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ARTHUR SULLIVAN
The Rose of Persia (Complete operetta) Plus Overtures (Rec 1999) Richard Morrison (baritone) Richard Suart (baritone) Marilyn Hill Smith (mezzo) Claire Henry (soprano) / Hanover Band / Tom Higgins [ CPO / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2005 ] "The highlight of this performance is the excellent orchestral playing bringing out every nuance of Sullivan's delicious score." |
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J. S. BACH
Harpsichord Concertos Vol 1 Robert Hill, Christoph Anselm Noll, Gerald Hambitzer, Cologne Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] Johann Sebastian at a special price |
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W. F. BACH
Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 Robert Hill (fortepiano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2007 ] In their originality, concentration and breadth of expression, the Polonaises of Johann Bach's first-born son, Wilhelm Friedemann, establish him as a composer worthy to be measured against his father. Arguably his most significant compositions, these... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cembalo Concertos Vol. 3 Robert Hill (harpsichord) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos Bach Complete Orchestral Works 5 / CD - released 30/Jun/2003 ] It seems that only a relatively small part of Bach's orchestral œuvre has been preserved for posterity. Much has been speculated about the reasons for the above-average losses in this particular field, but up till now no really conclusive reasons have... |
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MARTINU
La Revue de Cuisine (complete ballet) / Harpsichord Concerto / etc Robert Hill (harpsichord) / Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon (piano, conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2012 ] Ranging from 1927 to 1959, the year of Martinů's death, these four works reveal his unceasing versatility in chamber repertoire. La revue de cuisine, heard here in a recent reconstruction of the original complete score, is a supreme example of... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Hymnus paradisi / Sir Patrick Spens Roderick Williams / Claire Rutter / James Gilchrist / Kat Butler / Bach Choir / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "All admirers of Howells will be grateful to Naxos for letting us hear Sir Patrick Spens at long last. They should be equally grateful for a dedicated and eloquent performance of Hymnus Paradisi. This distinguished release is an undoubted feather in... |
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Ross Hill
Spa Music Music for Relaxing [ Attar / CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Fauré: Requiem & other sacred music Sarah Yanovitch (soprano) Edmund Milly (bass) Nola Richardson (soprano) / Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "Edmund Milly has just the cantor-like voice Faure specified, with no boom or bluster, and the top choral parts are clear and bell-like." BBC Music |
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SCHOENBERG / BERG / WEBERN
Piano Music Peter Hill (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "The piano music heard in the previous disc released on Naxos "can so easily come across as exercises in compositional technique, but lucidly unfolded like this, they emerge as entirely pianistic, and often tensely dramatic." The Guardian |
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BLISS / BRITTEN / HOLST
English Choral Music Shirley Minty (mezzo) Martyn Hill (tenor) Holst Singers / Hilary Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 16/Sep/2001 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2002)- "Never tentative or imprecise, the voices blend beautifully. The upper voices in particular shine with a luminous quality, and are wonderfully fast and flexible." |
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Sondheim: Follies (complete musical comedy recorded in 2015) Opera Toulon / Graham Bickley, Liz Robertson, Charlotte Page, Marilyn Hill Smith, Julia Sutton / David Charles Abell (cond) [ BelAir Classiques DVD / DVD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "The choice of the soloists is of irreproachable quality. The Follies' production in Toulouse is shining with a thousand fires." MUSICALAVENUE.FR |
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St John's College Choir/Hill
Bairstow: Choral Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] |
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HAVERGAL BRIAN
The Tigers (complete opera recorded 1983) Teresa Cahill, Marilyn Hill-Smith, Alan Opie & Kenneth Woollam / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend [ Testament / 3 CD - released 11/Mar/2015 ] "this 1983 BBC studio recording, issued on CD for the first time, reveals a stunningly inventive, eclectic score, performed here with gusto by a A-team cast of 1980s ENO regulars under Lionel Friend. Irresistible." (The Times) |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion [complete oratorio] Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill & David Thomas /Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
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JOHN TAVENER
Best Of Tavener (Including Song for Athene & The Protecting Veil) Various artists including Steven Isserlis, Vasari Singers conducted by Jeremy Backhouse, Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by David Hill. etc [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] Born in London in 1944, John Tavener joined the Orthodox Church in the late 1970s. |
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JUDITH WEIR / AMY BEACH
Weir: In the Land of Uz / Beach: The Canticle of the Sun Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 6/Jun/2025 ] David Hill conducted the premiere of Judith Weir's In the Land of Uz at a BBC Prom in 2017; here he directs Yale Schola Cantorum in an authoritative recording of the work alongside an equally committed account of Amy Beach's ambitious cantata set to... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem Op 48 / Messe Basse / Motets Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill, St John's College, Cambridge, Robinson [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Top recordings at a special price |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Mass for five voices Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "A generously full CD, spaciously recorded in Winchester Cathedral. The main feature is the rapt, joyous singing of the choir in this magnificent music. Very fine" (Hi Fi News) |
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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Sacred & Choral Music [3 CD set] Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "Hill and the Winchester Choir are superb. The choral tone is luscious, the discipline outstanding, the recording captures the sumptuous acoustics of the cathedral without blurring the musical details." American Record Guide |
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CHRISTOPHER TYE
Cathedral Music (Incls Mass 'Euge Bone') Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] 'As soon as the disc begins to play the singing creates a wonderful ambience to fit the music of this undervalued composer' (Cathedral Music) |