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Angela Hewitt - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue (2014) 2CDs

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Angela Hewitt - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue (2014) 2CDs

Angela Hewitt - J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue) (2014) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 275 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67980 | Time: 01:29:40

Even though Angela Hewitt's repertoire is quite extensive and diverse, encompassing the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern eras, her true specialty is the music of J.S. Bach, which she has recorded almost exclusively for Hyperion since the 1980s. With this recording of The Art of Fugue, Hewitt completes her long-running series of piano renditions of the solo keyboard works, and while not everyone is convinced that Bach composed this study of fugal techniques for the keyboard, Hewitt's performance is credible and satisfying. She controls the often unwieldy counterpoint by regarding the lines as if they were vocal parts, and her phrases are shaped by natural breathing points, as well as the different emotional qualities she brings to each fugue and canon. The Art of Fugue can be daunting for both performer and listener because its persistent tonality of D minor and monothematic material can be quite tedious in the wrong hands.

Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284 & 309 (2022)

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Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284 & 309 (2022)

Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284 & 309 (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | Digital booklet | 02:25:55 | 460 Mb
Classical | Label: Hyperion Records

'Endless hours of joy and wonder' is how Angela Hewitt sums up the insights and rewards of playing and recording Mozart's piano sonatas, and a similar experience awaits listeners to these remarkable accounts, the first release in a complete cycle. "The hallmarks of Hewitt's artistry are in evidence: fingerwork of nimble grace and steely strength; clarity of line; understated pedalling."

Angela Hewitt - Gabriel Faure: Piano Music (2013)

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Angela Hewitt - Gabriel Faure: Piano Music (2013)

Angela Hewitt - Gabriel Fauré: Piano Music (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 222 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 169 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67875 | Time: 01:12:49

For many listeners, the keyboard works of Gabriel Fauré epitomize French music of the fin de siècle, typically because its languorous melodies and subtle harmonies are at times evocative of late Romantic parlor music. Yet Angela Hewitt defends Fauré's piano music from such a superficial judgment, demonstrating that it is much more substantial in content than the conventional piano pieces of the time, and that the difficulties one encounters in his music are akin to the complexities in Bach. Hewitt's polished performances of the Thème et variations, two Valses-caprices, three Nocturnes, and the Ballade are proof of her longtime commitment to this music, and her penetrating insights into Fauré's expressions and technical artistry reveal levels of inventiveness that are often missed in less competent performances. Of course, having played Fauré for most of her life, Hewitt has intimate knowledge of the music, and her sensitivity and control communicate precisely the effects she wishes, so the music never seems sloppily sentimental or vaguely sketched.

Angela Hewitt - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas (2016)

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Angela Hewitt - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas (2016)

Angela Hewitt - Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 249 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 178 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA 67613 | Time: 01:16:09

As one of the world's foremost interpreters of Baroque keyboard music on the modern piano, Angela Hewitt has established a fine reputation for impeccable playing and fresh musical insights. Listeners who cherish her award-winning recordings on Hyperion of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach have already experienced her exquisite playing, and they will be delighted to hear this selection of sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Bach's contemporary and an innovator whose compositions influenced the development of the Classical sonata. Some of these selections are well known, particularly the Sonata in C major, Kk159, the Sonata in D major, Kk96, and the Sonata in E major, Kk380, which are often anthologized, though Hewitt hasn't packed this disc with greatest hits (with 555 sonatas to choose from, there are many less familiar that deserve attention). Hewitt's performances are thoughtfully phrased, polished in tone, and rhythmically precise with a modicum of rubato, and she is alert to the subtleties that make this music so beguiling. Hewitt recorded these 16 sonatas in the Beethovensaal in Hannover, where she made her first Bach recordings for Hyperion 20 years previously, and the acoustics are nearly ideal for her style.

Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310-311 & 330-333 (2023)

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Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310-311 & 330-333 (2023)

Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310-311 & 330-333 (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Digital Booklet | 02:35:55 | 365 Mb
Classical | Label: Hyperion Records

Angela Hewitt’s voyage of discovery through Mozart’s piano sonatas is proving a joy, the works sounding newly minted in vital, alert accounts which respect their scale and sensibility while revealing influences of Mozart’s orchestral and concerto writing of the period.

