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Robert Schumann: Piano Trios nos 1 & 2 / Rhodes Piano Trio

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 63; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in F major, Op. 80
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Ensemble: Rhodes Piano Trio

Though less known and performed than the trios of contemporaries Mendelssohn and Brahms, the piano trios of Robert Schumann are skillful, attractive, and sincere mature...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (08/02/2012-08/04/2012)....continue...

Songs of Love - Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Tosti, Donizetti et al. / Anna Leese, soprano; Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il fervido desiderio, for voice & piano; Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano; La farfalletta, song for voice & piano;...
Performers: Buttner, Thorsten; de Pledge, Stephen; Leese, Anna

Anna Leese and Stephen de Pledge perform Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Donizetti and Tosti. These elegant pieces for solo voice, some well known,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (11/27/2010-11/29/2010)....continue...

Tell Me the Truth About Love songs by Britten, Schumann, Boulanger, Chausson et al. / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Joseph Middleton, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: Tell me the Truth about Love, for voice & piano (Cabaret Songs); Early one morning, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5); Robert Schumann: Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & p...
Performers: Middleton, Joseph [Piano]; Roocroft, Amanda

Charting the course of a love affair - in song - through the eyes of a young woman who begins by asking the universal question,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex (08/19/2011-08/26/2011)....continue...

Chorales and Preludes, works for chorus or organ / Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-09-25

Works: David Bowerman: Improvisation on Little Cornard, for organ; Sicilian Mariners, for organ (after a traditional melody); Chorale Prélude on the Old 100th, for organ; London New, for organ (after a...
Performers: Earis, Andrew; Ford, Martin; Stout, David [Vocals]
Conductors: Earis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields

As an established and skilled voice for the organ, composer David Bowerman was a natural choice to team with the Dr. Andrew Earis of the...continue...
Recording information: St. Martin in the Fields, London, England....continue...

Pianist Alexandra Dariescu plays Schumann: "Abegg" variations; Liszt: Ballade no 2; Chopin: Ballade Op. 52 et al.

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Robert Schumann: Theme and Variations for Piano on the name ABEGG, Op. 1; Franz Liszt: Ballade for Piano no 2 in B minor, S 171; Isolde's "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan", S 447; Fréd&eacut...
Performers: Dariescu, Alexandra

Young Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu makes her Champs Hill debut in a brilliant recital of Schumann, Chopin, and Liszt works for solo piano. A former...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (09/05/2011-09/07/2011)....continue...

Dvorák: Piano Trios, Opp. 21, 26, 65 & 90 "Dumky" / Gould Piano Trio

2 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 21/B 51; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in F minor, Op. 65/B 130; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in G minor, Op. 26/B 56; T...
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Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio

The Gould Piano Trio present their second Champs Hill release, a boxed set of the complete piano trios by Antonín Dvorák. The release is timed...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (06/15/2011-06/17/2011)....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Beethoven, Brahms / Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Johannes Brahms: Rhapsodies (2) for piano, Op. 79
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen

New Zealand pianist Stephen De Pledge is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation. Stephen's solo performances have taken him throughout...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Sussex (12/11/2008-12/12/2008)....continue...

Works for Viola and Piano by Schumann, Britten, Shostakovich / Chorzelski, Apekisheva

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113; Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48; Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147
Performers: Apekisheva, Katya; Chorzelski, Krzysztof

Well known viola player Krzysztof Chorzelski of the Belcea Quartet performs works for viola and piano, and he enjoys the diverse career that has taken...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill (10/10/2010-10/12/2010)....continue...

Emanuel Ensemble Plays Piazzolla, Gaubert, Bizet, Borne

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Nikolai Kapustin: Trio, for ensemble, Op. 86; Philippe Gaubert: Pièce Romantique, for flute, cello & piano; Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; Fra...
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Ensemble: Emanuel Ensemble

Champs Hill Records presents the debut recording of the Emanuel Ensemble. A chamber group consisting of flute, cello & piano, this recording showcases the undoubted...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex (2010-08-17_2010-08-18&2011-)....continue...

O Duo / Music for Percussion Duo

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46; Stephen McNeff: Baristas, for percussion; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 1, BWV 825; Prelude and Fugue no 6...
Performers: Cox, Oliver [Percussion]; Gunnell, Owen

O Duo are Owen Gunnell and Oliver Cox, two percussionists who bring an eclectic and charistmatic approach to the music on this CD. Well-known pieces...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor; Rachmaninov: Trio elegiaque

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor "Trio élégiaque"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50
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Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio

Plum Pudding: Traditional carols for Christmas / Felicity Lott, soprano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling"); I Sing of a Maiden, carol (English); Esta noche nace un Niño (Spanish); The Holly and...
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Broadbent, Peter
Ensemble: Joyful Company of Singers

Dame Felicity Lott and the Joyful Company of Singers serve up rich Christmas fayre with 'Plum Pudding', well-spiced with favourite carols and readings by actor...continue...
Recording information: Champs Hill, West Sussex, England (11/30/2002)....continue...

Brahms: Piano Quintet; Intermezzi

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-10-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34; Intermezzi (3) for piano, Op. 117; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118
Performers: Howard, William
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Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London

Recording information: The Music Room, Champs, West Sussex, UK....continue...

In The Mists / Janácek, Liszt, Rachmaninov, et al.

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-10-26

Works: Leos Janácek: In the mists (V Mlhách), pieces (4) for piano, JW 8/22; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in A minor, D 784/Op. 143; Franz Liszt: Petrarca Sonnets (3) for Piano, S 158; Sergey ...
Performers: Gavric, Ivana

"Ivana Gavric has chosen to link this outstandingly recorded programme of Janácek, Schubert, Liszt and Rachmaninov through the title of Janácek's marvellous suite In the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK....continue...

Summertime

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-05-25

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano (Hermit Songs), Op. 29/8; Edward Elgar: Op. 16; Gabriel Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Three centuries of song are represented here, and, as BBC Music Magazine's Hilary Finch put it "such is the skill of Johnson's programming that the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)....continue...

Call Me Flott / Felicity Lott sings Barber, Berlin, Porter et al

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-04-27

Works: Geoffrey Bush: It Was a Lover and His Lass; Francis Poulenc: Fancy ("Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred"), song for voice & piano, FP 174; Benjamin Britten: Fancie; Mervyn Horder: Under the Greenwood Tree; ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

A brand new release from Dame Felicity Lott, with Graham Johnson at the piano. Described as "The Queen of English Classical", here Felicity Lott, known...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, England....continue...