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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert in 1815 (II) Martyn Hill (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 10 / CD - released 15/May/2005 ] 'This is a disc no Schubertian can possibly be without and a further jewel in this series's crown' (Gramophone) |
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GERLAD FINZI
Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain (Songs by Gerald Finzi to words of Thomas Hardy) Martyn Hill (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "You can't go wrong with this recording of these immensely beautiful and brilliantly-crafted songs." (MusicWeb Oct 2010) |
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SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Mats Lidstrom (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "These artists radiate total conviction and a life-enhancing vitality and sensitivity" Penguin Guide |
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KORNGOLD / SIBELIUS / KREISLER / SCRIABIN / FAURE / STENHAMMAR / etc
Smorgasbord [works for cello and piano] Mats Lidstrom (cello) / Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] 'The music is so winning, and so intelligently chosen, that even hearts as hard as that of your average critic are won over ere long … a wonderful disc' - Fanfare, USA |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Winterreise Matthias Goerne (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "The one to knock Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore from the pedestal … Johnson and Goerne plumb the emotional depths of one of the most heart-wrenchingly sublime masterpieces in the genre" BBC Music Magazine |
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FINZI / GURNEY / FARRAR / BROWNE / KELLY / BUTTERWORTH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: War's Embers: a legacy of songs by composers who perished or suffered in World War 1 Michael George (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] 'If you enjoy English song, this set is a must ... The singers are Britain's best, and their excellence is matched by the accompaniments of Clifford Benson' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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BYRD / GIBBONS / BULL / SWEELINCK
Reformation: Keyboard works by Byrd, Gibbons, Bull & Sweelinck Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2024 ] 'Encountering a palace of riches' is how pianist (and Hyperion debutante) Mishka Rushdie Momen describes her experience of playing Tudor keyboard music, a varied selection of which is included here. It's a description which could apply equally to... |
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MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Piano Trio & other chamber music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] With a programme of chamber works drawn from both ends of Bruch's long composing career, members of The Nash Ensemble once more reveal a neglected side of the composer's output. |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chopin: The Four Ballades & Piano Sonata No 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2003 ] 'Lovely playing which I enjoyed from first note to last for its poetry and passion as well as seemingly effortless keyboard fluency and command' - Gramophone |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Medtner: Piano works (Incls Sonaten-Triade, Op 11 & Theme and variations in C sharp minor, Op 55) Nikolai Demidenko (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "I must be careful not to make this sound like an indiscriminate rave review, but what do you do when a disc of this calibre drops through your letterbox? An exceptionally fine disc indeed" Gramophone Magazine |
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LEO ORNSTEIN
Piano Quintet / String Quartet No. 2 Pacifica Quartet, with Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] The young pianist-composer Leo Ornstein went from wowing the ladies with his virtuosity to writing a Violin Sonata in 1915 of such atonal violence that it frightened even him. By the time of the two works recorded here his style was more rounded.... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata & other piano music Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] The 'abundance of intelligence' in Pavel Kolesnikov's pianism which so impressed Gramophone pays particular dividends in Beethoven, the 'Moonlight' sonata sounding newly minted in this remarkable reading. |
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CECILE CHAMINADE
Chaminade: Piano Music vol 2 Peter Jacobs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] 'A treasure trove for the explorer' (BBC Music magazine) |
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CECILE CHAMINADE
Chaminade: Piano Music vol 3 Peter Jacobs (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'As in the previous volumes, Peter Jacobs shows himself to be fluent, clean-fingered, elegantly delicate where required, and able to invest the music with fine nuances of tone and pace - an ideal interpreter of Chaminade' (Gramophone) |
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EUGENE YSAYE
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin Op. 27 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/1997 ] Eugène Ysaÿe was the charismatic and flamboyant successor to Wieniawski in the great French tradition of violin virtuosity. Yet he was to take the genre to new and giddy heights with his Six Sonatas for solo violin of 1924. Each sonata is dedicated... |
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EYVIND ALNAES / CHRISTIAN SINDING
Alnaes/Sinding: Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion Great Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 42 / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'Despite the obscurity of this music, Piers Lane plays it with confidence and insight. The Bergen Philharmonic, under its music director Andrew Litton, provides solid, stylish support and the recording is spacious and ideally balanced' (Daily Telegraph) |
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J.S. BACH
Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 8 (Eugen d' Albert) Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Johann Sebastian Bach is hardly likely to require an introduction to listeners of this CD, but Eugen d'Albert (1864-1932) may well be another matter. |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: The Complete Etudes Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Lively and sensitive performances make this a fine addition to the Saint-Saëns discography, aided by the pianist's own excellent annotations and Hyperion's usual peerless sound' - Fanfare, USA |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Virtuoso Strauss Transcriptions Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'Throughout this collection Mr Lane's playing shimmers with liquid warmth ... his performances hang together out of his evident affection for these scores and the sheer convicton of his playing' (The New York Times) |
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MOSZKOWSKI / PADEREWSKI
Piano Concertos Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 1 / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'Performances of exceptional poetry and virtuosity and the recording is first class. Strongly recommended' - The Good CD Guide |