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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Garrick Ohlsson (piano)» More |
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Alfred Cortot (piano)» More |
Harold Bauer (piano)» More |
Moriz Rosenthal (piano)» More |
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Eileen Joyce (piano)» More |
Vassily Sapellnikoff (piano)» More |
Alexander Brailowsky (piano)» More |
Solomon (piano)» More |
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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 |
Alfred Cortot – The Late Recordings, Vol. 3 - Chopin & Mendelssohn |
Chopin: Demidenko plays Chopin ‘You will be hard pressed to find playing of such super-fine precision and sensitivity. This is undoubtedly one of the most crystalline and exclusive ... ‘Demidenko's free-flowing virtuosity in such comparitive rarities as the Allegro de concert and Tarantella carries all before it, perfectly off ...» 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: Piano Sonatas Nos 2 & 3 In this latest recording the great Marc-André Hamelin turns his attention to two mainstays of the Romantic repertoire: Chopin’s Piano Sonatas Nos 2 and 3. The results are simply staggering: playing of matchless brilliance and consummate artistry, ...» More |
Chopin: Préludes Pianist Emmanuel Despax performs Chopin’s timeless collection of 24 Préludes alongside the Berceuse and Barcarolle.» More |
Chopin: Preludes, Fantaisie & Berceuse |
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 |
Eileen Joyce - The complete Parlophone & Columbia solo recordings ‘Listening to Joyce is strangely addictive. One cannot wait, as it were, to read the next chapter. She shares with Kreisler and Tauber the same unteac ... ‘The quality that comes across in these performances is the sheer joy of playing. Joyce possessed a formidable technique and an interpretative mind th ...» More |
Harold Bauer - The complete recordings Gramophone» More |
Solomon - The first HMV recordings |
The Piano G & Ts, Vol. 2 - Alfred Grünfeld, Raoul Pugno & Natalia Janotha |
Vassily Sapellnikoff & Xaver Scharwenka - The complete recordings Vassily Sapellnikoff (1868–1941) and Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924) were among the earliest generation of pianists to record, and on this ground alone it is surprising that their complete recordings have never before been transferred for modern list ...» More |