11 March 2015

Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janáček: On the overgrown path I Book 1
Studio Master: CDA68030  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Shimmering colors, infinitely pliable phrases, apt character in the Schumann and shivering poignancy in the first book of Janacek’s miniatures’ (The New York Times)» More
9 March 2015

Chilcott: St John Passion
Studio Master: SIGCD412  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'I’m sure Bob Chilcott will have been thrilled to find the first recording of this score done with such evident commitment and skill from all concerned' (MusicWeb International)
8 March 2015
The Telegraph, Geoffrey Norris
Dohnányi: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 3
Studio Master: CDA68033  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘[Roscoe's] finesse of colouring as well as his strong rhythmic impulse and lyrical astuteness are qualities that fit the music ideally and allow it to bloom … [he] is an eloquently expressive advocate for an unduly neglected master of the keyboard’ (The Telegraph)» More

7 March 2015
El Nuevo Herald, USA, Jesús Vega
Liszt: Piano Sonata & other works
Studio Master: CDA68067  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'Una revelación que se expresa en este disco como un sentido palpable de maravilla, manifestado por la increíble facilitad técnica de Hewitt en el teclado' (El Nuevo Herald, USA)» More
6 March 2015

Liszt: The Complete Songs, Vol. 3 - Gerald Finley
Studio Master: CDA67956  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Each volume in Hyperion’s series of the complete Liszt songs has a different singer. This third volume deserves a special recommendation—first thanks to Gerald Finley, an inspiring champion of Liszt’s music, and secondly because this volume includes the exalted Three Petrarch Sonnets (in Liszt’s second version), where baritones usually fear to tread. Finley, accompanied by Julius Drake, is eloquent and impassioned in them. He also summons the gravity for 'Weimars Toten' and the majesty for 'Die Vätergruft', two lesser-known songs among a wide-ranging selection’ (Financial Times)

6 March 2015

Saint-Saëns: Chamber Music
Studio Master: CDA67431/2  2CDs Temporarily out of stock  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Try the kinky-Baroque first movement of the Oboe Sonata, jauntily phrased by Gareth Hulse, or the animato second of the Clarinet Sonata, garbed in rich Mozartian cloth by Richard Hosford. Or, particularly, the Bassoon Sonata, for its fresh and gentle wit and skirting of cliché: Ursula Leveaux does it proud, with especially luscious tone in the opening Allegretto … sheer delight’ (Gramophone)
5 March 2015

Pärt: Tintinnabuli
Studio Master: CDGIM049  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘A disc of quite exceptional, at times heart-stopping, beauty. While there may be other Pärt recordings in this, his 80th birthday year, it is difficult to imagine there being a finer one’ (International Record Review)» More
1 March 2015
Classica, France, Jacques Bonnaure
Bruch: Violin Concerto No 3 & Scottish Fantasy
Studio Master: CDA68050  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

«Jack Liebeck … est un interprète de grande qualité … soucieux de mettre en lumière les finesses de l'écriture de Bruch, dans un dialogue très subtil avec l'orchestre» (Classica, France)» More

1 March 2015

Debussy: Images & Préludes II
Studio Master: CDA67920  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Famed for tackling the most ridiculously difficult scores, Marc-André Hamelin here presents some of the most subtle … this is truly special Debussy playing’ (International Piano)» More

1 March 2015

Debussy: Images & Préludes II
Studio Master: CDA67920  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The first thing to say on listening to this record is how well [Marc-André Hamelin] conveys the impressionist feel of these works … they transport the listener to a warm and sunny France’ (MusicWeb International)» More
1 March 2015
Piano News, Germany, Carsten Dürer
Debussy: Images & Préludes II
Studio Master: CDA67920  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

„Marc-André Hamelin hat viele großartige Aufnahmen vorgelegt, oftmals waren sie wegweisend. Aber nun, mit dieser Debussy-Einspielung scheint er eine Art Bestimmung gefunden zu haben, eine Musik, die seinem Charakter, seinem Spielstil und seiner Lust an tiefempfundenem, farbenreichem Ausdruck vollauf entgegenkommt. Das alles klingt hier so einfach und natürlich, dass man kaum darüber nachdenken möchte, wie schwierig einige dieser Stücke in technischer Hinsicht zu verwirklichen sind“ (Piano News, Germany)» More
1 March 2015

Ešenvalds: Northern Lights & other choral works
Studio Master: CDA68083  Trinity College Cambridge Event  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The sonority is secure from top to bottom … and the recording has clarity, detail and presence … lovers of this corner of the choral repertoire will find here much to enjoy’ (Gramophone)
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