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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 21/Feb/2025 ] The critical reception of Schumann's violin sonatas-like that of much of the composer's late output-has vacillated over the course of the intervening centuries. Written for and first performed by some of the leading violinists of the day, all three... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Vol 11 (Sonatas Opp 106 & 111) Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] "Her playing has great energy and also plenty of light and shade....This is an outstanding disc." Musicweb recommended June 2022 |
J. S. BACH
Bach, (J.S.): The Goldberg Variations Angela Hewitt (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] Angela searched England for a suitable venue to record this! |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets Vol 5 Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano) James Rutherford (baritone) Finnur Bjarnason (tenor) Hannah Morrison (soprano) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2010 ] 'Eugene Asti plays with a refreshingly light touch and a lively sense of rhythm' (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): The Complete Songs Vol. 2 Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] BBC Magazine Award Finalist 2008 (Best vocal recording) |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Suite for Violin and Orchestra Op 32 / Violin Concerto in D major Op 74 Anthony Marwood (violin) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 2 / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Concerto - "A first recording for the Violin Concerto, and a performance unlikely to be bettered. Anthony Marwood is the impassioned soloist" |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 7 Benjamin Appl (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] The last private pupil of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Benjamin Appl has already been hailed as 'Lieder royalty' (The Spectator). Further proof comes with this distinguished Hyperion debut: volume 7 of our complete Brahms songs. |
GRANDOS / RODRIGO / NIN / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canciones amatorias Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] 'Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes' (Fanfare) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mulleri Ian Bostridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (reader) [ Hyperion / CD ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE - GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE |
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 |
DE LASSUS / ERBACH / KLINGENSTEIN / DE RORE / REGNART / etc
A monk's life The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] "This is a superb programme mining a rich vein of post-Reformation music from German-speaking countries, all sung with the characteristic silvery tone of The Brabant Ensemble." Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2025 |
THOMAS TALLIS
Salve intemerata & other sacred music The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2013 ] "These are commendably committed, full-blooded performances verging at times on over-ripeness...Generally, though, confidence inspires confidence, as in much of the Mass and in Domine, quis habitavit; as for Salve, intemerata, they make as good a cas |
ELGAR / BRITTEN / TYE / MESSIAEN / PANUFNIK / HOLST / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music Of Westminster Cathedral Choir Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD ] Original recordings from July 1998 |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 2 (Incls 'Die Mühle, die dreht ihre Flügel') Christine Schäfer (soprano) & Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "A thrilling, limpid sound; clarity of diction; emotional immediacy; a fabulous technique...Christine Schäfer really has it all, and she proves a delightful and imaginative interpreter of these songs." (Classic FM) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: A Goethe Schubertiad Christine Shafer (soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Michael George (bass) / The London Chorale / Stephen Layton (dir) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 24 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] 'The whole record is priceless … renewed praise … an engrossing and invaluable addition to this series' (Gramophone) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Songs of 1816 Christoph Pregardien (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 23 / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Prégardien is a prince among tenors' (Gramophone) GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs Volume 5: Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] A new recording from renowned recitalist and winner of the Lieder Prize at the 1997 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, Christopher Maltman. Graham Johnson is both accompanist and curator of this series that presents the entire piano-accompanied... |
ANONYMOUS
Conductus, Vol. 3 - Music & poetry from thirteenth-century France Conductus: John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman, Rogers Covey-Crump [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2016 ] 'If you appreciate pure, fragrant yet confident singing of a repertoire which is as expressive and accessible as it has an unjustified reputation for being 'remote', then don't hesitate. A small but bright jewel' (MusicWeb International) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Complete Songs vol.3 Felicity Lott (sop) Jennifer Smith (sop) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (ten) Christopher Maltmann (bar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] 'recording and presentation are the stuff of dreams. Hyperion has done Fauré proud' - Gramophone |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Sonatas & Rhapsodies Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] Both sonatas recorded here are the work of the young Brahms-still a teenager when he wrote Op 2-and perfectly complement the much later rhapsodies. These are magisterial accounts from a pianist noted for his mastery of the Romantics. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Queen of Hearts The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2024 ] "All in all this is a treasure trove of works, some little known and rarely performed, in a wide variety of styles and vocal scorings spanning the first half of the 16th century. Beautifully sung and meticulously researched," Gramophone Sept Choice |
VIKTOR KALABIS
