Hyperion
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the playing is outstanding for its crystalline tone, springy rhythms, lively tempos and integral handling of ornamentation...Hamelin is often at his most brilliant where Haydn is at his most... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Instrumental
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
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Possessing an instinctive feel for impressionism, and for the ebb and flow of those rhythms with their little hesitations and sudden rushes forward, Cédric Tiberghien is ideally fitted for this... —
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This is an ingenious and moving collection of pieces framed as the interplay between light and dark, and moving across the spectrum of such experiences...The harmonic languages of these pieces... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Choral Choice
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Schumann: Chamber Music
Richard Watkins (horn) & Ian Brown (piano), Lawrence Power (viola) & Ian Brown (piano), Richard Hosford (clarinet) & Ian Brown (piano), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Gareth Hulse (oboe) & Ian Brown (piano), Marianne Thorsen (violin) & Ian Brown (piano)
The Nash Ensemble
how thoroughly each one of these performers warms to his or her allotted task (perhaps 'role' would be a better word), though it's violinist Marianne Thorsen and pianist Ian Brown in the Sonata... —
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Mozart: Horn Concertos & Horn Quintet
RecommendedPip Eastop (natural horn)
The Hanover Band, with the Eroica Quartet, Anthony Halstead
Even those who know these concertos quite well will find much to surprise here...Not least, where most players of the natural horn seek to minimise the difference in tone of those pitches that... —
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Building a Library, September 2017, Period Instrument Choice
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they do not disappoint in this beautifully recorded set, which couples raw intensity with subtle refinement...this release is highly recommended —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 78 - Clara Schumann
RecommendedPiano Concerto & works by Hiller, Herz & Kalkbrenner
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
[Schumann] Shelley and his well-drilled Tasmanians provide the best possible case, not least in the songlike Romanze, which contains a gorgeous passage for piano and solo cello. Shelley opens... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 68 - Moszkowski
Ludmil Angelov (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kiradjiev
Angelov dispatches the hugely taxing piano part with consummate virtuosity, and the orchestra respond with alert and strongly characterised playing under Vladimir Kirjadev…a very welcome addition... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Concerto Choice
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Hewitt…take full advantage of the piano's potential, including its middle (sostenuto) pedal; for that mighty tonic pedal below the final harmonies of Fugue in A minor. Her quiet sustained... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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