Hyperion
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Haydn: String Quartets Opp 54 & 55
Recommendedperformed from the 1789 London edition published by Longman and Broderip
The London Haydn Quartet
The London Haydn Quartet are perhaps at their best in the presto finales, where their unflagging energy is exhilarating. Their deeply-felt account of the Largo from the E major last quartet... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2017
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gut strings and paucity of vibrato notwithstanding, [the London Haydn Quartet] play with all the radiant resonance of timbre of their previous releases in this on-going Haydn series…there is... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Even the slightest, most trivial pieces are enhanced by Howard Shelley's brisk tempos, and he's served by an infallible technique, from virtuoso finger-dexterity to deeply expressive, spacious... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 10 - Weber
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
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The Piano Quartet… is unadulterated Beethoven - his own transcription of his Op. 16 Quintet for piano and winds, with the wind instruments replaced by a string trio. The result deserves to... —
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This second instalment of all Clementi’s 70-odd sonatas in chronological order is no less relevatory than the first … the sonatas combine the high spirits and dexterity of Scarlatti with the... —
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In contrast to the gladiatorial contest between famous soloists often encountered on other recordings, the performers in this long-established group place the greatest emphasis on achieving... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 71 - Czerny
Howard Shelley (piano/conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
in the later Piano Concerto in A Minor Czerny’s limpid writing emulates Chopin in its attractive, early romanticism — an unexpected delight… —
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Stephen Hough's splendid issue is in its way as revelatory as his Gramophone Award-winning recordings of the piano concertos. He revels in the element of display which Hummel, one of the leading... —
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Driver revels in Emanuel's idiosyncrasies, underlining the spontaneous and edgier qualities in the composer's Empfindsamer stil (sensitive style). —
