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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Regne Amour (Love songs from the operas) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Ex Cathedra / Jeffrey Skidmore, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'This wonderful music will always need special vocal advocacy and there can be few outside France as equipped as Carolyn Sampson' (Gramophone) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: An Ode for St Cecilia's Day Carolyn Sampson (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) / Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort Robert King, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE CD OF THE MONTH/EDITOR'S CHOICE |
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LIONEL MONCKTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Songs from the shows (Incls 'The Arcadians', 'The Toreador' & 'The Quaker Girl') Catherine Bott (soprano) Richard Suart (baritone) / New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'Both Bott and Suart demonstrate a natural aptitude for the material. Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra and Light Opera Chorus with obvious affection. Listening to this CD made me feel ridiculously happy' (Gramophone) |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
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 |
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ERNEST CHAUSSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Music (Incls Poeme Op 25 & Piano Trio in G minor) Chilingirian Quartet with Pascal Devoyon (piano), Philippe Graffin (violin) and Charles Neidich (clarinet) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'It is truly like hearing it for the first time, at least in this performance, which is far more than just technically superb' (American Record Guide) |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 3 Chloë Hanslip (violin) & Igor Tchetuev (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Hanslip and Tchetuev are impressive as interpreters: his fine touch and beautifully balanced chordal playing is matched by her lovely tone and phrasing - her singing legato lines are an especial delight." Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013 |
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GEOFFREY BURGON
Cathedral Music of Geoffrey Burgon (Incls Nunc dimittis) Choir of Chichester Cathedral, with Michael Laird (trumpet) & Jeremy Suter (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
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DAVID BRIGGS
Briggs: Hail, Gladdening Light & Other Works The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/Feb/2024 ] Apocalyptic walls of sound cascade around the Gothic vaults of Saint-Eustache in Paris as Stephen Layton and David Briggs unleash, respectively, the full power of a top-notch Trinity Choir and the mighty van den Heuvel organ of 1989. Trinity College... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Collegium Regale Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton, with Owain Park (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "This is a stunning recording in so many respects. Attention to dynamic detail, especially the hushed quality of the Magnificat, brings out the ethereal, not to say numinous character of this highly original miniature" Gramophone Award Nomination '16 |
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CHRISTOPHER TYE
Tye: Missa Euge bone / Peccavimus / Western Wynde Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] 'For a true celebration of the English high-treble phenomenon one need look no further than this. The amplitude of the basses makes a most wonderful balancing effect with the brightness of the boys." (Choir & Organ Magazine) |
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ZOLTAN KODALY / LEOS JANACEK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kodaly/Janacek: Masses Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE -- GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - RADIO 3 DISC OF THE WEEK -- CRITICS' CHOICE INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Complete Songs Volume 31 Christine Brewer (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Complete Schubert Edition Vol 31 / CD ] 'Some fascinating discoveries' (Classic CD) 'An amazing disc in this matchless series - Unmissable' (Classical Express) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): The Complete Songs Vol. 1 Christine Brewer (soprano) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Echoes of Nightingales Christine Brewer (soprano) / Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Unlike many dramatic sopranos, Brewer here demonstrates a clarity of enunciation and a variety of tone that suits this lighter material … extracts from musicals by Romberg and Bernstein are frankly yet enjoyably sentimental. Irresistible' (BBC Music |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: An 1826 Schubertiad Christine Shafer (soprano) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Richard Jackson (baritone) / The London Chorale / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 26 / CD - released 2/Feb/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE 'A wondrous addition to this unique venture, it is hard to know where to begin in its praise' (Gramophone) |
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TAKLE / DUBOIS / FLETCHER / BRAHMS / GIGOUT / EFTESTOL / etc
Northern Lights Christopher Herrick (Steinmeyer organ of Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] Mons Leidvin Takle's vigorous opener - everything you would expect from a work called Yes! - sets the mood for the whole of an infectiously upbeat recital. |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BUTTERWORTH / BROWNE / SOMMERVELL
Christopher Maltman - Songs of Travel Christopher Maltman (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 21/Sep/2003 ] 'Christopher Maltman at all times sings beautifully...As is their custom, Hyperion completes this superior production with intelligent annotation and complete texts' (American Record Guide) |
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LUDWIG DASER
Daser: Missa Pater Noster & Other Works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] "There is much to praise in these poised, polished performances, hieratic in the Mass and more intimate where the music permits it (the beginning of the 'Qui tollis' is lovely). " Gramophone Award Nomination 2024 - Early Music |
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HEINRICH ISAAC
Isaac: Missa Wohlauff gut Gsell von hinnen & other works Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "Such illumination would not be possible without the superb voices of Cinquecento, and Hyperion's excellent recording, which is perfectly balanced in a spacious acoustic" MusicWeb Recommended |
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ADRIAN WILLAERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Willaert: Missa Mente tota & Motets Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "It's a beautifully conceived and immaculately realised sequence, sung with simple directness by the six male voices of Cinquecento in a nicely churchy, but never overpowering, acoustic." (The Guardian) |