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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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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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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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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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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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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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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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Handel: Ariodante
RecommendedLorraine Hunt Lieberson (Ariodante), Juliana Gondek (Ginevra), Jennifer Lane (Polinesso), Jörn Lindemann (Odoardo), Lisa Saffer (Dalinda), Nicolas Cavallier (Il Re di Scozia), Rufus Müller (Lurcanio)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Nicholas McGegan
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….... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Early Opera
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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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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... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1996, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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