1 January 1900
Classic CD
Mompou: Piano Music
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‘Pianism of a very high order indeed, backed up by a recording of beautiful limpidity. Spellbinding music, immaculately performed’ (Classic CD)
1 January 1900
BBC Record Review
Mompou: Piano Music
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‘In his skilfully planned and superlatively played programme Stephen Hough achieves a vivid sense of contrast, of temporal and spiritual reflection. His rare empathy for such music is reflected in Hyperion's cloudless recording’ (BBC Record Review)
1 January 1900

Mompou: Piano Music
CDA66963 

‘It's a rare thing for an artist's programme notes to vie in quality with his playing. There is simply no better description of this music, nor any more persuasive, imaginative and spiritually attuned performer of it. Fascinating, hypnotic, mystical. Commended’ (BBC Music Magazine)
1 January 1900

Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘Ronald Corp, ably assisted by the New London Orchestra, New London Light Opera Chorus and seasoned soloists Catherine Bott and Richard Suart, have performed yeoman service in rescuing Monckton's oeuvre from obscurity and providing new listeners an opportunity to savor and reassess the work of this one-time titan of entertainment’ (Opera News)
1 January 1900
The Light Music Society Journal
Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘Monckton has been for a century one of this country's most engaging melodists … the tunes are enjoyably catchy and are beautifully performed here … Ronald Corp directs with infectious exuberance. Recording is excellent and the booklet prints the words of the 22 songs. I strongly recommend the disc, though it really recommends itself’ (The Light Music Society Journal)
1 January 1900
American Record Guide
Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘A must for any lover of British musicals’ (American Record Guide)
1 January 1900
Birmingham Post
Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘This delightful compilation of songs from Lionel Monckton's shows is irresistible’ (Birmingham Post)
1 January 1900

Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘Here is an almost lost corner of popular English music rediscovered, our own native version of Viennese operetta’ (International Record Review)
1 January 1900
The Mail on Sunday
Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘My special award for cheering me up in difficult times goes to Hyperion's delicious Lionel Monckton: Songs From The Shows, with winning performances and a string of Edwardian hits’ (The Mail on Sunday)
1 January 1900

Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘Monckton's art is eminently entertaining. Numbers such as 'When I marry Amelia' from The Toreador (1901) set the toes tapping whether you want them to or not … the results are delectable. Conductor Ronald Corp knows exactly how this music should go and gives it plenty of verve and dash’ (BBC Music Magazine)
1 January 1900
The Sunday Telegraph
Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘Lionel Monckton is almost forgotten now, but what a melodist he was … I guarantee you will be humming some of these tunes all day. Hyperion deserves a medal for cheering us up with this release’ (The Sunday Telegraph)
1 January 1900

Monckton: Songs from the shows
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‘Both Bott and Suart demonstrate a natural aptitude for the material. Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra and Light Opera Chorus with obvious affection. Listening to this CD made me feel ridiculously happy’ (Gramophone)
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