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 CDH55243

The blue bird, Op 119 No 3

First line:
The lake lay blue below the hill
composer
1910
author of text

Bryony Lang (soprano), Laudibus, Michael Brewer (conductor)
Recording details: July 1998
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: April 1999
Total duration: 3 minutes 8 seconds
 

Other recordings available for download

Judith Dunworth (soprano), The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, David Temple (conductor)
The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter (conductor)
Philippa Murray (soprano), Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks (conductor)
Tenebrae, Nigel Short (conductor)
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (conductor)
The King's Singers

Reviews

‘This is a delightfully nostalgic trip through English part-singing from the first half of the 20th century. The programme is deftly chosen and Laudibus give heart-warming accounts’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Bright, youthful choir timbre, affectionate yet staunch renditions, and superior sound from the Hyperion engineers. Recommend you buy on sight. Repeat, buy on sight’ (American Record Guide)
The blue bird by Charles Villiers Stanford (1854-1924), with words by Mary E Coleridge (1861-1907—novelist, poet and great-grandniece of the famous Coleridge), is his most celebrated part-song. Marked Larghetto tranquillo, this gem is the third of 8 Part-Songs, Opus 119, all settings of texts by Mary Coleridge, who during her lifetime was much better known as a novelist. Highly regarded by a minority including some distinguished figures, her poetry is fresh and direct. Stanford’s admiration of her work was not shared by many of his contemporaries, though Frank Bridge and Hubert Parry are among the exceptions.

from notes by Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2016

Other albums featuring this work

All in the April evening
CDH88008Download only
Greensleeves
Studio Master: SIGCD447Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
Music of the Spheres
Studio Master: SIGCD904Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
Silence & Music
Studio Master: SIGCD490Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
The King's Singers - Gold
Studio Master: SIGCD5003CDs Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
There is sweet music
CSCD505Download only
Waiting for content to load...
Waiting for content to load...