"Recordings of Outstanding Quality"
Recordings
Piano Sonatas No.1, Op.2 No.1; No.12, Op.26; No.23, Op.57
Peter Hewitt - piano
Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.2, No.1
1 Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Menuetto—Allegretto
4 Prestissimo
Sonata No.12 in A flat major Op.26
5 Andante con variazioni 7.52
6 Scherzo, Allegro molto
7 Maestoso andante, Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un eroe
8 Allegro
Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 Appassionata
9 Allegro assai
10 Andante con moto
11 Allegro ma non troppo
“An outstanding disc played with notable insight allied to a comprehensive musical technique that presents these masterpieces with the artistry they deserve.”
Musical Opinion
Mazurkas
Peter Hewitt - piano
| 1 | Op.7/1 B flat major |
| 2 | Op.7/2 A minor |
| 3 | Op.17/3 A flat major |
| 4 | Op.17/4 A minor |
| 5 | Op.24/1 G minor |
| 6 | Op.24/3 A flat major |
| 7 | Op.30/1 C minor |
| 8 | Op.30/2 B minor |
| 9 | Op.33/1 G# minor |
| 10 | Op.33/3 C major |
| 11 | Op.33/4 B minor |
| 12 | Op.41/2 E minor |
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| 13 | Op.41/4 A flat major |
| 14 | Notre Temps A minor |
| 15 | Op.50/2 A flat major |
| 16 | Op.56/3 C minor |
| 17 | Op.63/2 F minor |
| 18 | Op.63/3 C# minor |
| 19 | Op.67/2 G minor |
| 20 | Op.67/3 C major |
| 21 | Op.67/4 A minor |
| 22 | Op.68/1 C major |
| 23 | Op.68/3 F major |
| 24 | Op.68/4 F minor |
“Peter Hewitt is an extremely sensitive player… he encapsulates the hypnotic heart of this music while presenting a sense of inevitability and rightness. Here is a player of curiosity and intelligence … this is most stimulating playing.”
International Piano Magazine
Piano Sonatas 8, 15 & 28 Opp.13, 28 & 101
Peter Hewitt - piano
Sonata no. 8 in C minor Op. 13 Pathetique
1 Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio
2 Adagio cantabile
3 Rondo: Allegro
Sonata no. 15 in D major Op. 28 Pastoral
4 Allegro
5 Andante
6 Scherzo: Allegro
7 Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Sonata no. 28 in A major Op.101
8 Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung
Allegretto ma non troppo
9 Lebhaft, marschmäßig Vivace alla Marcia
10 Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll - Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit
Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto -Allegro
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“Each one of these wonderful compositions is given with that combination of aristocratic poise and inner life that make Hewitt’s performances so compelling. This is, without doubt, a first-class disc from a first-class pianist.”
Musical Opinion
Piano Sonatas nos 9-10 and 13-14
Peter Hewitt - piano
Sonata No.9 in E major Op.14 No.1
1. Allegro
2.
Allegretto
3.
Rondo. Allegro comodo
Sonata No.10 in G major Op.14 No.2
4. Allegro
5. Andante
6. Scherzo: Allegro assai
Sonata No.13 in E flat major Op.27 No.1
7. Andante - Allegro - Tempo I
8. Allegro molto e vivace
9. Adagio con espressione
10. Allegro vivace - Tempo I - Presto
Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight
11. Adagio sostenuto
12. Allegretto
13. Presto agitato
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"The account of the "Moonlight" immediately struck me as being quite exceptional. Here is a young artist to watch, a thoughtful and completely assured pianist in total technical command, with a lively intuitive mind to match."
International Record Review
- July 2011
Piano Sonatas nos 16-18, Op.31 nos 1-3,
Peter Hewitt - piano
Sonata No.16 in G major Op.31 No.1
2 Adagio grazioso
3 Rondo: Allegretto - Presto
Sonata No.17 in D minor Op.31 No.2 Tempest
4 Largo - Allegro
5 Adagio
6 Allegretto
Sonata No.18 in E flat major Op.31 No.3 Hunt
7 Allegro
8 Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
9 Menuetto & Trio: Moderato e grazioso
10 Presto con fuoco
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"Hewitt's technique is flawless and is always placed at the service of the music; this is Beethoven speaking directly to us."
International Record Review
Piano Sonatas nos 5-7, Op.10 nos 1-3
Peter Hewitt - piano
Sonata no. 5 in C minor Op.10 no.1
1 Allegro molto e con brio
2 Adagio molto
3 Finale (Prestissimo)
Sonata no. 6 in F major Op.10 no.2
4 Allegro
5 Allegretto
6 Presto
Sonata no. 7 in D major Op.10 no.3
7 Presto
8 Largo e mesto
9 Menuetto e trio
10 Rondo. Allegro
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"Attention to detail, devotion to the music... very musical... it touched me."
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Encore! Encore!
Peter Fisher, violin and Peter Hewitt, piano
Salon music and short pieces by Fritz Kreisler, Alfredo d'Ambrosio and others.
Full Track Listings and sample MP3 clips
1. Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
2. Kreisler: Preghiera in the style of Padre Martini
3. Kreisler: La Précieuse in the style of Louis Couperin
4. Mischa Elman: Canto Amoroso (Sammartini)
5. Kreisler: Tambourin Chinois
6. Kreisler: Caprice Viennois
7. Kreisler: Marche Miniature Viennoise
8. Edward Elgar: Salut d'Amour
9. Alfredo d'Ambrosio: Sonnet Allègre
10. d'Ambrosio: Canzonetta Op. 6
11: d'Ambrosio: Romance Op. 9
12: d'Ambrosio: Sérénade Op.4
13: Jenö Hubay: Hejre Kati
14: Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
Kreisler: Three Old Viennese Dances:
15: Liebesfreud
16: Liebesleid
17: Schön Rosmarin
18: Kreisler: Londonderry Air
19: Vittorio Monti: Czardas
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BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonatas and Variations
Toby Turton - cello
Peter Hewitt - piano
Sonata in G minor Op.5 no.2
1 Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto piu tosto presto
2 Rondo. Allegro
Sonata in A major Op.69
3 Allegro ma non troppo
4 Scherzo. Allegro molto
5 Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
6-18 Twelve Variations on a theme from Handel's oratorio 'Judas Maccabeus' WoO45
"Outstanding playing... "
John Lill
STRAUSS / TENNYSON
Enoch Arden Op.38
a melodrama for spoken voice and piano
First complete recording in English
Nicholas Garrett - narrator
Peter Hewitt - piano
"The wedding scene acquires a Rosenkavalier-like gleam. It's a verbal
treasure."
Gramophone
"A recommended recording of outstanding quality"
BBC Music Magazine
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