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This is clearly a well-honed performance, strongest in delicate moments....This new release is a happy marriage of musicality and musicology. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 22
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz, Nathalie Stutzman (alto), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Koopman's irrepressible enthusiasm and impish wit remain undiminished as he ends his immense 12 year project recording all Bach's cantatas. Assured vocal soloists, fluent choir and impeccable... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Award Winner
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Buxtehude - Organ Works 5 Opera Omnia X
Ton Koopman (The Bielfeldt organ (1736), St. Wilhadi, Stade, Germany)
For those new to Buxtehude's organ works both the programming and the instrument make these discs the ideal hopping on point. Plaintive chorale elaborations supply contemplative respite from... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
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MacMillan: St. Luke Passion
RecommendedPeter Dicke (organ)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Choir & National Youth Choir, Markus Stenz
The music is good at portraying the extremes of almighty power. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2015
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beautifully sung and performed by two undoubted specialists in this repertory, who make as good a case for recording as one can imagine. — More…
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Judith van Wanrooij (soprano) & Patrick Henckens (tenor)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
No rival version is better and few are as good...for a fresh, immediate statement that compels one's attention from start to finish, I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed by this new release — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Christoph & Julian Prégardien - Father & Son
Christoph Prégardien, Julian Prégardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano), Fabienne Waga, Patricia Messner (harmonica)
a real treasure...What makes this anthology so enriching is the skill of their arrangements...The two tenors of father and son - shared DNA, complementary tints and timbres - blend with grace... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater & Ivan Moody: Simeron
Goeyvaerts String Trio: Kristien Roels (violin), Kris Matthynssens (viola), Pieter Stas (cello), Zsuzsi Tóth (soprano), Barnabás Hegyi (countertenor), Olivier Berten (tenor)
The absolute control and pinpoint perfection required by pieces such as these is masterfully achieved: the result is incredibly, movingly, beautiful..There's nothing stark or white about this... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam & Capella Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
Jan Willem de Vriend oversees a joyful account of Bach's festive music with light-footed responses to dance rhythms…. I can whole heartedly commend this issue for its expressive warmth, its... — More…
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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