Angela Hewitt - Beethoven: Variations (2023)

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Angela Hewitt - Beethoven: Variations (2023)

Angela Hewitt - Beethoven: Variations (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 196 MB
1:19:12 | Classical | Label: Hyperion

This album is the last of my many recordings for Hyperion made using my own Fazioli F2781009 (every recording since October 2003, with just two exceptions for which I used other Faziolis). When the present recording sessions were over, the movers accidentally dropped it, and the piano came to an untimely end. The loss was devastating, as I loved it so much and it did everything I wanted it to do. May this recording be a testament to its huge range of colour that always served the music so well.

Angela Hewitt - J.S.Bach: Italian Concerto, Toccata, Four Duets, English Suite (1986)

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Angela Hewitt - J.S.Bach: Italian Concerto, Toccata, Four Duets, English Suite (1986)

Angela Hewitt - J.S.Bach: Italian Concerto, Toccata, Four Duets, English Suite (1986)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:02:01 | 216 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 429 975-2

Angela Hewitt is a highly esteemed pianist, particularly noted as a Bach performer, but accomplished in an exceptionally large repertory that embraces all eras of keyboard music. The daughter of an organist, Hewitt began to study piano at age three, making a public debut at the age of four, winning a scholarship at six, and eventually adding studies in ballet, singing, violin, and recorder.

Andrea Oliva, Angela Hewitt - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonatas (2013)

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Andrea Oliva, Angela Hewitt - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonatas (2013)

Andrea Oliva, Angela Hewitt - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonatas (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 312 Mb | Total time: 78:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67897 | Recorded: 2011

Fans of Angela Hewitt will be delighted to find her in chamber mode, accompanying Andrea Oliva (described as ‘one of the best flutists of his generation, a shining star in the world of the flute’ by Sir James Galway) in a programme of J S Bach’s flute sonatas (including one by his most famous and talented son, CPE). Of unfailingly remarkable quality, all these works exploit the full potential of an instrument which was only just coming into its own when they were written. Oliva’s lyricism and agility coupled with Hewitt’s musicianship—not to mention her lifelong rapport with Bach’s music—make this an album to treasure.

Angela Hewitt - Claude Debussy: Piano Works (2012)

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Angela Hewitt - Claude Debussy: Piano Works (2012)

Angela Hewitt - Claude Debussy: Piano Works (2012)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 79:36 | 229 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog: CDA67898

Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt has devoted many creative energies to Bach, and it shows in this reading of Debussy favorites (and a few less common works): Hewitt's is a rather precise and tempo-consistent Debussy, light on the atmospherics but with technical agility to spare. What you'll think of this may well depend on how you see the nature of Debussy's break with the French Romantic tradition: did it involve a dryness of expression, or is the usual hazy vision the right one?

Angela Hewitt - Robert Schumann: Humoreske Op.20 ; Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor Op.11 (2007)

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Angela Hewitt - Robert Schumann: Humoreske Op.20 ; Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor Op.11 (2007)

Angela Hewitt - Schumann: Humoreske Op.20 ; Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor Op.11 (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 180 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67618 | Time: 01:05:53

One of the pleasant surprises of the first decade of the twenty first century was the way pianist Angela Hewitt developed from one of the most celebrated of Bach specialists into an all-around first-class performer in a much wider range of repertoire. Take her 2007 disc with Schumann's Humoreske with his Piano Sonata No.1 in F sharp minor. While one might have expected clarity and drive from Hewitt, who had long mastered those qualities in Bach, the evident passion and fantasy reveal new aspects of her playing, especially in her F sharp minor Sonata, which sounds like an ardent musical bildungsroman. Her Humoreske, similarly, has the poetic imagination and the lyrical fervor characteristic of great German romantic poetry. As on her Bach recordings, Hewitt's tone is pearly, her technique formidable, and her interpretations combine thoughtfulness with spontaneity. Recorded by Hyperion with winning warmth and an uncanny sense of immediacy, this disc will delight Hewitt's fans and enlarge Schumann's discography by one excellent disc.

Angela Hewitt - Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen; Davidsbundlertanze; Sonata No.2 in G minor (2010)

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Angela Hewitt - Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen; Davidsbundlertanze; Sonata No.2 in G minor (2010)

Angela Hewitt - Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen;
Davidsbündlertänze; Sonata No.2 in G minor (2010)

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 218 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 174 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67780 | Time: 01:15:30

Angela Hewitt has earned a richly deserved reputation for her interpretations of Bach and the Baroque, and something of that characteristic clarity illuminates her Schumann performances. Her first disc of this repertoire was praised for its ‘seemingly effortless but always adventurous interpretations … her poise and amplitude lending it an unearthly beauty’ and this second volume, containing some of the composer’s most bewitchingly beautiful music, should be no less lauded.

