Accentus Music
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Reglint Bühler (soprano), Susanne Krumbiegel (mezzo‐soprano), Susanne Langner (alto), Martin Lattke (tenor) & Markus Flaig (bass)
Thomanerchor Leipzig & Freiburger Barockorchester (playing on authentic period instruments), Georg Christoph Biller
The Thomanerchor is superb. Trebles match the confidence and facility of any adult choir...The Freibarockorchester matches their fluency and stylistic sensitivity...In the arias, the communication... — More…
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Barbara Hannigan: Concert & Documentary
Barbara Hannigan (soprano/conductor)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Stefan Kahle (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, St. Thomas Cantor Georg Christoph Biller
This is a performance which has Bach liturgically wired into its DNA...Biller's direction exudes profound integrity and commitment, the chorales in particular shaped by a deeply-felt inevitability...this... — More…
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Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert
Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Javier Camarena (tenor), Paolo Fanale (tenor) & Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra Mozart Bologna & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado
the presentation is suave and refined, the camerawork standard for this style of concert performance (ideal for those intent on studying the late conductor's technique). — More…
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) & René Pape (bass)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Choir, Claudio Abbado
finely disciplined choral singing...If you desire a concert Requiem on DVD, this would be as good a purchase as any — More…
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Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos
Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
Znaider’s sweet, richly-coloured tone and painstaking commitment to these two much-played works shines through every bar…with gorgeous, burnished accompaniment from the Gewandhaus players — More…
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Pierre Boulez conducts Webern, Stravinsky & Mahler
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
[The Mahler] all starts trenchantly enough, allowing the nightmare of the first movement development and its gracious idyll [to] take wing..The first disc is gorgeously brilliantly programmed... — More…
2 CDs
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She follows Bach’s instructions to perform in a “cantabile” style, the melodic lines always emerging with crystalline clarity over the counterpoint. — More…
2 Vinyl Records
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