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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 *** |
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ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 1 & No. 2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
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ALBERIC MAGNARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Magnard: Symphony No. 3 & No. 4 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
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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... |
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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. |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 / Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress Emily Portman (folk voice), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), etc / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Orchestral |
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ANONYMOUS
Music for Henry V & the House of Lancaster: The English cyclic Mass Quem malignus spiritus and ceremonial motets for fifteenth-century princely chapel The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "It would be difficult to imagine more tuneful, exacting interpretations of some of these compositions...this is an adventurous disc which provides a fascinating glimpse into the kind of soundscape that must have greeted Henry V on his return from... |
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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 |
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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... |
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ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: Symphony No.9 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD ] 'As hypnotic as the star-filled night sky … so utterly absorbing is this symphony that I have hardly given a thought to the performance or the recording … which is surely the best possible tribute to all concerned' (Gramophone) |
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FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Guerrero: Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus, Magnificat & motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] With radiant accounts from The Brabant Ensemble of the Mass, a Magnificat and a selection of motets, this album of first recordings is a major addition to Guerrero's still select discography. |
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LUPUS HELLINCK / JOHNANNES LUPI
Hellinck: Missa Surrexit pastor; Lupi: Te Deum & motet The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] Mining the rich musical seam of the Low Countries, Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble have once again unearthed sixteenth-century treasure in the works of Lupus Hellinck and Johannes Lupi. |
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JOSQUIN DES PRES
Josquin: Motets & Mass movements The Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2021 ] Biographical and musicological certainties may be in short supply in the life and work of Josquin, but there's no gainsaying the magnificence of the music recorded here: a programme of shorter works, most in unusual guise, to celebrate his 500th... |
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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) |
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JEAN MOUTON
Mouton: Missa Faulte d'argent & Motets The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2022 ] "The Brabant ensemble strike gold again with a fine disc by a composer who deserves to be more highly regarded." MusicWeb |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: Mass for five voices & other works The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] In a selection of motets woven affectingly throughout the glorious five-part Mass, The Gesualdo Six perfectly captures all the power and tenderness of Byrd's compositional voice. |
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HUMMEL
Hummel: Septets Capricorn [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'As so often with Hyperion, the engineering is quite simply beyond reproach. A wonderful disc!' - CDReview |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 11: Hodie Simon Petrus The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Cardinall's Musick is an expert body of singers who know exactly what they are doing." Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Early Music |
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PROTA / JOMMELLI / POLELLA / RAVA / de MAJO
Neapolitan Flute Concertos Vol 1 Carlo Ipata (flute) / Auser Musici [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] "This is above all music to beguile the ear. The performances are a delight. What with Carlo Ipata's liquid tone and secure virtuosity, and the brightness, nimbleness and transparency of the one-to-a-part strings of Auser Musici, this unassuming but... |
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MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 4 (Includes 'Beatus vir' & 'salve Regina I') Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sopranos) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (tenors) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |