Since you are interested in Music for St Paul's, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MIKHAIL GLINKA / NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Glinka: Grand Sextet / Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet Capricorn [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Some of the most joyously delightful music that you will ever hear' - American Record Guide |
GUSTAV HOLST
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Holst: Choral Symphony / Choral Fantasia Lynne Dawson (soprano) / Guildford Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic, Wetton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Feb/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (June 2002 |
ALEXANDER MacKENZIE
Mackenzie: Violin Concerto / Pibroch Suite Malcolm Stewart (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Vernon Handely, conductor / David Davies, conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] 'Stewart is the real red-blooded article, with a big sound and a bow that travels across the strings so fast that it must look like a blur in the concert hall. But not a single note is blurred or slighted here' - Fanfare, USA |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: On wings of song Margaret Price (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] "Mesmerising... as is usual, the Hyperion recording is perfectly balanced" - Classic CD |
TRADITIONAL
Marie McLaughlin - Songs of Scotland Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Isobel Frayling-Cork (clarsach) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "McLaughlin sings with passionate intensity, and her voice has all the colors of the rainbow for these widely varying songs … An album to treasure'" Fanfare |
SAINT-SAENS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Saint-Saens: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / etc Mats Lidstrom (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "These artists radiate total conviction and a life-enhancing vitality and sensitivity" Penguin Guide |
FINZI / GURNEY / FARRAR / BROWNE / KELLY / BUTTERWORTH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: War's Embers: a legacy of songs by composers who perished or suffered in World War 1 Michael George (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Clifford Benson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] 'If you enjoy English song, this set is a must ... The singers are Britain's best, and their excellence is matched by the accompaniments of Clifford Benson' (BBC Music Magazine) |
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA
Missa trahe me post te / Magnificat / etc Choir of Westminster Cathedral / James O'Donnell [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Stunning examples of Victoria's most expressive and dramatic writing … having just listened to this recording again my ears are ringing and my heart is uplifted: a perfect tonic for the bleaker part of winter" (Gramophone) |
PERCY GRAINGER
Jungle Book & other choral works John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Polyphony, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "Generous timing, discoveries, Delian gauzy harmonies, tangy instrumentation, sentimentality, aureate vocal light, succinct and touching settings." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Jan 2011) |
IVES / BARBER / HARRIS / THOMSON / COWELL
From the Steeples and the Mountains The London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble / Christopher Larkin (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'The brass playing throughout is vividly expert and the recording is splendidly real' (Gramophone) |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
La Folia Lynn Dawson (soprano) / The Purcell Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/May/2007 ] 'My very favourite...their easy rapport and the stylishness of her singing are quite unforgettable, and Woolley's stunning performance...wants for nothing' (Gramophone) |
Mara Kiek (voice) Sinfonye / Stevie Wishart
The Courts of Love [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Jan/2005 ] 'One of the most persuasively entertaining records of this music I have ever heard' (CDReview) |
ENCINA / de la TORRE / CAPIROLA / etc
From a Spanish Palace Songbook Margaret Philpot, Shirley Rumsey, Christopher Wilson, (lutes, guitars) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] 'Captivating' (Daily Telegraph) |
SCHUMANN
Kerner Lieder & Liederkreis Margaret Price (soprano) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] 'An outstanding Helios CD … singing and playing of the highest order' (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Songs (Incls 'Ruhe, meine Seele' & 'All mein Gedanken') Marie McLaughlin (soprano) / Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] "This is a thoroughly enjoyable recital, which has given me great pleasure. I hope others will enjoy it as much" (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
LILI BOULANGER
Clairieres dans le ciel / Hymne au soleil Martyn Hill (tenor) Andrew Ball (piano) / New London Chamber Choir / James Wood (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] 'Truly one of the great French song cycles of the first quarter of this century' - Fanfare, USA |
REYNALDO HAHN
'Chansons Grises' and other songs Martyn Hill (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] 'Martyn Hill's tenor is perfectly suited to Hahn's deliciously sentimental idiom…Most of the settings on the disc are to texts by his favourite Verlaine, including the seven Chansons grises. Hahn gages the level of sensuality perfectly, allowing the... |
ZELENKA
The Lamentations of Jeremiah Michael Chance (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 12/May/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
JOSEPH JOACHIM RAFF
Symphonies 3 and 4 The Milton Keynes City Orchestra / Hillary Davan Wetton, conductor [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'Finely crafted and immensely polished performances.' (The Sunday Times, Malta) |
ORTIZ / SENFL / JANEQUIN / CASTELLO / MARINI / etc
Flute Music of the 16th & 17th centuries Nancy Hadden, Rachel Beckett, Lisa Beznosiuk, Janet See (renaissance flutes) Colin Tilney (harpsichord) Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) Erin Headley (gamb [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'Beautifully engineered ... and played by all concerned with effortless artistry, the music of Frescobaldi has rarely sounded as seductive as this' (International Record Review) |