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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Katherine Watson, Iestyn Davies, Neal Davies, etc / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra Of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] 'Katherine Watson, already a busy soloist, has a delightful baroque soprano voice … but it is Iestyn Davies who serves up this recording's jewel in his Agnus Dei,...vocal beauty and moving musicality that it is hard to imagine surpassed." Gramophone |
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CLAUSEN / FISSINGER / WILLAN / PAULUS / GJEILO / etc
Beyond all mortal dreams: American a cappella Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "These are gorgeous pieces--and this Trinity College choir sings them to the manner born." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com July 2011) |
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GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Choral works Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] A cluster of choral miniatures culminating in one of Finzi's most intense, visionary masterpieces: this is some of the most exquisite English choral writing of the last century. |
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ERIKS ESENVALDS
Ēriks Ešenvalds: Northern Lights Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "Trinity College's choir sounds as though its members relish the experience of recording his music. The sonority is secure from top to bottom" Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Choral |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Choral Music Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Tea cups are shattered along with prim liturgical proprieties in a recording that reclaims this repertoire as the full-blooded Christian battle cry that it is." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, July 2017 |
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VARIOUS
Yulefest! Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] There are few choirs around today who can match the unbridled excellence of Trinity Cambridge. On this new album we find great carols both old and new. Add some astonishing fresh arrangements and we have twenty-one tracks of pure festive indulgence! |
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DAVID BRIGGS
Briggs: Mass for Notre Dame David Briggs (organ) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "I can confidently say that this recording is one of the finest CDs of sacred choral and organ music you'll ever hear." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine August 2010 |
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OWAIN PARK
Park: Choral Works Anita Monserrat (soprano) Owain Park (bass) Karolina Csáthy (alto) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] As John Rutter (Owain Park's erstwhile teacher) shrewdly notes in the booklet, Park is one of a new generation of composers whose voice has been informed by music of many styles, traditions and periods. This is indeed music 'for us all to enjoy as... |
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JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Piano Concertos Opp. 3, 14 & 49 Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "Dussek wrote little orchestral music beyond his concertos but the sympathetic collaboration of the Ulster orchestra showcases the increasing subtlety and sophistication of his handling of the orchestra." Gramophone |
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JEAN FRANCAIX
Orchestral Music vol.2 Ulster Orchestra / Philippe Cassard (piano) Thierry Fischer (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] This recording of orchestral music by Jean Françaix - personification of the elegant and witty French 'salon' ambience - brings us two ballets scores and the Concertino for piano and orchestra, one of the composer's earliest successes, still one of... |
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JEAN FRANCAIX
Orchestral Music (Incls Symphony in G major) Ulster Orchestra / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] Compelling listening, enthusiastically and empathetically played |
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Ulster Orchestra / Thierry Fischer, conductor
Jean Francaix - Orchestral Music vol. 3 [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'Thierry Fischer seems totally attuned to Françaix's idiom, and the engineers have captured the excellent acoustics of Belfast's Ulster Hallto colourful effect. The Ulster Orchestra plays with wit, point and vitality: it can rarely if ever have... |
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LEOPOLD & W. A. MOZART / CARL HEINRICH GRAUN / ANONYMOUS / GEORG PHIPIPP TELEMANN
The Early Horn Ursula Paludan Monberg (horn), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The recording convincingly places the listener in the room with the players, tying the notoriously elusive horn to a precise spot on the soundstage." BBC Music Magazine May 2020 Chamber Choice |
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CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Der Tod Jesu-Passion Cantata Uta Schwabe (soprano) Inge van de Kerkove (soprano) Christoph Genz (baritone) / La Petite Band Ex Tempore / Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] During his lifetime, Carl Heinrich Graun, a younger contemporary of Bach's, was one of the best-known exponents of Italian opera in Germany. Recorded here is his Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu performed by an excellent team of soloists. |
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CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 1 & The carnival of the animals Utah Symphony / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Don't be fooled by those well-known portraits of Saint-Saëns the bearded éminence grise - the two symphonies recorded here are the work of the young Camille, spreading his compositional wings and displaying a technical fluency far beyond his teenage... |
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SEBASTIAN KNUPFER
Sacred Music Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Lisa Beckley, James Bowman, Robin Blaze, etc / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 'Robert King draws fine singing and playing from his ensemble. The soloists are uniformly excellent ... Knüpfer is a real discovery - full marks to all concerned.' - International Record Review |
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Vivian Ellis, Jocelyn West (voices) Sinfonie Stevie Wishart (director)
Gabriel's Greeting [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] 'The performances have great panache and virtuosity ... sung simply and gently with understated eloquence' (American Record Guide) |
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VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos 4 & 5 Viviane Hagner (violin), Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 8 / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] 'Munich-born virtuoso Viviane Hagner brings a splendid sense of the romantic style to this work, playing a 1717 Sasserno Stradivarius of sweetly brilliant tone. The performance becomes quite fiery and flamboyant, Hagner's trills and runs striking a... |
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Wells Cathedral Choir, Malcolm Archer, director
The English Hymn Vol 1 Christ Triumphant [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2001 ] 'The time spent listening to it has been delightful. Tone, enunciation, resourcefulness of arrangement and accompaniment, all are exemplary' (Gramophone) |
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JONATHAN DOVE
Dove: Choral Music Wells Cathedral Choir / Matthew Owens [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "there's so much freshness, attack and palpable involvement...not least from the consistently excellent boy and girl choristers. Dove's music is splendidly effective and birghtly expressive." BBC Music |