New recordings from
Angela Hewitt never fail to delight, and Hyperion's record of the month for April 2009 is a treat: ten years after her acclaimed original interpretation, Angela revisits
Bach's Well-tempered Clavier in a new recording made as the culmination of her extraordinary Bach World Tour.
Jirí Bárta and
Hamish Milne give magisterial performances of
Rubinstein Cello Sonatas, while
Howard Shelley, awarded the OBE in this year's Honours List, presents a third double album of
Clementi Piano Sonatas.
Stephen Rice and
The Brabant Ensemble have found treasures indeed in the
Chirk Castle Part-Books—the unique source for works by Mundy, Tallis and more; an altogether shadier side of life is to by found in
Lucie Skeaping's exploration of
The English Stage Jig with
The City Waites—cuckolds and thieves, ye be warned. A new coupling of
The King's Consort's seminal
Fireworks Music & Water Music recordings marks the anniversary of Handel's death (14 April 1759) and leads off this month's re-issues, completed by
Mozart Piano Concertos in their chamber versions and a double album of the pioneering
Locatelli's Opus 4.