Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
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Irene Scharrer (piano)» More |
Arthur de Greef (piano)» More |
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)» More |
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)» More |
Aimée-Marie Roger-Miclos (piano)» More |
Alfred Cortot (piano) October 2025 Release» More |
Vladimir de Pachmann (piano)» More |
Aleksander Michalowski (piano)» More |
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from notes by Jeffrey Kallberg © 2011
extrait des notes rédigées par Jeffrey Kallberg © 2011
Français: Hypérion
aus dem Begleittext von Jeffrey Kallberg © 2011
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
![]() Alfred Cortot stands as the greatest representative of 20th-century French pianism. This album focuses on the solo recordings he actually made in France, all recorded in Paris during World War 2, and originally only released locally. These wonderf ...» More |
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![]() As one of the great pianists of the 20th century, Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) needs no introduction. He recorded almost continuously from 1908 until his death, but this set, focusing on his earliest recordings, completes APR’s coverage (see also ...» More |
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![]() Belgian pianist Arthur de Greef studied with Franz Liszt and also became a close friend of Grieg, who strongly admired his playing. He was a mainstay of the HMV catalogue in the 1920s and this set brings together for the first time his complete re ...» More |
![]() Stephen Hough’s 2011 album of Chopin’s waltzes once more regains its ‘complete’ status with the inclusion of the ‘Valse’ found in a New York library in 2024. Yet further incentive to acquire some Chopin of ‘authority and panache … understanding an ...» More |
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![]() Stephen Hough has a unique affinity for the music of Chopin, whose music has always been a central part of his repertoire. Hough’s name has become synonymous with pianistic elegance, flawless technique and immense musicianship and he has become gl ...» More |
![]() Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. This monumental recording project—first instigated by t ...» More |
![]() ‘If [Irene Scharrer]'s remembered from her recordings it’s really only the one, and that was ironically the last she made, Litolff’s Scherzo from the ...» More |
![]() This set brings together some of the earliest and rarest piano recordings ever made, not just in France, but worldwide, and includes the complete solo recordings of all the pianists featured except Wurmser. The French office of the Gramophone Comp ...» More |