HOWELLS / DYSON
In Gloucestershire (String Quartet No. 3) / Three Rhapsodies Divertimenti (with Paul Barritt, violin) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'Performances are exceptionally fine ... and the recording creates a pleasantly intimate atmosphere for the listener to discover these little-known gems' (The Good CD Guide) |
MENDELSSOHN
Octet (with Bargiel - Octet) Divertomenti [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'The recorded sound is brilliant. This is a disc that I wouldn't be without' (American Record Guide) |
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." |
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 |
SCHUMANN
Songs of Robert Schumann, Vol. 07 (Incls 'Vier Duette, Op 34') Dorothea Roschmann (soprano) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schumann Edition / CD - released 18/Oct/2002 ] Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2002) - GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2003 - Vocal |
Duparc
Songs Cpt [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] |
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,... |
Elder/Halle Orchestra
Holst/Matthews: The Planets [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Jun/2001 ] |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Facade (with Lambert's Suite from the incidental music to Salome) Eleanor Bron, Richard Stilgoe (reciters) / Nash Ensemble / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Mar/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'I can't imagine a clearer, more virtuosic account of the score' (International Record Review) |
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 |
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) |
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Violin Masters Of The C17th [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Jun/2002 ] |
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 |
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) |
JAMES BROOKS / THOMAS LINLEY JR / THOMAS SHAW / SAMUEL WESLEY
English Classical Violin Concertos Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) / The Parley of Instruments / Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] 'This disc proves as delightful as it is surprising … a disc of rarities that will give much unexpected pleasure' (Early Music Review) |
PERGOLESI / DURANTE / LEO
The Neapolitans Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) the Raglan Baroque Players [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Dec/2001 ] "Elizabeth Wallfisch brings tonal warmth and intuitively graceful, lightly articulated gestures to the (Pergolesi). Performed in a radiant and sympathetic acoustic with spirit and affection." (BBC Music Magazine) |
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... |
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) |
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 |
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) |