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TCHAIKOVSKY
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] "I would go so far as to say that this recording carries more musical conviction than any of its rivals" ClassicCD |
BRITTEN
Rejoice in the Lamb / A Wedding Anthem / Festival te Deum / A Boy was Born Corydon Singers / Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] 'This beautifully made record deserves the widest circulation. The sound these choirs make is of great beauty, and is captured in a flawless recording full of atmosphere and warmth' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music) |
RACHMANINOV
Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Opus 31 Peter Scorer (deacon) / Corydon Singers / Matthew Best (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] 'Outstanding. A performance that is at once perceptive, sympathetic and finely sung' (Gramophone) |
VILLA-LOBOS
Missa São Sebastião & other sacred choral music Corydon Singers & Orchestra, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "The whole disc is a bright feather in the Corydon cap" Organist's Review |
SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Goethe and Schiller settings Dame Janet Baker (mezzo soprano) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] 'A generous and revelatory recital of Goethe and Schiller settings. Janet Baker breaks the champagne bottle over one of the most important recording projects of the half century' (The Times) |
SCHUMANN
Novelletten / Nachtstücke Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] "This is, in short, engaging and sophisticated playing with a fine mix of care and spontaneity." (BBC Music) |
MILY BALAKIREV
Balakirev: Piano Sonata & other works Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "Bravo to Hyperion for championing this music and to Driver for playing it with such sensitivity, polish and élan" (The Daily Telegraph) |
YORK BOWEN
The Piano Sonatas Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Instrumental |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 46 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Danny Driver's pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen's considerable demands' (BBC Music Magazine) |
ERIK CHISHOLM
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "[Chishom's First Concerto is] full of provocative rhythm and utterly devoid of cliche. His second is even more elaborate, drawing its inspiration from the beguiling ragas of Hindustan, their evocative intervals and sensuous, twisting melodies... |
KODALY
String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Dante Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Feb/2014 ] The Dante Quartet, winners of the BBC Music Magazine Award for their album of Franck and Fauré, respond to this music with dancing energy and folkloric simplicity. |
FLOR PEETERS
Flor Peeters: Organ Music D'Arcy Trinkwon (Marcussen organ of Tonbridge School Chapel) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] "Although it must be a daunting challenge to reduce Peeters's vast organ output down to a 75 minute representative selection, Trinkwon has managed successfully to cover most angles...the playing is mostly top-notch, with the Tonbridge Marcussen... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trios Dartington Piano Trio [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] 'I'm sure no-one would have been happier to find two such engaging performances side by side than the two ladies themselves' (Gramophone) |
FAURE
Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER "Domus have the requisite lightness of touch and subtlety, and just the right sense of scale and tempo." Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
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. |
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. Both concertos are pleasingly substantial, and the typically demanding piano writing is... |
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? |
