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BUXTEHUDE
Complete Organ Works-Volume 1 Christopher Herrick (at the great organ of HelsingAr Cathedral, Denmark) [ Hyperion Organ Music / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] 'A magnificent sound … Herrick's razor-sharp articulation is at one with Buxtehude's fastidiously chiselled counterpoint … An auspicious beginning' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works-Volume 2 Christopher Herrick (at the organ of Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway) [ Hyperion Organ Music / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Christopher Herrick's acclaimed series of Buxtehude's complete organ works continues with a selection of his praeludia, toccatas, ostinato works, and canzonas, interspersed with chorale preludes and variations. |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works - Volume 3 Christopher Herrick (at the organ of St-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris) [ Hyperion Organ Music / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] The latest volume of Christopher Herrick's acclaimed series of Buxtehude's complete organ works comes from Paris and the admired organ of St-Louis-en-l'Île - formally opened in 2005, and based on the work of Zacharias Hildebrant (1688-1757). As with... |
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LOUIS-CLAUDE DAQUIN
Daquin: Nouveau livre de Noels Christopher Herrick at the organ of the Church of St Remy de Dieppe, France [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] "An irresistible CD of organ music based on traditional French Christmas tunes, excellently performed and recorded. Another winning and generous reissue on the bargain Helios label" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
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J.S. BACH
Bach, J.S.-The Organ Toccatas and Passacaglia Christopher Herrick at the organ of the Stadkirche, Zofingen, Switzerland [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] 'Authoritative performances, impeccable technique, brilliant recorded sound - a winner' (Church Music Quarterly) |
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COPLAND / GUILMANT / KIEFER / FARRINGTON / GERMAN / JANeÂÂCEK / etc
Organ Fireworks XI Christopher Herrick (organ) at the Lay Family Concert Organ, Dallas [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] Hyperion's pyrotechnic world tour of organs continues apace and this time Christopher Herrick is in Dallas, Texas, unleashing the power of the Lay Family Concert Organ. One of the largest mechanical concert organs ever built, this 4,535-pipe monster... |
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DUBOIS / BRIDGE / GUILMANT / BARBER / LISZT / etc
Organ Dreams - Volume 2 Christopher Herrick (organ of Ripon Cathedral) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'Another fine collection of varied organ works. Thoroughly enjoyable and strongly recommended' (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Organ Fireworks Volume 13 Christopher Herrick, Organ of Vasteras Cathedral, Sweden [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] 'For lovers of fine organ sound and often spine-tingly virtuoso playing … this disc most certainly is not thirteenth time unlucky' (International Record Review) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Organ Fireworks Volume XII Christopher Herrick (the great organ of Haderslev Cathedral in Denmark) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] Christopher Herrick's enduring Organ Fireworks series on Hyperion is one of the most comprehensive and popular collections of repertoire in existence. For this twelfth volume he turns to the great organ of Haderslev Cathedral in Denmark, and performs... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 4 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Alastair Miles (bass) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "Some splendid accounts of Strauss songs for the male voice. This latest instalment in Hyperion's series is every bit as welcome and enjoyable as were its predecessors and further volumes are eagerly awaited." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Songs 2 Lorna Anderson (soprano) Lisa Milne (soprano) / Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] "The first thing to say that the performances by sopranos Lorna Anderson and Lisa Milne are consistently beautiful, alert to the implications of Debussy's word-setting, whether ecstatic or subdued...Martineau matches them in the subtlety,... |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona nobis pacem (with Hough - Missa Mirabilis) Christopher Maltman (baritone), Sarah Fox (soprano) / Colorado Symphony Chorus & Colorado Symphony, Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Dona nobis pacem became a somewhat unexpected hit for Vaughan Williams. A fervently anti-war plea from the heart composed in 1936 as a pièce d'occasion for the Huddersfield Choral Society, it remains to this day one of the composer's most widely... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2 Christopher Purves (baritone), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Recital |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice Christopher Purves (bass) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Vocal Finalist |
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JOHANNES de CLEVE
Cleve: Missa Rex Babylonis & Other Works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] "Of all their recordings devoted to 'minor masters', this strikes me as one of the finest" Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2020 |
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JEAN GUYOT
Guyot: Te Deum laudamus & other sacred music Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "the five adult men of Cinquecento - here joined by the countertenor David Allsopp - are, as always, absolutely flawless in the performance of this music. Even by the best standards of today their ensemble, balance and intonation are beyond reproach" |
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JACOBUS VAET
Missa Ego flos campi Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] '[Spiritus Domini] A delicious feast of harmonic tension and inwardly-sensed architecture. Other gems include the expressive Miserere mei and a brilliant Salve Regina' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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JACOB REGNART
Missa Super Oeniades Nymphae Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Aug/2007 ] 'The grave beauty of Regnart's sacred music deserves more friends. The six male voices of Cinquecento, from five European countries, project the Missa Super Oeniades Nymphae and various motets with a clean, forthright delivery, enhanced by a resonant... |
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PHILIPPE de MONTE
Missa Ultimi miei Sospiri / Miserere mei, Deus Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Early music - 'An unusually gifted ensemble, both vocally and musically...this is a veritable jewel of a disc' (International Record Review) |
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PHILIPP SCHOENDORFF
Missa Usquequo Domine / Missa super la Dolce Vista / etc Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] "Cinquecento's famed flexibility, harmonic blend and impeccable balance are caught perfectly in the stillness of the monastery at Pernegg in Austria. This is a disc to savour." Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 |