Hyperion > Cantata/Oratorio

Handel: English Arias from Saul, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus, Solomon / James Bowman, countertenor

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Choice of Hercules; Esther; Saul; Belshazzar; Theodora; Judas Maccabaeus; Solomon
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

This mid-priced Hyperion reissue offers a comprehensive program of Handel's arias from such famous English oratorios as Saul, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus and Solomon. The world-famous...continue...
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Handel's finest arias for Base Voice / Christopher Purves, bass

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-12-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a; Acis and Galatea, HW V49a; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72; L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55; La Resurrezione, HWV 4...
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Arcangelo

The magnificent voice of Christopher Purves is featured on this unique recital disc of Handel's bass arias. The works heard here demonstrate the range and...continue...
Personnel: Christopher Purves (bass voice).

Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (01/19/2012-01/24/2012)....continue...

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; St. Nicolas / Holst Singers; Trinity College Choir. Stephen Layton

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; Saint Nicholas, cantata for tenor, treble, choruses & orchestra, Op. 42
Performers: Cole, Jeremy; Edwards, Catherine; Higgins, Jonathan; Price, Sally
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

Stephen Layton leads the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Holst Singers in two of Benjamin Britten's most popular choral works for Christmastide. The...continue...

Arias for Guadagni / Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Arcangelo

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul, HWV 53; Theodora, HWV 68; The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Johann Adolf Hasse: Didone abbandonata; John Christopher Smith: The Fairies; Thomas Arne: ...
Performers: Davies, Iestyn; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Arcangelo

British countertenor Iestyn Davies is one of the fastest rising stars on the concert and opera circuit. Following his highly acclaimed recording of Porpora cantatas,...continue...
Recording information: St. Silas The Martyr, St. Silas Place, Kentish Town, Lo (08/10/2011-08/12/2011)....continue...

Janácek: Choral Music / New London Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Leos Janácek: Ríkadla (Nursery Rhymes) (18) for 9 voices & 10 instruments, JW 5/17; Kaspar Rucky, ballad for soloists & female chorus, JW 4/41; 70,000 (Sedmdesát tisíc, Th...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; MacDougall, Jamie; Norman, Daniel; Pitt, Amanda; Webb, Hugh; Williamson, Clive
Conductors: Wood, James
Ensemble: ; Critical Band

Fanfare
These performances strike me as nearly ideal ... this enchanting Hyperion disc.
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Kuhnau: Sacred Music / York, Hellgren, Bowman, Blaze

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Kuhnau: Ihr Himmel jubilirt von oben, cantata; Cantata "Weicht ihr Sorgen aus dem Hertzen"; Cantata "Gott, sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte"; Tristis Est Anima Mea; O heilige Zeit, ca...
Performers: York, Deborah
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Recording information: 04/19/1998-04/22/1998.

Includes wie schön leuchtet der morgenstern, cantata by Johann Kuhnau....continue...

Porpora: Cantatas Nos. 7 - 12 (1735) / Iestyn Davies, countertenor

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-10-11

Works: Nicola Porpora: Or Che Una Nube Ingrata, cantata for contralto & continuo; Oh se fosse il mio core, cantata for voice & continuo, Op. 1/10; Destatevi, o pastori, for voice & continuo, Op. 1/9; Oh! Di...
Performers: Davies, Iestyn; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Arcangelo

Young countertenor Iestyn Davies makes his highly anticipated Hyperion solo debut with an enchanting disc of cantatas by the Italian composer Nicola Porpora. Porpora's ability...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (12/10/2010-12/13/2010)....continue...

Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 10 by Camille Saint-Saens & Isidore Philipp / Nadejda Vlaeva, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 29, BWV 29; Cantata no 3, BWV 3; Cantata no 8, BWV 8; Partita no 1, BWV 1002; Sonata no 2, BWV 1003; Cantata no 35, BWV 35; Concerto for Organ no 2 in A minor, BWV 5...
Performers: Vlaeva, Nadejda

Hyperion's Bach Transcriptions series views the great Baroque composer through the prism of the Romantic musical mind. This volume, the tenth in the series, presents...continue...
Recording information: St Silas the Martyr, St Silas Place, London, England (11/08/2010-11/10/2010)....continue...

Mozart Songs / Joan Rodgers, John Mark Ainsley. Roger Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K 307 (284d); Dans un bois solitaire, K 308 (295b); An die Freude, K 53 (47e); An die Einsamkeit, K 391 (340b); Wie ungl...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Rodgers, Joan; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Recording information: 06/16/1997-06/19/1997....continue...

