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Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and Other Choral Works

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Eric Whitacre: I thank You God for most this amazing day, for soprano & chorus; I hide myself, for chorus; Sleep; i will wade out, for chorus; Go, lovely Rose, for chorus; When David Heard; Hope, Fai...
Performers: Betteridge, Stephen; Fowler, Fran; Heath, Alice; Millett, Robert; Redman, Eva; Rennie, Suzanna
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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The Spirits of England and France Vol 2 / Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-07-14

Works: Richard de Semilly: Je chevauchi, pastourelle; Gace Brulé: Desconfortés, plain de dolor et d'ire, R 1498; Quant define fueille et flour, R 1977; De bien amer grant joie atent, R 643; Ci...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bicat, Nick; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Kirkby, Emma; Nixon, Leigh; White, Robert [Bagpipes/Wind Instr.]; Wickham, Henry
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: Gothic Voices

This series explores the riches of French and English music from 1150 to 1450. The music for this recording features the songs of the trouveres....continue...

The Songs of Robert Schumann Vol 10 / Royal, Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-11-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Schön Hedwig, Op. 106; Balladen (2), melodramas for voice & piano, Op. 122; Songs (3) for solo voices & piano, Op. 29; Die Nonne ("Im Garten steht die Nonne...
Performers: Barlow, Edith; Gruett, Marcus; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kargl, Lukas; Lang, Melanie; Lehner, Daniela; Loges, Stephan; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Royal, Kate; Spence, Nicky; Ward, Ad...

Graham Johnson's acclaimed series of Schumann songs for Hyperion has reached its penultimate volume with this program headlined by soprano Kate Royal. Still at the...continue...

Eben: Landscapes of Patmos, etc / Halgeir Schiager

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-02-14

Works: Petr Eben: Landscapes of Patmos for organ & percussion; Prelude 1, for organ; Gloria (Prelude 2); Triptychon, for organ; Campanae gloriosae, for organ; Windows
Performers: Christiansen, Jan Fredrik; Raude, Eirik; Schiager, Halgeir

"This program includes 'Landscapes of Patmos' for organ and percussion and 'Okna' for organ and trumpet. While I enjoy the whole program I especially enjoy...continue...

Whitacre: Cloudburst, etc / Layton, Polyphony

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-02-14

Works: Eric Whitacre: Songs of Faith (3); Flower Songs (3); Sleep; When David Heard; Cloudburst; This Marriage; Water Night (version for chorus); A boy and a girl; Her sacred spirit soars; Lux Aurumque
Performers: Betteridge, Stephen; Fowler, Fran; Heath, Alice; Millett, Robert; Redman, Eva
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Lady Eleanor Holles School pupils; Polyphony

"This is the work of a significant composer whose artistic talent is genuine and whose success so far has come entirely from the quality, originality,...continue...

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Barber, Copland / Matthew Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1987-09-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Motets (4), for chorus
Performers: Denley, Catherine; Kettel, Gary; Martelli, Dominic; Masters, Rachel; Trotter, Thomas
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers

'An imaginative and enterprising programme, extremely well sung and recorded' (Gramophone)

'An exquisite disc. Indispensable' (Acoustic Sounds Catalog, USA)

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