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SZYMANOWSKI
Masques, Métopes & Études Cédric Tiberghien (piano) [ Hyperion / CD ] "One can have no reservations about Cédric Tiberghien's playing throughout this absorbing disc..." - Gramophone March 2014 |
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 3 Chloë Hanslip (violin) & Igor Tchetuev (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] "Hanslip and Tchetuev are impressive as interpreters: his fine touch and beautifully balanced chordal playing is matched by her lovely tone and phrasing - her singing legato lines are an especial delight." Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013 |
HENRY VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Chloe Hanslip (violin) / Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto Vol 12 / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "rhythmically taut, meticulously executed performances...few will be able to resist Hanslip's deliciously coquettish handling of the rondo movements of both concertos." (Gramophone) |
PURCELL
Hail, bright Cecilia! (Complete Odes & Welcome Songs, Volume 2) The Choir of New College, Oxford / The King's Consort, Robert King, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] "For those to whom Purcell's unfailing sensitivity and inventiveness in the setting of English texts is a constant miracle, the problem with this series is knowing where to start" - Gramophone |
KORVITS / MASKATS / PLAKIDIS
Kreek's Notebook: Spiritual Songs from the Baltic States Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] "The present release is yet another feather in everyone's cap thanks to immaculate performances captured in an excellent recording. I am sure that everyone will find much here to enjoy." (recording of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2014) |
THOMAS TOMKINS
Cathedral Music Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Roger Judd (organ) Christopher Robinson [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Oct/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'One of England's most accomplished and versatile Tudor composers to whose music the Windsor choir does full and pleasing justice' (Organists' Review) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols / Saint Nicolas The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Holst Singers / City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (cond) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Choral |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Collegium Regale Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton, with Owain Park (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "This is a stunning recording in so many respects. Attention to dynamic detail, especially the hushed quality of the Magnificat, brings out the ethereal, not to say numinous character of this highly original miniature" Gramophone Award Nomination '16 |
A CHRISTMAS CAROLL
A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey The Choir of Westminster Abbey / James O'Donnell (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "The Christmas Eve carol service at Westminster Abbey is one of the most warming events in the festive calendar, and this CD captures the atmosphere beautifully … The singing is a constant delight" (Daily Telegraph) |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Victoria: Requiem Mass Choir of Westminster Cathedral / David Hill (Master of the Music) [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'Glorious. A rich, luminous acoustic halo seems to surround the music as it soars ever upward. Under David Hill's expert direction this choir has achieved a depth and body of tone totally appropriate to this full-blooded Iberian music' |
PALESTRINA
Missa Ecce ego Johannes Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "Even among the Westminster Cathedral Choir's superb records this disc stands out. Perfect chording and ensemble, natural and musical phrasing, spot-on intonation and a glorious tonal blend, make this issue one to treasure" (Penguin Guide) |
FRANCISCO GUERRERO
Missa Sancta et immaculata The Choir of Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] RECORD OF THE MONTH, CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE |
EMMANUEL 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) |
DUPRE / MONNIKENDAM / MOZART / SAINT-SAENS / WARLOCK / etc
Power of Life Christopher Herrick (Metzler Organ of Poblet Monastery, Tarragona, Spain) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] Christopher Herrick makes no quasi-intellectual claims for this album: its intention is to entertain. And with twelve tracks of (largely) ridiculous organ fare, and the beast of an instrument that is the new Metzler organ of Poblet Monastery in... |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Songs 1 Christopher Maltman, baritone, Malcolm Martineau, piano [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Feb/2003 ] 'Christopher Maltman has already distinguished himself as a lieder singer, but now he reveals himself as a stunningly apt exponent of French mélodies' (Opera News) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona nobis pacem (with Hough - Missa Mirabilis) Christopher Maltman (baritone), Sarah Fox (soprano) / Colorado Symphony Chorus & Colorado Symphony, Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Dona nobis pacem became a somewhat unexpected hit for Vaughan Williams. A fervently anti-war plea from the heart composed in 1936 as a pièce d'occasion for the Huddersfield Choral Society, it remains to this day one of the composer's most widely... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2 Christopher Purves (baritone), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] Christopher Purves is renowned for both the powerful sense of dramatic conviction he brings to everything he undertakes, and for a vocal technique which must be heard to be believed. From Handel's early cantata to selections from Italian opera and... |
ORLANDE de LASSUS
Missa super Dixit Joseph & motets Cinquecento [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] "..rhythms are buoyant and full of momentum. Words cut easily through the texture, throwing into high relief the contrasts and colourful word painting that characterise Lassus's style." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice Sept 2015) |
ANONYMOUS
Conductus, Vol. 3 Conductus: John Potter, Christopher O'Gorman, Rogers Covey-Crump [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Feb/2016 ] Our trio of master-medievalist tenors presents a concluding instalment of Conductus, that most intimate form of music and poetry from thirteenth-century France. |
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) |
