SACD, CPO (label)
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
RecommendedMaria Keohane (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
To my mind, Mortensen’s special performance, which is full to the brim with insightful musicianship and has a refreshing avoidance of contrived formulas, comfortably joins Parrott (EMI), Junghänel... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2017, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Handel - Water Music & Music For The Royal Fireworks
RecommendedL'Arte dell'Arco (on period instruments), Federico Guglielmo (Direction)
The tradition of dividing the Water Music into three separate suites dates back to the 1950s. The suspicion that Handel envisaged it as one long sequence of movements has informed a couple of... — More…
Awards:
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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Widor: Organ Symphonies Volume 2
Christian Schmitt (performed on the Jann Organ, Konzertsaal der Bamberger Konzerthalle (op. 69) and the Cavaillé Organ, Abteikirche St. Ouen)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Stefan Solyom
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Widor: Organ Symphonies Volume 1
Christian Schmitt (Jann-Orgel im Konzertsaal der Bamberger Konzerthalle)
Bamberger Symphoniker & Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, Stefan Solyom
The Bamberg players are at their most effective in the central movement...Solyom's superbly paced direction and Schmitt's sensitive interweaving with the orchestral textures gives a real sense... — More…
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Telemann: Kapitänsmusik 1724
Magdalena Podkoscielna, Andreas Post, Matthias Vieweg & Ekkehard Abele
Telemannisches Collegium Michaelstein, Ludger Rémy
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Here is excellent fingerwork from Friedhelm Flamme, and an exceptional level of acoustic clarity. This hybrid SACD is recommended if surround sound is your main concern. — More…
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Herzogenberg: Totenfeier & Requiem
Jens Hamann (bass), Barbara Brackelmann (alto), Franziska Bobe (soprano), Maximilian Argmann (tenor), Jaro Kirchgessner (alto)
Monteverdichor Würzburg & Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha, Matthais Beckert
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