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. |
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. |
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... |
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) |
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... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and Death Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 11 / CD - released 15/May/2005 ] GUARDIAN BEST OF THE YEAR CLASSIC CD TOP 100 CDs OF ALL TIME |
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... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music Vol.1 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Rogers Covey-Crump, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04)"This is life-enhancing stuff" |
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) |
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 |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi Chamber Concertos Chandos Baroque Players [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'As refreshing a package of out-of-the-way Vivaldi as has recently come my way' (The Magic Flute, USA) |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: String Quartets 1 & 2 Chilingirian Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "The first quartet is a masterwork … on Hyperion's inexpensive Helios label the disc is well worth the outlay." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
ERNEST CHAUSSON
Chamber Music (Incls Poeme Op 25 & Piano Trio in G minor) MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 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) |
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 |
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 |
PURCELL
Hail, bright Cecilia! (Complete Odes & Welcome Songs, Volume 2) The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort, Robert King, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] "For those to whom Purcell's unfailing sensitivity and inventiveness in the setting of English texts is a constant miracle, the problem with this series is knowing where to start" - Gramophone |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Saint Nicolas The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Holst Singers / City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Choral |
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 |
A CHRISTMAS CAROLL
A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "The Christmas Eve carol service at Westminster Abbey is one of the most warming events in the festive calendar, and this CD captures the atmosphere beautifully … The singing is a constant delight" (Daily Telegraph) |
ZOLTAN KODALY / LEOS JANACEK
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 |