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Freedom - Handel: Oratorio Arias Oscar Verhaar (countertenor), La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross
There is a lot of thought-provoking music and a lot of thought-provoking musicology on this album. Supporting the whole project is some really beautiful instrumental playing: listen especially... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Schubert - Schwanengesang & Songs After Seidl
RecommendedChristoph Prégardien (tenor) & Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
…an outstanding performance. …deeply engaged robustly expressive singing whose rhythmic rigour and details of phrasing and articulation reveal an exciting commitment to this great cycle. …with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2019, Also Recommended
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This is the voice of an older Pregardien: he has the grey hair for which Schubert's lonely wanderer longs. But the voice is in superb form, sensing out the underlying pulse and the minutest... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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Prégardien brings ever new revelation to the songs, and though his pianist, Michael Gees, plays a modern piano, both vocal and keyboard parts are ornamented in the performing practice of Schubert's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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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: Complete Chamber Music Catherine Manson (violin), David Rabinovich (violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba), Christine Sticher (violone); Mike Fentross (lute)
Koopman has assembled an ensemble of intelligent and intensely musical collaborators, and their individual styles mesh well. Moreover, the recorded sound is warm and intimate, but still clear,... — More…
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Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang / Winterreise
Michael Gees, Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments)
My desert-island choice for a highly cultivated yet quite personal tenor-voice foray into Schubert’s world. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Joseph & Michael Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4, Concerto For Harpsichord & Viola
Noriko Amano (harpsichord), Ryo Terakado (violin), Pearls in Baroque Orchestra
Joseph’s well-known work may not be a contender in this recording but Terakado and Amano set the standard in Michael’s double concerto. — More…
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