SCARLATTI / PERGOLESI / PORPORA / DURANTE
Concertos for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Giulio Giannelli Viscardi (flute) Giovanni Sollima (cello) / European Union Chamber Orchestra / Eivind Aadland [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Sep/2006 ] 'Stylishly played and naturally recorded … I urge you to share the pleasure I have had from this record' (Gramophone) |
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) |
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. |
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) |
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) |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: Piano Quintet in G minor / etc Goldner String Quartet, with Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "[the Goldner] relish the music's C minor sturm und drang with infectious bravado…[and] the quartet's gifted leader Dene Olding joins forces with Piers Lane in a rousing performance of the violin-and-piano Swedish Dances" BBC Music |
HAMILTON HARTY
Piano Quintet / String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Goldner String Quartet with Piers Lane, piano [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Acclaimed pianist Piers Lane and his fellow Australians, the Goldner String Quartet, reprise their highly successful partnership in these world-premiere recordings of the two String Quartets and Piano Quintet of Irish composer Hamilton Harty. Born in... |
FRITZ KREISLER
Kreisler: Violin Music Jack Liebeck (violin) & Katya Apekisheva (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Mar/2014 ] Liebeck presents a selection of music by 'revolutionary player and the epitome of the Viennese violinist', Fritz Kreisler. |
MUSIC FOR THE LION-HEARTED KING
Music for the Lion-Hearted King-Music to mark the 800th anniversary of the Coronation of King Richard I of England in Westminster Abbey, 1189 Gothic Voices [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] 'The singers cannot be applauded too highly for performances marked by an extraordinary insight into how this music should be tackled' (The Good CD Guide) |
LANCASTER & VALOIS
Lancaster and Valois: French & English Music, c1350-1420 Gothic Voices / Christopher Page [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] 'We are exceptionally lucky to have such brilliantly persuasive advocates of such wonderful music' (Gramophone) |
ANONYMOUS
The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter 1340-1440 Gothic Voices / Christopher Page (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 'Another superlatively beautiful recording from Gothic Voices' (Hi Fi News) |
DUFAY / de FLORENTIA / LANDINI / LOQUEVILLE / GROSSIN / ANONYMOUS
A Song for Francesca: Music in Italy, 1330-1430 Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 'The Hyperion recording is a model of its kind' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
GILLES BINCHOIS / JOHN DUNSABLE / GUILLAUME de MACHAUT / etc
The Spirits of England & France, Vol. 3; Binchois and his contemporaries Gothic Voices / Christopher Page (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] 'Another compelling release in this series - up to Gothic Voices' usual standard' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Voice in the Garden: Spanish Songs and Motets, 1480-1550 Gothic Voices / Christopher Page (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "An enthralling disc, a wholly persuasive introduction both to this little-known repertoire and to how it should be performed" BBC Music Magazine |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Garden of Zephirus - Courtly Songs of the Early Fifteenth Century Gothic Voices / Christopher Page, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - 'I believe this is the finest record of medieval polyphonic song yet produced' |
VARIOUS
Masters of the Rolls (English composers of the 14th Century) Gothic Voices / Christopher Page, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'One's ear is instantly captivated ... This disc comes with unhesitating recommendation, and not only for those to whom medieval music is already a familiar delight' - Gramophone Early Music |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Missa Caput and the story of the Salve regina (The Spirits of England and France vol. 4) Gothic Voices / Christopher Page, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] 'A very special achievement … Music of the very highest order, seldom recorded. Essential listening!' - GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Motets and Songs from Thirteenth-Century France) Gothic Voices / Christopher Page (medieval harp & director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Feb/2007 ] 'A compelling musical experience and a provocative intellectual one' - The Good CD Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Spirits of England and France Gothic Voices / Christopher Page with Pavlo Beznosiuk (medieval fiddle) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2007 ] 'Unalloyed pleasure … Once again a superb recording that stimulates, that charms' (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Spirits of England & France, Vol. 2 Gothic Voices / Christopher Page with Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) and Emma Kirkby (soprano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] 'This is quite simply the best recording ever of the trouvere literature' (American Record Guide) |