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VARIOUS
Yulefest! Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Oct/2015 ] There are few choirs around today who can match the unbridled excellence of Trinity Cambridge. On this new album we find great carols both old and new. Add some astonishing fresh arrangements and we have twenty-one tracks of pure festive indulgence! |
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DAVID BRIGGS
Briggs: Mass for Notre Dame David Briggs (organ) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] "I can confidently say that this recording is one of the finest CDs of sacred choral and organ music you'll ever hear." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine August 2010 |
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OWAIN PARK
Park: Choral Works Anita Monserrat (soprano) Owain Park (bass) Karolina Csáthy (alto) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] As John Rutter (Owain Park's erstwhile teacher) shrewdly notes in the booklet, Park is one of a new generation of composers whose voice has been informed by music of many styles, traditions and periods. This is indeed music 'for us all to enjoy as... |
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JAN LADISLAV DUSSEK
Dussek: Piano Concertos Opp. 3, 14 & 49 Ulster Orchestra, Howard Shelley (piano & conductor) [ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 5 / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "Dussek wrote little orchestral music beyond his concertos but the sympathetic collaboration of the Ulster orchestra showcases the increasing subtlety and sophistication of his handling of the orchestra." Gramophone |
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JEAN FRANCAIX
Orchestral Music vol.2 Ulster Orchestra / Philippe Cassard (piano) Thierry Fischer (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] This recording of orchestral music by Jean Françaix - personification of the elegant and witty French 'salon' ambience - brings us two ballets scores and the Concertino for piano and orchestra, one of the composer's earliest successes, still one of... |
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JEAN FRANCAIX
Orchestral Music (Incls Symphony in G major) Ulster Orchestra / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] Compelling listening, enthusiastically and empathetically played |
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Ulster Orchestra / Thierry Fischer, conductor
Jean Francaix - Orchestral Music vol. 3 [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'Thierry Fischer seems totally attuned to Françaix's idiom, and the engineers have captured the excellent acoustics of Belfast's Ulster Hallto colourful effect. The Ulster Orchestra plays with wit, point and vitality: it can rarely if ever have... |
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Ulster Orchestra/Fischer
Francaix: Naked King/Ladies [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] |
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Ulster Orchestra/Fischer
Francaix,: Orchestral [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] |
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LEOPOLD & W. A. MOZART / CARL HEINRICH GRAUN / ANONYMOUS / GEORG PHIPIPP TELEMANN
The Early Horn Ursula Paludan Monberg (horn), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The recording convincingly places the listener in the room with the players, tying the notoriously elusive horn to a precise spot on the soundstage." BBC Music Magazine May 2020 Chamber Choice |
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CHOPIN
Polish Songs, Op 74 Urszula Kryger (mezzo) Charles Spencer (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'A rare opportunity to sample Chopin the song composer, here performed with real feeling by Polish mezzo Urszula Kryger.'(Gramophone) |
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C.P.E. BACH
Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu (The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus) Uta Schwabe (soprano) Christoph Genz (tenor) Stephen Genz (bass) / Ex Tempore / La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] 'Sigiswald Kuijken's lively but sensitive and thoughtful direction, and his attention to details of the instrumental texture, ensure that the work gets the performance it merits. I found it compelling, and warmly recommend it' (Gramophone) . |
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CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Der Tod Jesu-Passion Cantata Uta Schwabe (soprano) Inge van de Kerkove (soprano) Christoph Genz (baritone) / La Petite Band Ex Tempore / Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] During his lifetime, Carl Heinrich Graun, a younger contemporary of Bach's, was one of the best-known exponents of Italian opera in Germany. Recorded here is his Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu performed by an excellent team of soloists. |
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CAMILE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No 1 & The carnival of the animals Utah Symphony / Thierry Fischer [ Hyperion / CD - released 29/Nov/2019 ] Don't be fooled by those well-known portraits of Saint-Saëns the bearded éminence grise - the two symphonies recorded here are the work of the young Camille, spreading his compositional wings and displaying a technical fluency far beyond his teenage... |
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ROBERT SIMPSON
String Quartets 14, 15 & Two Clarinet Quintets The Vanbrugh Quartet / Joy Farrall, clarinet / Fiona Cross, bass clarinet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Yet another deeply impressive Quartet from Robert Simpson. Uniquely invigorating music ... superbly recorded' - Gramophone |
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Various Artists
Bach:organ Cornucopia [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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Various Artists
Blow:fairest Work Of Happy Nat [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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Various Artists
Britten:christ's Nativity [ Hyperion / CD ] |
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Various Artists
English Orpheus Sampler [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
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Various Artists
Glazunov/Goedicke:concertos [ Hyperion / CD ] |