Hyperion Records
Hyperion Records is an independent English record publisher primarily for classical music .
history
The label is named after Hyperion , one of the titans of Greek mythology. It was founded in 1980 by George Edward Perry (nickname "Ted"). First he brought out music recordings by the English composers Robin Milford , Alan Bush and Michael Berkeley , all composers of the 20th century, on LP ( long-playing record ). A first bestseller was a record with music by Hildegard von Bingen , performed by medievalist Christopher Page and his group Gothic Voices . The current head of the company is Simon Perry, son of Ted Perry.
Focus
Hyperion was or is known to publish little-known or forgotten works. The series the romantic piano concerto , in which more than 75 CDs have already been released (as of June 2018), became more widely known . It was later followed by the series The Romantic Violin Concerto and The Romantic Cello Concerto .
Further focal points are
- Music by romantic Scottish composers ,
- Music from renaissance to baroque ,
- a complete recording of the music for piano (solo) by Franz Liszt (recorded by Leslie Howard ) and the songs by Franz Schubert ,
- many of Handel's oratorios and Henry Purcell's choral works (conducted by Robert King ).
Other Hyperion artists are
- the pianist Stephen Hough ,
- the pianist Leslie Howard
- the pianist Angela Hewitt
- the organist Christopher Herrick
- the pianist Marc-André Hamelin
- the Cinquecento ensemble
and many others.
Hyperion recordings have received many awards and accolades, including several Gramophone Awards and Record of the Year in 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2010.
The mid-price series of Hyperion's 'Helios'.
Recorded orchestra
Hyperion and Helios released recordings with the following orchestras:
- Academy of Ancient Music
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Australian Chamber Orchestra
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
- Bern Symphony Orchestra (Berne Symphony Orchestra)
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Brandenburg Consort, The
- Budapest Symphony Orchestra
- Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- City of London Sinfonia
- Corydon Orchestra
- Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- English Chamber Orchestra
- English Northern Philharmonia
- European Union Chamber Orchestra
- Hallé Orchestra, The
- Hanover band
- Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
- Holst Orchestra
- Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
- The King's Consort
- Lahti Symphony Orchestra
- London Baroque
- London Festival Orchestra
- London Handel Orchestra, The
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- London Symphony Orchestra
- L'orchestre de chambre dall'arco, Budapest
- Milton Keynes City Orchestra, The
- Minnesota Orchestra
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- New London Chamber Ensemble
- New London Orchestra
- Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle
- Orchestra da Camera di Mantova (Mantua)
- Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Orquestra Gulbenkian
- Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra, The
- Parley of Instruments, The
- Peterborough String Orchestra
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Radio Philharmonic Hannover of the NDR
- Royal Ballet Sinfonia
- Royal Flemish Philharmonic
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Swedish Chamber Orchestra
- Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
- Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
- Ulster Orchestra
- Unnamed orchestra
- Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
2004 trial
In 2004 music editor Lionel Sawkins sued Hyperion. Sawkins was demanding royalties on his musical copyrights.
Hyperion insisted that the editions were not original compositions. The case went in favor of the plaintiff. His demand was relatively minor; Hyperion had a cost of over £ 100,000 from the fall. The future of the publisher was therefore uncertain at the time. Musicians, consumers and composers donated to enable Hyperion to survive.
swell
- ^ Alan Blyth : Obituary for Ted Perry. The Guardian , February 13, 2003 . February 13, 2003. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ Classical Music Sentinel
- ^ Andrew Clements, "Schubert: The Complete Songs, 60 soloists / Johnson" (CD review). The Guardian , 28 October 2005 . October 28, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ↑ on the label's homepage there is a section "Catalog Indexes"; There you can call up the artists as an alphabetical list or sorted by groups (conductors, singers, ensembles, strings, wind instruments, etc.)
- ^ Ed Vulliamy, "£ 1m legal bill rocks a musical institution". The Guardian , 23 December 2005 . December 23, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ↑ James Thompson: Michael Church, "Why cutting-edge classical music is the preserve of the minors". The Independent , 26 October 2006 . October 26, 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 4, 2010.