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The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 59: Zelenski: Concerto Op. 60; Zarzycki: Concerto Op. 17; Grande Polonaise / Jonathan Plowright, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-04-09

Works: Wladyslaw Zelenski: Concerto for Piano in E flat major, Op. 60; Aleksander Zarzycki: Piano Concerto, Op. 17; Grand Polonaise, for piano & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 7
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan
Conductors: Borowicz, Lukasz
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

This 59th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series features Jonathan Plowright, whose brilliant and utterly idiomatic performances of Romantic Polish piano music have confirmed...continue...

Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata; Cello Suites nos 1-3 / Alban Gerhardt, cello; Steven Osborne, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Suite for solo cello no 3, Op....
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Britten's long friendship with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most inspiring and fruitful musical collaborations in history. It led directly to the composition...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (2011-12-19&2011-12-22&2011-); Henry ...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 / Runnicles, BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-12-11

Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion is delighted to present Donald Runnicles, chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, in his début on the label. Runnicles commands his orchestra...continue...

Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Christopher Adey, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Shura Cherkassky, piano

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura
Conductors: Adey, Christopher; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Shura Cherkassky enjoyed a long career of over 70 years, rising to the forefront of internationally acclaimed concert pianists. His phenomenal virtuosity, color, range, and...continue...
Recording information: Royal Albert Hall, London (08/30/1983); Studio 1, Broadcasting House, Glasgow, Scotland (08/30/1983); Royal Albert Hall, London (12/03/1981); Studio 1, Broadcasting House, Glasg...continue...

The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 13 - Schumann: Violin Concertos in D minor & A minor / Anthony Marwood (violin)

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129; Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra in C major, Op. 131
Performers: Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Boyd, Douglas
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion presents the thirteenth volume in their ongoing Romantic Violin Concerto series. Although more often featuring virtuoso showpieces by the composer/violinists of the nineteenth century,...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (11/10/2011-11/11/2011)....continue...

Chabrier: Briseis / Joan Rodgers, Kathryn Harries, Mark Padmore, Simon Keenlyside, Michael George

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Conductors: Ossonce, Jean-Yves
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Scottish Opera Chorus

Chabrier's extraordinary, if incomplete, opera Briséïs is surely a precursor to Salome and approaches even that most lurid work in the gloriously opulent sensuality of...continue...

Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness; Schlomo; From Jewish Life; Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Natalie Clein, cello; BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-08-14

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; From Jewish Life; Voice in the Wilderness, symphonic poem for cello & orchestra (or piano); Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Clein, Natalie
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion presents a dazzling orchestral disc of music from the Jewish tradition of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Bruch's Kol Nidrei is one of the...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (09/07/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...