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Chopin: The Complete Waltzes / Stephen Hough, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-08-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante"; Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 34; Waltz for Piano in A flat major, B 131/Op. 42 "Grande Valse"; Waltzes ...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough has a unique affinity for the music of Chopin, whose music has always been a central part of his repertoire. His earlier Chopin...continue...
Recording information: The Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (10/17/2010-10/20/2010)....continue...

Casals Encores / Alban Gerhardt , cello, Cecile Licad, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-06-14

Works: David Popper: Chanson villageoise, Op. 62 no 2; Mazurka, for cello & piano, Op. 11 no 3; Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 54; Claude Debussy: Petite Suite; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn; Giovanni Sgambati:...
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Licad, Cecile

This sensational new release from cellist Alban Gerhardt recaptures the novelty of the much-loved encores performed by Pablo Casals. Casals, one of the world's greatest...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (06/25/2010-06/27/2010)....continue...

Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3; Nocturnes, et al. / Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27; Barcarolle for Piano in F ...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (03/15/2008-03/17/2008)....continue...

Rare Violin Transcriptions / Philippe Graffin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-09-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Caprice brilliant, for violin & piano; Fantaisie after Weber's Oberon, for violin & piano; L'air de la pendule, for violin & piano; Fantasie for Violin and Harp, Op. 124; Fr...
Performers: Beynon, Catherine; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Graffin, Philippe

'Graffin's tone throughout is sweet and seductive, his phrasing a thing of pure joy ... a wonderful disc. Buy it' (Gramophone)

'Graffin's performances are especially remarkable...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London....continue...

Bach: Keyboard Works / Hewitt

16 CD / Hyperion / 2010-09-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906; Two-Part Invention no 1 in C major, BWV 772; Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), for keyboard BWV 787-801 (BC L42-56); Chromatic Fan...
Performers: Hewitt, Angela

Angela Hewitt's acclaimed recordings of Bach on the piano have received the highest critical acclaim and found their way into thousands of homes, selling over...continue...

Chopin: Late Masterpieces

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-04-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Mazurka for piano no 40 in F minor, Op. 63/2, CT. 90; Mazurka for piano no 45 in A minor, Op. 67/4, CT. 95; Mazurka for...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Stephen Hough joins the celebrations for Chopin's 200th birthday with a disc containing much of the composer's most extraordinary music, written in the last years...continue...
Recording information: St. George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol (05/04/2009-05/06/2009)....continue...

Chopin: Mazurkas Vol. 1

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 6/1, CT. 51; Mazurka for piano no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 6/2, CT. 52; Mazurka for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 6/3, CT. 53; ...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson's complete Chopin project, originally recorded for...continue...
Recording information: Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State Univers (1998)....continue...

Chopin: Complete Waltzes

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante"; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Waltz for piano no 3 in F major, Op. 34/...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson's complete Chopin project, originally recorded for...continue...
Recording information: Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State Univers (1995)....continue...

Chopin: Complete Etudes

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25; Trois nouvelles études, for piano, KK IIb/3, CT. 38-40 (B. 130)
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson's complete Chopin project, originally recorded for...continue...
Recording information: Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State Univers (10/27/1996-10/31/1996)....continue...

Chopin: Preludes & Impromptus

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Prelude for piano no 26 in A flat major ("Presto con leggierezza"), KK IVb/7, CT. 191 (B. 86); Prelude for piano no 25 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson's complete Chopin project, originally recorded for...continue...
Recording information: Concordia College, Bronxville, New York; Performing Art....continue...

Chopin: Chamber Music

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65; Introduction and Polonaise for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 3; Grand Duo for Cello and Piano in E major, B 70 "R...
Performers: Brey, Carter; Josefowicz, Leila; Ohlsson, Garrick

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson's complete Chopin project, originally recorded for...continue...
Recording information: New York (07/25/2000-07/28/2000)....continue...

Chopin: Great Polonaises

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise for piano no 1 in C sharp minor, Op. 26/1, CT. 150; Polonaise for piano no 2 in E flat minor, Op. 26/2, CT. 151; Polonaise for piano no 3 in A major ("Military"),...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson's complete Chopin project, originally recorded for...continue...
Recording information: Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State Univers....continue...

Chopin: Mazurkas Vol. 2

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 145/Op. 50; Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 153/Op. 56; Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 157/Op. 59; Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 162/Op. 63; Mazurka for Pian...
Performers: Ohlsson, Garrick

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, Hyperion has excerpted some of the finest performances from Garrick Ohlsson's complete Chopin project, originally recorded for...continue...
Recording information: Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, State Univers (1998)....continue...

Stephen Hough in recital

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-03-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses (17) for Piano in D minor, Op. 54; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D f...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

The Stephen Hough discography is enhanced by this delightful recital disc from the winner of the Gramophone Gold Disc Award, acclaimed recently as, "Britain's finest...continue...

