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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from notes by Jim Samson © 2009
extrait des notes rédigées par Jim Samson © 2009
Français: Hypérion
aus dem Begleittext von Jim Samson © 2009
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
OLGA SAMAROFF & FRANK LA FORGE: The complete recordings |
Moriz Rosenthal - The complete recordings ‘Rosenthal had an inimitably seductive manner of playing … with Ward Marston’s superb restoration and remastering, APR’s exemplary annotation and ... ‘The artistry of Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946) arguably stands head and shoulders above all recorded Liszt pupils’ (Classics Today)» More |
Alexander Brailowsky - The 1938 London Recordings ‘This will be a revelation to those who remember Brailowsky from his post-war recordings … here preserved in excellent transfers, he shows himsel ...» More |
Chopin & Bach: Vitamin C A programme of Chopin and Bach—including a new transcription by Vikingur Ólafsson—representing music close to the soul of the performer.» More |
Chopin: Ballades & Sonata No 3 ‘Lovely playing which I enjoyed from first note to last for its poetry and passion as well as seemingly effortless keyboard fluency and command’ (Gram ... ‘The Scherzo is as light as gossamer and the finale has both a heroic sense of struggle and passages of the most delicate filigree. Demidenko keeps yo ...» More |
Chopin: Late Masterpieces Stephen Hough joins the celebrations for Chopin’s 200th birthday with a disc containing much of the composer’s most extraordinary music, written in the last years of his life where the possibilities of his art were constantly unfolding as he imbue ...» More |
Chopin: The Complete Works 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 |
Lev Oborin - Beethoven, Chopin & Liszt Classical Music» More |
Percy Grainger - The complete 78-rpm solo recordings ‘Here’s something a little bit special to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Percy Grainger … Grainger was a charismatic pianist and a ... ‘The best of Grainger’s shellac efforts retain their vividness and communicative immediacy. Even if Grainger had never met and befriended Grieg, his i ...» More |
Alfred Cortot – The Late Recordings, Vol. 4 - Schumann, Schubert, Chopin & Liszt 'Bryan Crimp has done Cortot proud, prompting one to wonder whether there was ever a pianist of greater human richness and coruscating vitality' (Gram ...» More |