JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Kullervo BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] While 'Kullervo' represents just the confident first step in Sibelius's symphonic odyssey, it is also a viscerally exciting experience on its own terms- little wonder the first performance in 1892 was such a triumph for the young composer. An... |
Bbc Scottish Symphony/Brabbins
Lamond/D'albert: Orchestral [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra / Lionel Friend [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2001 ] 'The performance is powerful, the recording superb'-New York Times |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica & Symphony No 9 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Two late, great Vaughan Williams symphonies: with the 'Antartica' and No 9, Martyn Brabbins and his BBC forces complete a cycle enthusiastically acclaimed by Radio 3 Record Review as 'unmissable'. |
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. |
JOHN GAY
The Beggar's Opera (complete) Bob Hoskins, Sarah Walker, Charles Daniels, Adrian Thompson / The Broadside Band / Jeremy Barlow [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'I have never heard, and can't imagine, better performances ... A delightful performance of this timeless opera' (American Record Guide) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona Nobis Pacem & Towards the Unknown Region Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/1993 ] |
Beste Co/Seers/George/Corydo
Faure Requiem [ Hyperion / CD ] |
GUILLAUME DUFAY
Music for St Anthony of Padua Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] "The recording is equally excellent - as usual with Hyperion, it never intrudes on one's enjoyment of the music." (MusicWeb baragain of the Month Jan 2008) |
DUFAY
Mass for St Anthony Abbot (with Binchois - Motets) The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'these singers are superbly experienced in this kind of repertoire, and they thrill us with the supple lines of the Alleluia, the vigour of the Credo and the swirling counterpoint of the Sanctus … These singers are at their best, though, in the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Lily & the Rose: Adoration of the Virgin in sound and stone The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] ""this music is of exquisite beauty, and I am hard pressed in exploring my collection of recordings to find any one recording or ensemble that matches the sonic clarity of the Binchois Consort." AudAud.com |
ANONYMOUS
Music for Henry V & the House of Lancaster: The English cyclic Mass Quem malignus spiritus and ceremonial motets for fifteenth-century princely chapel The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "It would be difficult to imagine more tuneful, exacting interpretations of some of these compositions...this is an adventurous disc which provides a fascinating glimpse into the kind of soundscape that must have greeted Henry V on his return from... |
The Binchois Consort. Andrew Kirkman
Josquin and his Contemporaries [ Hyperion / CD - released 24/Aug/2002 ] Gramophone Award Nomination 2002 - Early Music |
The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman
A Marriage of England and Burgundy - music of Busnois, Frye, etc [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'It is difficult to imagine more lucid or elegant performances. In a very short time, the Binchois Consort have established themselves as one of the very finest ensembles in the field' (Gramophone) |
GUILLAUME DUFAY
Missa Puisque je vis & other works The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2013 ] "This is of far more than just academic interest, since the poise and control of the performers is apparent everywhere; in a movement such as the Sanctus, the musical pleasure are hard to miss." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for Saint Katherine of Alexandria The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] Admirers of Andrew Kirkman and The Binchois Consort will know what to expect of this group's recordings: not only carefully crafted programmes delivered with idiomatic flair (both of which may be taken for granted), but also lavishly illustrated... |
ANONYMOUS
Music for the King of Scots The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] "A compelling collection of late Mediaeval polyphonic choral music skilfully presented as if in the acoustic in which it was first heard." MusicWeb |
Binchois Consort/Kirkman
A Marriage Of England & Burgun [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2000 ] |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra (Vol 1) Bohuslav Matousek (violin) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] '[Duo concertante] Written in Martinu's best 1930s concerto grosso style, its three movements are limpidly scored, allowing the flowing, interweaving lines of the soloists to sound to best advantage; as the excellent booklet-notes say, "an... |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
The Complete Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol 2 Bohuslav Matousek (violin) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] 'This disc is superb in every aspect from performance to recording quality, and will really force the listener to re-evaluate Martinu's place among composers. Very highly recommended' (Audiophile Audition, USA) |