VIANNA da MOTTA
Vianna ds Motta: Piano Concerto in A major / Fantasia DramAItica / etc Arthur Pizarro (piano) / Orquestra Gulbenkian / Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 24 / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'To hear Pizarro is always a pleasure…lyrical phrasing wrapped in one of the most entrancing and expressive pianissimos of any pianist' - International Record Review |
HENRIQUE OSWALD & ALFREDO NAPOLEAO
The Romantic Piano Concerto 64 - Oswald & Napoleão dos Santos Artur Pizarro (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 64 / CD - released 29/Sep/2014 ] Portuguese virtuoso Artur Pizarro makes a welcome return to the Romantic Piano Concerto series with the outpourings of two brilliant pianist-composers. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "If you don't know Howells' music, this splendid new recording of one of his most powerful works is likely to win new friends, who will want to investigate further the many very fine Hyperion recordings" MusicWeb |
STRAVINSKY
The Fairy's Kiss / Scenes de ballet BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "here are striking instances of [Stravinsky's] art of pure delectation...Volkov offers brilliantly clear, high-energy accounts" Sunday Times, 4th April 2010 *** |
WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Walton: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Siesta BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "Brabbins's account is a reminder that for all its derivative elements and bombast, Walton One is a powerful musical statement in its own right." (The Guardian) |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Kullervo BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jun/2019 ] While 'Kullervo' represents just the confident first step in Sibelius's symphonic odyssey, it is also a viscerally exciting experience on its own terms- little wonder the first performance in 1892 was such a triumph for the young composer. An... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams's setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. The coupling is more Whitman: RVW's later, virtually unknown 'Darest thou now, O soul' for chorus and strings. |
AMOMYMOUS / DUNSTAPLE / ALANUS
Music for the 100 Years' War The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "Where a more mellifluous tone is required, as in the top-voice-driven Credo by Excetre, they give Matthew Venner's expressive countertenor full rein." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Early Music |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Complete Music for Violin & Orchestra-Volume 3 Bohuslav Matousek (violin & viola), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2008 ] "A major concertante piece is restored to public view...Hyperion's Martinu series continues apace and with great distinction. Christopher Hogwood and his Czech Philharmonic forces here delve into some of the less well known corners of Martinu's... |
Bostridge/Fischer-Dieskau/John
Schubert:die Schone Mulleri [ Hyperion / CD ] |
JOHN RUTTER
Rutter: Requiem / Hymn To The Creator of Light / etc Polyphony / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "Here is music finely crafted, written with love for the art and an especial care for choral sound...their tone is unfailingly beautiful. The two soloists are excellent." Gramophone |
MORALES
Magnificat, Motets & Lamentations The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Early Music - 'Music of astonishing beauty and rapt polyphonic intensity, which the voices of the Brabant Ensemble unfold with perfect poise' (The Guardian) |
ANTOINE BRUMEL
Missa de beata virgine / Motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "Brumel is a master of textural variety and of changing vocal colourings. He always keeps your attention as is well demonstrated here...it's very welcome as a fine addition to the catalogue." (MusicWeb Jan 2015) |
JACOBUS CLEMENS NON PAPA
Missa pro defunctis The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "The Brabant Ensemble sing [the Requiem] with an admirable clarity, assisted by a very transparent acoustic and recorded sound image...Clemens and this recording are both worth hearing." (Gramophone March 2011) |
NICOLAS GOMBERT
Tribulatio et angustia The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD FINALIST 2008 - Early Music - "It's one of very few discs of this repertoire I've been happy to play in its entirety, and then several times since. This is in part a tribute to Gombert … but also to the Brabant Ensemble and... |
GLINKA / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Grand Sextet / Quintet Capricorn [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Some of the most joyously delightful music that you will ever hear' - American Record Guide |
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 13: Infelix ego The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "The commitment of singers and label alike is a cause for gratitude, perhaps even optimism. Congratulations to all concerned." Gramophone Award Winner 2010: RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
FIOCCO / LACOSTE / LALANDE / MONDONVILLE / RAMEAU
A French Baroque Diva: Arias for Marie Fel Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Sampson is quite remarkable. She has the capacity to soften the vocal line with carefully controlled vibrato, but also deploys tone of crystalline clarity... (Gramophone Award WINNER 2015 - Recital) |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, troisième année & other late piano works Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] "Tiberghien's quasi-improvisatory approach works marvellously with works which would otherwise risk sounding directionless and self-indulgent. His range is breathtaking." BBC Music Instrumental Choice March 2019 |
SZYMANOWSKI
Masques, Métopes & Études Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD ] "One can have no reservations about Cédric Tiberghien's playing throughout this absorbing disc..." - Gramophone March 2014 |