Angela Hewitt - Emmanuel Chabrier: Piano Music (2006)

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Angela Hewitt - Emmanuel Chabrier: Piano Music (2006)

Angela Hewitt - Emmanuel Chabrier: Piano Music (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 219 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 179 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67515 | Time: 01:16:04

Emmanuel Chabrier's piano music has everything going for it: charm, wit, imagination, unexpected harmonic twists, and more than a few technical challenges. So why do pianists habitually ignore it? Hopefully Angela Hewitt's freshly minted, sharply honed interpretations will inspire recitalists to dust off these unsung treasures. Her keen ear for detail always arises from the music's character and never draws attention to itself. The Schumann-esque Ronde champêtre boasts remarkable rhythmic spring, while Bourrée fantasque's busy contrapuntal lines resonate with the clarity of Hewitt's best Bach playing, yet without sacrificing one iota of scintillation. There have been lighter, crisper renditions of the (relatively) well-known Scherzo-valse, but Hewitt's telling left-hand inflections keep things airborne. In fact, the nine other Pièces pittoresques benefit from Hewitt's ability to give each one its own timbral voice. On paper, for example, Mauresque's steady accompanimental chords don't look like anything special. However, in Hewitt's hands they come to animated life.

Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284 & 309 (2022)

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Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284 & 309 (2022)

Angela Hewitt - Mozart: Piano Sonatas K279-284 & 309 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 474 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 358 MB
2:25:56 | Classical | Label: Hyperion

‘Endless hours of joy and wonder’ is how Angela Hewitt sums up the insights and rewards of playing and recording Mozart’s piano sonatas, and a similar experience awaits listeners to these remarkable accounts, the first release in a complete cycle.
If this first volume is anything to go by, the journey will be a joy…Hewitt makes them sound effortless. Her articulation is clean, the pedalling lightly judicious, her fingers nimble and strong, the ornamentation always tasteful, while the clarity of her approach brings out the individual character of each sonata, each movement.

Angela Hewitt - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Keyboard Suites (2007)

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Angela Hewitt - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Keyboard Suites (2007)

Angela Hewitt - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Keyboard Suites (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 256 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 192 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67597 | Time: 01:18:16

Rameau on the piano? It's not altogether unheard of – there were a handful of classic recordings made by Robert Casadesus back in 1952 – but, despite many recordings of Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti on the piano in the digital age, there's been precious little Rameau on the piano until this Angela Hewitt recording of three complete suites from 2006. By choosing the Suite in E minor from the Pièces de clavecin of 1731 plus the Suites in G minor and A minor from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Hewitt has for the most part stayed away from the more evocatively titled works and stuck to the standard stylized Baroque dance forms of the allemande, courante, and gigue. Justly celebrated for her cool and clean Bach recordings, this strategy works well for Hewitt. Without seeming to resort to the sustain or the mute pedal, she floats Rameau's lines and melodies, and without seeming to exaggerate the accents or dynamics, she gives Rameau's rhythms a wonderful sense of lift. In the deliberately evocative movements from the G minor Suite – "La poule," "Les sauvages," and especially "L'egiptienne" – Hewitt seems to bring less to the music – her interpretations are remarkably straight – and to get less out of it – her performances are remarkably bland.

Angela Hewitt - Frederic Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes & Impromptus (2004) 2CDs

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Angela Hewitt - Frederic Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes & Impromptus (2004) 2CDs

Angela Hewitt - Frédéric Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes & Impromptus (2004) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 365 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 305 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67371/2 | Time: 02:12:53

Angela Hewitt has applied the same intense study to Chopin's Nocturnes and Impromptus as she does to any composer's keyboard works. The result is a set of pieces lovingly played and appreciated, with personally felt emotion. The most outwardly emotional displays, as in the Nocturnes, Op. 15, are never wildly loud and always return to an introverted state afterward. In the Nocturnes she uses little touches of rubato so frequently as to almost stretch the melodies out of shape, as in Op. 9/1, but she plays many of the Nocturnes a tick faster than other pianists so that they stand up to that kind of manipulation better, and she never slows down to fit in ornaments. Her ornaments always fit right into the melody, both in her timing and her phrasing, and are feathery soft.