Hyperion

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Michael Haydn: Requiem, Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae (Hyperion)

Particularly memorable for their fine recording of Michael Haydn’s astonishing Requiem [RH]

Chopin: Nocturnes (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A Chopin player of decided viewpoints [JW]

Scharwenka: Complete Chamber Music (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Highly attractive romantic music caught in the web of ley lines between Schumann and early Fauré [RB]

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Fauré: Complete Songs Vol. 2 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) This disc has given me enormous pleasure and will continue to do so [JQ]

Tellefsen & Kalkbrenner: Piano Concertos (Hyperion)

A fine disc that shows there are still many engaging concertos to be discovered [RCh]

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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (Hyperion)

A superb, lyrical performance of this great music [PSh]

Duruflé & Poulenc: Requiem, Lenten Motets (Hyperion)

The Choir of Trinity College Chapel gives a consoling, inspiring performance [JF]

Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets (Hyperion)

Two great Romantic string sextets played with the Nash Ensemble’s usual brilliance [NB]

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Duruflé: Requiem & Poulenc: Lenten Motets (Hyperion)

There is wonderful French choral music here and it’s expertly performed [JQ]

Lauridsen: Choral music (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) This disc is a must – I hope you enjoy it as much as I have [JPh]

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Bach: Keyboard Works (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A significant series, a laudable one, and there’s no lessening in perception in this final volume [JW]

Briggs: Hail, gladdening Light (Hyperion)

A memorable disc [JQ]

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Beethoven: Piano Trios (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) It’s difficult adequately to describe the essential rightness of these performances [SV]

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R Strauss: Choral works (Hyperion)

Choral singing of formidable accomplishment [JQ]

The Gesualdo Six (ensemble): Morning Star (Hyperion)

A notable musical celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany [JQ]

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Guerrero: Ecce sacerdos magnus (Hyperion)

This is another of The Brabant Ensemble’s fine recordings of music by Spain’s greatest Renaissance master [GH]

Mompou: Música callada – ­Books 1-4 (Hyperion)

Like the cool stone of a monastery on a scorching hot Spanish summer’s afternoon [DMD]

Debussy: Études (Hyperion)

Performances with technical agility and remarkable interpretative skills [JF]

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Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Hyperion)

A stylish and committed performance that renews again one’s awe at the genius of Bach [JQ]

Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ  (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A performance to love and to cherish [SV]

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The Coronation of George II (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A wonderful recording of superlative music in performances that surely cannot be bettered [JL]

Stanford: Piano Quintet, String Quintet No. 1 (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Wonderful music and marvellously performed [MC]

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerti (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) Some fleet playing but 2 & 3 are too superficial to make the cycle recommendable as a whole [CH]

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Bach: The French Suites (Hyperion)

Enriching performances, informed by consummate musicianship [SG]