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Michael Head: Songs / Ailish Tynan, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Roderick Williams

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-01-10

Works: Michael Head: Dear delight, for voice & piano; Oh, for a March wind, for voice & piano; Sweet Chance That Led My Steps Abroad (Michael Head); Tewkesbury Road, song; Songs (6) for Voice and Piano; Lim...
Performers: Glynn, Christopher; Tynan, Ailish; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine

Who is Michael Head? His name may be largely forgotten but the music here forms part of the rich seam of English song in the...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (2009-07-08_2009-07-09&2010-)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies / Mackerras, et al

5 CD / Hyperion / 2007-09-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Roth, Detlef; Skelton, Stuart; Watson, Janice; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Sir Charles Mackerras leads an electrifying live reading of Beethoven's complete symphonies, vividly recorded at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is in...continue...

Christmas Vespers at Westminster Cathedral / Baker, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem, motet for 5 voices & continuo (Cantiones Sacrae no 18); Plainchant: Deus in Adjutorium Meum Intende; Confiteantur Tibi Populi, antiphona in Cho...
Performers: Aitkenhead, Ian; Butler, Richard; Campbell, Colin; Keay, Nicholas; Lister, Clifford; Martin, Matthew; Mulroy, Nicholas; Payne, Benedict; Titus, Graham

This disc presents an adorned version of the 'Office of Vespers' as it might be heard on the eve of Christmas in Westminster Cathedral, a...continue...

Sidney Jones: The Geisha / Corp, New London Light Opera

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-03-14

Works: Sidney Jones: The Geisha, operetta
Performers: Ashman, Magdalen; Bott, Paula; Fitchew, Michael; Gamble, Joanna; Koc, Jozik; Maltman, Christopher; Nicoll, Harry; Parfitt, Paul; Suart, Richard; Vivian, Sarah; Walker, Sarah; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: New London Orchestra

'The recording that has given me the most joy during the year. A work I have waited fully 40 years to find on LP or...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 Vocal]; Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Berg, Na...
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...

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Bingham / Baker, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Te Deum for chorus & organ (or orchestra) in G; Mass in G minor; O Vos Omnes ("Is it Nothing to You?"), motet for alto & chorus; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with pian...
Performers: Aitkenhead, Ian; Alder, Stephen; Campbell, Colin; Carwood, Andrew; Clapham, Geoffrey; Keay, Nicholas; Lister, Clifford; Phillips, Ewan; Quinney, Robert; Titus, Graham; Watson, Christopher

"As is only to be expected from its past record, the Choir of Westminster Cathedral brings tonal richness and a superb musicality to its performances...continue...

Holst: Choral Music / Wetton, Holst Singers, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Psalm CXLVIII (Lord, Who hast made us); Choruses (6) for male chorus & strings (or organ or piano), Op. 53, H. 186; The Evening-watch, for chorus, Op. 43/1, H. 159; Partsongs (7) for so...
Performers: Birch, John; Collyer, Isobel; Logan, Joya; Mercer, Chris
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Holst Singers

Britten: Choral Dances; Bliss, Holst / Wetton, Hill, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-10-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Choral Dances (6) from Gloriana, for chorus (or tenor, chorus & harpsichord), Op. 53; Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns (4 groups) from the Rig Veda, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 26, H. 97-...
Performers: Minty, Shirley; Owen, Thelma; Pearce, Judith
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Holst Orchestra; Holst Singers

"From 1885, comes this reissue of three less than obvious English choral works. Notable throughout are the gentleness and delicacy of Wetton's interpretations. Never tentative...continue...

The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs Vol 32

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-04-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Geistertanz, D 494; Des Mädchens Klage III ("Der Eichwald braust"), for voice & piano, D. 389; Licht und Liebe, D 352; Beitrag zur fünfzig jährigen Jubelfeier, D 40...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; George, Michael; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; Koningsberger, Maarten; Langridge, Phil...

This is the third and last of three recitals in this series devoted to the songs of 1816, and marks the beginning of the last...continue...

The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs Vol 22

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-12-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Trinklied ("Brüder! Unser Erdenwallen"), for tenor, chorus & piano, D. 148 (Op. 131/2); Morgenlied ("Willkommen, rotes Morgenlicht"), song for voice & piano, D. 266; An Sie ("Zei...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Anderson, Lorna; Denley, Catherine; George, Michael; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; MacDougall, Jamie; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine

'Le niveau vocal et l'accompagnement de Graham Johnson sont toujours excellents' (Répertoire, France)...continue...

A Feather on the Breath of God / Kirkby, Page, Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 1983-01-01

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit; Ave generosa; O ignee Spiritus; O Jerusalem aure civitas; O Euchari, in leta via; O viridissima virga; O presul vere civitatis; O ecclesia oculi tui
Performers: Breen, Kevin; Holden, Poppy; Kirkby, Emma; Milner, Howard; Muskett, Doreen; Page, Christopher [Gothic Voices]; Parrott, Andrew; Philpot, Margaret; Stell, Judith; van Evera, Emily; Voices, Gothic; Whi...
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: Gothic Voices

"This beautiful chant-like music has a haunting tranquility, superbly caught by one of the most intelligent and homogenous vocal groups performing today." -Classic CD...continue...
Personnel: Poppy Holden, Emma Kirkby, Judith Stell, Emily van Evera (soprano); Kevin Breen, Andrew Parrott (tenor).

Recording information: Church Of St. Jude, Hampstead, London, England (09/14/...continue...