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Displaying items 1761 to 1780 of 1919
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 1: Magnificat, Lauda Jersualem, Dixit Dominus, etc Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, the King;s Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE |
HANDEL
Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8 Susan Gritton (sopr), Thomas Hobbs (ten) Iestyn Davies (cntten) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Lay [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "Layton directs his young singers with such a perfect control of texture and rhythm that there's no hint of stodginess" (Gramophone) |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 7 (Includes 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' & 'Laudate pueri RV601') Susan Gritton (soprano) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / The King's Consrt, King [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Aug/2001 ] .."A superb release of little-heard Vivaldi" Gramophone Magazine |
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Lieder (Songs) Susan Gritton (Soprano), Eugene Asti (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] '[Fanny Mendelssohn's] reputation deserves the kind of boost this excellent disc offers. Both Eugene Asti and Susan Gritton get to the heart of these pieces.' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VIVALDI
Sacred Music Vol 8: Sum in medio tempestatum RV632; Laudate pueri etc Susan Gritton (soprano) Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Sep/2002 ] "Nathalie Stutzmann, the discovery of 2001, sings 'Salve regina' sobbing poignantly in 'this vale of tears' - and authentically, too. A magnificent disc." (BBC Music Magazine ***** Five Stars Pick of the Month (October 2002) |
BOCCHERINI / D'ASTORGA
Stabat Mater Susan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Fox (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor) / The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] Boccherini wrote very little vocal music; however he left two settings of the Stabat mater. It was first set in 1781 for solo soprano and strings and then in 1800 for two sopranos and tenor, obviously influenced by the hugely-popular Pergolesi Stabat... |
BOCCHERINI / D'ASTORGA
Stabat Mater Susan Gritton (soprano) Sarah Fox (soprano) Susan Bickley (mezzo) Paul Agnew (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion SACD / SACD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] 'Outstanding performances' (American Record Guide)- 'SACD versus CD? Better depth, separation and transparency; simply more 'there' (Hi-Fi News) |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos 11, 12 & 13 Susan Tomes (piano) / The Gaudier Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "An absolute joy. Hyperion at its best; beautifully recorded and presented." (ClassicWeb) |
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Susan Tomes/Gaudier Ensemble
Berwald;Chamber Music Vol.2 [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] |
CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Mr Abel's Fine Airs Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba) [ Hyperion / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Editor's Choice - 'Until the release of this new recording the fascinating world of Abel's gamba music has been pretty much a closed book … Abel inclined towards simplicity and elegance, and Heinrich is always... |
TOBIAS HUME
Passion & Division Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "Ah, but the music! The melancholy of the opening and closing tracks is bewitching. Here, and elsewhere on the disc, Heinrich dramatically - often poetically - conveys Hume's deeply personal, seemingly reflective musical... |
BERWALD
Symphonies and Overtures Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Roy Goodman (conductor) [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'Two sensational CDs ... He's the first great Scandinavian symphonist, though we had to wait until this century to appreciate the fact ... a sort of cross between Mendelssohn and Sibelius. A winner' - Time Out, New York |
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Swedish Rso/Goodman
Berwald:symphonies & Overt [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 21/Mar/1996 ] |
GRANADOS / GURIDJ / TURINA / TOLDRA / MONTSALVATGE
Canciones Espanolas Sylvia Schwartz (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] The Nash Ensemble presents a programme of works written at the transit camp Theresienstadt by four Jewish composers who went on to be killed at Auschwitz, their music forgotten. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos 13 'Rosamunde' & 14 "Death And The Maiden" Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Oct/2006 ] "a sense of drama and tensile strength underlines everything, even a movement as luscious as the Andante of the Rosamunde Quartet..." Gramophone Editor's Choce Awards issue 2006 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
String Quartet 1 - 3 Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone November 2013 |
FRANK BRIDGE
Phantasy Piano Quartet & Sonatas the Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "The sonata receives a wonderfully searching performance from Paul Watkins and Ian Brown...[in the Violin Sonata] the earlier lyricism is there, but as just one part of an expressive web. Thorsen and Brown catch those moodswings perfectly" Guardian |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: String Quartets in B flat & C minor Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Chamber --'Their approach is alert, texturally clear and passionate … These are admriable performances which I recommend to any prospective buyer … this new Takács reading weighs in at the top end of the many available... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 71 1-3 Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] In these compelling interpretations the Takács Quartet display an absolute unanimity of tone and style and cement their reputation as one of today's greatest string quartets. |
JOSEF HAYDN
String Quartets, Op. 74 1-3 Takacs Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] These quartets date from 1793 and were written when Haydn returned home to Vienna after a visit to London which had cemented his international fame as a composer and public figure. The composer wrote a set of six string quartets for Count Anton... |
