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 |
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 |
J. S. BACH
The Six Motets The Sixteen, Harry Christophers [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2014 ] "Splendid. A wonderful achievement, one that only renews our admiration for Bach. It has been six, maybe twelve months since I heard a record that impressed me as much as this one. Don't pass it by" (American Record Guide) |
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 |
LUDWIG DASER
Daser: Missa Pater Noster & Other Works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Ludwig Daser's life and work encompassed both Catholic and Lutheran courts, at Munich and Stuttgart respectively. Cinquecento's programme-which, besides the substantial Missa Pater noster, includes a selection of Latin motets and German chorale... |
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" |
HEINRICH ISAAC
Isaac: Missa Wohlauff gut Gsell von hinnen & other works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "Such illumination would not be possible without the superb voices of Cinquecento, and Hyperion's excellent recording, which is perfectly balanced in a spacious acoustic" MusicWeb Recommended |
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) |
ADRIAN WILLAERT
Missa Mente tota & Motets Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "It's a beautifully conceived and immaculately realised sequence, sung with simple directness by the six male voices of Cinquecento in a nicely churchy, but never overpowering, acoustic." (The Guardian) |
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... |
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) |
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 |
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) |
ANNIBALE PADOVANO
Padovano: Missa A la dolc' ombra & Missa Domine a lingua dolosa Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/May/2024 ] Celebrated in his time as a 'man of great worth', who 'really knew how to play well and compose well', Annibale Padovano's modern-day neglect doesn't reflect the high regard in which he was held. Cinquecento deliver flawless accounts of two major... |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 **** |
HOW THE WORLD WAGS
How the world wags: Social Music for the 17th Century Englishman The City Waites (with Pethick Edwards, reader) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Rollicking good fun' (The Cornish Guardian) |