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Early 20th Century Rarities

❦Paderewski: Symphony in B minor, Op.24

Works: Ignace Jan Paderewski (Piano) (1860
- 1941): Symphony in B
minor, Op. 24 (“Polonia”)
Artists: Jerzy Maksymiuk/
BBC Scottish SO
HYP 55351 $12.99
‘The work can be confidently recommended to
all those who are drawn to the more extravagant
byways of the late-Romantic orchestral repertoire’
(Classic CD) ‘A performance of eloquence and
dashing commitment. The recording is resplendent’ (Gramophone)

❦Pizzetti: Orchestral Works / Osmo Vänskä,

Works: Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968): La
Pisanelle, suite; Preludii (3)
per l’Edipo re di Sofocle;
Preludio a un altro giorno;
Rondò veneziano Artists:
Osmo Vänskä/BBC SO
HYP 55329 $12.99
‘One of the most gorgeous
recordings of orchestral music I have heard in the
last year’ (Crisis, USA) ‘Strongly recommended’
(Hi-Fi News & Record Review) ‘If orchestral splendor is the music lover’s chocolate, this disc is a
five-pound box of opera creams. Yum’ -ARG

Works: Sidney Jones (1861-1946): The Geisha, operetta Artists: Ronald Corp/
New London Orch. Sarah Walker, Christopher Maltman, Richard Suart, Lillian
Watson, Paul Parfitt
HYP 55245 $12.99
‘Its tunes are charming and its orchestral colour delightful. It’s a hugely
entertaining discovery’ (Classic FM Magazine) ‘I practically jumped for joy’ (Hi
Fi News) ‘Altogether a treat’ (International Opera Collector) ‘If you enjoy English
operettas of the late 19th century I suspect that you’ll be enchanted’ (Light Music
Society Journal)

❦Demidenko plays Mussorgsky & Prokofiev

Works by: Ambrosio
Cotes (c.1550-1603); Bartholomeo de Escobedo
(1515-1563); Fernando de
las Infantas (1534-c.1610);
Alonso Lobo (1555-1617);
Sebastián de Vivanco
(1551-1622) Artists: Westminster Cathedral Choir
HYP 55248 $12.99
‘Glorious’ (BBC Music Magazine) ‘A superb disc’
(Hi-Fi News) ‘A fascinating programme’ (Goldberg)

Works: Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an exhibition;
Prokofiev: Pieces (10) from
“Romeo and Juliet”; Toccata, Op. 11 Artists: Nikolai
Demidenko (Pno)
HYP 55306 $12.99
“Demidenko’s performance
is a marvel.” -ARG
“Big-hearted pianism, musically alert, technically
formidable.” -Classic CD

❦Morales & Mouton / Westminster Choir

Works: Evening Services by Harold Darke (18881976), George Dyson (1883-1964), Basil Harwood
(1859-1949) & Tertius Noble (1867-1953). Sacred
works by Herbert Howells & Herbert Sumsion
(1899-1995) Artists: John Scott/Choir of St. Paul’s
Cathedral
HYP 55402 $12.99
“The performances of this lovely music are
uniformly superb” - Fanfare

Works: Cristóbal de Morales (c.1500-1553):
Sacred music for 5 voices; Jean Mouton (14591522) Artists: James O’Donnell/Westminster
Cathedral Choir
HYP 55276 $12.99
‘This distinguished composer is now suitably represented on disc. Highly recommended’ (Fanfare)

❦W.A. Mozart: Church (Epistle) Sonatas

Works: W.A. Mozart: Church Sonata for Organ and
Strings nos 1 - 17 Artists: Robert King/The King’s
Consort. Ian Watson (Organ) HYP 55314 $12.99
‘An hour’s delightful listening. ‘Cannot fail to delight’ (BBC Music Magazine)

❦Mozart: Piano Concerti nos 11-13, K.413-415

Artists: Gaudier Ensemble. Susan Tomes (Pno)
HYP 55333 $12.99
“...this disc offers major pleasur