‘What If does brilliantly is cut to the core of the difference between the two worlds. The rhetorical expression and quasi-improvised freedom of Purcell’s O Solitude (beautifully shaped and paced by Davies) and the rapt wonder of Music For A While blaze newly colourful and warm alongside the blanched landscapes of the Nyman. Purcell left no songs with viol accompaniment, so these consort arrangements by Richard Boothby are an innovation, and one that allows the composer’s sinuous accompaniments to weave with new texture around the voice’ (Limelight, Australia)

‘The performances are notable for immaculate playing and great rapport between pianist and orchestra. Shelley’s interpretations are entirely convincing and the recorded sound is excellent’ (Classical Source)» More

‘Thrilling’ (The Sunday Times)» More

‘A good piece [the Piano Quartet] to play to anyone who accuses Parry of being second-rate Brahms, especially in this urgently propelled performance from the Leonore Piano Trio with viola player Rachel Roberts … I've enjoyed the Leonore's Parry recordings this year a great deal; fine recordings, both of them’ (BBC Record Review)

‘It’s probably impertinent to say that Stephen Layton has already proved himself over and over; no departure here … this is a very fine collection … with much to reward the listener’ (MusicWeb International)» More

„Roth, seit 2012 Professor für Violine am Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum der Universität Augsburg, hat alles, was Scharwenkas op. 95 braucht: neben einer tadellosen Technik auch viel Energie und die richtige romantische Ader für dieses vergessene Meisterwerk. Das zeigt sich auch in den beiden anderen Kompositionen, Eduard Lassens etwas floskelhaftem D-Dur-Konzert und dem einsätzigen Konzert von Rued Langgaard, einem charmant-märchenhaften Werk mit obligatem Klavier. Sehr hörenswert!“ (Stuttgarter Zeitung, Germany)» More

‘This disc is a resoundingly confident contribution to the Stanford revival … to be celebrated’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘Barry Cooper’s notes are succinct and rich in useful detail, as one has come to expect from one of the doyens of Beethoven scholarship. I must also mention the terrific recording, superlative even by Hyperion’s demanding standards … the sonics seal the deal on a uniquely edifying and moving Beethoven disc. Steven Osborne has here captured what Beethoven’s biographer Maynard Solomon pithily characterised as the ‘etherealised improvisatory tone’ of the trilogy arguably more convincingly than anyone to date’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The Winchester team is an experienced one and they do this music proud. I should also recognize the idiomatic and appropriate organ playing of George Castle. The excellent booklet notes are by Martin Neary, who was himself at one time organist and director of music at Winchester, and whose understanding of Tavener’s music was commended by the composer. The cathedral is vast, but the engineers have secured good sound. Full texts are included. Even if you already have discs of Tavener’s choral music you should consider this’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘Certain pieces of music can change your life. For me, it was Hyperion’s June release of an all-Janáček CD highlighted by the song cycle 'The diary of one who disappeared' … Spence’s voice stuns, and his beautifully pronounced Czech illuminates the music’s emotional nuances startlingly well. Drake has had a long involvement with this piece … [his] playing throughout the CD is extremely impressive. As far as transforming a life, or at least temporarily rerouting it, this album led me to choose, for a summer project, to listen to all of the music of Janáček—and it has been a complete delight. I would never had made this discovery if I had not heard these luminous performances’ (The Arts Fuse, USA)

‘The hoped-for second volume from Leonore PT of Charles Hubert Hastings Parry’s chamber music has arrived! And it’s every bit as good and rewarding as the first … a job exceptionally well done—hats off to Sir Hubert Parry, Leonore members and their guest viola-player, and of course Hyperion—and not forgetting sound-engineer Arne Akselberg, whose demonstration-quality recording invites the listener to be the fourth or fifth member of the ensemble’ (Classical Source)» More

‘What Dausgaard gets—quite brilliantly—is that a lot of this music is really dramatic … you get this wonderful sense of almost theatrical music and I think that’s really important … [Benjamin Appl] is fabulous’ (BBC Record Review)