Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain (Songs by Gerald Finzi to words of Thomas Hardy), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks Rebecca Evans, Bonaventura Bottone, Sarah Walker, Neil Jenkins, Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra. Matthew Best [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'For sheer tunefulness it is hard to resist... an impressive achievement... A set which deserves to win many new friends for this absudly little-known score' (The Independent) |
XAVIER SCHARWENKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Scharwenka: The Complete Chamber Music Lydia Morkovitch (violin) Levon Chilingirian (violin) Seta Tanyel (piano) etc [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] "I have seldom heard a pianist on such good terms with her instrument" (Gramophone) |
HANDEL
Organ Concertos [2 CDs] Paul Nicholson (organ) / Frances Kelly (harp) / Choir of Clare College, Cambridge with Timothy Brown, director / The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] 'The great coup of this new recording ... is to have secured the instrument on which the composer played. Nicholson's playing is unfailingly stylish' - The Times |
W. A. MOZART
String Quintets The Salomon Quartet / Simon Whistler (viola) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 22/May/2005 ] 'Gorgeous performances of some of Mozart's chamber masterworks. Highly recommended' - Classical CD Scout |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (Complete oratorio) Lynne Dawson (soprano) Catherine Denley (contralto) David James (counter-tenor) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Sixteen / Christophers [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 25/May/2005 ] 'The performance is one of extraordinary quality. Unequivocally recommended' (The Sydney Sun Herald) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Complete Music for Winds London Winds / Michael Collins [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 22/Jan/2004 ] 'London Winds are second to none in terms of technical accomplishment, expressive commitment and warmth of timbre' (BBC Music Magazine) |
HANDEL
Harpsichord Suites Paul Nicholson, harpsichord [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] "Superbly recorded" (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs) |
LOCATELLI
Sonatas, Op 4 The Raglan Baroque Players [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'I found myself effortlessly carried along by the exuberance of Wallfisch's direction and the lively response of the players. An invigorating release' - BBC Music Magazine |
RUTLAND BOUGHTON
The Immortal Hour (complete opera recording) Roderick Kennedy (bass) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Anne Dawson (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Alan G Melville [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'This superb complete recording was a salutary shock: the opera is a kind of masterpiece, bleak, passionate and inspired ... Enthusiastically recommended' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Three String Quartets & Piano Quintet Piers Lane (piano) / New Budapest Quartet [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 15/Apr/2003 ] 'Highly recommendable' (Gramophone) |