly calculated but deeply felt emotional pay-off." Editor's... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Schubert's transcendent song cycle of loss and desolation has not lacked for great recordings since the days of the 78: this new account from Florian Boesch and Roger Vignoles (hailed as 'two of the best performers of Lieder in our time') is surely... |
ERNST KRENEK
Krenek: Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (with Zemlinsky - songs) Florian Boesch (baritone) & Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "The emotional ambivalences are finely projected, as sadness, dismay and anger are repeatedly undercut by self-deprecating wit and humour" Gramophone Awards 2017 Nomination - Solo Vocal |
DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Debussy / Prokofiev / Bartok: Études Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Throw in Roger Nichols' highly readable liner-notes and you have a piano album to die for. Dazzling pianism, class-leading sound; another notch on Ohlsson's bed post." Recording of the Month MusicWeb August 2015 |
