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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra Gemma Rosefield (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Manze [ Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto Vol 3 / CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] "While there are rival recordings of the Concerto and Rhapsody, I can't imagine they're as sympathetically or as engagingly played as by the present musicians; whose hearts, I'm sure Stanford himself would agree, are in the right place." (AudAud.com) |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / LOEWE / SULLIVAN / WOLF / etc
The Ballad Singer Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "Drake's playing has successfully suited the varied repertoire. Finley has enthralled with his interpretations and delighted with his singing purely as singing, combining the two aspects expertly." (International Record Review) |
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FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 3 Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] "With the versatile Julius Drake at the piano any singer can be assured that he/she has the best possible support and the rapport between Finley and Drake feels like twin-souls working together." Recording of the Month MusicWeb Aug 15 |
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SCHUMANN
Dichterliebe & other Heine settings Gerald Finley (baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Solo vocal - "In close collusion with the ever-sentient Julius Drake, Gerald Finley gives one of the most beautifully sung an intensely experience performances on dic of Schumann's cycle of rapture, disillusion and... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Liederkreis Op 24 & Op 39 Gerald Finley (baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] 'This recording shows a greater richness in Finley's voice plus an evolving intimacy in his approach to recording Lieder … each song's overall conception-of which Julius Drake is a key part-reflects great thought as to its core emotion' Gramophone |
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CHARLES IVES
Romanzo di Central Park: Songs Gerald Finley (baritone) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Solo Vocal - 'Outstandingly well sung and played, equally well recorded, and highly recommendable to all lovers of fine songs and fine singing' (BBC Music Magazine Choral & Song album of the month March 2008) |
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CHARLES IVES
A Song-For Anything Gerald Finley (baritone) / Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] "Overall, a disc offering sustained illumination and enjoyment' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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SCHUBERT
Winterreise D911 Gerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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ARMSTRONG GIBBS
Songs Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (June 2003) |
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BYRD / WHITE / MORLEY / CORNYSH / TAVERNER
The English Motets The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Mar/2018 ] The versatile Owain Park adds another two roles-those of singer and director-to his burgeoning Hyperion discography, while The Gesualdo Six make their label debut. Their programme of motets ranges widely across the religious musical landcsapes of... |
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TALLIS / GESUALDO / SEERS / PARK / BYRD etc
Fading The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "The Gesualdo Six are the real deal. Far from fading, they're just coming into focus" Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2020 |
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JOHANNES OCKEGHEM / JOSQUIN des PREZ / LOYSET COMPERE / ANTOINE BRUMEL / ADRIAN WILLAERT / etc
Josquin's legacy The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] 'The Gesualdo Six are well placed to record this music. They're very good at looking around the repertoire and working out what will fit with everything else … I love anthologies, and I love this particular one' (BBC Record Review) |
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TALLIS / RUTTER / PRAETORIUS / HOLST/ HANDEL etc
Christmas The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] From the timeless plainchant 'Veni Emmanuel' via Jonathan Harvey to a riotous 'Jingle bells': Owain Park presents a programme of Christmas treats which effortlessly spans the centuries. |
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CARLO GESUALDO / THOMAS TALLIS / etc
Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "...The Gesualdo Six can build up intense and resonant climaxes, their voices are never forced...In sum, these are accounts of haunting beauty - warmly recommended." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2022 |
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ANONYMOUS / BYRD / HANDL / PART / PEACOCK / etc
Morning star The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] From Lassus and Byrd to Howells, Judith Bingham and Owain Park-The Gesualdo Six's exploration of Epiphany down the ages is a multifaceted compendium of musical delights. |
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PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve regina in A minor / In coelestibus regnis Gillian Fisher (soprano) Michael Chance (countertenor) / the King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - 'This is so greatly superior to all previous recordings of Pergolesi's deathbed Stabat Mater as to put the others completely out of the running' (Gramophone) |
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FRANK BRIDGE
Piano Quintet, String Quartet & Idylls Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "Powerful, committed performances that illuminate Frank Bridge's multi-faceted mastery" (Disc of the Month BBC Music Magazine) |
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ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: Piano Quintet / String Quartet No. 2 / Cello sonata Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2017 ] Russia in the nineteenth century had little need for chamber music-no Parisian-style competitive quartetting here. But out of this very isolation came a small, but nonetheless mighty, handful of works: those by Borodin are among the finest. |
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BLOCH
Piano Quintets Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] 'Piers Lane and the Goldners convey both the frenzy and the languor of Bloch's music' (BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month Jan 2008) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2 Goldner String Quartet / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] 'The performers offer an immensely satisfying and unmannered performance' (BBC Music Magazine) |