Choral, Bach, J S (composer)

Bach: Magnificats

Joélle Harvey (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Thomas Walker (tenor), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Bauer (baritone) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Camerata Bern

BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Concerto Choice
Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Grace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short

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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

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Bach: The Art of Life

Daniil Trifonov (piano)

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Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann, Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir & Wiener Sängerknaben, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
Building a Library, March 2002, First Choice
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Bach, Handel

Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Recording of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal

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Special offer. Bach - The Conductors' Transcriptions

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice

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Special offer. Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Katherine Watson (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor) & André Morsch (baritone) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Presto Recording of the Week, 30th March 2018
Record Review, 17th February 2018, Recording of the Week
The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Hannah Morrison (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo), Meg Bragle (alto), Kate Symonds-Joy (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), David Shipley (bass) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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From Afar

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)

Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year

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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Stephan Loges (Jesus), Hannah Morrison, Zoë Brookshaw, Charlotte Ashley (soprano), Reginald Mobley, Eleanor Minney (alto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Ashley Riches, Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells (bass) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Trinity Boys Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Disc of the Month
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Record Review, 15th April 2017, Recording of the Week

JS Bach: Cantatas Nos. 45 & 198 & Motet 'O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht'

Dorothee Mields (soprano), Alex Potter (counter-tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent. Philippe Herreweghe

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Special offer. J. S. Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 1 | Arnstadt & Mühlhausen (1703-1708), Early Cantatas

Paul Agnew (tenor), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Miriam Allan (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Edward Grint, Maarten Engeltjes, Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments), Nicolas Kuntzelmann

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BACH: Heinrich, Johann Christoph, Johann Michael, Johann Sebastian | Kantaten

Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Record Review, 15th June 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. JS Bach: Motets

Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Special offer. JS Bach: Johannes-Passion

Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Huw Montague Rendall (Jesus), Ying Fang (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Etienne Bazola (baritone) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge

Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord), Masato Suzuki (harpsichord)

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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024

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JS Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170

Iestyn Davies (countertenor) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

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Special offer. Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Maria Keohane (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen

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Special offer. Dame Janet Baker - Grandi Voci

Dame Janet Baker

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New. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Motets, BWV 225-230

Hans-Christoph Rademann, Gaechinger Cantorey

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After Silence

Voces8

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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020

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Bach - Motets

Yukari Nonoshita & Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Satoshi Mizukoshi (tenor) & Dominik Wörner (bass) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Choral Award Winner
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Building A Library, May 2021, Recommended Recording

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Cuban Christmas

The Sarahbanda

Presto Recording of the Week, 28th November 2025
Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year

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Bach: Ich habe genug. Cantatas BWV 32, 82 & 106

Joanne Lunn, Katie Bray, Hugo Hymas, Robert Davies, Matthew Brook, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt

BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Vivaldi: Gloria & Bach: Magnificat

Emma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner (sopranos), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox

Building a Library, December 2018, Recommended Recording

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JS Bach: Magnificat in E flat and Missa in F

Hannah Morrison (soprano), Eleanor Minney (mezzo), Reginald Mobley (countertenor), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Gianluca Buratto (bass) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Carolyn Sampson (soprano I), Rachel Nicholls (soprano II), Robin Blaze (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

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Bach Cantatas Volume 1 | Cantatas for the Feast of St. John the Baptist & Cantatas for the First Sunday after Trinity

Joanne Lunn, Gillian Keith (sopranos), Wilke te Brummelstroete (mezzo), Paul Agnew (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Katherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton

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Bach Cantatas Volume 10 | Cantatas for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity and for the Feast of the Reformation

Joanne Lunn, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Building a Library, September 2009, First Choice
Building a Library, March 2010, First Choice
Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Disc of the Month
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Lynda Russell (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist), Michael George (bass, Herod), Libby Crabtree (angel, Echo) The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers

Building a Library, December 2005, First Choice
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording

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Zaytoun

Haitham Haidar (soloist), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali, Sylvain Bergeron, Amanda Keesmaat, Abraham Ross, Tanya LaPerrière

BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Vocal Choice

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Bach - Magnificat BWV243

Carlos Mena, Maria Keohane, Anna Zander, Hans-Jörg Mammel & Stephan MacLeod Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot

Building a Library, February 2015, First Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording

J S Bach: Motets | Recorded live in London, St John’s Smith Square, 2011

Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Baroque Vocal

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Special offer. Trinitatis: Bach Cantatas

Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon

Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Choral
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal

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Special offer. JS Bach: Cantatas for Soprano

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Andreas Wolf (bass-baritone) Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans

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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
Record Review, 27th May 2017, Recording of the Week

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Bach: St. John Passion

Nick Pritchard (Evangelist), William Thomas (Christus), Alex Ashworth (Pilatus), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Peter Davoren (tenor) English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
Record Review, 26th February 2022, Record of the Week
Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini

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Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245

Stephan Gähler, Philipp Kaven, Magdalena Podkościelna (soprano), Krešimir Stražanac, Robin Tritschler (tenor), Damien Guillon, Dorothee Mields (soprano), Peter Kooij (bass), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe

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Record Review, 22nd February 2020, Record of the Week
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Ian Bostridge (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Iestyn Davies (countertenor) & Roderick Williams (baritone) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Polyphony, Stephen Layton

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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion

Benjamin Bruns (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Clint van der Linde (baritone), Makato Sakurada (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Toru Kaku (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording

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Special offer. L'Aurore | Eugene Ysaye, George Benjamin, Hildegard von Bingen Etc.

Carolin Widmann (violin)

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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument

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Special offer. The Sound of the Trumpet

Peter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar Howarth, Camarata

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JS Bach: The Art of Fugue

Angela Hewitt (piano)

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Special offer. Piers Lane goes to town

Piers Lane (piano)

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Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Zelenka, Bach & Lotti

Bach – Motets

The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, Ensemble Allegria, Grete Pedersen

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Balthasar Neumann Ensemble & Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock

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Special offer. Favourite Baroque Classics

The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman

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Special offer. Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Works For Keyboard, Vol. 9 | Köthen, 1717-1723 - The Happy Years

Benjamin Alard (organ), Sien Huybrechts (flute), Anne Pekkala (violin), Paul Monteiro (violin), Samantha Montgomery (viola), Ronan Kernoa (violin), Marc Mauillon (baritone)

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J Bach, JC Bach & JM Bach: Motetten

Vox Luminis, Scorpio Collectief, Lionel Meunier

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BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert

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J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor

Miriam Feuersinger (soloist), Hana Blažiková (soloist), Jakob Pilgram (soloist), Carlos Mena (soloist), Tobias Berndt (soloist), La Cetra Basel, Andrea Marcon

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Special offer. Leopold Stokowski: The Art of Orchestral Transcription

Patrick Addinall (trumpet), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert

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JS Bach: Du treuer Gott | Leipzig Cantatas BWV 101 – 103 – 115

Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe

Record Review, 11th November 2017, Recording of the Week