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Hyperion New Release Sampler – October 2014

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Hyperion New Release Sampler – October 2014 --- 2014-10-00

Free download from Hyperion's website, including a booklet in epub and pdf format. Track 1 from 'Bach: The Art of Fugue' ([url=http://www.discogs.com/release/7102313]CDA67980[/url]) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed in 1745/50 liner notes © 1992, © 2014 Recording venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin Recording date: August 2013 Piano: Fazioli Track 2 from 'Oswald & Napoleão dos Santos: Piano Concertos' ([url=http://www.discogs.com/release/6535844]CDA67984[/url]) Alfredo Napoleão dos Santos (1852-1917) composed circa 1886; dedicated to King Luís I of Portugal; first full performance given by Evaristo de Campos Coelho on 12 February 1941 in Lisbon, the Orquestra Filarmónia de Lisboae conducted by Ivo Cruz liner notes © 2014 Recording venue: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Recording date: October 2013 Piano: Steinway & Sons Track 3 from 'Bruch: Violin Concerto No 3 & Scottish Fantasy' ([url=http://www.discogs.com/release/7687928]CDA68050[/url]) Max Bruch (1838-1920) composed in 1890/1 for Joseph Joachim who gave the first full performance in Düsseldorf on 31 May 1891 liner notes © 2014 Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow Recording date: August 2013 Track 4 & 5 from 'Debussy: Songs, Vol. 3' (CDA68016) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) liner notes © 2014 Debussy biography © 2012 Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London Recording date: February 2013 Piano: Steinway & Sons Track 4: composed between September 1883 and February 1884; dedicated to Marie-Blanche Vasnier text from Les Aveux by Paul Bourget (1852-1935), published in 1882 Track 5: composed in 1903; commissioned by Paul Gravollet (1863-1936) for his Les Frissons Track 6 from 'Music for Remembrance' (CDA68020) Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) liturgical text from the Mass for the Dead liner notes © 1989 & 2014 Duruflé biography © 1990 Recording venue: Westminster Abbey, London Recording date: February 2013 Track 7 from 'Pärt: Choral Music' (CDA68056) Arvo Pärt (b1935) composed in 2002; SSAA unaccompanied; composed for the Estonian TV Girls Choir and its conductor Aarne Saluveer text from the Bible, Psalm 121 (122), New Jerusalem Bible liner notes © 2014 Pärt biography © 1998 Recording venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London Recording date: August 2013 Track 8 from 'Handel: 20 Sonatas Op 1' (CDS44411/3) Handel biography © 2014 Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London Recording date: June 1994 Track 9 from 'Brahms: The Complete Piano Trios, Clarinet Trio & Horn Trio' (Dyad CDD22082) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed summer 1886 liner notes © 1998 Brahms biography © 2013 Recording venue: St George's, Brandon Hill Recording date: August 1997 Piano: Steinway & Sons Track 10 from 'Bach: The Six Motets' (Helios CDH55417) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed before 1751: date unknown but earliest source is 1821 Breitkopf edition text from the Bible, Psalm 117 liner notes © 1990 Recording venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London Recording date: April 1989 Track 11 from 'Schumann: Symphonies' (Linn [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/6970006]CKD450[/url]) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) liner notes © 2014 Recording venue: Perth Concert Hall Recording date: December 2013 Track 12 from 'Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique' (LSO LSO0757) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) composed in 1830 liner notes © 2012 Recording venue: Barbican, London Recording date: November 2013 Track 13 from 'Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 10' (LSO LSO0267) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b1934) composed in 2013/14 words from Opus Architectonicum by Francesco Borromini (1599-1667) beginning Part 4 quotes the sonnet A Se Stesso by Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) lyrics translation © 2014 Recording venue: Barbican, London Recording date: February 2014 Track 14 from 'Wanda Landowska – The complete piano recordings' (apr APR7305) Mozart biography © 2007 Recording venue: RCA Victor Recording date: May 1956 Track 15 from 'Beethoven: Alessio Bax plays Beethoven' (Signum Classics SIGCD397) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) composed in 1801; published in March 1802; No 14; Beethoven's subtitle is 'quasi una Fantasia'; the nickname 'Moonlight' comes from Ludwig Rellstab's description of the opening movement; dedicated to Countess Giulietta Guicciardi liner notes © 2010 Beethoven biography © 2005 Recording venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth Recording date: January 2014 Track 16 from 'Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Elgar: Serenade for strings' (Signum Classics SIGCD399) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) composed in 1924/5; dedicated to Jelly d'Aranyi liner notes © 2014 Vaughan Williams biography © 2011 Recording venue: Cheltenham Town Hall Recording date: March 2014 Track 17 from 'Nielsen & Mozart: Clarinet Concertos' (Signum Classics SIGCD390) Mozart biography © 2007 Recording venue: The Sage, Gateshead Recording date: April 2014 Track 18 from 'Todd: Lux et veritas' (Signum Classics SIGCD394) Will Todd (b1970) Recording venue: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London Recording date: March 2014 Track 19 from 'Postcards' (Signum Classics SIGCD393) Domenico Modugno (1928-1994) Franco Migliacci (b1930) Robert Rice (b1971) liner notes © 2014 Recording venue: Dennington Studios, Wellingborough Recording date: March 2014