Orchestral, Bach, C P E (composer)
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The Polish period-instrument group Arte dei Suonatori are on top of all Bach's sleights of hand...as fine a survey of CPE Bach's symphonic art as you're likely to come across. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2026, Editor's Choice
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C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos
RecommendedJean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Queyras relishes this craggy landscape, his phrasing beautifully articulated, his sound mellow. The Hamburg-based Resonanz, who offer a performance both scintillating and elegant of a brief... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Concerto
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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CPE Bach: Magnificat
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Lothar Odinius (tenor) & Markus Eiche (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans-Christoph Rademann
a fine reconstruction of the second half of a concert [CPE Bach] conducted in Hamburg on Palm Sunday, 1786. So vivacious is the choral singing and orchestral playing under Hans-Chrisoph Rademann... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th February 2014
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Arias for Guadagni
Recommendedthe first modern castrato
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Through his effortless line, countertenor Iestyn Davies revivifies Guadagni's Orphic powers...Whether drawing out sustained notes or knitting together filigreed coloratura, he is a paragon of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Recital
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Mayer switches between oboe, oboe d'amore and cor anglais for this portrait of four members of the Bach dynasty, and his virtuosity on all three is breathtaking: the finale of JS's Keyboard... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2023
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Löffler is one of the most accomplished baroque oboists around and her performances never disappoints my ears. Her easy virtuosity in outer movements and expressive delicacy in the centrally-placed... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Bach, C P E: Hamburg Symphonies (6) for Strings, Wq. 182 (H657-662)
RecommendedThe English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Early Music
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Bach, C P E: Hamburg Symphonies (6) for Strings, Wq. 182 (H657-662)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Wolfram Christ
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / CPE Bach: Symphonies Wq 175 & 183/4
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (Konzertmeister)
If you’re not bothered by the sometimes meagre string sound, there’s much to savour here. The outer movements have tremendous energy...I can’t remember ever hearing the Trio of the First Symphony’s... —
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Record Review, 11th July 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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