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Hyperion New Release Sampler – February 2013

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Hyperion New Release Sampler – February 2013 --- 2013-02-00

Free download from Hyperion's website, including a booklet in epub format. Track 1 from 'Musorgsky/Prokofiev: Pictures, Sarcasms & Visions' (Hyperion CDA67896) Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881) composed in June 1874; Russian title Kartinki s vïstavki; dedicated to Vladimir Stasov Liner notes © 2013 Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London Recording date: December 2011 Piano: Steinway & Sons Track 2 from 'Bach: Flute Sonatas' ([url=http://www.discogs.com/release/5793297]Hyperion CDA67897[/url]) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed circa 1736 Liner notes © 2002 Recording venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin Recording date: December 2011 Piano: Fazioli Track 3 from 'Brundibár' (Hyperion CDA67973) souvenir poster for the staging of Hans Krása’s children’s opera Brundibár © Terezín Memorial, Herman’s Collection Hans Krása (1899-1944) composed in 1938; first performed in a Jewish orphanage in Prague in 1942 David Matthews (b1943) arrangement commissioned by The Nash Ensemble; chamber version of the suite devised by Petr Pokorný Liner notes © 2013 Recording venue: St Michael's Church, Highgate, London Recording date: February 2012 Track 4 from 'Canciones españolas' (Hyperion CDA67954) Jesús Guridi (1886-1961) published in 1941 by Union Musical Española; based on popular Castilian melodies Liner notes © 2013 Lyrics from The Spanish Song Companion (Scarecrow Press) / English lyrics translation © 2013 Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London Recording date: February 2012 Piano: Steinway & Sons Track 5 from 'Tallis: Missa Salve intemerata & Antiphons' (Helios CDH55400) Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585) 5vv author of text anonymous, from Ordinary of the Mass Recording venue: Winchester Cathedral Recording date: May 2000 Track 6 from 'Chausson/Indy: String Quartets' (Helios CDH55457) Vincent d' Indy (1851-1931) first performed by the Ysaÿe Quartet in Brussels on 24 February 1891 Liner notes © 2000 Vincent d'Indy biography © 2009 Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London Recording date: January 1999 Track 7 from 'For His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts' (Helios CDH55406) Christopher Tye biography © 1990 Recording venue: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London Recording date: May 1996