IVO ANTOGNINI
Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Come to me (2019) was written for The Aeolians of Oakwood University, Alabama, conducted by Jason Max Ferdinand. The text is by one of the composer's favourite poets, Christina Rossetti. Originally entitled Echo, this poignant poem concerns a person... |
J.S. BACH / C.P.E. BACH / J.C. BACH
The Bach Family: Magnificats Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] "You would be hard-pressed to find a more illuminating disc than this latest offering from Arcangelo" BBC Music Choral & Song Choice March 2018 |
VIANNA da MOTTA
Vianna ds Motta: Piano Concerto in A major / Fantasia DramAItica / etc Arthur Pizarro (piano) / Orquestra Gulbenkian / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 24 / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'To hear Pizarro is always a pleasure…lyrical phrasing wrapped in one of the most entrancing and expressive pianissimos of any pianist' - International Record Review |
HENRIQUE OSWALD & ALFREDO NAPOLEAO
The Romantic Piano Concerto 64 - Oswald & Napoleão dos Santos Artur Pizarro (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 64 / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] Portuguese virtuoso Artur Pizarro makes a welcome return to the Romantic Piano Concerto series with the outpourings of two brilliant pianist-composers. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "If you don't know Howells' music, this splendid new recording of one of his most powerful works is likely to win new friends, who will want to investigate further the many very fine Hyperion recordings" MusicWeb |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Mahan Esfahani (harpischord/clavichord), Carolyn Sampson (soprano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] Domestic music-making of a distinctly superior sort is lovingly recreated in a rare recording of the notebooks Bach presented to his second wife. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The French Suites Mahan Esfahani (early keyboard instruments) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] 'Mahan Esfahani couldn't make a routine recital of Bach's keyboard music if you paid him' was BBC Record Review's verdict on a previous release: prospective listeners to this wonderful new set should rest assured that any hint of the routine remains... |
STRAVINSKY
The Fairy's Kiss / Scenes de ballet BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "here are striking instances of [Stravinsky's] art of pure delectation...Volkov offers brilliantly clear, high-energy accounts" Sunday Times, 4th April 2010 *** |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 1 & No. 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 3 & No. 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams's setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. The coupling is more Whitman: RVW's later, virtually unknown 'Darest thou now, O soul' for chorus and strings. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 Roderick Williams (baritone) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "Even against formidable competition [in No. 6], Martyn Brabbins impresses handsomely. Nothing is forced - the fury and the anguish, the grandeur and the desolation seem almost to speak for themselves." BBC Music Five Stars |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Complete Music for Violin & Orchestra-Volume 3 Bohuslav Matousek (violin & viola), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] "A major concertante piece is restored to public view...Hyperion's Martinu series continues apace and with great distinction. Christopher Hogwood and his Czech Philharmonic forces here delve into some of the less well known corners of Martinu's... |
Bostridge/Fischer-Dieskau/John
Schubert:die Schone Mulleri [ Hyperion / CD ] |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Requiem / Hymn To The Creator of Light / etc Polyphony / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Here is music finely crafted, written with love for the art and an especial care for choral sound...their tone is unfailingly beautiful. The two soloists are excellent." Gramophone |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: Symphony No.9 Bournemouth So/Handley [ Hyperion / CD ] 'As hypnotic as the star-filled night sky … so utterly absorbing is this symphony that I have hardly given a thought to the performance or the recording … which is surely the best possible tribute to all concerned' (Gramophone) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
Simpson: Symphonies 2 & 4 MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 'I rejoice to hear them so finely played and beautifully recorded' (Gramophone) |
FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Guerrero: Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus, Magnificat & motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] With radiant accounts from The Brabant Ensemble of the Mass, a Magnificat and a selection of motets, this album of first recordings is a major addition to Guerrero's still select discography. |
LUPUS HELLINCK / JOHNANNES LUPI
Hellinck: Missa Surrexit pastor; Lupi: Te Deum & motet The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] Mining the rich musical seam of the Low Countries, Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble have once again unearthed sixteenth-century treasure in the works of Lupus Hellinck and Johannes Lupi. |
JOSQUIN DES PRES
Josquin: Motets & Mass movements The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Biographical and musicological certainties may be in short supply in the life and work of Josquin, but there's no gainsaying the magnificence of the music recorded here: a programme of shorter works, most in unusual guise, to celebrate his 500th... |