Hyperion
-
Lane in wonderful debonair mode here, sparkling through a personal encore selection from Jamaican Rumba to a Toccata by his own father, and from Myra Hess to Dudley Moore. —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2013
-
-
These are two very enjoyable works. Hans Keller's description of the opening pages of the E flat Quartet as 'childish' is staggering – this from the leading campaigner against 'posthumous critical... —
Awards:
-
Penguin Guide, Rosette
-
-
Moulu's idiom is pleasingly inventive and immediately engaging. As to the performances, they work very nicely...the music itself so clearly deserves to be heard. —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
-
-
Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion
& other piano music
Cédric Tiberghien (piano), with François-Frédéric Guy (piano), Colin Currie (percussion), Sam Walton (percussion)
Tiberghien meets all the technical challenges in these pieces with seeming effortlessness. His touch is pellucid, and he knows ho to bring out the charm of Bartók’s arrangements; every grace... —
-
The Romantic Piano Concerto 45 - Ferdinand Hiller
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano/conductor)
This must rate as one of the more successful of Hyperion's prodigal disinterments of Romantic Piano Concertos. Howard Shelley's brilliant and stylish playing … gives full value to the lyrical... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
-
-
Victoria - Missa Gaudeamus
Recommendeda liturgical sequence, with organ works by Girolamo Frescobaldi
Thomas Wilson (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Lay Clerks, Matthew Martin
An elaborate musical mosaic, the appeal of which owes much to the atmospheric depths of the Westminster acoustic, beautifully captured on this recording —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 6th July 2009
-
-
-
The Classical Piano Concerto 1: Dussek
RecommendedHoward Shelley (piano & conductor)
Ulster Orchestra
bright, buoyant and restlessly busy —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 21st July 2014
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
-
-
Britten & Dowland - Lute Songs
RecommendedMark Padmore (tenor) & Elizabeth Kenny (lute), guitar solo by Craig Ogden
Padmore provides context by singing Dowland's original song before Craig Ogden steals in, alert to the Nocturnal's every nuance, and with a palette of colours both caressing and disquieting.... —
Awards:
-
Building a Library, January 2013, Top recommendation - Dowland Songs
-
-
It feels inadequate…just to describe this enchanting new collection from Gerald Finley and Julius Drake as the best modern recital devoted to the wonderfully varied world of Ravel's songs.... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
-
