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Vaet: Missa Ego flos campi, etc / Il Cinquecento

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-03-10

Works: Jacobus Vaet: Antevenis virides; Missa Ego flos campi; Ecce apparebit Dominus, for 5 voices; Magnificat octavi toni, for 4 or 5 voices; Miserere mei, Deus, for 5 voices; Filiae Jerusalem, for 5 voice...
Performers: Frolich, Bernd; Whiteley, Simon

The vocal sextet Cinquecento are rapidly becoming one of the most admired early music ensembles recording today. This latest release presents the music of Jacobus...continue...

Bruckner: Mass in e, Libera me, etc / Matthew Best, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-07-10

Works: Anton Bruckner: Aequale no 1 for 3 Trombones in C minor, WAB 114; Libera me, Domine (II), motet for chorus, 3 trombones & organ in F minor, WAB 22; Aequale no 2 for 3 Trombones in C minor, WAB 149; M...
Performers: Brenner, Roger; Brown, Phillip; Hegedus, Olga; Martin, Thomas [Double Bass]; Scott, John; Sheen, Colin
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra Winds

"One of the most beautiful recordings of a choral masterpiece." - The Sunday Times (UK)...continue...

Boccherini: Cello Sonatas / Lester, Watkin, Nwanoku

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-04-10

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Sonata for cello & continuo in C major, G. 17; Sonata for cello & continuo in E flat major, G. 10 (Six Sonatas no 4); Sonata for cello & continuo in C minor, G. 2; Sonata for Cello ...
Performers: Lester, Richard [Cello]; Nwanoku, Chi Chi; Watkin, David

'There is a touch of the impetuous about Richard Lester's playing of these sonatas which seems to me to capture very happily their character' (Gramophone)

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Schubert: Trout Quintet, etc / Mitchell, Lewis, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio for Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 471; "Trout" Quintet; String Trio in B flat major, D. 581
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]; [Bass], Graham Mitchell

Schubert's much-loved 'Trout Quintet' is one of the most popular chamber music pieces of all time. The Leopold String Trio, considered one of the world's...continue...

Rossini: The String Sonatas / Wallfisch, Marcus, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-09-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sonata a quattro no 1 in G major; Sonata a quattro no 2 in A major; Sonata a quattro no 3 in C major; Sonata a quattro no 4 in B flat major; Sonata a quattro no 5 in E flat major; ...
Performers: Marcus, Marshall; Nwanoku, Chi Chi; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallfisch, Elizabeth

"When the initial evaluation of this release appeared in Fanfare a dozen years ago, it was praised for "virtuoso playing of top quality and dedication."...continue...

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, Salve, Sonatas / Grier, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-06-01

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for double chorus & continuo in C minor; Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 288/L 57; Sonata for Organ in G major, K 328/L S27; Sonata for Harpsichord in C minor, ...
Performers: Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Clapton, Nicholas; Grier, Francis; Harris, Charles; Nwanoku, Chi Chi; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]

'I feel no hesitation in awarding this performance, and recording, full marks' (Hi Fi News)...continue...

Haydn: Symphonies no 6-8 / Roy Goodman, Hanover Band

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-04-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 6 in D major ("Le Matin"), H. 1/6; Symphony no 7 in C major ("Le midi"), H. 1/7; Symphony no 8 in G major ("Le soir"), H. 1/8
Performers: East, Angela; Evans, Judith; Goodman, Roy; Kahan, Jonathan
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Hanover Band

'A very impressive disc, full of magnificent and imaginative music most sparklingly and freshly played and very well recorded' (CD Review)...continue...

Dittersdorf, Vanhal: Double Bass Concertos / Nwanoku, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-01-01

Works: Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Double Bass in D major; Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Concerto for double bass & orchestra no 1 in E flat major; Concerto for Double Bass no 2 in D major, Krebs 172
Performers: Nwanoku, Chi Chi
Conductors: Goodwin, Paul
Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

"...The British bassist Chi-Chi Nwanoku negotiates their [Vanhal's and Dittersdorf's concertos] suprising flights of vituosity with considerable panache--even adding to the difficulties in one alterna...continue...

Bruckner: The Masses, Te Deum, etc / Best, Corydon Singers

3 CD / Hyperion / 1996-12-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Mass no 1 in D minor, WAB 26; Aequale no 1 for 3 Trombones in C minor, WAB 114; Libera me, Domine (II), motet for chorus, 3 trombones & organ in F minor, W...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Booth, Juliet; Brenner, Roger; Brown, Phillip; Hegedus, Olga; Howell, Gwynne; Lewis, Keith; Martin, Thomas [Double Bass]; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble

"The sacred music of Bruckner appears, like his symphonies, to be an acquired taste. But - also as with the symphonies - those who have...continue...