Angela Hewitt´s DVD "Bach Performance on the Piano" is in two parts. The first is a two-and-a-half-hour lecture in seven chapters. Each is introduced with a performance of a short piece of Bach (the C major Two-part Invention, the Menuet in G, the E major Fugue from Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier, etc.). The chapters include such topics as The Essentials (Phrasing, Singing tone, Articulation, Fingering, Pedalling) to Interpretation (Tempo, Dynamics, Rhythmic alterations), The Dance in Bach, Learning a Fugue, Ornamentation, as well as advice on editions, memorization, and practising Bach. The second part is a recital comprising of the Partita No. 4 in D major, the Italian Concerto, and the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue.

The DVD was filmed in the Fazioli piano factory and concert hall near Venice which makes a fascinating back-drop to the lecture. There are subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, two types of Chinese, and Russian.

The DVD will play in all regions of the world.

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Angela Hewitt’s Bach Book is a successor to A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen dating from 1932, collecting arrangements from leading composers of her day. Hewitt’s book includes two of the original arrangements – by Walton and Howells – together with her own transcriptions of three organ chorale preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein (which you can hear on her Bach Arrangements CD) and six new works commissioned by the Wigmore Hall from composers Brett Dean, Robin Holloway, Elena Kats-Chernin, Dominic Muldowney, Kurt Schwertsik, and Yehudi Wyner.

A Bach Book for Angela Hewitt is dedicated to the memory of Michael Steinberg who first suggested to the pianist the idea of commissioning new works inspired by Bach.

Angela Hewitt's Bach Book is published by Boosey & Hawkes on November 20, 2010.

A second volume of Mozart Piano Concertos from Angela Hewitt and the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, conducted by Hannu Lintu. Included are the concertos in G major, K453 and Mozart's last, the B-flat major, K595.

Pre-order! Article available April 29. 2013.

An album of six Sonatas for flute and piano by J.S. Bach (or his sons?) with Andrea Oliva (first flute in the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, Rome) and Angela Hewitt.

"This is an inspired modern-instrument take on Bach"
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

An album of some of the most-loved piano works by Debussy, issued in the year celebrating his 150th birthday.

"...beautifully judged pianism...captivating
spontaneity...pure, ravishing radiance."
(Daily Telegraph CD of the Week)

INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 'OUTSTANDING' AWARD

Angela Hewitt's first big romantic concerto recording, along with conductor Hannu Lintu and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

'The sense of joy that infallibly emanates from Angela Hewitt’s piano playing is fully evident here in three works by Schumann....Hewitt is (Clara's) natural heir.' (Daily Telegraph CD of the Week)

'This recording should be applauded for its passion, detail, courage and commitment' (BBC Music Magazine)

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The long-awaited first volume in a complete cycle of Mozart Piano Concertos.

"Judging from this first example, it's going to be a journey as revelatory as her exploration of all the major keyboard works of Bach."
The Observer, London

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A re-release of Angela Hewitt's bestselling recording to celebrate Hyperion's 30th anniversary

'This is Bach on the piano of the highest quality imaginable' (The Guardian)

'In my view, she has never made a better CD. Strongly recommended' (Gramophone)

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This is the second CD Angela Hewitt has devoted to the solo piano music of Schumann. On it she has included three of her favourite works: the beloved Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen) with the ever popular "Träumerei"; the fantastic Davidsbündlertänze which, perhaps more than any other of his compositions, shows his dual personality of Florestan and Eusebius; and the brilliant G minor Sonata Op. 22.


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This recording, the third in the series of Beethoven piano sonatas, comprises four works from three different periods of the composer’s life. As with the two previous recordings, there was no particular plan governing their being put together, other than the inclusion of one very famous sonata (in this case the ‘Moonlight’) with others that are less often heard. The Op. 26 Sonata contains a funeral march; the Op. 10 No. 2 is a concise masterpiece of humour in music; the two movements of Op. 90 are said to be depictions of speech and song, with the second of the two sounding a lot like Schubert.

"Angela Hewitt's Beethoven is like no one else's." (International Piano Magazine)


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Ten years ago Angela Hewitt recorded a version of The Well-Tempered Clavier which dazzled the critical world and record-buying public. Now, after her Bach World Tour—in which she performed the complete Well-Tempered Clavier in 58 cities in 21 countries on six continents—Angela has made an entirely new recording of this monumental work. Hear the differences for yourself!

"Playing of this ease and assurance rarely has such a profound understanding of the material. This is no mechanical journey through the cycle of keys. This is life itself." (The Observer)

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
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FONO FORUM PICK OF THE MONTH

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'Everything emerges with an impressive combination of clarity and vitality … The programme is unique to the current catalogue, and Hewitt's favoured Fazioli instrument has been recorded with superb fidelity' (International Record Review)

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"A compelling Schumann player" (Classic FM Magazine)

"unreservedly superb" (The Guardian)

CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE INSTRUMENTAL DISC OF THE MONTH


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'Here we are then, at the launch of a wonderful musical adventure, with the outstanding and exquisitely soulful young cellist Danel Müller-Schott, partnered by the wondrous Angela Hewitt at her most sparkling, pristine, warm and flawlessly penetrating in very superior accounts of the two opus 5 sonatas and the opus 69 in A Major … A major collaboration' (Glasgow Herald)

