Simon Callaghan
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William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
RecommendedSimon Callaghan (piano), Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano), Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates
Callaghan is the superb soloist in the Fourth and Sixth, in energising performances with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Martin Yates that feel tailored to the music's scale and sympathies. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd January 2026
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Philip Cannon; John Addison; Francis Chagrin: British Piano Concertos
RecommendedSimon Callaghan (piano), BBC NOW, William Boughton
Addison’s single-movement Conversation Piece returns us to the carefree and unpretentious mood with which we began. I love the way Callaghan and his colleagues capture the witty, knowing character... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Here we have coruscating performances by Simon Callaghan and the Sinfonieorchester St Gallen of three of Reinecke’s four piano concertos. Written respectively in 1860, 1872 and 1900, they reflect... —
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Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos
Simon Callaghan (piano), Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrėnas
Is the result structurally convincing? Not entirely. Does it entertain? Absolutely, especially when Callaghan and the orchestra join forces with such obvious enjoyment and glee. All in all,... —
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British Piano Concertos Vol. 2
Simon Callaghan, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Stephen Bell, George Vass
In every case, Simon Callaghan radiates delight in reviving these neglected items, and his pungent and precise fingering is matched by the spirited attack of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales... —
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George Dyson: The Open Window
Complete Music for Piano
Simon Callaghan (piano), Cliodna Shanahan (piano)
Dyson usually packs in plenty of substance, with tricky rhythms, surprising harmonies that belie his conservative image and considerable authentic charm...Callaghan, a devoted specialist in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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What is beyond doubt is that Nicodé wrote idiomatically, even brilliantly for the piano. Possibly the biggest takeaway of this release, however, is the superb artistry of Simon Callaghan…It... —
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William Sterndale Bennett: Complete Piano Concertos
Malcolm Binns (piano), Simon Callaghan (piano), Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Nicholas Braithwaite, Martin Yates
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Myaskovsky, Lyadov & Rimsky-Korsakov: Cello Works
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Simon Callaghan (piano), Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
Wallfisch and Simon Callaghan are in full sympathy both with one another and with the music, lavishing fullness of tone and subtlety of nuance on both sonatas, while Łukasz Borowicz and the... —
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British Piano Concertos
Addison, Benjamin, Maconchy, Searle, Rubbra
Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
