Since you are interested in Songs and Duets Vol 4, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MENDELSSOHN / BEETHOVEN / WEBER / CHOPIN / LISZT / etc
Stephen Hough in recital Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH - GRAMOPHONE MAY 2009 SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Concerto in E major for two pianos / Concerto in A flat major for two pianos Stephen Coombs, Ian Munroe (pianos) / BBC Scotish Symphony / Jerzy Maksymiuk [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 3 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Coombs and Munro prove ideal advocates, playing with delectable point and imagination' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
MENDELSSOHN
Songs and Duets Vol 3 Sophie Daneman (soprano) Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) Mark Padmore (tenor) Stephan Loges (baritone) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] The Mendelssohn songs without words may indeed outshine the Lieder in our contemporary consciousness, but here we find domestic bliss in pure musical form. |
MENDELSSOHN
Songs and Duets-Vol 2 Sophie Daneman (soprano) Stephan Loges (baritone) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'The most attractive programming of the Mendelssohn duets yet devised' |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 & No 2 / Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22; Rondo Brillant in E flat major Op 29 ; etc (The Romantic Piano Concerto Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony / Lawrence Foster [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'The soft, stylish arpeggios that open the first work on the disc announce immediately that something special is on the way. Hough is now clearly first recommendation in the concertos'... |
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Lieder (Songs) Susan Gritton (Soprano), Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] '[Fanny Mendelssohn's] reputation deserves the kind of boost this excellent disc offers. Both Eugene Asti and Susan Gritton get to the heart of these pieces.' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Panis angelicus - Sacred Music from Westminster Cathedral Westminster Cathedral Choir, Iain Simcock (organ) James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'A beautiful disc of sacred motets from one of this country's finest choirs' (Classic FM Magazine) |