Andrew Litton lubi Rachmanifoffa - nagrał wszystkie jego symfonie. Także Stephen Hough gra jego koncerty z iskrzącą pasją. Płyta doceniona przez wydawnictwa muzyczne, zobyła liczne pochlebne opinie i wiele nagród, w tym: MusicWeb Recording of the Month, Gramophone Editor's Choice, Classicstoday.com 10/10.
Tracklista: 1. The Queen's Treble 2. O Mistress Mine 3. My Lord Of Oxenford's Mask 4. Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone 5. Why Ask You? 6. Paduana Lachrymae 7. The Fifth Galliard 8. Shall I Come, Sweet Love, To Thee? 9. In Darkness Let Me Dwell 10. Packington's Pound 11. Never Weather-Beaten Saile More Willing Bent To Shore 12. It Was A Lover And His Lasse 13. Howells Delight 14. Green Garters 15. There Were Three Ravens 16. Greensleeves (Ballet Lute) 17. Greensleeves (Thysius Lute Book) 18. Greensleeves Divisions 19. See, See The Shepherd's Queen 20. Willy Prithee Go To Bed 21. Now Is The Month Of Maying 22. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains 23. Beauty, Since You So Much Desire 24. Fine Knacks For Ladies 25. Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard, P.19 26. My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home, P66 27. Melancholy Galliard, P.25 28. Lady Hunsdon's Puffe, P.54 29. Fortune My Foe, P.62 30. The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard, P.41 31. Mrs. Winter's Jump, P55
Album został wydany przez wytwórnię King's College (KGS 0025). Wydawnictwo otrzymało nagrodę MusicWeb Recording of the Month (MusicWeb International, 10-2018).
Both as composer and virtuoso pianist, Scriabin was heir to the Classical and Romantic sonata tradition, but the transformation of this musical language in his own works was to be crucial for the survival of the sonata principle into the twentieth century. This set includes all ten of the 'mature' Sonatas, the Fantaisie, Op 28, and the youthful Sonate-fantaisie. This last, published only after the composer's death, shows an astonishingly sure hand developing in the fourteen-year-old.PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATTENKRITIK ; JUNO AWARD (CANADA) ; CLASSIC CD DISC OF THE MONTH ; CLASSIC CD 100 GREATEST DISCS OF THE DECADE; CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE RECORD OF THE MONTH 'Hamelin's playing has superb authority and presence, and when required the greatest delicacy too. His amazing technical skill is completely at the service of the music. This is a major release' (Classic CD)'Hamelin's playing enthralls the ear with its rounded, never-ugly tone, flickering fingerwork, and thunderous power. A sensational issue in every sense' (Classic FM Magazine)'Hamelin rises to the challenges of this music with complete mastery. But his is more than a purely technical triumph (though the effortless of his playing has to be heard to be believed)' (BBC Music Magazine)'Il a les doigts et la sensibilité, la clairvoyance aussi, qui lui permettent de trouver un lyrisme généreux' (Le Monde de la Musique, France)'He commands the four qualities that a Scriabin interpreter must have: a feverish intensity, a manic vision, a sovereign and fastidious command of the pedal, and a huge dynamic range' (Gramophone)'This is one of the most significant Scriabin recordings of recent years, as well as another triumph for Hamelin, who reveals as much affinity for this Russian mystic as he has for Alkan, Godowsky, Ives, and Bolcom on earlier discs ... Two more favorable elements must be noted: Hyperion's spacious and vivid recorded sound, and a really superb set of booklet notes by Simon Nicholls' (American Record Guide)'Hamelin's revelatory cycle of the Scriabin sonatas takes top honors rather easily ... a vein that's rarely been mined - and never with such virtuoso perfection. The more you think you know about these scores, the more striking you're liable to find this set' (Fanfare, USA)'Marc-André Hamelin is the most important interpreter of Scriabin's music to have come along in decades' (Clavier, USA)
Wybitny kompozytor pochodzenia azerskiego Kara Karayev, urodzony w 1918 roku w Baku, zmarł w 1982 w Moskwie. Prócz kompozytorem artysta był również wybitnym pedagogiem. W swoim dorobku artystyczny posiada około 110 utworów w tym takie dzieła jak: balety, opery, dzieła kameralne, symfoniczne, solowe na fortepian, kantaty, pieśni i marsze. Album został wydany przez wytwórnię Chandos (CHSA 5203). Wydawnictwo otrzymało nagrodę MusicWeb Recording of the Month (MusicWeb International, 10-2017) Tracklista: 1. The Seven Beauties, Orchestral Suite 2. Don Quixote, Symphonic Engravings 3. Leyla And Mejnun, Symphonic Poem 4. Lullaby From The Ballet ‘The Path Of Thunder’
Tracklista:1. Rainy Day Song2. Nothing to Lose3. Foolin'4. Strange Bird5. Pearl6. Long Gone Lately7. In the Name of You8. All These Dreams10. Month of Bad Habits9. Slow Road to Jesus11. Suwannee County
Tracklista: 1. Ramblin' Man's Lament 2. Salty Air 3. After All the Months We'Ve Shared 4. Woke Up 5. More Than Enough Road 6. Merry Month of May 7. Morning Words 8. Come Back Around 9. Waitin' for the Day 10. Sun's Coming Up 11. Helsinki (Bonus)
Tracklista: Side A 1. Ash Return 2. Straight Ahead 3. Black Light 4. Far Away 5. You 6. Epidemic 7. In My Time 8. Distance Side B 1. Call On My Brothers 2. Should Have Known 3. Aggression 4. Slow 5. Sided 6. Family 7. 50 And A Month 8. Man Against Man 9. Screaming For Change
Tracklista:1. The Answer Is Still No2. Invincible3. Growing Down4. On the Outside5. A Postcard Would Be Nice6. Secret7. Best Regards8. Revenge9. Sidewalk10. 3 Month Weekend11. Sitting Duck12. Fields of Athenry
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri, wybitna grecka aktorka, piosenkarka i polityk była pierwszą kobietą w historii, która objęła urząd ministra kultury i sportu. Stworzyła doskonałe role filmowe. Była nominowana do Oscara i nagradzana prestiżowymi nagrodami filmowymi. Świat uwielbiał też jej przepełnione emocjami występy wokalne. Płyta "The Front" przypomina najpopularniejsze piosenki Meliny Mercouri. Tracklista: 1. Love, You Have Turned Into A Double-Edged Knife 2. It's The Thirteenth Of The Month 3. The Betrayal 4. Piraeus Children 5. The Moon Is Made Of Paper 6. The Bells Will Ring 7. The Front 8. Mack With The Knife 9. Barabara's Song 10. Omer Vryonis' Horse 11. The Virgin's Prayer