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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Quartets 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE - "The Dvorak Piano Quartets are glorious pieces, and the playing of Domus is little short of inspired. This is real chamber-music-playing: intimate, unforced and distinguished by both vitality and sensitivity." |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER "Domus have the requisite lightness of touch and subtlety, and just the right sense of scale and tempo." Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: The Piano Quintets Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER |
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Duparc
Songs Cpt [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK / SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Dvorák: String Quartet Op 106; Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiestücke Takács Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] DvoĆák's mature string quartets are masterly, all brimming with life-enhancing music, and Op 106 is no exception. The Takács Quartet gives superlative accounts of both this and the apt coupling by a young Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. |
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GEORGE DE LA HELE
La Hèle: Missa Praeter rerum seriem & works by Manchicourt, Payen & Rogier El León de Oro / Peter Phillips [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Apr/2024 ] A collection of works representative of a school of Flemish composers living in Madrid towards the end of the Renaissance and all employed by Philip II of Spain, who held composers from the Low Countries in particularly high regard. La Hèle's Mass,... |
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Elder/Halle Orchestra
Holst/Matthews: The Planets [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Jun/2001 ] |
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ARTHUR BLISS
Rout and Rhapsody Elizabeth Gale (soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) / The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] 'Performances are outstanding... beautifully recorded' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music |
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ANONYMOUS
Flying Horse – Music from the ML Lutebook Elizabeth Kenny (Lute) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] 'A valuable release in terms of providing an opportunity to hear little-known works from a glorious musical era' (International Record Review) |
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Elizabeth Wallfisch
Violin Masters Of The C17th [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Jun/2002 ] |
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SCHMELZER / von WESTHOFF / von BIBER / MATTEIS
Violin Masters of the 17th Century Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] An anthology of virtuoso solo violin music by 17th Century composers |
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VIVALDI
Six Violin Sonatas Op. 2 Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Richard Tunnicliffe (cello) Malcolm Proud (harpsichord) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] 'This magnificent disc is complemented by an authoritative essay by Professor Michael Talbot. My only regret is that Hyperion has no plans to complete the set with a second volume. The quality of these performances beg for a prompt sequel' (Gramophone) |
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GIUSEPPE TARTINI
Tartini: Violin Concertos Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) / The Raglan Baroque Players. Nicholas Kraemer [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "In every way this disc is superior to any Tartini recording I've ever heard: the soloist is in breathtaking form … in the quiet repose somtimes offered by the slow movements she and her wonderful continuo team are as eloquent as can be." Early Music... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 3 'Pastoral' & 4 David Butt Philip (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "Brabbins's attention to dynamic detail is also striking, both in the first movement (note the really hushed level of the development before the recapitulation really erupts) and the troubling demeanour of the slow movement" (Gramophone) |
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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & other works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo) / Royal College of Music Brass Band / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "This splendid performance is now the best way to hear the 1920 version of A London Symphony." MuscWeb Nov 2017 |
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POULENC / AURIC / TAILLEFERRE / MILHAUD / DUREY / HONEGGER
L'Album des Six Emily Beynon (flute) Andrew West (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "Hyperion has enriched the catalogs with far more than its fair share of superb releases, and this is yet another one… urgently recommended to everyone who has even a passing interest in fine flute-playing or works of this period" (Fanfare) |
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JOHN McCABE
Symphony No 4 / Flute Concerto Emily Beynon (flute) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Vernon Hadley [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jan/2006 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE |
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HANDEL
Joshua (Complete oratorio) Emma Kirkby / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] 'With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music' (BBC Record Review) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Gothic Voices Gramophone Award Winners Collection (3 CDs at a special price) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Andrew Lawrence King (harp) / Gothic Voices / Christopher Page [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 26/Sep/2006 ] Three classic Gothic Voices albums: A FEATHER ON THE BREATH OF GOD, THE SERVICE OF VENUS AND MARS and A SONG FOR FRANCESCA |
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DOWLAND / CAMPION / HANDFORD / DANYEL / LAWES
Time Stands Still: Lute Songs Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] 'A fine recital that adds a few welcome items to the recorded repertory of the lute-song, engineered close to perfection' (Gramophone) |