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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 6 Elizabeth Watts (soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Hyperion's Strauss Lieder series continues to demonstrate that the composer's achievements in this genre are among the most fascinating and accomplished of his works. |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Sacred vocal music of Claudio Monteverdi Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas / Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman & Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 'One of the most beautiful records I have heard this year' (The Guardian) |
DOWLAND / CAMPION / HANDFORD / DANYEL / LAWES
Time Stands Still: Lute Songs Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] 'A fine recital that adds a few welcome items to the recorded repertory of the lute-song, engineered close to perfection' (Gramophone) |
MONTEVERDI / DOWLAND / de MACHAUT / HILDEGARD OF BINGEN / etc
The Emma Kirkby Collection (music by Monteverdi, Dowland, de Machaut, etc) Emma Kirkby (soprano) with various artists and ensembles [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'An attractive release, not only for the almost unfailing charm with which Kirkby imbues the music but also as a record of how her voice has blossomed over a period of some two decades' (BBC Music Magazine) |
HANS BRONSART / ANTON URSPRUCH
Bonsart / Urspruch: Piano Concertos Emmanuel Despax (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Tzigane (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 77 / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] The common thread-as so often in The Romantic Piano Concerto series-is Liszt, in whose Weimar circle both composer-pianists featured here moved. |
NUNES GARCIA / LOBO de MESQUITA / L. A. PINTO / etc
Brazilian Adventures Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] This wonderful new recording casts a dazzling light on composers whose names are as obscure as their music is revelatory. Mozart from an unfettered South America? |
ALEC ROTH
A Time to Dance / Hatfield Service / Men and Angels Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] Alec Roth's new oratorio is a celebration of times and seasons, and a joy to hear. Also included are new settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis and of John Donne's Antiphon 'Praised be the God of love'. |
MARTIN PEERSON
Latin Motets The Ex Cathedral Consort, Jeffrey Skidmore-conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Feb/2005 ] The 1604 Royal May Day celebrations - the 'Proms in the Park' of their day - headlined with a madrigal by Martin Peerson. His career can be traced through posts at Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral, and his powerful patrons enabled a... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "The fabulous Florestan find thrills and refinement for a Saint-Saëns stunner. This marvellous trio have that effect on their fans. Their restrained, delicate playing always leads to a cleverly calculated but deeply felt emotional pay-off." Editor's... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Music for Piano Trio-1 The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "No piano trio today conveys such a feeling of spontaneous, excited discovery as the Florestan." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Music for Piano Trio vol. 2 The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2003 ] An important issue in the award-winning survey of piano trio repertoire by our old friends, the Florestan Trio. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Piano Trios (Nos 1 & 2) The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE CLASSIC CD 100 GREATEST DISCS OF THE DECADE |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2017 ] Schubert's transcendent song cycle of loss and desolation has not lacked for great recordings since the days of the 78: this new account from Florian Boesch and Roger Vignoles (hailed as 'two of the best performers of Lieder in our time') is surely... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Der Wanderer Florian Boesch (baritone) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "This is a most distinguished recital that confirms the stature of Florian Boesch as one of the leading Lieder singers currently before the public. With production values - recorded sound and documentation - up to Hyperion's usual excellent standards |
ERNST KRENEK
Krenek: Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen (with Zemlinsky - songs) Florian Boesch (baritone) & Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "The emotional ambivalences are finely projected, as sadness, dismay and anger are repeatedly undercut by self-deprecating wit and humour" Gramophone Awards 2017 Nomination - Solo Vocal |
DEBUSSY / PROKOFIEV / BARTOK
Debussy / Prokofiev / Bartok: Études Garrick Ohlsson (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Jul/2015 ] "Throw in Roger Nichols' highly readable liner-notes and you have a piano album to die for. Dazzling pianism, class-leading sound; another notch on Ohlsson's bed post." Recording of the Month MusicWeb August 2015 |
W. A. MOZART
Oboe Quartet / Horn Quintet / etc The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "Anyone interested in this particular program is unlikely to be anything but delighted with this disc" (Fanfare) |
SCHUBERT
Schubert: Octet in F D803 The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] "The Helios reissue of the Gaudier Ensemble Schubert Octet deserves to be heard and re-heard, a real tour de force performance of a work of unconquerable spirit." (AudAud.com December 2013) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 3 Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "With the versatile Julius Drake at the piano any singer can be assured that he/she has the best possible support and the rapport between Finley and Drake feels like twin-souls working together." Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 15 |
