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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mendelssohn: On wings of song Margaret Price (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] "Mesmerising... as is usual, the Hyperion recording is perfectly balanced" - Classic CD |
BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky, (B): Music for Chamber Orchestra Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra / Ludmila Golub, organ / Alexander Rudin, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] "These excellent, meticulously prepared readings are warmly recorded. The production is again up to Hyperion's best. Recommended" - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
GABRIEL FAURÉ
Fauré: La bonne chanson & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2025 ] Fauré's songs represent his art at its most radiant, demonstrating the composer's exceptional gift for melody as well as his acute sensitivity to the subtleties of the greatest French poets of the day. In 'La bonne chanson', the result is a song... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), with Timothy Ridout (viola) & the Piatti Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] 'a performance of On Wenlock Edge which, in its thrilling assurance, strength of imagination and rapt instinct, inclines me to rank it alongside the very finest I know.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022 |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Nikolai Demidenko (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 2 / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - 'Performances as searingly intense as they are ardently lyrical. Truly extraordinary fire and brilliance' (Gramophone) |
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
Machaut : A lover's death The Orlando Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The eleventh and final release in The Orlando Consort's comprehensive Machaut survey easily maintains the standards of its predecessors. The closing couplet of the final track-'Their singing will be sublime / Harmoniously will they render him... |
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 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and his Friends - II Philip Langridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 4 / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
JOHN FIELD / ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV / PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Russian Variations Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] Three substantial sets of variations - by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov - plus a delightful amuse-bouche from John Field, who settled in St Petersburg in the early years of the nineteenth century, make up Piers Lane's attractive and virtuosic... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 4 (Incls 'Vier ernste Gesänge', Op. 121) Robert Holl (bass-baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Brahms Song Edition / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "This disc, while the whole recital has notable integrity and quality, would be worth having for [the Four Serious Songs] alone." (International Record Review) |
ROBERT FRANZ
Franz: Songs Robin Tritschler, (tenor), Graham Johnson, (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jul/2017 ] " This concise music perhaps lacks the contained intensity of his two compatriots, but it's still hugely appealing. Tritschler and Johnson's performances capture precisely the mood and scent of each song." Sunday Times |
BO HANSSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Hanson: Endless Border & other choral works Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "The three dozen voices of the Royal Holloway Choir bring impressive reserves of stamina and concentration to bear on these sometimes difficult pieces." (BBC Music). |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 10 - Sophie Rennert Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Lawrence Power (viola) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] 'Sophie Rennert's voice is magnificently burnished, full and deep … the songs with viola form the centrepiece of the disc, and one could hardly hope for a finer exponent of the obbligato part than Lawrence Power' (MusicWeb) |
CHARLES Villiers STANFORD
Stanford: Requiem Carolyn Sampson, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, James Way, Ross Ramgobin / University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] "Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the period, it is a must!" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2023 |
FAURE / POULENC / CHABRIER / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / etc
Stephen Hough - French Album Stephen Hough (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Instrumental |
FRANZ XAVER SCHARWENKA / EMIL von SAUER
Scharwenka/Sauer: Piano Concertos Stephen Hough (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony / Lawrence Foster [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 11 / CD - released 1/Oct/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / CRITICS' CHOICE |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets - Music of the Angels Steven Isserlis (cello) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] "This is elegant playing, for sure, but it has an irresistible glint in its eye. Isserlis finds a near-ideal tension between lyricism and effervescence." Gramophone |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Shostakovich & Kabalevsky: Cello Sonatas (with works by Prokofiev) Steven Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "This is an excellent performance, one which I will be enjoying regularly in the years to come. The recorded sound is also excellent as are the booklet notes by Steven Isserlis, who sets the scene well in his essay." Recommended Recording MusicWeb |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Gloria / Quatre motets / et Susan Gritton (soprano) / Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Choral - |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN / SAMUEL BARBER / AARON COPLAND
American Choral Music Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion / CD ] 'An imaginative and enterprising programme, extremely well sung and recorded' (Gramophone) 'An exquisite disc. Indispensable' (Acoustic Sounds Catalog, USA) |
