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HYP20 - The Essential Hyperion 2
HYP20

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Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: October 2000
Total duration: 152 minutes 46 seconds

'More than just a highlight sampler. This is a classy collection, brought together with a great deal of care and attention to musical programming seldom found in this kind of CD ... A stocking-filler any music lover would appreciate' (Scotland on Sunday)

The Essential Hyperion 2
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2CDs Super-budget price sampler — Deleted  
Musick for the Royal Fireworks  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) English Français Deutsch
CD1
1
Movement 4: La Réjouissance  [2'17]
The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Jubilate 'Utrecht' HWV279  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) English Français Deutsch
2
Movement 2: Be ye sure that the Lord he is God  [2'19] EnglishFrançais
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Andrew Dale Forbes (bass), The Parley of Instruments, John Scott (conductor)
3
Cantate Domino a 6 voci 1620  [2'29]  Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) LatinEnglishFrançaisDeutsch English Français Deutsch
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
Alexander Balus  George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) English Français Deutsch
4
Act 1 Scene 3 Nos 6 & 7, Recitative – Duet: How blissful state! – O what pleasures, past expressing (Cleopatra/Aspasia)  [3'26]
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Claron McFadden (soprano), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Piano Trio in G major  Claude Debussy (1862-1918) English Français Deutsch
5
Movement 2: Scherzo – Intermezzo: Moderato con allegro  [3'26]
The Florestan Trio
6
Salvator mundi I  [3'34]  Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585) LatinEnglish
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)
7
Nun danket   Now thank we all our God  [3'53]  Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) & John Scott (b1956) English
St Paul's Cathedral Choir, The English Brass Ensemble, Christopher Dearnley (organ), John Scott (conductor)
Violin Concerto in F major  Thomas Linley (1756-1778) English Français Deutsch
8
Movement 2: Adagio  [1'55]
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
String Trio in C minor Op 9 No 3  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) English Français Deutsch
9
Movement 3: Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace  [2'55]
Leopold String Trio
Symphony in D major D708a  Franz Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Brian Newbould (b?) English Français Deutsch
10
Movement 2: [Andante con moto]  [2'43]
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Trois Morceaux Op 2  Georgy Catoire (1861-1926) English Français Deutsch
11
No 2: Loin du foyer  [1'57]
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Septet in E flat major Op 20  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) English Français Deutsch
12
Movement 5: Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace  [2'54]
The Gaudier Ensemble
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! BWV208  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
13
Movement 10, Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden (Pales)  [3'49] DeutschEnglish
Emma Kirkby (soprano), The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman (conductor)
Come ye sons of Art, away Z323  Henry Purcell (1659-1695) & Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
14
Movement 3: Sound the trumpet  [2'24] English
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
String Quintet No 2 in G major Op 111  Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) English Français Deutsch
15
Movement 4: Vivace ma non troppo presto – Animato  [5'06]
The Raphael Ensemble
16
Wilson's Wilde BK37  [1'23]  William Byrd (1539/40-1623) English Français
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
17
Dulcia dona redemptoris  [2'04]  Anonymous LatinEnglish
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page (conductor)
A Ceremony of Carols Op 28  Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) English Français Deutsch
18
No 4b: Balulalow   O my deare hert, young Jesu sweit  [1'20] Old English
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Sioned Williams (harp), David Hill (conductor)
March and Canzona Z860  Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
19
Movement 1: March  [1'29]
The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Concert in D major Op 21  Ernest Chausson (1855-1899) English Français Deutsch
20
Movement 2: Sicilienne  [4'20]
Pascal Devoyon (piano), Philippe Graffin (violin), Chilingirian Quartet
Venezia 'Chansons en dialecte vénitien'  Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
21
No 2: La barcheta  [3'11]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
Flute Sonatina Op 19  Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
22
Movement 3: Allegretto languido  [1'43]
The Nash Ensemble, Judith Pearce (flute), Ian Brown (piano)
Soirées musicales de Rossini S424  Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868), arr. Franz Liszt (1811-1886) English Français Deutsch
23
No 2: La regata veneziana – Notturno  [3'32]
Leslie Howard (piano)
24
Petite Valse Op 36  [2'53]  Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Stephen Coombs (piano)
Winterreise D911  Franz Schubert (1797-1828) English
25
No 7: Auf dem Flusse   Der du so lustig rauschtest  [3'20] DeutschEnglish English
