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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: The Six Partitas Angela Hewitt [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] 'Brilliant, well-sounding, expressive and always new' was the verdict of Bach's first biographer on the six Partitas, a description which applies equally to Angela Hewitt's wonderful new recording of what Bach designated his 'Opus 1'. Angela... |
CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 1 & The carnival of the animals Utah Symphony / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Don't be fooled by those well-known portraits of Saint-Saëns the bearded éminence grise - the two symphonies recorded here are the work of the young Camille, spreading his compositional wings and displaying a technical fluency far beyond his teenage... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New England Choirworks Yale Schola Cantorum / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] With a spectacular vocal contribution from the Elm City Girls' Choir (we defy you to resist an immediate encore), and compositions by Roderick Williams and David Hill himself among others, Yale Schola Cantorum's exuberant celebration of contemporary... |
HEINRICH SCHUTZ
Schütz: The Christmas story & other works Yale Schola Cantorum / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Schütz's 'Christmas story' is an absolute delight from beginning to end, its charming tableaux of angels, shepherds and wise men completely belying the composer's old age and constrained circumstances. Here it's the jubilant climax to a programme of... |
PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Lamentations Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The members of Cinquecento turn to perhaps the pre-eminent composer of the sixteenth century: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah would have been integral to the liturgical rites of Holy Week: here is one of the... |
TALLIS / RUTTER / PRAETORIUS / HOLST/ HANDEL etc
Christmas The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] From the timeless plainchant 'Veni Emmanuel' via Jonathan Harvey to a riotous 'Jingle bells': Owain Park presents a programme of Christmas treats which effortlessly spans the centuries. |
St George's Chapel Choir Windsor / James Vivian, Luke Bond
Christmas at St George's Windsor [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The Choir of St George's Chapel, world famous through its royal patronage, is one of this country's foremost, participating in daily services throughout the year at its Windsor Castle home. Here the choir performs a wide range of music appropriate... |
ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: Piano Quintets & String Quartet No 2 Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The celebrated partnership of Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet has already set down reference recordings of piano quintets by Schumann, Franck and Shostakovich, and this latest addition is equally illustrious; an important milestone in the... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Preludes & Piano Sonatas Andrey Gugnin (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Hyperion is thrilled to welcome to the label Andrey Gugnin, winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition. With a spectacular all-Shostakovich programme built around the two piano sonatas, this is simply electrifying pianism. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT / JOHANNES BRAMS
Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] An inspired coupling of two contrasting yet complementary sets of 'swansongs'. Despite the three decades separating Brahms' and Schubert's ages at the time of writing, both are among their composers' very final works, poignant reflections on the... |
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 71 & 74
The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Impromptus, waltzes & mazurkas Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] Pavel Kolesnikov's deep affinity with the music of Chopin is once again on display: immaculate performances - and an intelligently planned recital, which builds towards the epic F minor Fantasy - can only enhance the listener's appreciation of this... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Violin Sonatas Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Matchless accounts of Brahms at his most lyrically reflective, plus a benedictory encore by Clara Schumann: this is another outstanding release from today's pre-eminent violin and piano partnership. |
BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 8Harriet Burns Harriet Burns, Graham Johnson [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Volume 8 of Hyperion's complete Brahms songs proves the ideal platform for Harriet Burns in her debut album. As usual, Graham Johnson's scholarly booklet notes are an indispensable companion. |
GUILLAUME de MACHAUT
Machaut: The Single Rose The Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] "The singers combine pin-sharp tuning and gentle phrasing in this seductive collection." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2019 |
PFITZNER / BRAUNFELS
Pfitzner & Braunfels: Piano Concertos Markus Becker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Constantin Trinks [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] The Braunfels-a concerto in all but name-and Pfitzner make an apt pairing, two works dating from the twilight of German Romanticism. Both are heroically dispatched by Markus Becker, with Constantin Trinks and his Berlin Radio Symphony forces... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Jupiter Project David Owen Norris (piano), Katy Bircher (flute), Caroline Balding (violin), Andrew Skidmore (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] An intriguing re-creation of how Mozart's largescale orchestral works might have been encountered in Georgian Britain, realized by the kind of ensemble which played such a prominent role in its musical life. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Toccatas Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] "Esfahani, who explains their complex history in a detailed essay, has made his own new performing edition and reveals these familiar pieces to have mysteries we may never have suspected." The Observer |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Choral works Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] A cluster of choral miniatures culminating in one of Finzi's most intense, visionary masterpieces: this is some of the most exquisite English choral writing of the last century. |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: A Song of Agincourt & other works Ulster Orchestra / Howard Shelley [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] From the charming whimsy of 'Fairy Day' to the dignified ceremonial of 'Verdun', this is a welcome and varied collection of some of Stanford's finest occasional pieces. |
