SESSIONS / PANUFNIK
Concerto for Orchestra / Eighth Symphony Boston Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Not to be missed' (San Francisco Chronicle) |
Bostridge/Johnson
Britten:rd Cockatoo/Holy So [ Hyperion / CD ] |
Bostridge/Schafer/George/Johns
An 1822 Schubertiad - Songs [ Hyperion / CD ] |
ROBERT SIMPSON
Symphony 9 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE |
Bowman/Covey-Crump/George
Purcell:anthems+Services 2 [ Hyperion / CD ] |
CIPRIANO de RORE
Missa Doulce Memoire The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] "The Brabant Ensemble is very experienced in this type of repertory, and achieves some magical effects in the Doulce memoire Mass...Of the motets O altitudino divitiarum is a truly outstanding and moving work." BBC Music Magazine, November 2013 **** |
PHINOT
Missa Si bona suscepimus Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "The Brabant Ensemble's performances of these fascinating works are as polished and assured as we have come to expect, full-throated yet finely modelled and shimmering with lively intelligence." International Record Review |
MORALES
Magnificat, Motets & Lamentations The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Early Music - 'Music of astonishing beauty and rapt polyphonic intensity, which the voices of the Brabant Ensemble unfold with perfect poise' (The Guardian) |
PIERRE MOULU
Missa Alma redemptoris & Missus est Gabriel The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "Moulu's idiom is pleasingly inventive and immediately engaging. As to the performances, they work very nicely...the music itself so clearly deserves to be heard." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - July 2010 |
JACOB OBRECHT
Obrecht: Missa Grecorum & motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble uncover more Renaissance treasures: Jacob Obrecht's name may now be less familiar than those of some of his Flemish contemporaries, yet in his lifetime he was considered second only to Josquin. |
ORLANDE de LASSUS
Prophetiae Sibyllarum & Missa Amor ecco colei The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "these singers never fail to make beautiful music, attending to each element of form, substance, texture, and text to enliven and enlighten our experience of these often surprising, deeply affecting works. Highly recommended." (Disc of the Month... |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Missa Ad coenam Agni & Eastertide motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2013 ] The Brabant Ensemble, better known for uncovering works by forgotten composers such as Dominique de Phinot, turns to a giant of the Renaissance-perhaps the most celebrated name of the period. Yet within Palestrina's huge output there are many hidden... |
PIERRE DE MANCHICOURT
Missa Cuidez vous que Dieu nous faille The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/May/2007 ] 'A must-have disc from the Brabant Ensemble … First-rate music stirs this young ensemble to their finest disc yet' (Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2007) |
JACOBUS CLEMENS NON PAPA
Missa pro defunctis The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "The Brabant Ensemble sing [the Requiem] with an admirable clarity, assisted by a very transparent acoustic and recorded sound image...Clemens and this recording are both worth hearing." (Gramophone March 2011) |
JACQUET of MANTUA
Jacquet of Mantua: Missa Surge Petre & motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Jun/2015 ] "Domine, non secundum peccata nostra, creates a truly ethereal effect, enhanced by the effortless singing of this matchless vocal ensemble" BBC Music Magazine Choral & Song Choice - June 2015 |
JEAN MOUTON
Mouton: Missa Faulte d'argent & Motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] "The Brabant ensemble strike gold again with a fine disc by a composer who deserves to be more highly regarded." MusicWeb |
MUNDY / PARSONS / TALLIS / SHEPPARD / DEANE / HOOPER
Music from Chirk Castle Part-Books The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2009 ] 'The new works are undoubtedly significant additions to the repertoire. On that count alone this recording is self-recommending. An even greater name among the new additions is that of Tallis … the predominant sonority is familiarly clear,... |
PIERRE de la RUE
Pierre de La Rue: Missa Nuncqua fue pena mayor & Missa Inviolata The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] "A must purchase for anyone with any interest in renaissance music." (MusicWeb) |
CHARLES AVISON
Concerti Grossi after Scarlatti The Brandenburg Consort directed from the violin by Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'The music is delightful, the performances scintillating, and the sound excellent. Warmly recommended' - Fanfare, USA |
J.S. BACH
The Brandenburg Concertos The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman, conductor [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'There is much polished playing here, with graceful phrasing and tempos, beautiful playing by the flutes and violins … Recommended particularly for its well-balanced interpretation' - Historic Brass Society Newsletter, USA |