The Parley of Instruments Psalmody / Peter Holman, director
Nativity - Christmas Music from Georgian England (The English Orpheus vol.49) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] This is an unusual collection championing the village genius of local composers, whose settings of carols and hymns kept the congregations warm all those years ago - a time when the commercial excesses of today's Christmas were unknown. |
PURCELL
The Complete Ayres for the Theatre The Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman, director [ Hyperion / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "..the players set out in almost holographic detail between, beyond, between and in front of the loudspeakers. You could almost be there' (Gramophone 'Soundings') |
MUFFAT
Armonico Tributo The Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman / Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] 'The best English baroque chamber music record I have ever heard' - Hi Fi News |
JOHN STANLEY
Six Concertos in seven parts Op 2 The Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "The players are technically superb, but also play with a grace and lightness which are wholly uplifting" BBC Music Magazine |
Parley Of Instruments/Holman
Vital Spark Of Heav'nly Flame [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
Patricia Rozario, soprano, the Vanbrugh Quartet
Tavener-String Quartets: Diodia, the World [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Feb/2001 ] 'The Vanbrugh Quartet's intense and committed performance is of the highest calibre. An indispensable and thoroughly recommendable disc' (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Il Duello Amoroso Patrizia Kwella (soprano) Gillian Fisher (soprano) Catherine Denley (contralto) The London Handel Orchestra, Denys Darlow conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] 'enjoyable performances ... well worth exploring' - Gramophone |
Paul Agnew & Julius Drake
Gurney: Severn Meadows [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2001 ] |
IVOR GURNEY
Severn Meadows: Songs Paul Agnew (tenor) Julius Drake (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Aug/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'Another fine addition to the Hyperion treasure-house of vocal recordings' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
SAMMONS
'the English Kreisler' Paul Barritt (Vio) / Catherine Edwards (Piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] From the composer known as the 'English Kreisler'! |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland - The Complete Music for violin and piano Paul Barritt (violin) Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'Another extremely useful addition to the ever-expanding Ireland discography' - Gramophone |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Music for Violin and Piano Paul Barritt (violin) / Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Music for violin & piano Paul Barritt (violin), Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] 'Music of great charm. Fine advocates of Stanford's musical riches' (BBC Music Magazine) |
BACH / TELEMANN
Oboe and Oboe d'amore Concertos Paul Goodwin (baroque oboe) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] 'A winner all the way … exemplary from start to finish' (Hi-Fi News) |
TOMASO ALBINONI / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Albinoni/Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos Paul Goodwin (oboe), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] 'What a breath of fresh air! Played as they should be and never have been 'til now. This recording is a complete delight, a small pattering of allegros and adagios that purr as happily as a spring rain' (The Magic Flute, USA) |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Quartets K478 & K493 Paul Lewis (piano) / Leopold String Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die - "For anyone who responds to Mozart's piano concertos, these charming works might almost be considered two bonuses to the cycle. They are superbly played here." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2003) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Duets Paul Lewis (piano) & Steven Osborne (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] 'In this repertoire Lewis and Osborne are as one, touch and tone indistinguishable from one another (they swap Primo and Secondo roles throughout, apparently, though it's impossible to tell who is playing which in what), playing with a delicious... |
Paul Nicholson
Philips:keyboard Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
HANDEL
Harpsichord Suites Paul Nicholson, harpsichord [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] "Superbly recorded" (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
HANDEL
Organ Concertos [2 CDs] Paul Nicholson (organ) / Frances Kelly (harp) / Choir of Clare College, Cambridge with Timothy Brown, director / The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] 'The great coup of this new recording ... is to have secured the instrument on which the composer played. Nicholson's playing is unfailingly stylish' - The Times |