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EUGEN d'ALBERT
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Piers Lane (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Alun Francis, conductor [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 9 / CD - released 3/Apr/2005 ] 'As usual for this series, the performances are beyond reproach ... one could not imagine a better advocate' - Gramophone |
FREDERIC D'ERLANGER / THOMAS DUNHILL
Dunhill & Erlanger: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Aug/2020 ] As companionable, healthy and English as the South Downs on a sunny day' was an early verdict on Thomas Dunhill's Piano Quintet, one which could equally well apply to both works on this attractive programme. |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 / Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 / etc Piers Lane (piano) / Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "This is one of those rare discs that give pleasure and food for thought in equal measure...The whole experience is a valuable reminder that Elgar doesn't display his originality openly." BBC Music Magazine, September 2011 ***** |
EDMUND RUBBRA / SIR ARNOLD BAX / SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Rubbra / Bax / Bliss: The Romantic Piano Concerto Piers Lane (piano), The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Two very different takes on the romantic piano concerto, both equally successful. The Bliss - written in 1939 for the World's Fair in New York - is extrovert, exuberant and virtuosic, the Rubbra a profound reflection on, and continuation of, the... |
W. A. MOZART
Horn Concertos / Horn Quintet Pip Eastop (horn), The Hanover Band, Anthony Halstead (conductor), with Eroica Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jan/2015 ] Mozart's Horn Concertos are perhaps the most popular works ever written for the instrument. This new album is a collection of all the works Mozart wrote for his lifelong friend, the horn player Joseph Leutgeb (1732-1811), one of the foremost players... |
VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras no. 1 & 5 The Pleeth Cello Octet / Jill Gomez, soprano / Peter Manning, violin [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Stunning performances' - BBC Record Review |
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Plowright
Bach: Piano Transcriptions 6 [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 27/Feb/2006 ] |
JAMES MACMILLAN
Seven Last Words from the Cross / Te Deum Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion SACD / SACD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] 'In an ideal world, Hyperion's August disc of the month would sell by the truckload. The sheer quality of James MacMillan's Seven Last Words, the intensity of Stephen Layton's interpretation and the unrestrained, heartfelt performances of Polyphony... |
MORTEN LAURIDSEN
Lux aeterna Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'It is clear that Lauridsen's score is, if nothing else, a virtuoso exploration of choral singing technique. As such he could not hope for a more assured or polished performance; or, for that matter, a more luscious recorded sound." Gramophone |
JOHN RUTTER
Christmas Music Polyphony / City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] "A christmas treat for fans of Rutter's choral music, perhaps best taken in small doses." - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2001) |
JOHN RUTTER
Gloria and other sacred music Polyphony / City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2001 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Aug 2001)- 'Delicious performances of Rutter's wonderfully approachable and finely crafted vocal writing. The sound, too, is outstanding. |
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ARVO PART
Choral Music [Incls 'Summa' & 'Da pacem Domine'] Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Oct/2014 ] "this one is something special. In part this is because of the choice of repertoire, which mixes the familiar and the less-often heard, and includes two first recordings, and in part it is because of the exquisite sound produced by Polyphony" Gramoph |
MORTEN LAURIDSEN
Nocturnes Polyphony / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] This new disc by Polyphony is certainly a worthy successor to the Grammynominated Lux aeterna (CDA67449). The popular cycles Mid-Winter Songs and Les chansons des roses are joined by four premiere recordings: two early Psalm settings, and two new... |
GABRIEL JACKSON
Not no faceless Angel Polyphony / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "There are many striking features of this ravishing disc, beautifully and imaginatively performed by Stephen Layton and Polyphony. There are hints here and there of Monteverdi, Stravinsky, Poulenc perhaps, yet I sense Jackson's profound affinity with... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Sacred and Profane Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "The programme is delightful and the choir excellent… this has to be one of the strongest winners of the choral award in recent years" (Gramophone) |
BRITTEN
Sacred And Profane / Five Flower Songs Polyphony / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 21/Sep/2007 ] 'After hearing their latest CD of choral works by Britten, nothing will dissuade me from the conclusion that Polyphony under Stephen Layton is the best chamber choir in the country' (The Evening Standard) |
CORNELIUS
The Three Kings and other choral music Polyphony / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2000 ] 'These are superior performances, Layton's group Polyphony offering refined tone and exceptional precision, together with a careful observation of Cornelius's dynamics and fluent phrasing' (BBC Music Magazine) |
ARVO PART
Berliner Messe / Magnificat / De Profundis Polyphony / Stephen Layton (cond), with Andrew Lucas (organ) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] 'Polyphony's singing is immensely cultivated; bright, clear, immaculately phrased, and gorgeously balanced' (American Record Guide) |
ERIKS ESENVALDS
Passion and Resurrection / etc Polyphony / Stephen Layton, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] 'Rarely before have I sat in a concert hall and heard a new work that sounded so fresh yet so familiar … Ešenvalds Passion and Resurrection is surely set to become a classic, a position Hyperion's forthcoming CD release of the work should... |
JOHN TAVENER
Tavener: The Second Coming and other choral works Polyphony. Stephen Layton, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'The power of Tavener at his best is fully unlocked by Polyphony and Stephen Layton, whose sensitivity to the sacred and human in his music communicates in every work on this disc' - Classic FM Magazine |
