Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The site is also available in several languages.
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Chopin: The Complete Études |
Moriz Rosenthal - The complete recordings ‘Rosenthal had an inimitably seductive manner of playing … with Ward Marston’s superb restoration and remastering, APR’s exemplary annotation and ... ‘The artistry of Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946) arguably stands head and shoulders above all recorded Liszt pupils’ (Classics Today)» More |
Anatole Kitain - The complete Columbia recordings, 1936-39 Anatole Kitain (1903–1980) was an exact contemporary and fellow pupil of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev, where he studied, as did the slightly older Simon Barere, with Felix Blumenfeld. All three developed fabulous techniques and were romantic pianists ...» More |
Simon Barere – His celebrated live recordings at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 4 - 1949 |
Irene Scharrer - The complete electric and selected acoustic recordings ‘If [Irene Scharrer]'s remembered from her recordings it’s really only the one, and that was ironically the last she made, Litolff’s Scherzo from the ...» More |
Paderewski - His earliest recordings |
The Piano G & Ts, Vol. 1 - Vladimir de Pachmann, Aleksander Michalowski & Landon Ronald |
Vladimir Horowitz - The complete solo European recordings |
Alfred Cortot – The Late Recordings, Vol. 3 - Chopin & Mendelssohn |
Alfred Cortot – The Late Recordings, Vol. 4 - Schumann, Schubert, Chopin & Liszt 'Bryan Crimp has done Cortot proud, prompting one to wonder whether there was ever a pianist of greater human richness and coruscating vitality' (Gram ...» More |
Eileen Joyce - The complete Parlophone & Columbia solo recordings ‘Listening to Joyce is strangely addictive. One cannot wait, as it were, to read the next chapter. She shares with Kreisler and Tauber the same unteac ... ‘The quality that comes across in these performances is the sheer joy of playing. Joyce possessed a formidable technique and an interpretative mind th ...» More |
Simon Barere – His celebrated live recordings at Carnegie Hall, Vol. 5 - Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 & appendices 'The fifth and final volume of Simon Barere’s live Carnegie Hall performances includes a fascinating, typically vertiginous performance of Rachmaninov ...» More |
Solomon - The first HMV recordings |
The Piano G & Ts, Vol. 4 - Diémer, Eibenschütz, Hofmann & Backhaus |
Vassily Sapellnikoff & Xaver Scharwenka - The complete recordings Vassily Sapellnikoff (1868–1941) and Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924) were among the earliest generation of pianists to record, and on this ground alone it is surprising that their complete recordings have never before been transferred for modern list ...» More |