W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A / Clarinet Quintet in A Thea King (basset clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate / Gabrieli String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE - 'Winning performances. Excellent recording' (Penguin Guide) |
ARTHUR SOMERVELL
Somervell: Clarinet Quintet Thea King (clarinet) / Aeolian Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'The performances are euphonious and strongly committed' (Gramophone) |
TAUSCH / SUSSMAYR
Double Clarinet Concertos / Concerto Movement Thea King (clarinet, basset clarinet) Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Leopold Hager (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'I can't imagine a more beguiling account of the music and every lover of the clarinet will want to have this CD' - Gramophone |
BRAHMS
The Two Clarinet Sonatas Thea King (clarinet) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] "Really, I have only two words to say about this disc - 'Buy it!'" - BBC Record Review |
CRUSELL
Clarinet Quartets Thea King (clarinet) / Members of the Allegri String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'Captivatingly sunny works, superb performances' (Penguin Stereo Record Guide) |
STANFORD / FINZI
Clarinet Concertos Thea King (clarinet) Philharmonia Orchestra / Alun Francis [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] 'The original release of these concertos was long overdue and unanimously praised on both sides of the Atlantic. Its re-emergence at a moderate price is not only welcome but also deserving of high praise and an appropriate pedestal in our Classical... |
SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schiller Settings Thomas Allen (baritone) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 16 / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'Thomas Alen is in commanding form, singing with unforced beauty of tone and intelligent, unobtrusive attention to the words' (Classic CD) |
SCHUBERT
Complete Schubert Edition: Schubert and the Classics Thomas Hampson (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Schubert Edition Vol 14 / CD - released 31/Jan/2008 ] 'The readings, with Johnson's piano at its probing best, are constantly enlightening and carry the absorbed listener into a rarefied world of word and music. The disc lasts an incredible 80 minutes, but the time flies by in such perceptive company'... |
HUBERT PARRY
Job - An Oratorio Toby Spence, Neil Davies, Peter Coleman-Wright / Guildford Choral Society / Royal Philharmonic / Hilary Wetton [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/May/2006 ] 'A work of real quality and originality. A major addition to the Parry discography' (Classic CD) |
ANTHONY PITTS
Alpha and Omega Tonus Peregrinus / Anthony Pitts [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2008 ] There are few better examples of a composer's style developing concurrently with the emergence of a vocal group than in the a cappella vocal music of Antony Pitts. The Tonus Peregrinus octet exists to perform ancient and modern works interspersed... |
HANDEL
Chandos Anthems Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "Stephen Layton directs the small forces of the Academy of Ancient Music with precision and tact." (MusicWeb May 2009). |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Katherine Watson, Iestyn Davies, Neal Davies, etc / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra Of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] 'Katherine Watson, already a busy soloist, has a delightful baroque soprano voice … but it is Iestyn Davies who serves up this recording's jewel in his Agnus Dei,...vocal beauty and moving musicality that it is hard to imagine surpassed." Gramophone |
PRAULINS / EINFELDE / SISASK / MISKINIS
Baltic Exchange Choral works by Praulins; Einfelde; Sisask; and Miskinis Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 8/Mar/2010 ] "The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge manage to sound completely authentic with singing of the highest quality. The notes are informative and the sound is marvellously rich and detailed." John Button Dominion Post |
CLAUSEN / FISSINGER / WILLAN / PAULUS / GJEILO / etc
Beyond all mortal dreams: American a cappella Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] "These are gorgeous pieces--and this Trinity College choir sings them to the manner born." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com July 2011) |
ERIKS ESENVALDS
Ēriks Ešenvalds: Northern Lights Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] "Trinity College's choir sounds as though its members relish the experience of recording his music. The sonority is secure from top to bottom" Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Choral |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Choral Music Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jul/2017 ] "Tea cups are shattered along with prim liturgical proprieties in a recording that reclaims this repertoire as the full-blooded Christian battle cry that it is." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, July 2017 |
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! |
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 |
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... |