by Norman Lebrecht
When Universal Music bought fiercely-independent Hyperion in February this year we predicted on insider knowledge that it would only be a matter of months before the Hyperion catalogue would be put online for all to hear.
Details of the rollout were given last night.
Hyperion will stream the entire catalogue of 2000+ recordings by spring 2024. The first 200 albums go online today.
Sir Stephen Hough, Hyperion’s signature pianist, said: “I am enormously excited to be part of this moment in Hyperion’s history.
I’ve made over 40 albums for the company, pouring my heart, soul and fingers into each one, and now, thirty years after my first, they are to be made available through streaming to a much wider, indeed Universal, audience.
It delights and touches me to be able to reach a vast new family of music lovers in this way.”
First published at slippedisc, July 27, 2023
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