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Hyperion

This British label was founded in 1980. Early releases mainly focused on British composers.

However, the company's fortunes improved by the release of one special recording...'A Feather on the Breath of God', with the Gothic Voices, directed by Christopher Page.

In 2023, ownership of Hyperion moved to Universal Music, which also handled Deutsche Grammophon and Decca. Unfortunately during the move many Hyperion recordings were either deleted from the catalogue, or moved to streaming.

Marbecks fortunately has a considerable number of Hyperion recordings in stock, or available to order. Below are some examples of titles we currently carry.

Top sellers

A Feather on the Breath of God cover
HILDEGARD von BINGEN
A Feather on the Breath of God
Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Gothic Voices
GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER '...merits a place in every collection'
50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME...
$40.00
Schumann & Moscheles: 1851 - Cello Sonatas cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN / IGNAZ MOSCHELES
Schumann & Moscheles: 1851 - Cello Sonatas
Steven Isserlis (cello), Connie Shih (piano)
'It's a fantastic sound … so beautifully done' (BBC)... his enduring love of Schumann's music shines...
$40.00
» Explore the Hyperion catalogue here

Great chamber works

Tchaikovsky, (B): Music for Chamber Orchestra cover
BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky, (B): Music for Chamber Orchestra
Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra / Ludmila Golub, organ / Alexander Rudin, conductor $40.00
Honey-coloured cow cover
HENRI SAUGUET / GORDON JACOB / MICHAEL HEAD / THOMAS SIMAKU / RUTH GIPPS / etc
Honey-coloured cow
Laurence Perkins (bassoon), Carducci String Quartet, John Flinders (piano), Amy Thompson, Matthew Kitteringham (bassoons) $40.00
Bargiel: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 cover
WOLDEMAR BARGIEL
Bargiel: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2
Leonore Piano Trio $40.00
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & Seven Last Words cover
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & Seven Last Words
The London Haydn Quartet $40.00

More unusal Concerto recordings

Gablenz: Piano Concerto / Paderewski: Polish Fantasy cover
JERZY GABLENZ / IGNACY Jan PADEREWSKI
Gablenz: Piano Concerto / Paderewski: Polish Fantasy
Jonathan Plowright (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lukasz Borowicz $40.00
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 cover
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3
Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor $40.00
Kullak / Dreyschock: Piano Concertos cover
THEODOR KULLAK / ALEXANDER DREYSCHOCK
Kullak / Dreyschock: Piano Concertos
Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willen conductor $40.00
Vianna ds Motta: Piano Concerto in A major / Fantasia DramAItica / etc cover
VIANNA da MOTTA
Vianna ds Motta: Piano Concerto in A major / Fantasia DramAItica / etc
Arthur Pizarro (piano) / Orquestra Gulbenkian / Martyn Brabbins $40.00
» Concerto recordings with a bit of a twist!

Brahms & Schubert Songs

Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Die Mühle, die dreht ihre Flügel') cover
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Die Mühle, die dreht ihre Flügel')
Christine Schäfer (soprano) & Graham Johnson (piano) $40.00
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 6 (Incls 'Lieder und Gersänge', Op. 32) cover
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 6 (Incls 'Lieder und Gersänge', Op. 32)
Ian Bostridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) $40.00
Schubert: Songs of 1816 cover
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Songs of 1816
Christoph Pregardien (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) $40.00
Schubert: Die Schone Mulleri cover
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mulleri
Ian Bostridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (reader) $40.00
» Hyperion recorded very single song they wrote!

Piano Solo

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 11 (Sonatas Opp 106 & 111) cover
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 11 (Sonatas Opp 106 & 111)
Angela Hewitt (piano) $40.00
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies cover
FRANZ LISZT / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies
Marc-André Hamelin (piano) $40.00
Russian Variations cover
JOHN FIELD / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Russian Variations
Piers Lane (piano) $40.00
Hommage a Chopin cover
BALAKIREV / GRIEG / HONEGGER / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERKELEY / MOMPOU / etc
Hommage a Chopin
Jonathan Plowright (piano) $40.00
» Over the years Hyperion recorded many established pianists

Choral recordings

Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius cover
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream Of Gerontius
David Butt Philip, Karen Cargill, Roland Wood / Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins $50.00
New England Choirworks cover
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New England Choirworks
Yale Schola Cantorum / David Hill $40.00
Rutter: Requiem / Hymn To The Creator of Light / etc cover
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Requiem / Hymn To The Creator of Light / etc
Polyphony / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stephen Layton $40.00
Hanson: Endless Border & other choral works cover
BO HANSSON
Hanson: Endless Border & other choral works
Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough $40.00
» Hyperion had a passion for recording some beautiful choral music

Early Music

Conductus, Vol. 3 - Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France cover
ANONYMOUS
Conductus, Vol. 3 - Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France
Conductus: John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman, Rogers Covey-Crump $40.00
A monk's life cover
DE LASSUS / ERBACH / KLINGENSTEIN / DE RORE / REGNART / etc
A monk's life
The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice $40.00
Machaut : A lover's death cover
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
Machaut : A lover's death
The Orlando Consort $40.00
Machaut: The Single Rose cover
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut: The Single Rose
The Orlando Consort $40.00
» Into early? It's never too late!

The art of the violin & cello

Schumann: Violin Sonatas cover
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Violin Sonatas
Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) $40.00
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58 / Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 cover
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58 / Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Jack Liebeck (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins $40.00
Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets - Music of the Angels cover
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets - Music of the Angels
Steven Isserlis (cello) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment $40.00
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev) cover
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano) $40.00
» There's an art in grabbing something while you can!