LUIGI BOCCHERINII
Cello Concertos Tim Hugh (cello) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Anthony Halstead (conductor) [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Tim Hugh approaches the music with lightness of touch and exemplary technique. There are cadenza-like flourishes above written accompaniments: notably in 4(i), which require, and get, extremely precise ensemble. The cellist brings unshowy virtuosity... |
Tim Hugh & English Northern Po
Bliss:cello Concerto/Music [ Naxos / CD ] |
Tim Hugh/Bournemth Sinf/Studt
C.P.E.Bach:cello Concertos [ Naxos / CD ] |
Tschopp/Hugh/Bilkent So
Saygun: Cello/Viola Concertos [ Cpo / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 / Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Rebecca Hirsch (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Not only does Rebecca Hirsch (for the most part) make light of the solo part's fiendish technical difficulties, her playing evinces a beguiling lyrical beauty that's breathtaking. By the side of both Ida Haendel and Lorraine McAslan, she perhaps... |
Various / Hugh Masekela presents
The Chisa Years: 1965-1975 [ Barely Breaking Even / CD - released 9/May/2006 ] This recording brings together a series of South African artists, mostly accompanied by Masekela, with accompaniment from exiled township musicians and intriguingly the Crusaders. |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Hamlet (BBC Third Programme Live Broadcast, 1948) (Abridged) Sir John Gielgud, Andrew Cruickshank, Hugh Griffith, Marian Spencer & cast [ Naxos Audiobooks / 3 CD - released 31/Jul/2006 ] This outstanding historical recording made in 1941 for radio is widely regarded as one of the finest Hamlet performances ever, and one of John Gielgud's greatest moments. Though he went on to record it for commercial release, nothing matched this... |