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Organ Fireworks XIV / Herrick

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Paul Spicer: Fanfares and Dances, for organ; César Franck: 3 Pièces; Iain Farrington: Animal Parade; Marcel Lanquetuit: Toccata for Organ; Alfred Hollins: Trium...
Performers: Herrick, Christopher [Organ]

This fourteenth volume of Christopher Herrick's monumental Organ Fireworks series comes from the organ of Melbourne Town Hall. As ever, Herrick presents a cornucopia of...continue...
Personnel: Christopher Herrick (organ).

Recording information: Melbourne Town Hall, Australia (07/07/2009-07/09/2009)....continue...

Fauré: String Quartet in E minor Op 121; Franck: String Quartet in D major M 9 / Dante Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-08-12

Works: César Franck: Quartet for Strings in D major, M. 9; Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 121

Often cast as total opposites, Gabriel Faure and Cesar Franck in fact had much in common. Both cultivated what the French call "interiorite" ("intimacy" or...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...

Rachmaninov, Franck: Cello Sonatas / Isserlis, Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-07-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Danse Hongroise, Op. 6, no 2 (original); Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; César Franck: Le sylphe, M 73; Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Panis angeli...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Hough, Stephen; Isserlis, Steven

These performances are distinguished by the inspired combination of the renowned energy and panache of Isserlis with the fastidious translucency of Hough's playing, in music...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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Franck: Piano Music / Stephen Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-03-01

Works: César Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Prélude, aria, et final, for piano, M. 23; Chorales (3); Danse lente, for piano, M. 22; Grand Caprice no 1, for piano, Op. 5, M. 13...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"...Hough himself has a dream-ticket combination of virtues - astonishing agility, a faultless ear for texture, fine-tuned stylistic sensibility and an exceptional understanding of harmonic...continue...

Panis Angelicus'. Favorite Motets. Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Pieces (3), Op. 23; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; César Franck:...
Performers: Simcock, Iain

'A beautiful disc of sacred motets from one of this country's finest choirs' (Classic FM Magazine)

'What can one say? A feast beyond all dreams....continue...