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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 1 Christopher Maltman (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] 'Christopher Maltman has already distinguished himself as a lieder singer, but now he reveals himself as a stunningly apt exponent of French mélodies' (Opera News) |
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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 |
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JACOBUS VAET / PIETER MAESSENS / etc
Music for the Court of Maximilian II Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] "I strongly recommend this disc because of the quality of the music and of the performance. On top of that it brings to the catalogue repertoire that has not been recorded before" (MusicWeb Oct 2007) |
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PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Lamentations Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The members of Cinquecento turn to perhaps the pre-eminent composer of the sixteenth century: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah would have been integral to the liturgical rites of Holy Week: here is one of the... |
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JACOB REGNART
Regnart: Missa Christ ist erstanden & other works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] "As with all of their recordings, Cinquecento - Renaissance Vokal sound fabulous in this music. Recorded in a suitably resonant acoustic, the balance is perfect." MusicWeb Recommended Oct 2017 |
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JEAN RICHAFORT
Richafort: A Requiem for Josquin Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] "their sound has a magic of its own...this ought to win Cinquecento new supporters" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, Awards Issue 2012 |
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CHRISTOPHER TYE
Tye: The Peterhouse Mass & Other Works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2026 ] The Peterhouse Mass recorded here survives in partbooks found in the Cambridge college of the same name; the missing tenor part has been reconstructed by Paul Doe. In The Peterhouse Mass, we sense that Tye's harmonic language was moving away from... |
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ROBERT SIMPSON
Symphony 11 / Variations on a theme by Nielsen City of London Sinfonia Matthew Taylor, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Aug/2004 ] "This release, appropriately dedicated to the late Ted Perry, is up to Hyperion's best. Performances and production are simply magnificent, so that this splendid disc is warmly and unreservedly recommended." Recording of the Month MusicWeb (Sept 2004) |
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ANONYMOUS / THOMAS JORDAN & OTHERS
The English Stage Jig: Musical comedies from the 16th and 17th centuries for the Merriment and Delight of Wise Men and the Ignorant The City Waites / Lucie Skeaping (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "These performers are well-renowned for championing the popular music of earlier centuries… the singing and instrumental performances are as genially accomplished as ever with The Waites." BBC Music Magazine, May 2009 **** |
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SULLIVAN
The Prodigal Son (Complete Oratorio) / Boer War Te Deum Claire Rutter (soprano) Catherine Denley (mezzo) Mark Wilde (tenor) Garry Magee (baritone) / London Chorus / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] "Hyperion's team make an excellent case for 'serious' Sullivan." (Gramophone Jan 2004) |