Steven Wilson
4 1/2 [ Kscope CD / CD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] Four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Steven Wilson follows up on his acclaimed 'Hand.Cannot.Erase.' with the new interim album '4 ½'. |
Steven Wilson
4 1/2 (Blu-Ray Audio) [ Kscope / Blu-Ray Audio - released 19/Feb/2016 ] Four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Steven Wilson follows up on his acclaimed 'Hand.Cannot.Erase.' with the new interim album '4 ½'. |
Steven Wilson
4 1/5 (LP) [ Kscope / LP - released 22/Jan/2016 ] Four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Steven Wilson follows up on his acclaimed 'Hand.Cannot.Erase.' with the new interim album '4 ½'. |
ALKAN
Esquisses, Op 63 Steven Osborne, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2003 ] "A sparkling, fleet scherzo - reminiscences of Mendelssohn? - that never rises above piano and ends with typical Alkan jeu d'esprit" - Editor's Choice (Gramophone September 2003) |
Joseph Calleja (tenor) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Steven Mercurio
Amore [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2013 ] "the Maltese tenor brings a beguiling elegance, supported by some fabulous orchestrations." (Financial Times) |
FERDINAND HEROLD / PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / ADOLPHE ADAM
The Art of Natalia Osipova: La Fille mal gardée / Swan Lake / Giselle / Force of Nature BLU-RAY Royal Ballet, Covent Garden / Natalia Osipova, with Steven McRae, Philip Mosley, Christopher Saunders, Matthew Golding, Elizabeth McGorian & others [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] Russian dance superstar Natalia Osipova joined The Royal Ballet as a Principal in 2013 and has since filled each of her leading roles with an unforgettable passion, fiery energy and technical prowess. |
RACHMANINOV / MESSAGER
Ashton: Rhapsody & The Two Pigeons (Ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY The Royal Ballet / Natalia Osipova & Steven Mcrae, Lauren Cuthbertson, Vadim Muntagirov / Barry Wordsworth (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Nov/2016 ] Two Frederick Ashton ballets in one exquisite evening performance. Principals Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae dance Ashton's Rhapsody, created for the Royal Ballet in 1980 by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier, with spectacular choreography to... |
J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Steven Devine (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Devine has the technique, the imagination and the mastery of period style to give a thoroughly satisfying performance...Devine's reading is worthy of consideration alongside other distinguished recent traversals" (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Bagatelles Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Beethoven's] Leipzig publisher complained that they were such insignificant trifles no one would believe they were by Beethoven: not only slight but on the whole easy too. The joy of having a player of Steven Osborne's spare, rhythmically incisive... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / TALBOT / PROKOFIEV / JOHN LANCHBERY
Ballet For Children: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Peter & the Wolf / The Nutcracker / Tales of Beatrix Potter Royal Ballet / Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRae, Victoria Hewitt, Ricardo Cervera, Gary Avis, Edward Watson, Zenaida Yanowsky, etc [ Opus Arte DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 15/Dec/2013 ] 'One of the very best seasonal treats for children and adults alike, the Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is a handsome, magical, thoroughly traditional rendering of ETA Hoffmann's immortal if deeply strange story.' Sunday Express on Nutcracker |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Be My Love: A Tribute to Mario Lanza Joseph Calleja (tenor) / BBC Concert Orchestra, Steven Mercurio [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 23/Aug/2012 ] "It's an unashamedly populist collection, Calleja rolling the Rs of "Granada" and "Arrivederci, Roma" with obvious relish in arrangements replete with castanets and trilling mandolins." (The Independent) |
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. |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 109, 110 & 111 Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Instrumental |
JOHN TAVENER
Best Of Tavener (Including Song for Athene & The Protecting Veil) Various artists including Steven Isserlis, Vasari Singers conducted by Jeremy Backhouse, Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by David Hill. etc [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] Born in London in 1944, John Tavener joined the Orthodox Church in the late 1970s. |
WILLIAM BOLCOM
Bolcom: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano / Suite No. 2 for Solo Violin Steven Gross (horn) Constatine Finehouse (piano) Philip Ficsor (violin) [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Pulitzer Prize, and a GRAMMY Award, William Bolcom is one of America's most senior and internationally acclaimed composers. Commissioned to expand upon the under-represented horn trio repertoire, Bolcom has... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Cello Sonatas Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "In 1984 Steven Isserlis made excellent recordings for Hyperion of the Brahms sonatas with Peter Evans; this time he's added some substantial extra items - the two Suk pieces, wonderfully played, are particularly welcome. The new recording is fuller... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British solo cello music Steven Isserlis [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] If Britten's Cello Suite No 3 is the undisputed masterpiece here, the other works are no less deserving of attention, Frank Merrick's 'Suite in the eighteenth-century style' being a particular delight. As ever, Steven Isserlis's booklet notes offer... |
Steven Brown
Brown Plays Tenco [ LTM / CD - released 17/Aug/2009 ] |
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: The Great Service Steven Devine (organ) / The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & Musica Contexta [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "The Great Service, consisting of settings of liturgical texts for Matins, Communion, and Evensong, is among the finest music by William Byrd for the Anglican Church." |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV / DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Prokofiev / Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Steven Isserlis (cello) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 Finalist - Concerto |