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MEDTNER
Arabesques, Dithyrambs, Elegies & other short piano works Hamish Milne (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "As Milne's forthright, utterly secure performances make clear, much of this is strongly characterised music...Milne is a wonderfully persuasive advocate for this distinctive and generally underrated music" The Guardian, 14th March 2012 **** |
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SERGEI LYAPUNOV
Lyapunov: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 4 / Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes, Op 28 / Piano Concerto No 2, Op 38 Hamish Milne (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 30 / CD - released 18/Oct/2002 ] 'Yet another programme that makes incomprehensible the narrow choice of 19th-century piano concertos heard in our concert halls today' (BBC Music Magazine) |
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GOETZ / WIENIAWSKI
Goetz / Wieniawski: Piano Concertos Hamish Milne (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Michal Dworzynski [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 52 / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] 'There is much about Goetz's concert that is adorable - the slow movement in particular - and it is well worth the average listener's attention.' (International Record Review) |
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HANDEL
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (Complete oratorio) Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano) / Choir of New College Oxford / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - 'A profusion of colourful delights ... persuasive evidence indeed that what may seem mediocre on the page can spring to life, given the artistry and conviction of performers of this... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Requiem & other works Hannah Partridge (soprano) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "...impressive for dispelling the clouds of dissonance that have given Howell the bad name of a meandering mystic and letting us hear what a fine ear he had. This is a perfect disc of its kind." (Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2012: Choral) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 101, 102 / 'Windsor Castle' Overture The Hannover Band / Roy Goodman conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] 'The playing is stylish and imaginative, the "clock" movement is beautifully paced and the balance of instruments is excellent' (Classic CD) |
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HAYDN
The 'Paris' Symphonies Vol 1: Symphonies 82 'The Bear', 83 'The Hen', 84 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Apr/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 42 43 44 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] 'Superbly skilled playing... a sense of sheer enjoyment which communicates itself magnificently to the listener' (CDReview) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 6, 7, 8 The Hanover Band / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1761-1800) - 'Immensely inventive works that, had there not been another hundred to follow, every music-lover would know and which would be widely performed and recorded' (Early Music Review) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies 70, 71, 72 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2002 ] Great performances now reissued |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos.17 - 21 The Hanover Band, Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/May/2002 ] |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 71 & 74 The London Haydn Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "The group's period-instrument sonority and basic approach will be familiar from earlier releases in this series: sparing use of vibrato (but liberal use of rubato), observance of all repeats in the outer movements, broad tempos and a clear, layered... |
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos Nos 17 & 27 Angela Hewitt (piano), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Hannu Lintu (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE WEEK |
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The Hilliard Ensemble
Sacred and Secular Music of Six Centuries [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] 'Music making of the highest order. Everything shows them at their superb best' - Gramophone |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts Grand Tour: Music from 16th- & 17th-century Italy, Spain and Germany His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "Worthy of unqualified recommendation at full price. At budget price an absolute bargain." (MusicWeb June 2010) |
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GRECHANINOV
Vespers (All-Night Vigil, Op. 59 "Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye") Holst Singers, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Highly attractive and unstuffy Russian liturgical works in attractive performances" (Classic CD) |
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GOLOVANOV / CHESNOKOV / GRETCHANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Ikon II Holst Singers / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Performing with insight and commendable Russian sonority, the Holst Singers have cast their net wide in this survey of Orthodox Church music." (Daily Telegraph) |
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HOLST
This Have I Done for My True Love The Holst Singers / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'A real joy to listen through without interruption' - Gramophone |
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VELJO TORMIS
Choral music The Holst Singers / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'This wonderful new Hyperion release dedicated to Tormis' music with Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers should, by virtue of its fascinating resuscitation of internationally neglected works, further contribute to the composer's Western emergence'... |