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Gramophone Awards, Bach, J S (composer)
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Special offer. J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, Bwv 232
RecommendedJulie Roset (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo). Lucile Richardot (alto), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Choral and instrumental passages are impressively disciplined and well-characterised throughout...There are countless recordings of this work from which to choose, but every choral music enthusiast... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Choral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Recording of the Year & Choral Winner
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Choral
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JS Bach: Matthäus-Passion
RecommendedJulian Prégardien (Evangelist), Stéphane Degout (Christus), Sabine Devieilhe & Hana Blažiková (sopranos), Lucile Richardot (mezzo), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen & Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenors), Christian Immler (bass-baritone)
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
The choirs are razor-sharp in their ensemble, and if they seem initially soft-grained (in keeping with Pichon’s essentially intimate approach), their incisiveness eventually locates real venom... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th April 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Recording of the Year and Choral Award
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Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Shibe applies the musical and interpretative qualities that characterise its predecessors – energy, reflection, eclecticism, integration and emotional candour – to remind us that Bach might... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd May 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Instrumental
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A completely new and inspiring benchmark for this unique tour de force —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2007, Disc of the month
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Record Review, December 2007, Listeners' Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Instrumental
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As with his previous period-instrument ventures, Schiff opens up a new world and thoroughly adjusts his temperament, his ‘pianism’ and his artistry to it. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2023
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Record Review, 11th February 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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This is an album that proclaims the viola as a distinctive, individual solo instrument, ideally served here by its skilled interpreter...this [Bach] Chaconne seems to sum up Ridout's whole approach... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2025, Recording of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Young Talent of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Perahia is unrivalled in coaxing a subtle dialogue in the dances that resort to the artful pared-back minimalism of the two-part invention. There’s nowhere to hide and Perahia’s effortless variety... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Instrumental Solo
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Every piece in Rana's tapestry is vividly characterised, and none are overblown, didactic or taken at an extreme tempo. The alternating comedy, grandeur, and exultant cleverness of the up-beat... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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A completely new and inspiring benchmark for this unique tour de force. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Instrumental Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2007, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Record Review, December 2007, Listeners' Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Instrumental
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Bach: Magnificats
RecommendedJoélle Harvey (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Thomas Walker (tenor), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
You would be hard-pressed to find a more illuminating disc than this latest offering from Arcangelo…There’s nothing overfamiliar about the captivating freshness and buoyancy that both chorus... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, Choral &Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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