Chandos
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedErin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Astonishingly well controlled…the solo voices are rich and weighty…[the] flute provides a charming obbligato to ‘How beautiful are the feet’, while the tenor’s ‘Thy rebuke…’ is intensely moving…a... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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…Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra relish the considerable technical challenges posed by these transcriptions… those who enjoy their Bach as a full meat-and-two-veg course will... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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Biber - Sacro-profanum
RecommendedPeter Harvey (bass), Richard Wistreich (bass), Anna Macdonald (violin & viola), Annette Isserlis (viola), Katherine McGillivray (viola), Pamela Cresswell (viola), Rachel Byrt (viola), William Hunt (violone)
Purcell Quartet
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Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice
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Stokowski's Symphonic Bach, Volume 2
Works by J S Bach, orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski
BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert
Extraordinary how Bach's influence on later composers can suddenly snap into focus in Stokowski's ingenious orchestrations - Brahms, Mendelssohn and Mahler are among the allusions. Excellent... — More…
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Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores
Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Laura van der Heijden, Julian Jacobson
The result – lovingly presented and played with consummate finesse – is like a selection box of handmade musical confectionery. What strikes you first is the seriousness and craft with which... — More…
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On Christmas Night
RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Sophie Bevan (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Robert Murray (Evangelist), Andrew Ashwin (Pilate, Peter), Neal Davies (bass-baritone), Ashley Riches (Jesus) & Peter Jaekel (organ)
Crouch End Festival Chorus & Bach Camerata, David Temple
there’s plenty to recommend a recording – purposefully conducted by David Temple – that also swims against the tide with a hefty 100-plus chorus mustering venom aplenty. The solo line-up is... — More…
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Vivaldi: Gloria & Bach: Magnificat
RecommendedEmma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner (sopranos), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
Hickox sets effective tempos in Bach's Magnificat and points up the many striking contrasts in colour and texture with which the piece abounds. From among the many successful features of the... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2018, Recommended Recording
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Buxtehude - Sacred Cantatas
Emma Kirkby, Suzie LeBlanc (sopranos), Peter Harvey (bass)
Purcell Quartet
Several of these Sacred Cantatas by Buxtehude aren't otherwise available, and if you'd like to put some flesh on the bare bones of the man admired, and eclipsed, by Bach, then I can't currently... — More…
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Handel: Semele
Rosemary Joshua (Semele), Hilary Summers (Juno/Ino), Richard Croft (Jupiter), Stephen Wallace (Athamas), Brindley Sherratt (Cadmus/Somnus) & Gail Pearson (Iris), David Croft (Apollo)
Early Opera Company (on period instruments), Christian Curnyn
In the title role, soprano Rosemary Joshua applies light and graceful tone and conveys Semele's wilful, pleasure-seeking nature. As her immortal lover Jupiter, tenor Richard Croft is equally... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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