BEETHOVEN
String Quintet in E flat major, Op 4 / String Quintet in C major, Op 29 The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Britain's most versatile chamber ensemble turns its attention to two works from seminal moments in Beethoven's career. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams - The Early Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] 'This revelatory collection of early chamber works by the giant of the 20th-century English style is fascinating and captivating' (The Scotsman) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quintet in C minor, Op 104 / Piano Quartet in E flat Op 16 / etc The Nash Ensemble, with Ian Brown (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] The Nash Ensemble continues its critically acclaimed survey of Beethoven's rarer chamber music in an intriguing new disc. |
Nash Ensemble/Brabbins
Holloway:serenade In C [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
ERNEST BLOCH / LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA / GYORGY LIGETI
Bloch / Dallapiccola / Ligeti: Suites for Solo Cello Natalie Clein (cello) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "Gently, insistently, quietly, she draws the listener into Bloch's music and the results are thoroughly absorbing...her performance of the Adagio theme in the Ligeti is four minutes of pure, concentrated beauty." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine |
ERNEST BLOCH
Schelomo / Voice in the Wilderness (with Bruch - Kol Nidrei) Natalie Clein (cello) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Clein's performance [of Schelomo] concentrates, most affectingly, on the atmosphere of deep introspection" Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice September 2012 |
REBECCA CLARKE / FRANK BRIDGE / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Clarke: Viola Sonata / Bridge: Cello Sonata Natalie Clein (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Dec/2018 ] There is a real affinity between the works of Rebecca Clarke and Frank Bridge included on this album, and-with its contrasting, lighter Vaughan Williams coupling-this is a perfectly planned recital from one of the country's leading cellists. |
ZOLTAN KODALY
Cello Sonata & other works Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] 'The compelling reason for acquiring this disc is Clein's magnificent account of the Solo Sonata. One of the masterpieces of the cello repertory, it opens with massive, declamatory chords, and Clein's depth of tone makes an immediate impact.(BBC... |
LEIGHTON
Cathedral Music Neil Mackie (tenor) / St Paul's Cathedral Choir / John Scott (director) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] 'Leighton at his most moving. St Paul's choir brings glowingly alive both the strength and the tenderness of this music. I can enthusiastically recommend this record' - Organists Review |
STRAVINSKY
Les Noces and other Russian Choral Music New London Chamber Choir and Instrumental Ensemble; James Wood, director; The Voronezh Chamber Choir (Institute of the Arts); Oleg Shepel director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] BBC 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE |
XENAKIS
Medea / Nuits / Knephas / Serment / A Colone New London Chamber Choir / Critical Band / James Wood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] New London Chamber Choir, Critical Band, James Wood |
FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc: Secular Choral Music New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'Strongly recommended!' - Fanfare, USA |
AMERICAN LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
American Light Music Classics (Includes The March of the Toys, Holiday for Strings & The Teddy Bear's Picnic) New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] 'These lovely old tunes have a freshness and charm akin to the best light-hearted literature or illustration from the same period. A splendid successor to the previous volumes' (Gramophone) |
EUROPEAN LIGHT MUSIC CLASSICS
European Light Music Classics (Includes Parade of the Tin Soldiers, The Entry of the Boyars & The Skaters Waltz) New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Oct/2014 ] 'Another tasty compilation that will sell like hot cakes' (Classic CD) |
BACEWICZ
Music for string orchestra New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "…a thoroughly rewarding survey of a composer who deserves to be much better known. Ronald Corp and his New London Orchestra are generally persuasive in what is often quite tricky instrumental writing: the recording is fine." Gramophone Magazine,... |
VIRGIL THOMSON
Louisiana Story (Includes 'the Plow that Broke the Plains') The New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Aug/2004 ] 'Hyperion's recording is faultless; the notes... are sagacious and rewarding. If your interest is in American music or in film scores, this is indispensable' - American Record Guide |
POULENC / HAHN
Aubade & Sinfonietta / Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este The New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp (conductor) with Julian Evans (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'A scintillating recording debut... in admirably off-the-beaten-track repertory' - The Observer |
VIVALDI / ALBINONI / MARCELLO / BELLINI / CIMAROSA
Five Italian Oboe Concertos Nicholas Daniels (oboe & director) / Peterborough String Orchestra [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Nicholas Daniel's playing, beautifully controlled and judiciously ornamented, makes it easy to listen again to a choice selection' (Fanfare, USA) |
PURCELL
Anthems and Services Vol 6 Nicholas Witcomb (solo treble) James Bowman (countertenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Choir of New College, Oxford / King [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'No fewer than five first recordings in this ... Fans of Purcell will find this disc, Iike the others in the series, indispensable' (Fanfare, USA) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Richard Strauss: The Complete Songs 8 Nicky Spence (tenor) Rebecca Evans (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] "He deals heroically with Strauss's more outrageous demands and, perhaps more importantly, he has just the right interpretative keenness and enthusiasm to put a persuasive case for everything he sings here." Gramophone |