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OVERVIEWS - HYPERION - THE ROMANTIC PIANO CONCERTO SERIES     Hats off to Hyperion Records for having the insight, courage, conviction and perseverance for undertaking such a challenging recording project.
When it seems that most labels are scrambling for new material and are constantly putting out budget re-issue after budget re-issue of the same
overly familiar material, Hyperion comes along and offers us world premiere first class recordings of exciting, fresh music. V1 - MOSZKOWSKI and PADEREWSKI - CDA66452 - 034571164526 Piano Concerto in E major, op 59 - Piano Concerto in A minor, op 17 PIERS LANE (Piano) - JERZY MAKSYMIUK (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  V2 - MEDTNER - CDA66580 - 034571165806 Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, op 50 - Piano Concerto No 3 in E minor, op 60 NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO (Piano) - JERZY MAKSYMIUK (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  V3 - MENDELSSOHN (Double Concertos) - CDA66567 - 034571165677 Concerto in A flat major for two pianos - Concerto in E major for two pianos STEPHEN COOMBS, IAN MUNRO (Pianos) - JERZY MAKSYMIUK (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  V4 - ARENSKY and BORTKIEWICZ - CDA66624 - 034571166247 Piano Concerto in F minor, op 2 - Fantasia on Russian folksongs, op 48 Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat major, op 16 STEPHEN COOMBS (Piano) - JERZY MAKSYMIUK (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  V5 - BALAKIREV and RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - CDA66640 - 034571166407 PIANO CONCERTO IN C SHARP MINOR, op 30 - PIANO CONCERTO NO 1 IN F SHARP MINOR, op 1 - PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 IN E FLAT MAJOR, op posth MALCOLM BINNS (Piano) - DAVID LLOYD-JONES (Conductor) - THE ENGLISH NORTHERN PHILHARMONIA  V6 - DOHNANYI - CDA66684 - 034571166841 PIANO CONCERTO NO 1 IN E MINOR, op 5 - PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 IN B MINOR, op 42 MARTIN ROSCOE (Piano) - FEDOR GLUSHCHENKO (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  V7 - ALKAN and HENSELT - CDA66717 - 034571167176 CONCERTO DA CAMERA IN A MINOR, op 10 no 1 - CONCERTO DA CAMERA IN C SHARP MINOR, op 10 no 2 PIANO CONCERTO IN F MINOR, op 16 - VARIATIONS DE CONCERT, op 11 MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  V8 - MEDTNER - CDA66744 - 034571167442 PIANO CONCERTO NO 1 in C MINOR, op 33 - PIANO QUINTET IN C MAJOR, op posth DMITRI ALEXEEV (Piano) - ALEXANDER LAZAREV (Conductor) - BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - NEW BUDAPEST QUARTET  V9 - D'ALBERT - CDA66747 - 034571167473 PIANO CONCERTO NO 1 IN B MINOR op 2 - PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 IN E MAJOR op 12 PIERS LANE (Piano) - ALUN FRANCIS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  10 - WEBER - CDA66729 - 034571167299 PIANO CONCERTO NO 1 IN C MAJOR, J98 (Op 11) - KONZERTSTUCK IN F MINOR, J282 (Op 79) PIANO CONCERTO NO 2 IN E FLAT, J155 (Op 32) NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO (Piano) - SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS (Conductor) - SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  11 - SCHARWENKA and SAUER - CDA20790 - 034571107905 Piano Concerto No.4 in F minor, Op.82 - Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor STEPHEN HOUGH (Piano) - LAWRENCE FOSTER (Conductor) - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  12 - PARRY and STANFORD - CDA66820 - 034571168203 PIANO CONCERTO IN F SHARP MAJOR - PIANO CONCERTO NO 1 IN G MAJOR, Op 59 PIERS LANE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  13 - GLAZUNOV and GOEDICKE - CDA66877 - 034571168777 Piano Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 92 - Piano Concerto No 2 in B major Op 100 Concertstück in D major Op 11 STEPHEN COOMBS (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  14 - LITOLFF - CDA66889 - 034571168890 Concerto Symphonique No 2 in B minor Op 22 - Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 PETER DONOHOE (Piano) - ANDREW LITTON (Conductor) - BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  15 - HAHN and MASSENET - CDA66897 - 