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Stephen Hough's French Album - works by Alkan, Chabrier, Debussy, Delibes, Faure et al. / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne for piano no 6 in D flat major, Op. 63; Improvisation...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough presents an enchanting program of French music, played with the filigree perfection and total command of the music's expressive world that make him...continue...

Alkan, Chopin: Cello Sonatas / Alban Gerhardt, Steven Osborne

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-10-14

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Sonata de concert for Cello and Piano, Op. 47; Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Osborne, Steven

This recording of two great Romantic cello sonatas features cellist Alban Gerhardt and pianist Steven Osborne, both musicians of dazzling technical and interpretative abilities. Gerhardt...continue...

Alkan: Concerto for solo piano, etc / Marc-André Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-09-11

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto, for solo piano in G sharp minor (Études dans tous les tons mineurs Nos. 8-10), Op. 39/8-10; Recueil de Chants Book 3 (6), for piano, Op. 65
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

"[Hamelin's] early 1990s recording [of Alkan's Concerto for Solo Piano] for Music and Arts set reference standards for technical finesse, sustaining power, and stylish elegance....continue...

Alkan: Esquissess / Steven Osborne

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-05-01

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Esquisses (48) for Piano, Op. 63
Performers: Osborne, Steven

"While Alkan's sketchbook may not encompass the full flights of bravura evidenced in his larger pianistic ventures, it displays some of his most startling explorations...continue...

Alkan: Symphony for Solo Piano, etc / Marc-André Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-07-01

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Symphonie, for solo piano in C minor, Op. 39/4-7; Salut, cendre du pauvre!, paraphrase for piano in B flat major, Op. 45; Alleluia, for piano in F major, Op. 25; Super flumina...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

"Alkan's 'Symphony' for solo piano is far more difficult to bring off than Marc-Andre Hamelin makes it sound... He steamrollers through the scherzo, which is...continue...

Organ Dreams Vol 1 / Christopher Herrick

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-08-01

Works: Julius Benedict: March of the Templars, for organ; Henry Walford Davies: Solemn Melody for organ; William Spark: Jerusalem the Golden; Antoine Edouard Batiste: Offertoire for organ in G major; Willia...
Performers: Herrick, Christopher [Organ]

'Brilliantly played by this much-feted player' (Choir & Organ)

'Bask in the warm glow that permeates this recital, recorded in a perfect setting' (Classic CD)

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Alkan: Les Quatre Ages, Festin d'Ésope, etc / Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-08-01

Works: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages", for piano in D major, Op. 33; Sonatine, for piano in A minor, Op. 61; Barcarolle; Le festin d'Esope, variations for piano in E minor (Étu...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

"...This is one of the best releases of anything to have been made, a classic of the recorded era as soon as it appears. It's...continue...

Marc-André Hamelin live at Wigmore Hall - Alkan, Busoni, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Charles-Valentin Alkan: Grandes études pour les deux...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

Henselt, Alkan: Piano Concertos / Hamelin, Brabbins

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-05-01

Works: Adolf Henselt: Concerto for piano & orchestra in F, Op 16; Variations de Concert, for piano & orchestra on "Quand je quittai la Normandie" from Meyerbeer's Rob; Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto da ca...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

'The phenomenal playing and superb musicianship of Marc-André Hamelin whose account of the staggeringly difficult Henselt Concerto is quite breathtaking. A thoroughly enjoyable disc well...continue...