Gramophone Awards, 1996
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Every so often a major pianist reclaims Scarlatti for the piano with an outstanding recording. As Ralph Kirkpatrick put it, Scarlatti's harpsichord, while supremely itself, is continually menacing... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Instrumental
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 11 - Scharwenka & Sauer
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster
A glitteringly worthy addition to the Hyperion series ... Stephen Hough exhibits dazzling flair in showpiece concertos by Sauer and Scharwenka – and plenty of stamina ... Hough plays throughout... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Concerto
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Special offer. Schmidt, F: Symphony No. 4 in C major, etc.
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Orchestral
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The Mosaïques, at a rather slower tempo than usual, find in the themeand- variation finale of the G major Quartet, No 5, an unsuspected reflective tenderness.
The theme itself is played with... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Chamber
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Special offer. Birtwistle: Gawain
RecommendedMarie Angel (Morgan le Fay), Anne Howells (Lady de Hautdesert), Francois Le Roux (Gawain), John Tomlinson (The Green Knight/Bertilak de Hautdesert), Penelope Walmsley-Clark (Guinevere), Richard Greager (Arthur), Omar Ebrahim (The Fool), Alan Ewing (Agravain), John Marsden (Ywain), Kevin Smith (Bishop...
Tomlinson pulls off the feat magnificently. There's a deep, grainy quality to his voice that catches the sorrow and cynicism of the Green Knight perfectly...Another strength of this recording... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Contemporary
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Here's a very attractively prepared menu whose main course is the Stabatmater for countertenor and strings.
Hors-d'oeuvres and side-dishes consist of a ripieno concerto (RV114), a chamber cantata... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano) & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (reader)
Bostridge’s peculiarly beseeching voice enshrines the vulnerability, tender feeling and obsessive love of the youthful miller … a soulsearching interpretation — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Solo vocal
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Every so often a CD appears which, by means of some interpretative insight, changes our view of a piece of music. This disc changes our whole perspective in a wholly different sense, for it... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Engineering
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Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
RecommendedSerge Leiferkus, Galina Gorchakova, Evgenia Perlasova-Verkovich, Mikhail Kit, Larissa Dyadkova, Evgeni Boitsov, Vladimir Gauzin, Yuri Laptev, Valery Lebed
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Opera
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