'The whole recital is characterised by exquisite phrasing, clean lines and, best of all, an expressiveness that borders on the sublime' (BBC Online)

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"...the two players instinctively click and the music comes across with vibrancy, sensitivity and a galvanising unanimity of purpose." (The Daily Telegraph)

"The performances have the winning freshness of rediscovery." (The Sunday Times)

DAILY TELEGRAPH CD OF THE WEEK

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CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE INSTRUMENTAL DISC OF THE MONTH

'Angela Hewitt is on characteristic top form in three of Beethoven's iconic sonatas … Hewitt's intelligent planning gives it [Pathétique] a hardcore makeover. The extremes of dynamic range are deftly realised, and she's fearless at articulating with a brittle touch where necessary' (Classic FM Magazine *****)

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"Clarity, elegance, intelligence, a belief in letting the composer speak: the winner of the Gramophone Artist of the Year award parades her qualities in the first of a new Beethoven series" (The Times, London)

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
DAILY TELEGRAPH: CD OF THE WEEK

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"Angela Hewitt plays this refreshing selection with the same poetry, elegance and dancing touch that made her other French discs for Hyperion so special." (The Times, London)

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This is a re-issue in slimline double format of the two Bach Keyboard Concertos CDs that were released separately to begin with. Only a few weeks after their release, they were already in the Billboard Charts in the USA, and were named Record of the Month by Gramophone magazine. For those of you who haven't already purchased the single discs, this is the best format to have!

"A superb pair of discs" (Gramophone)

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Sunday Times)
CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK (The Daily Telegraph)
DISC OF THE MONTH (Classic FM Magazine)

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A choice selection of Bach Arrangements by Wilhelm Kempff, Myra Hess, Eugen d'Albert, and many others, including Angela Hewitt herself.

'A magnificent addition to both the Bach repertoire and Angela Hewitt's artistically unparallelled survey of Bach's keyboard compositions' (Fanfare, USA)

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM (SOLO OR CHAMBER), JUNO AWARDS 2002, CANADA

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Another tour de force from this wonderful player' (The Independent)

'The standard of excellence Angela Hewitt has set in previous installments in her Hyperion Bach cycle continues unabated with the English Suites' (BBC Music Magazine)

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM (SOLO OR CHAMBER), JUNO AWARDS 2005, CANADA

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'Effortlessly eclipsing all competition' (Gramophone)

'Pouvait-on imaginer Bach aussi lumineux, brillant? … Un exercice 'parfait', à écouter et à réécouter pour en savourer toute la puissance, toute l'éloquence (Répertoire, France)

'For this pair of discs only superlatives will do.' (Soundscapes, Australia)

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'This disc is one of the finest volumes in Hewitt’s continuing Bach cycle, with marvellous engineering to match. Highly recommended' (International Record Review)

'Hewitt's playing radiates joy, wit and profound understanding of the composer's keyboard style. This series is one of the record glories of our age' (The Sunday Times)

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'Her performances could hardly be more stylish or impeccable, more vital or refined; and, as a crowning touch, Hyperion's sound is superb' (Gramophone)

'Like the music itself, the performances brim with that improvisatory spontaneity that is the hallmark of this player’s style' (The Sunday Times)

CD OF THE WEEK, THE SUNDAY TIMES

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"What we get in many of these riveting performances is deep, raw emotion, of a sometimes agonising immediacy, all the more painful for the almost impossible beauty and elegance of its expression."
(Piano Magazine, UK)

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"a magnificent survey … a treasure trove!" (Gramophone)

"second to none"
(The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

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Rarely, if ever, can Messiaen's piano music have been played with such refinement'
(Classic CD)

'A revelation' (The Scotsman)

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'By turning her attention to these works, Angela Hewitt may succeed in reviving and popularising Couperin’s enchanting music as no modern-day harpsichordist has been able to do' (Gramophone)

'Of all living pianists, Hewitt makes the strongest case for hearing Bach on the piano as opposed to harpsichord. Here, she applies the same staggering technique and intellectual grasp to three suites by François Couperin ... outstanding' (The Independent)

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'In the expert hands of Angela Hewitt, François 'Le Grand' Couperin makes as easy a transition from harpsichord to piano as has Bach. The difference is that many people may - and should - now be listening to Couperin for the first time.'
(The Guardian)

'For someone of Angela Hewitt's pulling power to invite her fans so enticingly down so unfashionable a path...is brave; and it's right' (BBC Music Magazine)

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"Hewitt's dynamic shading and careful ornamentation work together to produce the scintillating musical equivalent of light shining through crystals." (Toronto Star)

"The crispness and clarity of Hewitt's performances, especially her apparently effortlessly elegant ornamentation, bring these and all Couperin's other musical pictures instantly to life." (Daily Telegraph)

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"Her performances have a wonderfully fluid stylishness...and they are founded upon a willingness to use the full tonal resources of a modern concert grand in a way that seems to make utterly irrelevant any question of what is historically or musicologically "correct" in playing this music." (The Guardian, January 2007)
"...a revelation" (International Record Review)

NEW YORK TIMES CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
DAILY TELEGRAPH CLASSICAL CD OF THE YEAR

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