Your Favourite Hyperion Discs

[Andrew Slater]

Talking of Howells, this is rather good:

[Colonel Danby]

Without doubt, Robert Simpson's extraordinary Ninth conducted by Tod, described by the Penguin Guide at time as a "blockbuster of a Symphony" and I'll agree with that. One of the most impressive works of the 20th Century, and I was fortunate to attend the first London premiere with the Philharmonia under Simon Rattle. Uncle Bob is one of my favourite composers, and I've got all the symphonies and most of the string quartets.

Hyperion are an uniquely wonderful label and long may they flourish.

[Nick Armstrong]

Hyperion are an uniquely wonderful label and long may they flourish.

[gurnemanz]

also a very useful website with notes, texts and downloads.

[Beef Oven!]

Without doubt, Robert Simpson's extraordinary Ninth conducted by Tod, described by the Penguin Guide at time as a "blockbuster of a Symphony" and I'll agree with that. One of the most impressive works of the 20th Century, and I was fortunate to attend the first London premiere with the Philharmonia under Simon Rattle. Uncle Bob is one of my favourite composers, and I've got all the symphonies and most of the string quartets.

Hyperion are an uniquely wonderful label and long may they flourish.

Do they still exclaim 'Hail, hail, Hyperion! ? (Or something like that).

[verismissimo]

Talking of Howells, this is rather good:

John McCabe has always been a strong advocate for Howells.

[richardfinegold]

Lots here - but just one would have to be, for me, something from Graham Johnson's complete Schubert songs - perhaps 3, with Ann Murray (which includes Nacht und Traüme)...or Mozart Clarinet Concerto & Quintet with Thea King on bassett clarinet...or Angela Hewitt's Goldberg or her Bach Arrangements

The Hewitt would get my vote.

[EdgeleyRob]

Without doubt, Robert Simpson's extraordinary Ninth conducted by Tod, described by the Penguin Guide at time as a "blockbuster of a Symphony" and I'll agree with that. One of the most impressive works of the 20th Century, and I was fortunate to attend the first London premiere with the Philharmonia under Simon Rattle. Uncle Bob is one of my favourite composers, and I've got all the symphonies and most of the string quartets.

Hyperion are an uniquely wonderful label and long may they flourish.

That must have been very special.

[jayne lee wilson]

Two Hyperion purchases this year:

STRAUSS: Don Quixote (Markus Stenz etc., Gurzenich-Orchester Koln)
BERWALD Symphonies 1-4 (Swedish RSO/Roy Goodman)

Both outstanding, Tony Faulkner engineered the Berwald, stunningly detailed and dynamic, (just a touch bright at the top end).
Don't buy many Hyperions compared to say CPO or BIS or Da Capo...

DELIUS/IRELAND Piano Concertos (Piers Lane/Lloyd-Jones)
SAINT-SAENS Piano Concertos (Hough/CBSO/Oramo)...

[MickyD]

I revelled in The Parley Of Instruments "English Orpheus" series....so many delights, two of my favourites being the disc of English Classical Violin Concertos (with Elizabeth Wallfisch) and English 18th Century Keyboard Concertos (with Paul Nicholson). Plus lovely Catherine Bott in her excellent "Fairest Isle" disc.

[soileduk]

anyway, anybody got any idea where a person might get to hear Robert Simpson's chamber music, prior to a prospective purchase?
Cheers.

Hyperion are deleting the Simpson string quartets and chamber music. Two discs have gone and are only available,on disc anyway, as a customer special order.

[Petrushka]

I haven't got many Hyperion discs on my shelves but I do have Ronald Corp's excellent light music series and also a few of the discs featuring Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral Choirs. I came late to the English Anthem series with St Paul's and some are now regrettably deleted but there is much to enjoy in those I have.

[Rue Dubac]

L'Album des Six - Emily Beynon and Andrew West - need to like flutes and French music...
Miah Persson and Roger Vignoles - Soul and Landscape. Have almost worn it out, also Katerina Karnéus's Songs of Sibelius with Julius Drake. More French: Philippe Graffin with Thierry Fischer and Ulster Orchestra, Rare French Works for Violin and Orchestra.

[MarkG]

Several gems in the Hyperion Schubert series. I'd recommend Antony Rolfe-Johnson's contribution and a young Matthias Goerne's disc of Schlegel settings.

There's the monumental Liszt series plus the three extra discs of 'discoveries'.

If you don't mind Haydn on the modern piano, Hamelin's Haydn sonatas are well regarded.

Mark