Hyperion
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Gabrieli, G: The 16 Canzonas and Sonatas from Sacrae Symphoniae, 1597
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, Timothy Roberts ('moderator')
Giovanni Gabrieli is arguably the earliest composer to write a significant body of instrumental music to a formula which can be said to be truly idiomatic and timelessly palatable. The Sacraesymphoniae... —
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Seven Last Words was commissioned by the BBC in 1993 for Holy Week 1994, when it was broadcast in seven short programmes, a 'word' per day. It remains a highly compelling work. Under Stephen... —
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Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover
Rebecca Evans, Bonaventura Bottone, Sarah Walker, Richard Van Allan, Alan Opie, Neil Jenkins
Corydon Singers & Orchestra, The New London Children's Choir, Matthew Best
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Enthusiasm isn’t always enough to prevent recordings of unfamiliar music from sounding raw but these performances feel fully matured – fresh, intelligent and strikingly stylish; edgy when they... —
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A Bach Album
His Majestys Consort of Voices, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, Timothy Roberts (director/organ)
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Dreamland
Contemporary choral riches from the Hyperion catalogue
Polyphony, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Holst Singers, Wells Cathedral Choir, Tonus Peregrinus, The Choir of Royal Holloway, The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, The Choir of Westminster Abbey, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton, James Burton, Matthew Owens, Antony Pitts, Rupert...
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Over hill, over dale
Partsongs, folksongs and Shakespeare settings
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Michael George (bass)
Holst Singers
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The English Orpheus 50 - Orpheus with his Lute
Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne
Catherine Bott (soprano), Rachel Brown (flute)
The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman
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English Romantic Madrigals
Sophie Edwards (soprano), Leilani Barratt (alto), Tom Robson (tenor), Ciaran Walshe (bass) & Stephen W Salts (bass)
Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough
Gough pitches the performances exactly right through, allowing the music to speak for itself without undue intervention. Press too hard on these delicate miniatures and they smudge into outright... —