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
Vesper Voluntaries Op 14  Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) English Français Deutsch
26
Movement 5: Poco lento  [1'51]
Christopher Herrick (organ)
Missa Sancti Jacobi  Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474)
27
Movement 9: Communio  [1'47] LatinEnglish
The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman (conductor)
Three Choruses from Tsar Feodor Ioannovich  Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998) English
28
No 2: Liubov sviataya 'Sacred love'   Tï, liubov sviataya 'Thou, O sacred love'  [3'25] RussianEnglish
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
CD2
1
Sonata a quattro tromboni  [1'41]  Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
2
Romanesca  [3'57]  Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Convivium
3
Recercada primera sobre un canto llano  [2'07]  Diego Ortiz (c1510-c1570)
Jeremy West (cornett), Frances Kelly (harp)
4
Ständchen D920   Zögernd leise  [6'02]  Franz Schubert (1797-1828) DeutschEnglish English
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
The Geisha  Sidney Jones (1861-1946)
5
Act 1 No 1, Opening chorus: Happy Japan (chorus/geishas)  [3'08] English
New London Light Opera Chorus, New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
Juditha Triumphans devicta Holofernes barbarie RV644  Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) English Français Deutsch
6
Part 1 Nos 18 & 19, Recitative – Aria: Tu Judex es, tu Dominus, tu potens – Agitata infido flatu (Juditha)  [4'50]
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
7
The Arkansas Traveller 'Old Fiddlers' Breakdown'  [2'33]  Anonymous , arr. David Wendell de Fentresse Guion (1892-1981) & Adolf Schmid (1868-1958) English Français Deutsch
New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
Goldberg Variations 'Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen' BWV988  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) English Français Deutsch
8
Movement 1: Aria  [4'12]
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Six Duets Op 63  Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
9
No 1: Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergösse sich  [2'00] DeutschEnglish English Français Deutsch
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Nathan Berg (baritone), Eugene Asti (piano)
Études latines  Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) English
10
No 1: Lydie   La jeunesse nous quitte, et les Grâces aussi  [2'20] FrançaisEnglish
Ian Bostridge (tenor), The London Schubert Chorale, Stephen Layton (conductor), Graham Johnson (piano)
11
Kashmiri Song   Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar   (No 3 of Four Indian Love Lyrics)  [3'29]  Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860-1919) English English
Robert White (tenor), Stephen Hough (piano)
Piano Concerto No 4 in F minor Op 82  Franz Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924) English Français Deutsch
12
Movement 2: Intermezzo: Allegretto molto tranquillo  [6'51]
Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Foster (conductor)
13
Si mes vers avaient des ailes   Mes vers fuiraient, doux et frêles  [2'11]  Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) FrançaisEnglish English
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Six Études Op 111  Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) English Français Deutsch
14
No 1: Tierces majeures et mineures  [2'18]
Piers Lane (piano)
The Lay of the Last Minstrel  Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) English Français Deutsch
15
Part 2, Final chorus: O Caledonia! stern and wild  [2'52] English
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor), Scottish Opera Chorus
Cantata on the death of Emperor Joseph II WoO87  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) English Français Deutsch
16
Movement 4: Da stiegen die Menschen an's Licht  [6'25] DeutschEnglish
Janice Watson (soprano), Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best (conductor)
Much Ado About Nothing  Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
17
Song: Sigh no more, ladies  [2'24]
Richard Morton (tenor), The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman (conductor)
18
Hear my prayer, O Lord Z15  [2'18]  Henry Purcell (1659-1695) English English Français Deutsch
King's Consort Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
A Fire of Turf Op 139  Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) English
19
No 2: The chapel on the hill   the chapel of my childhood  [2'49] English
Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)
Four Characteristic Pieces  William Hurlstone (1876-1906) English
20
No 3: Intermezzo  [2'29]
Dame Thea King (clarinet), Clifford Benson (piano)
21
Maigesang Op 52 No 4   Wie herrlich leuchtet mir die Natur!  [2'02]  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) DeutschEnglish English Français Deutsch
Stephan Genz (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Fünf Lieder und Gesänge Op 127  Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
22
No 1: Sängers Trost  [2'25]
Christine Schäfer (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Alfred  Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
23
Song: Rule, Britannia   When Britain first at heaven's command  [3'58] English English
Catherine Bott (soprano), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Psalmody, The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman (conductor)
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