Songs by Joseph Haydn / Lisa Milne, Bernarda Fink, John Mark Ainsley, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-05-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos ("Teseo mio ben"), cantata for soprano & keyboard, H. 26b/2; Lieder für Clavier Book 2, H 26a; Auch die sprödeste der Schönen, song for voice & keyb...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Milne, Lisa; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"There can't be many more delightful ways of spending an hour than in the company of these songs" -International Record Review

"Another outstanding song issue from...continue...
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Scarlatti, Hasse: Salve Regina; Cantatas & Motets

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-01-11

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina, motet for soprano, strings & continuo in A major; Alessandro Scarlatti: Su le sponde del Tebro, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins, trumpet & continuo; Infirmata...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; York, Deborah
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

In the eighteenth century, the cantata was considered to be the supreme test of a composer’s artistry. On this disc, three fine examples by Alessandro...continue...
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John Rutter: Requiem

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: John Rutter: Requiem; Hymn to the Creator of Light; God be in my head; A Gaelic Blessing; Cantate Domino; Open Thou Mine Eyes, for chorus; A Prayer of St. Patrick for chorus; A Choral Fanfare; Birthd...
Performers: Crabtree, Libby; Mannion, Rosa
Conductors: Layton, Stephen

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
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Bach: Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 9 / Plowright

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-09-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue for organ in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 (BC J66); Cantata no 155, BWV155; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564; Cantata no 147, BWV147; Wachet auf, ruft uns die...
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan

In 1931 the pianist and muse Harriet Cohen invited all her principal composer friends each to make an arrangement of a work by J S...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (09/18/2008-09/20/2008)....continue...

Byrd: Infelix ego

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-02-09

Works: William Byrd: Venite, exultemus Domino, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB); Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Visita quaesumus Domine, motet for 4 voices (SSAT); Domine, salva nos, motet for 6 voices (SSAT...

The final volume of The Cardinall's Musick's award-winning Byrd series includes some of the composer's most sublime and adventurous music, drawn in the main from...continue...
Recording information: Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle (04/27/2009-04/29/2009)....continue...

Handel: Messiah / Layton, Polyphony

2 CD / Hyperion / 2009-11-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Clayton, Allan; Davies, Iestyn; Doyle, Julia; Foster-Williams, Andrew
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

Annual live performances of Handel's Messiah at St John's Smith Square with Polyphony and Stephen Layton have become one of the highlights of the musical...continue...

Golden Age of English Polyphony / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

10 CD / Hyperion / 2009-11-10

Works: Robert Fayrfax: Aeternae Laudis Lilium for 5 voices; Missa Albanus for 5 voices; Gregorian Chant: Archangeli Michaelis interventione, for chorus; John Taverner: Kyrie "Leroy"; Missa "O Michael", for ...
Performers: Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Royall, Christopher
Conductors: Christophers, Harry

When The Sixteen embarked upon their recording career back in 1982, few would have been able to predict quite how successful they would become, or...continue...

Bach: Cantatas BWV 54, 169, 170 / King, Bowman

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-11-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 54, "Widerstehe doch der Sünde," BWV 54; Cantata no 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" B...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Fisher, Gillian; King, Robert; Pott, Charles
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"James Bowman is on impressive form and his admirers need not hesitate here." -The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs...continue...

Thomas Linley Jr: The Song of Moses, Let God arise / Holman, Gooding, Daneman, King, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-08-12

Works: Thomas Linley: The Songs of Moses, oratorio; Let God Arise, anthem
Performers: Daneman, Sophie; Forbes, Andrew Dale; Gooding, Julia; King, Andrew [Tenor]
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'Another indispensable release in the English Orpheus series. The adventurous will find their curiosity amply rewarded' (Classic CD)

'One of the best finds yet in Hyperion's...continue...

Vaugham Williams: Choral Works / Best, Corydon Singers, et al

4 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi; Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viol...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Barratt, Christine; Best, Jonathan; Bowen, John; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Dawson, Lynne; Dobi...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams' death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the Hyperion...continue...

Handel: Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno / Invernizzi, Oro, Marchi, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Performers: Aldrich, Kate; Dürmüller, Jörg; Invernizzi, Roberta; Oro, Martin
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

'Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno' is a landmark in baroque music. "The triumph of Time and Enlightenment" is Handel's first oratorio, a product...continue...

