Nicodé: Ein Liebesleben & other piano works

Felix Draeseke’s description of Nicodé as ‘more a moderate progressive than a cacophonist’—in contrast to his younger contemporary Richard Strauss—may have been intended as a compliment, but doesn’t begin to do justice to this profoundly enjoyable music, its several influences (most notably Schumann) never far away.

CDA68269 81 minutes 17 seconds

‘Possibly the biggest takeaway of this release, however, is the superb artistry of Simon Callaghan. Already represented by two discs in Hyperion’s Romantic Piano Concerto series, it is a pleasure to e ...
‘Callaghan’s adroitly played disc’ (The Guardian)
‘Simon Callaghan is a practised hand and mind in presenting with deep-rooted conviction such little known music … the engineering and production values by Ben Connellan and Jeremy Hayes present t ...