Hyperion New Release Sampler – February 2017

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2017-02

Label: Hyperion

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

Track 1 from 'Finzi, Bax & Ireland: Choral Music' (CDA68167)
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
composed in December 1951; TB + organ
text from the Bible, Ecclesiasticus 44: 1, 3, 4a, 5, 7, 9a, 14
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: Westminster Abbey, London
Recording date: February 2016

Track 2 from 'Bloch, Ligeti & Dallapiccola: Suites for solo cello' (CDA68155)
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
composed from 5 March to 5 April 1956; for Zara Nelsova
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Loughton, Essex
Recording date: October 2015

Track 3 from 'Haydn: String Quartets Opp 54 & 55' (CDA68160)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
composed in 1788; 'Tost'
liner notes © 2017
Haydn biography © 2010
Recording venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk
Recording date: November 2015

Track 4 from 'Taneyev & Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Trios' (CDA68159)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
composed in 1907; dedicated to Aleksandr Grechaninov
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: January 2016
Piano: Steinway & Sons