034571168975 Piano Concerto in E major - Piano Concerto in E flat major STEPHEN COOMBS (Piano) - JEAN-YVES OSSONCE (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  16 - HUSS and SCHELLING - CDA66949 - 034571169491 Concerto for piano and orchestra in B major Op 10 - Suite Fantastique for piano and orchestra Op 7 IAN HOBSON (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  17 - MENDELSSOHN - CDA66969 - 034571169699 Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 40 Capriccio Brillant in B minor Op 22 - Serenade and Allegro giocoso in B minor Op 43 STEPHEN HOUGH (Piano) - LAWRENCE FOSTER (Conductor) - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  18 - KORNGOLD and MARX - CDA66990 - 034571169903 Piano Concerto in C sharp for the left hand, Op 17 - Piano Concerto in E major MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN (Piano) - OSMO VANSKA (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  19 - TOVEY and MACKENZIE - CDA67023 - 034571170237 Piano Concerto in A major Op 15 - Scottish Concerto Op 55 STEVEN OSBORNE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  20 - BRULL - CDA67069 - 034571170695 Piano Concerto No 1 in F major Op 10 - Piano Concerto No 2 in C major Op 24 MARTIN ROSCOE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  21 - KULLAK and DREYSCHOCK - CDA67086 - 034571170862 Piano Concerto in C minor Op 55 - Piano Concerto in D minor Op 137 PIERS LANE (Piano) - NIKLAS WILLEN (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  22 - BUSONI - CDA67143 - 034571171432 Piano Concerto in C major Op 39 MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN (Piano) - MARC ELDER (Conductor) - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  23 - HOLBROOKE and WOOD - CDA67127 - 034571171272 Piano Concerto No 1 - Concerto in D minor for piano and orchestra HAMISH MILNE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  24 - VIANNA da MOTTA - CDA67163 - 034571171630 Piano Concerto in A major - Fantasia Dramática, for piano and orchestra ARTUR PIZARRO (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - ORQUESTRA GULBENKIAN  25 - MACDOWELL - CDA67165 - 034571171654 Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 15 - Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 23 SETA TANYEL (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  26 - LITOLFF - CDA67210 - 034571172101 Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat Op 45 - Piano Concerto No 5 in C minor Op 123 PETER DONOHOE (Piano) - ANDREW LITTON (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  27 - SAINT-SAENS - CDA67331/32 - 034571173313 Piano Concerto No 1 in D major Op 17 - Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat major Op 29 - Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor Op 44 - Piano Concerto No 5 in F major 2008 Gramophone Award - Gold Disc Award - 2-Disc Set STEPHEN HOUGH (Piano) - SAKARI ORAMO (Conductor) - CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  28 - STOJOWSKI - CDA67314 - 034571173146 Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor Op 3 - Piano Concerto No 2 in A flat major Op 32 JONATHAN PLOWRIGHT (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  29 - MOSCHELES - CDA67276 - 034571172767 Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat major Op 56 - Piano Concerto No 3 in G minor Op 58 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  30 - LYAPUNOV - CDA67326 - 034571173269 Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat minor Op 4 Piano Concerto No 2 in E major Op 38 - Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes Op 28 HAMISH MILNE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  31 - FUCHS and KIEL - CDA67354 - 034571173542 Piano Concerto in B minor, Op.27 - Piano Concerto in B major, Op.30 MARTIN ROSCOE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  32 - MOSCHELES - CDA67385 - 034571173856 Piano Concerto No 1 in F major Op 45 Piano Concerto No 6 in B flat major 'Fantastique' Op 90 - Piano Concerto No 7 in C minor 'Pathétique' Op 93 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  33 - SCHARWENKA - CDA67365 - 034571173658 Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 56 - Piano Concerto No 3 in C sharp minor Op 80 SETA TANYEL (Piano) - TADEUSZ STRUGALA (Conductor) - RADIO PHILHARMONIE HANNOVER DES NDR  34 - PIERNÉ - CDA67348 - 034571173481 Piano Concerto in C minor Op 12 - Poëme symphonique in D minor Op 37 Fantaisie-Ballet in B flat major Op 6 - Scherzo-Caprice in D major Op 25 STEPHEN COOMBS (Piano) - RONALD CORP (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  35 - HERZ - CDA67465 - 034571174655 Piano Concerto No.1 in A major, Op.34 Piano Concerto No.7 in B minor, Op.207 - Piano Concerto No.8 in A flat major, Op.218 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  36 - MOSCHELES - CDA67430 - 034571174303 Piano Concerto No.4 in E major - Piano Concerto No.5 in C major HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  37 - NAPRAVNIK and BLUMENFELD - CDA67511 - 034571175119 Concerto symphonique in A minor Op.27 - Fantaisie russe in B minor Op.39 Allegro de concert in A major Op.7 EVGENY SOIFERTIS (Piano) - ALEXANDER TITOV (Conductor) - BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  38 - RUBINSTEIN and SCHARWENKA - CDA67508 - 034571175089 Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN (Piano) - MICHAEL STERN (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  39 - DELIUS and IRELAND - CDA67296 - 034571172965 Piano Concerto in C minor - Piano Concerto in E flat major PIERS LANE (Piano) - DAVID LLOYD-JONES (Conductor) - ULSTER ORCHESTRA  40 - HERZ - CDA67537 - 034571175379 Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.87 Piano Concerto No.4 in E major Op.131 - Piano Concerto No.5 in F minor Op.180 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  41 - KALKBRENNER - CDA67535 - 034571175355 Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.61 - Piano Concerto No.4 in A flat major Op.127 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  42 - ALNÆS and SINDING - CDA67555 - 034571175553 Piano Concerto in D major Op.27 - Piano Concerto in D flat major Op.6 PIERS LANE (Piano) - ANDREW LITTON (Conductor) - BERGEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA  43 - BENNETT and BACHE - CDA67595 - 034571175959 Piano Concerto No.4 in F minor Op.19 - Piano Concerto in E major Op.18 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  44 - MELCER - CDA67630 - 034571176307 Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor JOHNATHAN PLOWRIGHT (Piano) - CHRISTOPH KONIG (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  45 - HILLER - CDA67655 - 034571176550 Piano Concerto No.1 in F minor Op.5 Piano Concerto No.2 in F sharp minor Op.69 - Piano Concerto No.3 in A flat major Op.170 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  46 - BOWEN - CDA67659 - 034571176598 Piano Concerto No 3 in G minor (Fantasia) Op 23 - Piano Concerto No 4 in A minor Op 88 DANNY DRIVER (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  47 - JADASSOHN and DRAESEKE - CDA67636 - 034571176369 Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 89 - Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 90 Piano Concerto in E flat major Op 36 MARKUS BECKER (Piano) - MICHAEL SANDERLING (Conductor) - RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN  48 - BENEDICT and MACFARREN - CDA67720 - 034571177205 Piano Concerto in C minor Op 45 - Piano Concerto in E flat major Op 89 Concertstück in E minor HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  49 - STENHAMMAR - CDA67750 - 034571177502 Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor Op 1 - Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 23 SETA TANYEL (Piano) - ANDREW MANZE (Conductor) - HELSINGBORG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  50 - TCHAIKOVSKY - CDA67711/12 - 034571177113 Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor Op 23 - Piano Concerto No 2 in G major Op 44 Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat major Op 75 - Concert Fantasia in G major Op 56 - 2-Disc Set STEPHEN HOUGH (Piano) - OSMO VÄNSKÄ (Conductor) - MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA  51 - TAUBERT and ROSENHAIN - CDA67765 - 034571177656 Piano Concerto No 1 in E major Op 18 - Piano Concerto No 2 in A major Op 189 Piano Concerto in D minor Op 73 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  52 - GOETZ and J. WIENIAWSKI - CDA67791 - 034571177915 Piano