EMMANUEL CHABRIER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chabrier: Briseis, ou Les Amantes de Corinthe Joan Rodgers, Mark Padmore, Simon Keenlyside, Michael George / Chorus Of Scottish Opera / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'For those who heard Chabrier's incomplete magnum opus at last year's Festival this recording will need no recommendation... Fabulously rewarding' (The Scotsman) |
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. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / BUTTERWORTH / BROWNE / SOMMERVELL
Songs of Travel Christopher Maltman (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 21/Sep/2003 ] A collection of delightful songs by some of Britain's most endeared composers, all radiantly performed by one of Britain's best-loved baritones, Christopher Maltman. |
HANS ROTT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rott: Symphony in E major Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Gerhard Samuel (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/1989 ] 'Nobody pursuing authenticity in Mahler can afford to ignore Rott's precocious symphony' - The Sunday Times |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Contrabandista & The Foresters (Complete operettas) Claire Rutter, Frances McCafferty, Richard Suart, Ashley Catling, The London Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Nov/2004 ] "These are première professional recordings of two little known works by Sullivan. The singers on this disc are well known to those who follow this genre of music and they do not disappoint." - MusicWeb Nov 2004 |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass in F Minor / Psalm 150 Corydon Singers / Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Quite magnificent … hoping for a better all-round performance than this is probably an impossible dream!" (Gramophone) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op 37 ('Vespers') Corydon Singers / Matthew Best [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'A memorable version of Rachmaninov's masterpiece, most beautifully sung and balanced, with rich and varied tone, and some outstanding soloists... buy this album immediately' (Musical Opinion) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / A Wedding Anthem / Festival te Deum / A Boy was Born Corydon Singers, Matthew Best [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 17/Nov/2007 ] 'This beautifully made record deserves the widest circulation. The sound these choirs make is of great beauty, and is captured in a flawless recording full of atmosphere and warmth' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music) |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Opus 31 Peter Scorer (deacon) / Corydon Singers / Matthew Best (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/1995 ] 'Outstanding. A performance that is at once perceptive, sympathetic and finely sung' (Gramophone) |
YORK BOWEN
The Piano Sonatas Danny Driver (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Instrumental |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4 Danny Driver (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 46 / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'Danny Driver's pianism is fully and eagerly up to Bowen's considerable demands' (BBC Music Magazine) |
JEAN SIBELIUS / BEDRICH SMETANA
Sibelius / Smetana: String Quartets Dante Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "The fluctuations of darkness and light, the juxtapositions of animation and still reflection, are communicated here with palpable heart." (The Daily Telegraph) |
GABRIEL FAURE / CESAR FRANCK
Faure / Franck: String Quartets Dante Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2009: Chamber Award Winner - 'Hyperion's recording sounds extremely natural, and the disc is enhanced by fine notes from Roger Nichols' (International Record Review) |
JUAN ESQUIVEL
Esquivel: Missa Hortus conclusus, Magnificat & motets De Profundis, Eamonn Dougan (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "All in all, it makes for a very satisfying sampler of a composer from whom I hope to hear much more" MusicWeb |
RICHARD STRAUSS / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: R. Strauss: String Quartet / Verdi: String Quartet in E minor The Delme Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'An eminently recommendable issue' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
Simpson: String Quartets 1 & 4 Delme Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 9 (32 variations and fugue on a theme of Haydn) Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: String Quartet No 2 & No 5 Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD ] 'When it comes to recordings of British string quartets there've been few more impressive achievements than Hyperion's Robert Simpson cycle' (BBC Record Review) |
ROBERT SIMPSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Simpson: Energy / Four Temperaments / Volcano / etc Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band, James Watson [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] 'Marvellously played … superlative … performances of a calibre I do not recall ever hearing before. Strongly to be recommended to serious listeners of any persuasion' (Gramophone) |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Domus [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Sep/2003 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER "Domus have the requisite lightness of touch and subtlety, and just the right sense of scale and tempo." Rosette Penguin Stereo Guide |