Since you are interested in Vespers (All-Night Vigil, Op. 59 "Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye"), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale: partsongs, folksongs & Shakespeare settings Ian Bostridge (tenor) Michael George (bass) / Holst Singers / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'The Holst Singers ... sing with a spellbinding sense of atmosphere and crystal-clear textures. Strongly recommended for all admirers of Vaughan Williams and fine choral work' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Virtuoso Strauss Transcriptions Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] 'Throughout this collection Mr Lane's playing shimmers with liquid warmth ... his performances hang together out of his evident affection for these scores and the sheer convicton of his playing' (The New York Times) |
CASTELLO / PICCHI
The Floating City - Sonatas, canzonas and dances by two of Monteverdi’s contemporaries His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 21/Mar/2011 ] "This is a very fine recording. Not only is the music fascinating but the performances are special. Buy it." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb March 2011) |
GOLOVANOV / CHESNOKOV / GRETCHANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Ikon II Holst Singers / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Performing with insight and commendable Russian sonority, the Holst Singers have cast their net wide in this survey of Orthodox Church music." (Daily Telegraph) |
HOLST
This Have I Done for My True Love The Holst Singers / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'A real joy to listen through without interruption' - Gramophone |
VELJO TORMIS
Choral music The Holst Singers / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'This wonderful new Hyperion release dedicated to Tormis' music with Stephen Layton and the Holst Singers should, by virtue of its fascinating resuscitation of internationally neglected works, further contribute to the composer's Western emergence'... |
SVIRIDOV / GRETCHANINOV / TCHAIKOVSKY / PART / GORECKI
Ikon Holst Singers with James Bowman (countertenor) / Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jan/2006 ] 'Uniformly charismatic performances. Fine engineering and notes too. Highly recommended' (Fanfare, USA) |
LEONIN
Magister Leoninus II: Sacred Music from 12th-century Paris Red Byrd [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (March 2002)- "(A) cool and awesome recording. John Potter and Richard Wistreich wring the utmost tenderness and beauty from these pieces. This recording should be required listening." |
BURGON / DUBRA / MacMILLAN / MAW / TAVENER / etc
Dreamland: Contemporary choral riches from the Hyperion catalogue [special price] Various Artists (Including Holst Singers, Polyphony, Stephen Layton, Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] A new and intriguing sampler features a selection of pieces from Hyperion's extensive and varied choral collection. This disc seeks to give a flavour of the contemporary choral music recorded by Hyperion over the last decade. Whilst on one level it... |