More By Artist: Hugh O'Conner
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 7 / Triple Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Lars Vogt (piano) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor) [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Haitink demands attention from an orchestra, in his telling pauses as much as in the playing itself and the results were revelatory … To experience Haitink conducting is to witness a master at work" Daily Telegraph (UK), 19 November 2005 |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 2 / Double Concerto Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) London Symphony Orchestra / Bernard Haitink [ LSO Live / CD - released 15/Jan/2004 ] "Haitink revisits Brahms in these imposing and beautifully shaded new accounts" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
LUCRETIUS
On the Nature of Things (Unabridged) Hugh Ross (narrator) [ Naxos Audiobooks / 7 CD Box Set - released 2/Mar/2011 ] On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery, intimate natural observation and touching pathos. It is one of the most influential writings in Western thought. |
PROKOFIEV / HAYDN / BIZET
First Symphonies Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff [ Warner Classics Maestro / CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] |
LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Hofmann: Cello Concertos Tim Hugh (cello/conductor) / Northern Sinfonia [ Naxos 18th Century Concerto / CD ] "This is slick, agile playing that time and again leaves one marvelling at the daring prodigality of Hofmann's solutions to bravura cello-writing… Highly recommended - I look forward to hearing more Hofmann from Hugh" Fanfare |
BURTON / COPLAND / PISTON / LIEBERMANN / HIGDON / RUBINSTEIN
American Flute Music Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Hugh Sung (piano). [ Avie / CD ] Jeffrey Khaner is one of today's most notable orchestral musicians. Principal flautist of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1990, he has won numerous accolades for his silvery tone, soaring phrases, remarkable breath control and nimble virtuosity.... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Live 1978 Jessye Norman (soprano), Hugh Maguire (violin), Alfred Brendel (piano) / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner [ Decca Australia Eloquence / 2 CD - released 23/Oct/2019 ] Recorded on January 27, 1978 (the 222nd anniversary of Mozart's birth) at the Palais de la Musique et des Congrès in Strasbourg during a gala concert in aid of the Musicians' International Mutual Aid Fund (UNESCO) |
GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Deutsches Requiem [German Requiem] (1871 London version) (Sung in English) Michelle Areyzaga (soprano) Russell Hugh (baritone) Madeline Slettedahl (piano) Terry Craig (piano) / Bella Voce, Andrew Lewis [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] "The recording, made in St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL, is superb, with an acoustic that combines marvelous definition, rich and beautiful reproduction of both voices and pianos" Fanfare |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / C.P.E. BACH
Vivaldi / Tartini / CPE Bach: Baroque Cello Concertos Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, with Layton James (harpsichord continuo) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2016 ] While J.S. Bach's Suites for solo cello are, by definition, closely identified with Mstislav Rostropovich as the supreme cellist of his time, the B flat concerto of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach represents a more unusual departure. It is programmed here... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (the complete opera, recorded in 2005) Netherlands Opera / Hasmik Papian / Hugh Smith / Irini Tsirakidis / Julian Reynolds (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / 2 DVD - released 7/Nov/2006 ] G :- "Conductor Julian Reynolds extensively studied Bellini's score in manuscript and introduces lots of surprising details." -De Telegraaf |
BELLINI
Norma (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Netherlands Opera / Hugh Smith / Giorgio Giuseppini / Hasmik Papian / Julian Reynolds(cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "Irini Tsirakidis, a Greek soprano with a lowish mezzo extension to her voice, takes on the role of Adagisa in more than competent fashion." (MusicWeb July 2007) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 / Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) Hugh Davies (trumpet) / Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis [ Signum / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Unbridled talent on display here… his control of rhythm and dynamics exemplary...Both concertos receive very proficient and idiomatic performances." MusicWeb |
GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
SHAKESPEARE
Othello (recorded live in June, 2015) Royal Shakespeare Company / Hugh Quarshie, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Vanderham & Jacob Fortune-Lloyd / Iqbal Khan (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice against its enemies. Lucian Msamati makes theatrical history in being the first black actor ever to play Iago at the RSC. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakeseare: Three Tragedies: Hamlet / King Lear / Othello (recorded live in 2015 - 2016) BLU-RAY Royal Shakespeare Company / Paapa Essiedu, Natalie Simpson, Antony Sher, Kelly Williams, Hugh Quarshie, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Vanderham, etc [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Box Set - released 28/Nov/2016 ] Three of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies are presented here as a 3 disc set. |
SPOHR
Music for Violin and Harp Vol.1 Sophie Langdon (violin) Hugh Webb (harp) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2001 ] "An expertly recorded CD" Gramophone Magazine November 2001 |
LOUIS SPOHR
Complete Music for Violin and Harp Volume 2 Sophie Langdon (violin), Hugh Webb (harp), Susan Dorey (cello), Roger Montgomery (horn), Alison Smart (soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Apr/2010 ] Louis Spohr won an enormous reputation during the nineteenth century as a composer, violin virtuoso, conductor and teacher. He was also known for his upright, noble character and as a man of convinced liberal and democratic beliefs who was not afraid... |
BLOCH / BRIDGE / HOUGH
In The Shadow of War Steven Isserlis (cello) / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hugh Wolff / Tapiola Sinfonietta, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "this profoundly engaging reading [of the Bridge] sets a new standard. [in Schelomo] nothing is forced or overdone, no rhetoric or posturing gets in the way of the work's own soulful expression." (5 Stars BBC Music) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Chamber Works Tasmin Little (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Piers Lane (piano) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] "[Little focuses] on the work's outspoken brilliance, with Lane always as a highly reactive partner" (Gramophone) |