German 17th-Century Church Music / Robin Blaze, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, SWV 447; Christoph Bernhard: Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele; Johann Rosenmüller: Christum ducem, qui per crucem; Sonate (12) à...
Performers: Blaze, Robin
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'For its combination of excitingly new repertoire and luminous instrumental textures this CD is a must-have for anyone who wants to understand the early baroque'...continue...

Stradella: San Giovanni Battista / De Marchi, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-01-08

Works: Alessandro Stradella: San Giovanni Battista, oratorio
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Akselberg, Fredrik; Fedi, Elena Cecchi; Herrmann, Anke; Oro, Martin
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) - until he was murdered in Genoa - enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, collaborating with distinguished...continue...

Bantock: Orchestral Music [Box Set]

6 CD / Hyperion / 2007-10-09

Works: Granville Bantock: A Celtic Symphony, for string orchestra & 6 harps; The Witch of Atlas (Tone Poem for Orchestra, no 5); The Sea Reivers, Hebridean Sea Poem, no 2; Hebridean Symphony; Pagan Symphony...
Performers: Begley, Kim; Bickley, Susan; Jowitt, Roy; Lloyd Webber, Julian
Conductors: Handley, Vernon

"The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs magnificently from beginning to end, coupling elegance, eloquence, passion, and power with Hyperion's fastidious sound in a way that compels...continue...

Britten: A Boy was Born, Wedding Anthem, etc / Best, Corydon

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Boy was Born, Op. 3; Festival Te Deum in E major, Op. 32; Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30; Wedding Anthem, Op. 46
Performers: Chance, Michael; Coxwell, Janet; Hayes, Quentin; Salmon, Philip; Seers, Mary; Trotter, Thomas; Unwin, Roderick
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers; Westminster Cathedral Choir

'This beautifully made record deserves the widest circulation. The sound these choirs make is of great beauty, and is captured in a flawless recording full...continue...

Scarlatti: La Folia, Cantatas / Dawson, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-06-12

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Correa nel seno amato, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo; Variations on "La Follia" for keyboard; Già lusingato appieno, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 viol...
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Wooley, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"My very favourite... their easy rapport and the stylishness of the singing are quite unforgettable, and Woolley's stunning performance wants for nothing." -Gramophone...continue...

Elgar: Great is the Lord / O'Donnell, Westminster Abbey

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-03-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Psalm 48 "Great is the Lord," anthem for chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 67; They are at rest, anthem for chorus; Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; The Apostles, O...
Performers: Brett, Francis; Quinney, Robert
Conductors: O'Donnell, James [Organ]
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir

Elgar from the Abbey-what could be more fitting? From the regal opulence of Great is the Lord, first performed in Westminster Abbey in 1912, to...continue...

All in the April Evening /Temple, Philharmonic Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-12-12

Works: Hugh S. Roberton: All in the April evening, partsong; The Banks o'Doon; Eriskay love lilt; Dream Angus; The Wee Cooper o' Fife; Drink to me only with thine eyes, English partsong for men's voices; Al...
Performers: Davies, Robert; Dobell, Mark; Lang, Bryony; Mobbs, Charlotte
Conductors: Brewer, Michael

"Bright, youthful choir timbre, affectionate yet staunch renditions, and superior sound from the Hyperion engineers. Recommend you buy on sight. Repeat, buy on sight." -American...continue...

Thomas Linley the younger / Nicholson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-09-12

Works: Thomas Linley: Music for The Tempest; Overture to The Duenna; In yonder grove, cantata; Ye nymphs of Albion's beauty-blooming isle, cantata; Daughter of heav'n, fair art thou!, cantata
Performers: Gooding, Julia; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]
Conductors: Nicholson, Paul
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments; Parley of Instruments Choir

"An outstanding disc in a trail-blazing series: highly recommended." -BBC Music Magazine...continue...

Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 6 / Jonathan Plowright

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-04-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe," BWV 22; Cantata no 26, "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig," BWV 26 (BC A162); Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731; V...
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan

"Charles Timbrell's notes observe that they initiate a new stage in the history of Bach transcription. Whereas previous arrangers concentrated on JSB's instrumental works, Rummel's...continue...

Britten: Phaedra, Lachrymae, etc / Friend, Nash Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-02-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93; Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland, for viola & string orchestra, Op. 48a; Sinfonietta, for chamber orchestra, Op. 1; The Sword in the Stone, music for a 6...
Performers: Chase, Roger; Rigby, Jean
Conductors: Friend, Lionel
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

"... The Nash Ensemble performances are brilliant and brilliantly recorded. There is a clarity and urgency to the performances that reveals much of the inner...continue...

Macmillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross / Polyphony

1 Super Audio CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross, cantata for choir and string orchestra; On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, for chorus; Te Deum
Performers: Davidson, Grace; Haworth, Amy; Peacock, Adrian; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Underwood, Giles; Vivian, James; Wall, Simon; Watson, Christopher
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia

Janácek: The Eternal Gospel, etc / Volkov, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Leos Janácek: Vecné Evangelium (The Eternal Gospel), cantata for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra, JW 3/8; Ballad of Blaník (Ballada blanická), symphonic poem for orchestra, JW ...
Performers: Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann; Layton, Elizabeth; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music / King, King's Consort

11 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, 2 choruses, 2 oboes, 2 strings & 2 continuo in G minor, RV 610a; Lauda Jerusalem in E minor, RV 609; Kyrie, for double vocal soloists, double chorus...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Auchincloss, Daniel; Bellamy, Alexandra; Bickley, Susan; Blackadder, David; Blaze, Robin; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Jonathan; Brown, Rachel; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

'King has given us the ultimate Vivaldi anthology, abundant in energy, rich with emotion, animation, and color, and enshrined in Hyperion's fabled, warm, and incomparable...continue...

Schubert: The Complete Songs

40 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Song sketch in C minor, D. 1a; Lebenstraum ("Ich sass an einer Tempelhalle"), song for voice & piano (sketch), D. 39; Hagars Klage ("Hier am Hügel"), song for voice & piano, D. 5...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Berg, Nathan [...
Conductors: Layton, Stephen;
Ensemble: Holst Singers; New Company

'For Schubertians who failed to acquire many of the individual releases, this new box, weighing in at around £3 per disc, is an indispensable bargain'...continue...

Janácek: The Eternal Gospel, etc / Volkov, Jeffers, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-10-11

Works: Leos Janácek: Vecné Evangelium (The Eternal Gospel), cantata for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra, JW 3/8; Ballad of Blaník (Ballada blanická), symphonic poem for orchestra, JW ...
Performers: Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann; Layton, Elizabeth; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Edinburgh Festival Chorus

The broad sweep of these orchestral works is given full flight in luxurious performances from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under its Chief Conductor Ilan...continue...

Essential Handel / Robert King, The King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62; Solomon; A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Cecilia, Volgi un Sguardo, cantata for soprano, tenor, strings & continuo, HWV 89; Coronation Anthe...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Anderson, Lorna; Bellamy, Alexandra; Blaze, Robin; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Fullbrook, Charles; George, Michael; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; ...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort; King's Consort Choir

This new budget-price compilation disc brings together twenty favorite tracks from The Kings Consorts acclaimed Handel recordings. There are movements from recent releases such as...continue...

Festal Sacred Music of Bavaria / O'Donnell, Westminster

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-10-11

Works: Hans Leo Hassler: Canzon Duodecmi Toni à 8; Cantate Domino Canticum Novum à 12; Sacri concentus; Canzon noni toni; O Sacrum Convivium; Domine Dominus noster à 5; Christian Erbach...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Schollhorn, Iris; Simcock, Iain; Vine, Matthew
Conductors:
Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

"Lassus's Mass gets the grandest of reconstructions with vivid interpolations by Hassler and Erback-and performances to match. Unimpeachable pomp with celestial circumstance." -Paul Riley, BBC...continue...

MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross / Layton, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-09-13

Works: James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross, cantata for choir and string orchestra; On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, for chorus; Te Deum
Performers: Vivian, James
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia; Polyphony

"... 'On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin,' for choir and organ, is, by contrast, one of MacMillan's very finest works. Even the very unusual...continue...

Bach Piano Transcriptions Vol 5 - Goedicke, et al / Milne

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541; Prelude for keyboard in E minor (WFN 18; variant of BWV 855), BWV 855a; Cantata no 35, "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" BWV 35;...
Performers: Milne, Hamish

"...Kabalevsky makes a glorious noise; and while Catoire launches the Passacaglia with such sonic splendor that you fear it has nowhere to build, in fact...continue...

