Hyperion Records unveils limited-edition vinyl series

Hyperion Records was one of the first classical music labels to embrace downloads and now the British cult favourite has made another strategic move into the latest format – vinyl.

Since it was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2023, Hyperion's focus has been on making its entire catalogue available to stream. A year after the initial launch of 200 albums, Hyperion has achieved over 200 million streams of its 2,000-album collection. But, in recognition of the resurgence of interest in vinyl – supported by initiatives like Record Store Day and the vinyl album chart – Hyperion has announced that it will return to the format, 35 years after the label switched to CD and subsequent digital iterations. 

The first pressings will be reissues of five favourite albums: Angela Hewitt’s 2015 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations; the 1982 release A Feather on the Breath of God by Gothic Voices and Emma Kirkby; Alina Ibragimova and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Vladimir Jurowski's 2011 recording of Mendelssohn's Violin Concertos; Stephen Hough’s Complete Chopin Waltzes (2010) and Shostakovich's Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 recorded by Marc-André Hamelin with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Litton in 2003. Litton, currently music director of the New York City Ballet and conductor laureate of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, wrote on X that he was 'honoured' the recording was chosen.

These limited-edition albums have an initial pressing of just 1,000 copies per title and are out now.