Hyperion New Release Sampler – April 2017

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2017-04

Label: Hyperion

Free download from Hyperion's website, including artwork in jpg, a booklet in epub and pdf format.

Track 1 from 'Medtner & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos' (CDA68145)
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
completed in September 1909 and first performed by the composer and the New York Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch on 28 November 1909; dedicated to Josef Hofmann
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Recording date: March 2016
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 2 from 'Bruch: String Quintets & Octet' (CDA68168)
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
composed in 1920; for string octet or string orchestra; begun in ? early 1919 as a string quintet
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: April 2016

Track 3 from 'Music for the 100 Years' War' (CDA68170)
John Dunstaple (c1390-1453)
4vv, liturgical text
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: Ascot Priory, Berkshire
Recording date: January 2016

Track 4 from 'Mozart: Violin Sonatas K296, 306, 454 & 547' (CDA68143)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
composed in 1778; Violin Sonata No 23; dedicated to Electress Elisabeth Maria of Mannheim
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
Recording date: May 2015
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Tracks 5 & 6 from 'Bach: St Matthew Passion' (SDG725)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
composed in 1727
text from the Bible
liner notes © 2013
Recording venue: Pisa Cathedral
Recording date: September 2016

Track 7 from 'Haydn: The seasons' (Signum Classics SIGCD480)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
composed 1796-1798
Gottfried, Freiherr van Swieten (1733-1803), author of text, after The Seasons by James Thomson
liner notes © 2010
Recording venue: National Forum of Music
Recording date: June 2016