Chopin: Sonatas no 2 & 3, Two Nocturnes, Berceuse, Barcarolle / Marc-André Hamelin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-01-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27; Barcarolle for Piano in F ...
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]

Recent discs from Marc-André Hamelin have concentrated on music that is obscure, under-recorded or virtually unplayable. However in this latest recording he turns his attention...continue...

Chopin: The Complete Works / Garrick Ohlsson, et al

16 CD / Hyperion / 2008-11-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 4; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Preludes (24) for Piano, O...
Performers: Brey, Carter; Josefowicz, Leila; Mann, Elizabeth; Ohlsson, Garrick
Conductors: Kord, Kazimierz

Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson, has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive...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...

Chopin: Songs; Chopin/Viardot: Four Mazurkas / Kryger

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Polish Songs (17), Op. 74; Czary (Charms), song for voice & piano B 51; Dumka (Reverie), song for voice & piano, CT 147 (B. 132); Pauline Viardot: Plainte d'amour, arranged...
Performers: Kryger, Urszula; Spencer, Charles [Piano]

"The dark core of melancholy in Kryger's voice is fine-tuned to the Slavic melodic contours...her instinctive grasp of both musical and verbal inflection makes for...continue...

Demidenko plays Chopin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-07-12

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise for Piano in G minor, B 1; Bolero for Piano in C major/A major, B 81/Op. 19; Polonaise for Piano in G sharp minor, B 6; Allegro de concert in A major, B 72/Op. 46...
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai

"You will be hard pressed to find playing of such super-fine precision and sensitivity. This is undoubtedly one of the most crystalline and exclusive Chopin...continue...

The Stephen Hough Piano Collection

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Federico Mompou: Paisajes, for piano; Ben Weber: Fantasia (Variations), for piano, Op. 25; Deng Yu-Hsien: Pining for t...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Hough is supremely and charismatically on top of it all. He possesses a mesmerising range of colours, knoww how to be intellectual without being cerebral,...continue...

Chopin: 4 Ballades, Piano Sonata no 3 / Nicolai Demidenko

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-05-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Ballade for Piano no 2 in F major/a minor, B 102/Op. 38; Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Ballade for P...
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai

'Lovely playing which I enjoyed from first note to last for its poetry and passion as well as seemingly effortless keyboard fluency and command' (Gramophone)

'The...continue...

For Children - Bach, Daquin, Mozart, et al / Livia Rév

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Preludes for keyboard (Six Little Preludes), BWV 933/98; Prelude in G minor, BWV 930; Louis-Claude Daquin: Premier livre de pièces; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (...
Performers: Rev, Livia

Chopin: Four Scherzos, etc / Nikolai Demidenko

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-03-08

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Variations in E major on a German Air, B 14 "Der Schweizerbub"; Scherzo for Piano no 1 in B minor, B 65/Op. 20; Scherzo for Piano no 2 in B flat minor/D fl...
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai

"This very fine recital is in a class of its own." - CD Review...continue...

Chopin: Nocturnes / Angela Hewitt

2 CD / Hyperion / 2005-01-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 20 in C sharp minor, KK IVa/16, CT. 127 (B. 49); Nocturne for piano in C minor, KK IVb/8, CT. 128 (B. 108); Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9; N...
Performers: Hewitt, Angela

"Hewitt favors a noninterventionist approach. Everything is perfectly in place, embellishments beautifully executed, chording and dynamics given great care. It all seems like a controlled...continue...

Chopin: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2 / Demidenko, Schiff, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai; Schiff, Heinrich
Conductors: Schiff, Heinrich
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

'In a class of their own. This is great Chopin playing' (CDReview)

'Demidenko nos propone los dos conciertos ... en unas versiones de exquisito lirismo, de...continue...
Personnel: Nikolai Demidenko (piano).

Recording information: 04/28/1993/04/29/1993....continue...

Chopin: Ballades, Scherzos / Stephen Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-03-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Scherzo for Piano no 1 in B minor, B 65/Op. 20; Ballade for Piano no 2 in F major/a minor, B 102/Op. 38; Scherzo for Piano n...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

Here is some of the finest piano music to have come out of the nineteenth century. Chopin's 'Ballades and Scherzos' are individual creations of extraordinary...continue...

Chopin: Complete Nocturnes / Livía Rév

2 CD / Hyperion / 1998-05-01

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in E minor, KK IV/b; Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia/6; Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9; Nocturnes (3) for Piano, Op. 15; N...
Performers: Rev, Livia

'A very welcome reissue indeed. Eloquent, unfailingly beautiful in tone and blessedly free of mannerism, Livia Rev combines in almost perfect balance the simplicity of...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]

Liszt: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vol 10 / Leslie Howard

1 CD / Hyperion / 1991-06-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Hexaméron (Grande variations sur le march des I Puritains), collaborative work for piano (after Bell; Portrait en musique -- La marquise de Blocqueville, for piano, S. 190 (LW A241)...
Performers: Howard, Leslie

'Howard's steel-fingered pianistic athleticism is backed by strong musical intuition and there seems no limit to his technical prowess. The recorded sound is a banquet...continue...