Hyperion
-
Debussy Songs Volume 4
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
with Jennifer France (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Lucy Wakeford (harp)
In many ways Crowe’s bright, pure tone suits the music well: she is extremely precise and can spin out the lightest of silken vocal lines without any extraneous fuss. Her delicacy is admirable,... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, March 2018, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
-
-
Hewitt’s spacious, uncluttered approach revels unashamedly in the pianism while still letting the original songs sing. The real treats are Hewitt’s own arrangements...In all, this beautifully... —
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
-
BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
-
-
Schubert: Schwanengesang & Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano)
Finley is never an artist, one feels, to let himself be rushed…and his new recording of Schwanengesang is well worth the wait…The Vier ernste Lieder are possibly even better: noble, refined,... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Solo Vocal
-
-
It’s fascinating to chart the evolution of Feinberg’s musical identity…Needless to say, the formidable technical demands of Feinberg’s piano writing hold no terrors for Marc-André Hamelin who... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Instrumental
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
-
-
New. Finzi: Requiem da camera & Other Choral Works
Thomas Simpson (organ), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass), Augustine Cox (organ), Hilary Cronin (soprano), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Florian Störtz, Steven Grahl
-
Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
An exemplary performance —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
-
-
Hough is the ideal guide. He wholly inhabits the music’s mystical atmosphere, its holy simplicity. Exquisite sensitivity is matched by a steely strength. Sounds coalesce and insist on their... —
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
-
-
Danny Driver, whose debut on Hyperion was an acclaimed recording of Bowen's Third and Fourth piano concertos, is the ideal advocate for this glorious music, playing with razor-sharp articulation... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Instrumental
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
-
-
The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance. —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
-
-
the music here is exceptionally varied, often florid and requiring no little agility. Its not insubstantial challenges are masterfully met by the admirable Brabant Ensemble. —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Early Music
-
