Hyperion
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Hamelin's original etudes...with their blend of tasteful lyricism and striking textures and harmonies, are as enjoyable as his homages...While brashly flaunting his influences (Gershwin, Poulenc,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Disc of the Month
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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The music of Federico Mompou may appear at first to consist of little more than charming, delicately scented but dilettantish salon near-improvisations with marked overtones of Erik Satie; but... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Instrumental
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Ravel: Piano Concertos & Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot
Full of colour, both Osborne’s poetry and his exceptional touch are to the fore, the sparkling cascades in the final movement being especially breathtaking…strong performances of a programme... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 22nd July 2017, Recording of the Week
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Britten: Complete Works for Piano & Orchestra
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
Steven Osborne and Ilan Volkov launch into the Piano Concerto's opening 'Toccata' at a headlong pace… For all the remarkable velocity, the playing has weight and incisiveness too, and Osborne's... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, March 2018, Recommended Recording
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Blumenfeld’s Étude pour la main gauche seule takes its influence from Godowsky’s compositions for left hand. Gugnin’s masterful fluidity in the scurrying passages is impressive; so is the judicious... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Mendelssohn, Grieg & Hough: Cello Sonatas
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello) & Stephen Hough (piano)
If any reminder were needed that Steven Isserlis is at the top of his game, this is it...Their opening Allegro agitato is a thrilling tour de force, Isserlis sinewy and febrile, Hough's sound... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Saint-Saëns's Études make ferociously virtuosic demands upon any pianist, but thankfully Piers Lane is more than up to the task, not least in the set of six studies for the left hand alone,... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 18 - Korngold & Marx
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Hamelin is an ideal soloist here, despatching Korngold's fiendishly demanding piano writing with effortless aplomb, and there is fine playing from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Osmo... — More…
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Howard's performances are quite marvellous: scrupulously prepared and enlightened by this performer's high degree of spontaneity. Hyperion's recording captures every nuance — More…
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A collection of miniature piano rarities and transcriptions put together to fascinating effect. — More…
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