Hyperion
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The Songs of Robert Schumann - Volume 8
RecommendedMark Padmore (tenor), Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
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Building a Library, May 2006, Highly Recommended
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 16 - Huss and Schelling
Ian Hobson (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 6: Ysaye & Vieuxtemps
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Josep Caballé-Domenech
The elegance that Vieuxtemps displayed in his violin concertos is on show here, with graceful melodies, and some more showy passages. These are never gratuitous, however, and are expertly written... —
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Music for Remembrance
Roderick Williams (baritone), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Westminster Abbey Choir & Britten Sinfonia, James O’Donnell
This is an exquisite performance of the Durufle Requiem...The playing of the Britten Sinfonia is superb, Robert Quinney's fluid, immensely colourful organ-playing a joy to behold and Roderick... —
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Tiberghien’s quasi-improvisatory approach works marvellously with works which would otherwise risk sounding directionless and self-indulgent. His range is breathtaking, carefully terraced even... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, Instrumental Choice
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Haywood offers a living performance, coloured with the romantic aura that even clings to the preludes modelled after Baroque dance forms —
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Everything sounds as though it has been thought through extensively...The Takács's Brahms is like a superbly engineered road: we always know where we're going, and the views can be magnificent,... —
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
RecommendedEmma Kirkby, James Bowman & John Mark Ainsley
New College Choir & King's Consort, Robert King
With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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On the credit side, Kolesnikov’s idea of having the Yamaha CDX tuned ‘to maximise the extreme sensitivity of the keys, with closely positioned microphones’ works extremely well, and his control... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Every now and then, a CD is released that knocks one’s reviewing socks off with its combined originality of repertoire and quality of musical performance...the music dances, muses and mourns... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2010, Editor's Choice
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