Browse: Gramophone Awards, 1996

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... — Classic CD More…

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... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

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... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

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... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Handel's Ariodante contains some achingly beautiful music. Here it is given the finest of performances. Lorraine Hunt as Ariodante is a compelling hero, tender in love and bitter in suspicion….... — Classic CD, April 1997 More…

This wears its 20 years well - clean, rather close stereo has two or three soloists distanced from yet integrated with the buoyant orchestral support. Packed with stylish detail and rich solo... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…