Kalabis: Duettina, Chamber music & Diptych Gidon Kremer (violin & conductor) / The Kremerata Baltica [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] Composer and works may be unfamiliar, but Viktor Kalabis's Duettina, Chamber music & Diptych are very much the sort of repertoire in which Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica (to both of whom Hyperion extends the warmest of welcomes) specialize. All... |
LEO WEINER
Weiner: Violin Sonatas Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 'Hagai Shaham plays with a large, richly Romantic tone and a feeling for the grand gestures in which the music delivers its message and the ethnic matrix from which it emerged. But he also has the virtuosic flair to put across the most flamboyant... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 8Harriet Burns Harriet Burns (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] "Buoyed by Johnson's acutely judged accompaniments, the fresh-toned young soprano Harriet Burns, on her CD debut, spins a pure line and responds sensitively to the echt-Brahmsian moods of loneliness, regret and pathos." Gramophone |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & Seven Last Words The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Haydn's 'Seven Last Words' (heard here in the composer's own arrangement for string quartet) is simply sublime, and a fitting testimonial to the composer's deep, enduring faith. It provides an apt and generous coupling for the two magnificent Op 77... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 6 (Incls 'Lieder und Gersänge', Op. 32) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Bostridge's fans have no need to hesitate either, and the virtues of his distinctive Lieder-singing art are very much in evidence." Gramophone |
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 [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 17 / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] "Jack Liebeck and conductor Martyn Brabbins work hard to make the music come alive. Liebeck's playing is consistently fresh and his phrasing always imaginative" (The Guardian) |
FRANK BRIDGE
Bridge: Complete Songs Janice Watson (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo soprano), Jamie MacDougal (tenor), Gerald Finley (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "This fine collection of settings by poets as diverse as Herrick, Heine and Tagore is full of surprises and beautifully performed by all, especially pianist Roger Vignoles" The Observer |
HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON
Fraser-Simson: The Maid of the Mountains (Complete Operetta) Janis Kelly, Christopher Maltman, Michael George, Richard Suart / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "piloted with style and affection by ronald Corp, Hyperion's light music guru. Wicked!" (BBC Music) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Complete Hyperion Schubert Edition: The Final Year John Mark Ainsley, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael Schade (tenors) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 37 / CD - released 20/Sep/2000 ] The final volume in the Schubert Hyperion series |
JERZY GABLENZ / IGNACY Jan PADEREWSKI
Gablenz: Piano Concerto / Paderewski: Polish Fantasy Jonathan Plowright (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Lukasz Borowicz [ Hyperion The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 83 / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "In terms of sheer spontaneity, pliant rhythmic élan and delicacy of texture, I cannot imagine a more thrilling performance, or one that more fully captures Paderewski's heartfelt message." Gramophone |
BALAKIREV / GRIEG / HONEGGER / TCHAIKOVSKY / BERKELEY / MOMPOU / etc
Hommage a Chopin Jonathan Plowright (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "All of these multifaceted offerings...show Jonathan Plowright as beguiling in his intimacy as he is magisterial in virtuosity." Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine - April 2010 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Songs Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] 'The versions by Sitkovetsky and Vignoles … form a notable addition to the catalogue and represent a remarkable achievement by an artist making her debut on disc' (MusicWeb International) |
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) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/May/2025 ] Laurence Perkins is not only an extremely accomplished bassoonist; he also has the enviable talent of devising memorable and attractive programmes (and album titles) for his instrument. |
RICHARD STRAUSS / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN / MIKHAIL GLINKA
The Princess and the Bear: Strauss (R): Duet-Concertino / Beethoven: Trio / Glinka: Trio pathétique Laurence Perkins (bassoon), with Sarah Watts (clarinet), Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sian Edwards (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] "[the Glinka] finds Watts and Perkins squaring off and duetting like protagonists from one of the bel canto operas that inspired it, while Roscoe accompanies them with understated subtlety." Gramophone |
WOLDEMAR BARGIEL
Bargiel: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] The name of Woldemar Bargiel may be little known today - although he was the half-brother of Clara Schumann, no less - but he was highly regarded by Brahms and the Schumanns. These are two delightful, richly melodic works. |
SIDNEY JONES
Jones: The Geisha (Complete operetta) Lillian Watson / Sarah Walker / Harry Nicoll / Richard Suart / Christopher Maltman / New London Light Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/Feb/2006 ] 'The recording that has given me the most joy during the year. A work I have waited fully 40 years to find on LP or CD' (Gramophone) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Hammerklavier Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] "it's always when Beethoven is at his most virile when Hamelin most excels, especially with sweeping runs up the keyboard or busy fugal complications - anything that needs flying fingers...there is nothing in Hamelin's latest Hyperion album (there ar |
FRANZ LISZT / SIGISMOND THALBERG
Liszt & Thalberg: Opera transcriptions & fantasies Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] "The execution is so incredibly neat and well ordered, and yet sounds completely spontaneous, like an inspired improvisation…This is a master pianist at the height of his powers" GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Late Piano Music Marc-André Hamelin (piano) [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Oct/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Instrumental |
