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From two players to twelve: few ensembles could respond with equal authority to the very varied demands made by this wonderful collection of Debussy's chamber music. But then, few ensembles can stand... more

Piano recordings do not come much more exhilarating (or entertaining) than Marc-André Hamelin's survey of some of his own recent works. Listening to one of the most formidably complex musical minds... more

"Has there ever been a composer of more consistent elegance?" If Steven Isserlis's rhetorical question invites the listener to think of plausible alternatives, on the evidence of this wonderful... more

The 'heavenly lengths' Schumann loved in late Schubert are as much in evidence in the sublime G major quartet as in the other large-scale works of Schubert's final years. The Takács Quartet's earlier... more

One of the twentieth century's best-loved choral works, Duruflé's Requiem-a magical synthesis of the old (plainsong) and the new (a harmonic language appropriate to it's time and place) - continues... more

This is the fourth Romantic Piano Concerto album from Simon Callaghan, and that combination of talents which made his first three so successful- not least a flair for exploring the neglected byways... more

The Nocturnes and Barcarolles demonstrate Fauré's art at it's most personal, progressing from early lyricism to the elusive, rarefied style of the later works. Marc-André Hamelin's performances are... more

For Mahan Esfahani, Bach's Inventions and Sinfonias were more than just the tools by which his children and pupils were to acquire a prodigious technique. These 'tiny gems' (as Esfahani call them)... more

"Encountering a palace of riches" is how pianist (and Hyperion debutante) Mishka Rushdie Momen describes her experience of playing Tudor keyboard music, a varied selection of which is included here.... more

Andrey Gugnin presents a wonderful all-Grieg recital. The elegant neo-classicism of From Holberg's time (a rare and welcome opportunity to hear the original version for solo piano) contrasting with... more

The Gesualdo Six/Owain Park - "Radiant Dawn". For their tenth Hyperion album, award-winning vocal supergroup The Gesualdo Six combine voices and trumpet to unearth the spirit of the surprise 1990s... more

The album which pretty much started the Hyperion story: the ineffably beautiful music and words of Hildegard of Bingen, revered by Ted Perry as the 'Patron Saint of Hyperion', and in matchless... more

CHRISTMAS BY THE GESUALDO SIX:For centuries Christmas and the surrounding seasons have inspired composers to new heights of invention. This programme reaches across the ages, from the eternal beauty... more

Angela Hewitt has chosen this album from her glorious Bach discography as the first to be available on vinyl. Recorded in 2015, this is a Goldberg to savour and here as a bonus side 4 includes a... more

Charles Cole/London Oratory Schola Cantorum -"Sacred Treasures of Rome". Introducing the fourth album in the London Oratory Schola Cantorum's 'Sacred treasures' series on Hyperion. Sacred Treasures... more

From Lassus and Byrd to Howells, Judith Bingham and Owain Park-The Gesualdo Six's exploration of Epiphany down the ages is a multifaceted compendium of musical delights.

Vinyl Edition Reissue

Vinyl Edition Reissue

El León de Oro and Peter Phillips offer a collection of works representative of a school of Flemish composers living in Madrid towards the end of the Renaissance and all employed by Philip II of... more

On this exciting release from Hyperion, Stephen Hough performs a collection of exquisite Brahmsian miniatures. The pianist refers to these works as brief meditations on last things before 'the light... more

Annual live performances of Handel's Messiah at London's St. John's Smith Square with Polyphony and Stephen Layton have become one of the highlights of the musical season. "No one, but no performs... more

Mats Lidström / Leif Kaner-Lidström - "Swans". Inspired by Saint-Saëns's iconic piece "The Swan (Le cygne)" from the Carnival of the Animals, cellist Mats Lidström and his son Leif Kaner-Lidström... more