Latest News: Classical, Lionel Meunier (conductor)
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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 37: Brahms In The Time Machine – Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem with Lionel Meunier 24th June 2023Founder and director of early music ensemble Vox Luminis talks about his hunt for Baroque-era precursors to Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem.
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Recording of the Week,
Charpentier from Vox Luminis, A Nocte Temporis and Reinoud Van Mechelen 17th January 2020The two Belgian early music ensembles pool their resources for two very different works depicting Orpheus's descent to the underworld, with Van Mechelen on outstanding form as the intrepid hero in each case.
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Recording of the Week,
Vox Luminis explore cantatas by the Bach family 14th June 2019David listens to the Belgian ensemble's latest album, tracing the evolution of the cantata through the older branches of the Bach family tree.
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Recording of the Week,
Buxtehude's Abendmusiken from Vox Luminis 22nd June 2018Two first-rate early music ensembles join forces to recreate the atmosphere of Buxtehude's legendary secular-sacred concert series in Lübeck.
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Recording of the Week,
Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis perform Requiems by Fux and Kerll 12th August 2016David listens to the Grammy Award-winning ensemble's recording of two rarely-heard Austrian Requiems.