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Hyperion New Release Sampler – June 2013

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Hyperion New Release Sampler – June 2013 --- 2013-06-00

Free download from Hyperion's website, including a booklet in epub format. Track 1 from 'Stravinsky: Complete music for piano & orchestra' (Hyperion CDA67870) Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) composes in 1928/9; first performed in December 1929 in Paris by the composer, Ernest Ansermet conducting Liner notes © 2013 Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow Recording date: May 2012 Piano: Steinway & Sons Track 2 from 'MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories & other choral works' (Hyperion CDA67970) James MacMillan (b1959) composed in 2009; SATB choir, brass, timpani & organ; composed for the installation of Vincent Nichols, to whom the work is dedicated, as Archbishop of Westminster on 21 May 2009 author of text Anonymous, from Responsory for the Solemn Reception of an Archbishop Liner notes © 2013 Recording venue: Westminster Cathedral, London Recording date: July 2012 Track 3 from 'Haydn: String Quartets Op 33' (Hyperion CDA67955) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 'Russian' Quartet No 2; the Schmitt Edition (Amsterdam, 1782) gives the movement tempo indications slightly differently to other editions Liner notes © 2013 Recording venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth Recording date: June 2012 Track 4 from 'Arensky: String Quartet; Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence' (Helios CDH55426) Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed in 1890/1892 Liner notes © 1993 Recording venue: St George's, Brandon Hill Recording date: February 1993 Track 5 from 'Tavener: Sacred Music' (Helios CDH55414) Sir John Tavener (b1944) composed in 1988 text after the book of Genesis Liner notes © 1991 Recording venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London Recording date: July 1990