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The music is full of virtuosity which Marc-André Hamelin handles effortlessly. He also turns in some tight jazz timing - sometimes it's surprising to learn that he isn't improvising, but then... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 10 - Weber
Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
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…in vivacious movements… the sheer verve of the playing is irresistible. The dancelike sections of the Third Sonata's finale make a similar impression and its 'big' tune is wonderfully well... —
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Fauré - The Complete Songs - 4
Dans un parfum de roses
Jennifer Smith, Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
…the final volume and jewel in the crown of Hyperion's completely Fauré songs. …all the singers involved in this glorious project, while not always in their first radiance and purity of voice,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 23 - Holbrooke and Wood
Hamish Milne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Holbrooke's ambitious First Piano Concerto is by some margin the most impressive orchestral piece of his to appear on disc. Dubbed a symphonic poem by its creator, it follows the narra- tive... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 19 - Tovey & Mackenzie
Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
From the horns' call to arms at the outset of the piece to the irrepressible merrymaking of the closing pages, Edinburgh-born Sir Alexander Mackenzie's Scottish Concerto (1897) spells firm enjoyment,... —
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For all the temptation to compare Clementi with his more familiar contemporaries, a clear and distinctive voice appears through this complete sonatas. Shelley's technical security allows him... —
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…the Concerto funebre for violin and strings has established itself as Karl Amadeus Hartmann's most familiar work…the way in which the Britten Sinfonia support and enfold their young soloist's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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The really exciting performance here is Steven Isserlis's transcription of Schumann's valedictory Third Sonata: it's as if he's been preparing all his life to launch into its dark storm. This... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Editor's Choice
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