2,163 albums, 42,000 tracks, 1.8m words of sung texts, and 170,000 minutes of music spanning 2,300 composers performed by 3,200 artists. It is a pleasure to announce that you can now find the entire Hyperion catalogue on your favourite streaming services.

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Thank you @liedbasel for hosting our recital here in Basel on Thursday night! Wonderful hall and audience! @ianbostridge #Schubert #Loewe #Wolf #Goethe

Rehearsals are underway for my Kabuki Winterreise project 😍 First performance Ryedale Festival on July 16th: ryedalefestival.com/event/13-sprin… 😀 Julius Drake

In the words of RuPaul, isn’t it time for this appalling government to Sashay Away!

Schumann and Heine in Berlin with these two at the Pierre Boulez Saal last Sunday was such a pleasure! @andreschuen Martina Gedeck

The final season of my 3 -yr tenure as AD of the Ustinov Theatre launches in two weeks. We’re opening with SONG and a staging of Winterreise with Ian Bostridge and @JuliusDrake. This is followed by DANCE with Kim Brandstrup completing his trilogy of works inspired by Greek myth.

Jim Ratcliffe, 'Brexit sort of unfortunately didn't umm.. It didn't turn out as people anticipated'

'It was about immigration.. People fed up with the influx.. A small island like the UK can't cope with vast numbers of people.. It overburdens the NHS, traffic, the police'

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The latest BBC BBC Music Magazine has dropped, and we couldn't be prouder to see Brindley Sherratt & Julius Drake's 'Fear No More' as CHORAL & SONG CHOICE 🏆

'gorgeous ... Sherratt relishes every fricative and plosive'
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Review in full 👇
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'a drinkably deep bass voice at its peak' The Guardian

'considered, affecting performances' Gramophone

'Brindley Sherratt is a consummate stage animal' Limelight

'shivers down your spine' BBC Radio 3

'so many exceptional moments' The Yorkshire Times

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HUGE thanks to Gramophone for sharing Brindley Sherratt's luxurious 📽️ 'Sea Fever'

This'll blow the spume away... 👇
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From our latest release 'Fear No More' with Julius Drake 🎹

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After 14 years as a half-time Professor at Graz University,teaching a class for song pianists,I will step down this summer. A big thank you to all the young pianists from all over the world who have been part of my class! Tune in to the concert Monday on vimeo.com/event/4278529/…

Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake in rehearsal last week for Winterreise. Our new season Deborah Warner Season at the Ustinov Studio, Bath will launch with a staging of Schubert’s masterpiece - previews from 4 June at Ustinov Studio Theatre Royal Bath
Rehearsal photos 📷 Claire Egan

When Hemingway handed this list to his young writer friend, he noted:

'If you haven’t read these, you just aren’t educated...

“Some may bore you, others might inspire you.

'And others are so beautifully written they’ll make you feel it’s hopeless for you to try to write...

They even have the manuscript! #Beethoven9th ⁦Musikverein Wien⁩ ⁦⁦Wienerphilharmoniker⁩

Celebrating with the outstanding solo quartet after the concert ⁦Musikverein Wien⁩ @mariannecrebassa @juliakleiter ⁦Günther Groissböck⁩ @michaelspyres

It was a great night last night in the ⁦Musikverein Wien⁩ for the 200th anniversary performance of Beethoven’s ninth symphony. What astonishing music it is; about being a human being and the mystery and joy of life. Overwhelming. ⁦

200 years ago tonight, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony was premiered in the Kärnthnerthor Theater, on the site of the building on the left (now the Hotel Sacher Sacher). On the right is Vienna State Opera Wiener Staatsoper where we’ll begin The Tempest revival on Thursday

Welsh National Opera Rob Brydon Bryn T Jones michael sheen 💙 Aled Jones Ruth Jones Lucy Frazer Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Lesley Griffiths Rhianon Passmore MS Beverley Humphreys MBE Kevin Brennan MP Jo Stevens Delyth Jewell AS / MS Keir Starmer @ThangamMP Welsh Government Alun Davies AS / MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 The time’s right for our politicians to show us they mean what they say before it’s too late, &communities across England &Wales lose a world-class organisation & the riches that it produces.

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