Handel: Triumph of Time and Truth / Darlow, Fisher, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2005-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Triumph of Time and Truth, oratorio, HWV 71
Performers: Brett, Charles; Fisher, Gillian; Kirkby, Emma; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Darlow, Denys
Ensemble: London Handel Chorus

Monteverdi: Sacred Music Vol 3 / Robert King, King's Consort

1 Super Audio CD / Hyperion / 2005-05-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale; Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, motet for 2 sopranos, SV 328; Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum (I), motet for alto, tenor & bass (from Messa a quatro voci, et ...
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Evans, Robert; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Halls, Matthew; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Outram, Rebecca; Quinteiro, Eligio; Sampson, Carolyn; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

The King's Consort Collection

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Laetatus sum; Deus tuorum militum sors et corona, motet for alto, tenor, bass & 2 violins (from Selva morale et sp; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, 2 Horns and Vio...
Performers: Bellamy, Alexandra; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Clark, Andrew; Daniels, Charles; Evans, Robert; Fullbrook, Charles; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hellg...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Released to celebrate the group's 25th anniversary, this wonderfully varied selection of music (which opens with a thrilling 'taster' of delights to come in the...continue...

Britten, Finzi, Tippett / Mark Padmore, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-03-08

Works: Michael Tippett: Boyhood's End, cantata for tenor & piano; Gerald Finzi: A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14; Benjamin Britten: Who are these Children?, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 84; Hölde...
Performers: Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

This enthralling new recording from Mark Padmore and Roger Vignoles finds its emotional heart in the theme of youth, and in particular the passage of...continue...

Monteverdi: Sacred Music Vol 3 / Robert King, King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-01-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale; Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, motet for 2 sopranos, SV 328; Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum (I), motet for alto, tenor & bass (from Messa a quatro voci, et ...
Performers: Auchincloss, Daniel; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Evans, Robert; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Outram, Rebecca; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"Robert King continues his series of the complete sacred works of Claudio Monteverdi with a program of Vespers psalms, motets, and an exuberant setting of...continue...

Monteverdi: Sacred Music Vol 2 / Robert King, King's Consort

1 Super Audio CD / Hyperion / 2004-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Exultent caeli et gaudeant angeli, motet for 5 voices, SV 304; Venite siccientes ad acquas Domini; Currite populi, psallite timpanis, motet for tenor, SV 297; Ego dormio et cor me...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Outram, Rebecca; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Vivaldi: Cantatas, Concertos and Magnificat / Lamon

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-11-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: In turbato mare irato, solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in G major, RV 627; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for strings & continuo in G minor, RV 157; Concerto for S...
Performers: Cunningham, Richard; Forget, Daniele; Ingram, Henry; Kirkby, Emma; Lamon, Jeanne; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne
Ensemble: Tafelmusik; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

"A delightful programme of familiar and quite unfamiliar Vivaldi." - Gramophone...continue...

Handel: An Ode to St. Cecilia's Day / King, Sampson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-10-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Cecilia, Volgi un Sguardo, cantata for soprano, tenor, strings & continuo, HWV 89
Performers: Brown, Rachel; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Halls, Matthew; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]; Sampson, Carolyn; Sayce, Lynda; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

"...King works generally in terms of gentleness and understatement. He has the benefit of soloists with lovely but tightly disciplined voices, less disposed to ostentatious...continue...

Poulenc: Secular Choral Music / New London Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-10-12

Works: Francis Poulenc: Un soir de neige, chamber cantata for 6 voices (or chorus), FP 126; Chansons françaises (8), for chorus, FP 130; Sept chansons, for chorus, FP 81; Chanson à boire, for male...
Performers: Burtt-Jones, Natalia; Clark, Christopher; Eastwood, Rona; Jackson, Celia; Johnson, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; McMullin, Peter; Oliver, Aidan; Thomas, Meinir Wyn; Ward, John
Conductors: Wood, James

Monteverdi: Il Ballo dell'Ingrate, etc / Holman, Red Byrd

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-08-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Pierard, Catherine; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Seers, Mary [Soprano Vocals]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'One of the most perfect CDs ever made. Unsurpassable: glorious music, superb performances and hair-raising sound. The performers, engineers, and Hyperion Records deserve the highest...continue...

Monteverdi: Sacred Music Vol 2 / Robert King, King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-05-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Exultent caeli et gaudeant angeli, motet for 5 voices, SV 304; Venite siccientes ad acquas Domini; Currite populi, psallite timpanis, motet for tenor, SV 297; Ego dormio et cor me...
Performers: Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; King's Consort; King's Consort Choir; King, Robert; Outram, Rebecca; Quinteiro...
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort; King's Consort Choir

"As we expect from Robert King, the performances are beautifully polished and refined. The vocal soloists, all of them accomplished early-music singers, make the dauntingly...continue...
Personnel: Paul Tindall, Andrew Tortise, Roy Rashbrook, Mark Dobell, Daniel Auchincloss, Tom Phillips , Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist , Angus Smith (tenor); Stephen Carter , Rob...continue...