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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...

M. Ravel: Complete Music for Violin and Piano - Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Tzigane; Berceuse dur le nom de Gabriel Faur / Alina Ibragimova, violin / Cedric Tiberghien, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-09-13

Works: Guillaume Lekeu: Sonata for violin & piano in G major; Maurice Ravel: Sonata Posthume for Violin and Piano; Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Tzigane; Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré
Performers: Ibragimova, Alina; Tiberghien, Cedric

Maurice Ravel's works for violin and piano have established a central place in the core recital repertoire. These diverse works acknowledge the influences of a...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/26/2010-11/28/2010)....continue...

Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music / Steven Osborne, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2011-03-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit; Sonatine for Piano; Miroirs; La valse; Le tombeau de Couperin; Menuet, for piano in C sharp minor; Menuet antique; Sérénade grotesque; Jeux d'eau; Pr&...
Performers: Osborne, Steven

New releases by Hyperion’s star pianist Steven Osborne have become eagerly-awaited recording events. This most delicate and subtle of musicians displays a pyrotechnical deployment of...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (07/12/2010-07/14/2010); Henry Wood Hall, London (09/12/2010-09/14/2010)....continue...

Debussy, Fauré, Ravel: Piano Trios

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Trio for Piano and Strings in D minor, Op. 120; Claude Debussy: Piano Trio, L. 3; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florestan Trio

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 (03/10/1999-03/12/1999)....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...

Debussy, Ravel: String Quartets

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-01-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Quartet for Strings in F major
Performers: Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Osostowicz, Krysia

The Dante Quartet continue their award-winning exploration of the French string quartet with this disc which includes two of the greatest works of this genre....continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (03/01/2009-03/03/2009)....continue...

Ravel: Songs / Finley, Drake

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-06-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Histoires naturelles; Ronsard à son âme; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Un grand sommeil noir; Les grands vents venus d'outre-mer; Sur l'herbe; Chants populaires;...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]

"As we have heard in previous recordings, Finley's voice is pure pleasure--73 minutes goes by easily and effortlessly, and whether it's French or German or...continue...

Roth: Romantic Residues, etc; Britten, Skempton, etc / Gilchrist, Nicholls, Martin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-08-12

Works: Alec Roth: From California, for voice, flute & harp; Romantic Residues, for voice & harp; Benjamin Britten: Folksongs (7), Volume 1; Folksongs (7), Volume 3; Welsh Traditional: Bugeilio'r gwenith gwy...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Mart?n, Jaime; Nicholls, Alison

James Gilchrist is now considered "unsurpassed among lyric tenors in sweetness and technical security, and for his musical intelligence" (The Independent, UK). For his first...continue...

Stephen Hough's Spanish Album

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-01-09

Works: Antonio Soler: Sonata for Keyboard no 90 in F sharp major; Enriqué Granados: Valses (7) poeticos; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Work(s); Federico Mompou: Impres...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Each composer's style suits Hough, whose breathtakingly agile technique, ravishing tone, and gift for characterization will massage your ears and melt your senses... his sultry,...continue...

The Playful Pachyderm / Corp, Perkins, New London Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-12-14

Works: Johann Wilhelm Ganglberger: Mein Teddybär, polka for bassoon & orchestra; Edward Elgar: Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), Op. 62; Jean Baptiste Senaillé: Alleg...
Performers: Perkins, Laurence; Suart, Richard
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]

'Perkins is a compelling advocate of the instrument, not only in his painstaking work as orchestrator and arranger, and his enthusiastic and well-researched booklet notes,...continue...

Of Ladies and Love... / Michael Schade, Malcolm Martineau

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Songs (3) (Goethe) for voice & piano, Op. 83; Der Kuss (The Kiss), arietta for voice & piano, Op. 128; Franz Schubert: Erinnerung, D 101; Laura am Klavier...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm; Schade, Michael

"Beethoven's 'Adelaide' reveals at once Schade's sweet, fragrant head voice, to which Malcolm Martineau's pearly piano-playing is so minutely attuned... [With] Schubert's 'Elisa'...he makes a...continue...

Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music / Angela Hewitt

2 CD / Hyperion / 2002-05-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Menuet antique; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Sonatine for Piano; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin; Sérénade grotesque; Jeux d'eau; Gaspar...
Performers: Hewitt, Angela

Following great acclaim for her recordings of the music of J.S. Bach, Angela Hewitt presents this album of the complete piano music of Maurice Ravel....continue...

Debussy, Fauré, Ravel: Piano Trios / Florestan Trio

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-12-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Trio for Piano and Strings in D minor, Op. 120; Claude Debussy: Piano Trio, L. 3; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor
Performers: Lester, Richard [Cello]; Marwood, Anthony; Tomes, Susan [Piano]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florestan Trio

A delightful grouping of French trios from the Gramophone Award-winning Florestans, who breathe fresh life into these works Top of my list. - Gramophone...continue...