1 January 1900
The Organ
Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 2 - Faust
CDA67195  Download only 

‘This second release in the series continues as excellently as the first began. Such performances as these will not fail to win over new followers to the world of contemporary organ music. Followers of Eben’s music need look no further than this stunning disc. Highly recommended’ (The Organ)
1 January 1900

Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 3
CDA67196 

‘A delightful programme of short pieces continues this series devoted to the organ music of a contemporary Czech composer. He could hardly wish for a more sympathetic or more virtuoso interpreter, and the recording renders the splendour of both instruments very vividly’ (Gramophone)
1 January 1900
Fanfare, USA
Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 3
CDA67196 

‘This CD continues the barnstorming success of the previous two … Eben's organ music is a major discovery, full of variety and invention. Heartily recommended’ (Fanfare, USA)
1 January 1900
Fanfare, USA
Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 4
CDA67197 

‘Recommended for all organists and afficionados’ (Fanfare, USA)
1 January 1900

Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 4
CDA67197 

‘Eben's music is uniformly well constructed and reveals the composer's fecund creativity … the performances here are exemplary. The Norwegian organist Halgeir Schiager is an extremely adept advocate of this repertoire. His playing is precise, colourful, rhythmically alert and sensitive to the structure of the music; above all it is highly virtuosic in its crisp attention to detail … in short, this disc offers a generous tribute to Petr Eben, and will be a 'must' for devotees of his music’ (International Record Review)
1 January 1900
Fanfare, USA
Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 5
CDA67198 

‘Halgeir Schaiger's performances on the fine organ of Hedvig Eleonora Kyrkan, Stockholm (Grölunds Orgelbyggeri, Gammelstad, 1975-76), are probing and, where need be, electrifying. He is at all moments at the service of a quite extraordinary composer. Percussionist Eirik Raude and trumpeter Jan Fredrik Christiansen are splendid, and Schiager is at the top of his estimable game. I await the next volume’ (Fanfare, USA)
1 January 1900

Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 5
CDA67198 

‘Schiager has certainly proved his credentials as an advocate of Eben's music … his impeccable articulation, deft handling of the splendid three manual, 58-stop Grölunds organ of Stockholm's Hedvig Eleonora Church and complete grasp of each score, establish this entire series as a matchless point of reference to Eben's organ music’ (International Record Review)
1 January 1900

Eben: Organ Music, Vol. 5
CDA67198 

‘Hyperion captures the organ of Stockholm's Hedvig Eleonora Church superbly—an object lesson in harnessing clarity and spaciousness in that trickiest of acoustics, the church. Eben is now in his 76th year, and though it's possible his intégrale may yet be incremented, these five volumes of organ music document a highly original voice of our times. In short, they demand to be heard’ (BBC Music Magazine)
1 January 1900

Echoes of a Waterfall
CDH55128  Download only 

‘One is left marvelling at the range of effects obtainable and Susan Drake's expressiveness and fluency’ (Gramophone)
1 January 1900

Echoes of Nightingales
CDA67813 

‘Unlike many dramatic sopranos, Brewer here demonstrates a clarity of enunciation and a variety of tone that suits this lighter material … extracts from musicals by Romberg and Bernstein are frankly yet enjoyably sentimental. Irresistible’ (BBC Music Magazine)
1 January 1900

Echoes of Nightingales
CDA67813 

‘Vignoles flickers through the rippling piano part of Frank La Forge's Hills before changing to a slower, more emphatic injection in the last stanza. This is a fine song, delivered by Brewer with strong voice and the fervour of longing … Brewer's own [encore], Review has the final word. To Vignoles's spirited playing, Brewer brings variety to the descriptions of Miss Sadabelle Smith's performance … it's fun and provides a final encore for which it was worth staying till the end’ (International Record Review)
1 January 1900
The Daily Telegraph, Michael Kennedy
Elgar & Myaskovsky: Cello Concertos
Studio Master: SIGCD116  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

'One of the finest recordings of the Elgar. Jamie Walton has a formidable technique; his playing in the scherzo and the finale is beyond compare; and he captures the autumnal melancholy without loss of vitality. His pianissimos in the finale coda are a wonder. He has like-minded collaborators in the Philharmonia and Alexander Briger, who also support him in Myaskovsky's sombre concerto of 1945' (The Daily Telegraph)

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