Hyperion

Gurney Severn Meadows Hyperion CDA67243

Gurney: Songs (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Agnew is an eloquent exponent of these bitter-sweet, nostalgic and elegiac songs [HC]

Chaminade: Piano Music, Vol 1 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A collection that will enchant all but the hardest-hearted [IL]

VW Tavener MacMillan Hyperion CDA68420

Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Tavener: Choral Works (Hyperion)

Splendid Vaughan Williams, and the other works are not to be missed on any account [WH]

Busoni Piano Concerto Hamelin Hyperion CDA67143

Busoni: Piano Concerto (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A landmark disc of an epic, landmark concerto, one of the finest in the Hyperion series [CF]

Stanford: Songs Vol. 2 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A good representation of the strength and variety of the central, most important, part of Stanford’s career [CH]

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Simpson: Symphony 11 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) This release, appropriately dedicated to the late Ted Perry, is up to Hyperion’s best [HC]

Schubert: Piano Sonatas (Hyperion)

Attractive performances whose strength is in the happy times and finding consolation in still facing the unhappy [MG]

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Fauré: Piano Works (Hyperion)

Magical performances, illuminated and musically informed, recorded in superior sound [SG]

Magalhaes masses CDA68403

Magalhães: Masses (Hyperion)

A fine choir in rare late Renaissance Portuguese repertoire, sung with style and skill [GH]

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Anthems Vol. 1 (Hyperion)

A superb album [JQ]

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Bortkiewicz: Symphonies (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Exultant, yearning, gloomy, sincere, passionate, nostalgic Slavonic music [RB]

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Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets (Hyperion)

A convincing collection, well-sung, played and recorded [CG]

Bach Six Partitas Hewitt Hyperion CDA67191-2

Bach: The Six Partitas (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Angela Hewitt again shows her mastery of Bach’s keyboard music [KM]

Stojowski: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Two marvellous, scandalously neglected romantic piano concertos [JQ]

Bach: Complete Flute Sonatas (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A superb overview of Bach’s chamber music for flute [KM]

Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Tavener: Choral works (Hyperion)

This disc closes the James O’Donnell era at Westminster Abbey in considerable style [JQ]

JS Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena (Hyperion)

A beautifully performed portrait of Bach’s second wife through the music which he chose for her [MSt]

MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross, Te Deum (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Seven Last Words makes a profound impression; a masterpiece [JQ]

JS Bach: The Keyboard Concertos Vol. 2 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Bach performances to cherish [CH]

Byrd Mass for-5 Voices Park Hyperion CDA68416

Byrd: Mass for Five Voices (Hyperion)

A refined, intimate, impeccably sung and recorded collection of Byrd at his most reserved and doleful [RMo]

Antognini Choral Trinity Layton Hyperion CDA68425

Antognini: Choral Works (Hyperion)

Imaginative choral music by Ivo Antognini in brilliant performances [JQ]

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Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles (Hyperion)

A thrilling account [LW]

Monteverdi: Vespers (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Truly mind-blowing – I can’t imagine it being replaced any time soon [DC]

Saint-Saens Chamber Nash Hyperion CDA67431-2

Saint-Saëns: Chamber Music (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A wonderfully presented release that is clearly one of my records of the year [MC]