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.

Please use the dropdown buttons to set your preferred options, or use the checkbox to accept the defaults.

Click cover art to view larger version
Track(s) taken from SIGCD401

Diaphenia

composer
October 1912
author of text

Robin Tritschler (tenor), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
CD-Quality:
Studio Master:
CD-Quality:
Studio Master:
Recording details: February 2014
St Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom
Produced by Raphaël Mouterde
Engineered by Mike Hatch & Robin Hawkins
Release date: November 2014
Total duration: 2 minutes 0 seconds

Cover artwork: The Volunteer (c1914-1916).
© HIP / Topfoto / ArenaPAL
 

Other recordings available for download

Christopher Maltman (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Martyn Hill (tenor), Clifford Benson (piano)

Reviews

'This timely recital includes songs by those, more ore less obscure who fell young in the First World War—George Butterworth, Albéric Magnard, Rudi Stephan, William Denis Browne and others—and by those who survived, were imprisoned or were otherwise affected by that shameful conflict. The gifted tenor Robin Tritschler's singing is nuanced sensitively, while the pianist Malcolm Martineau is, as always, an astute partner' (The Sunday Times)
Diaphenia, composed in October 1912, is a lilting love song setting words by Henry Constable. Its provenance is the Edwardian ballad, suitable for domestic music-making, rather than the art song, nevertheless it is utterly charming with an easy-going accompaniment suggesting the plucked strings of a lute, and juicy inner chromatic parts which hint at the aching ardour of the suitor.

from notes by Andrew Burn © 2003

Other albums featuring this work

Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel; Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
CDA67378
War's Embers
CDD220262CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1) — Download only
War's Embers
CDH55237Last few CD copies remaining
Waiting for content to load...
Waiting for content to load...