Concerto in B flat major Op 18 - Piano Concerto in G minor Op 20 HAMISH MILNE (Piano) - MICHAL DWORZYNSKI (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  53 - REGER and R. STRAUSS - CDA67635 - 034571176352 Piano Concerto in F minor Op 114 - Burleske in D minor MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN (Piano) - ILAN VOLKOV (Conductor) - RUNDFUNK-SINFONIEORCHESTER BERLIN  54 - SOMERVELL and COWEN - CDA67837 - 034571178370 Piano Concerto in A minor 'Highland' Normandy 'Symphonic Variations' - Concertstück MARTIN ROSCOE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  55 - WIDOR - CDA67817 - 034571178172 Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 39 Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 62 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 77 MARKUS BECKER (Piano) - THIERRY FISCHER (Conductor) - BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES  56 - KALKBRENNER - CDA67843 - 034571178431 Piano Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 85 Adagio ed Allegro di bravura, Op. 102 - Piano Concerto No. 3 in A minor, Op. 107 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  57 - WIKLUND - CDA67828 - 034571178288 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 10 Konsertstycke in C major, Op. 1 - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 17 MARTIN STURFALT (Piano) - ANDREW MANZE (Conductor) - HELSINGBORG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  58 - PIXIS and THALBERG - CDA67915 - 034571179155 Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 100 Piano Concertino in E flat major, Op. 68 - Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 5 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  59 - ZARZYCKI and ZELENSKI - CDA67958 - 034571179582 Piano Concerto in E flat major, Op. 60 Piano Concerto in A flat major, Op. 17 - Grande Polonaise in E flat major, Op. 7 JONATHAN PLOWRIGHT (Piano) - LUKASZ BOROWICZ (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  60 - DUBOIS - CDA67931 - 034571179315 Concerto-capriccioso in C minor Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor - Suite for piano and string orchestra in F minor CEDRIC TIBERGHIEN (Piano) - ANDREW MANZE (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  61 - DOHLER and DREYSCHOCK - CDA67950 - 034571179506 Piano Concerto in A major, Op. 7 Morceau de concert in C minor, Op. 27 - Salut à Vienne 'Rondo brillant' Op. 32 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  62 - GOUNOD - CDA67975 - 034571179759 Suite concertante in A major Concerto for pedal piano in E flat major - Fantaisie sur l'hymne national russe ROBERTO PROSSEDA (Pedal Piano) - HOWARD SHELLEY (Conductor) - ORCHESTRA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA  63 - GODARD - CDA68043 - 034571280431 Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op. 31 Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op. 148 - Introduction and Allegro Op. 49 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  64 - OSWALD and NAPOLEAO DOS SANTOS - CDA67984 - 034571179841 Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 10 Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat minor, Op. 31 ARTUR PIZARRO (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES  65 - ALBENIZ and GRANADOS - CDA67918 - 034571179186 Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor "Concierto Fantastico", Op. 78 Piano Concerto in C minor "Patetico" MELANI MESTRE (Piano) - MARTYN BRABBINS (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA   66 - HERZ - CDA68100 - 034571281001 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 74 Grande fantaisie militaire sur La Fille du Regiment, Op. 163 HOWARD SHELLEY (Piano and Conductor) - TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA   67 - ROZYCKI - CDA68066 - 034571280660 Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 43 Piano Concerto No. 2 JONATHAN PLOWRIGHT (Piano) - LUKASZ BOROWICZ (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA   68 - MOSZKOWSKI - CDA68109 - 034571281094
Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 3 Russian Rhapsody, Op. 14 LUDMIL ANGELOV (Piano) - VLADIMIR KIRADJIEV (Conductor) - BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA   |
