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C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat, Auf, schicke dich, recht feierlich & Ammonia fortunata Kölner Akademie, Kölner Akademie Choir, Michael Alexander Willens
Willens and his Cologne forces do it proud, more closely recorded than a highly regarded rival (an Editor’s Choice nearly a decade ago) and with a prominent harpsichord continuo that clatters... — More…
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Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto · Overtures Tobias Koch (piano), Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
The warm period sonorities of the Kölner Akademie – pure-toned strings and downy flutes – help to place Emilie Mayer as a strongly independent contemporary of Mendelssohn and Schumann in this... — More…
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Offenbach: Le Violoneux & Le 66 Sandrine Buendia, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Armando Noguera, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
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Agricola & Homilius: Easter Cantatas Hannah Morrison (soprano), Rahel Maas (soprano), Bethany Seymour (soprano), Elisabeth Popien (mezzo-soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor), Andre Morsch (baritone), Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
There is a lot to enjoy in these wonderfully upbeat works by two pupils of JS Bach, whose influence is not hard to discern. They benefit here from energetic, enthusiastic performances. — More…
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For an overall impression of Stamitz’s style here, think of Haydn in one of his feistier moods. The real star of this album, though, is the Le jour variable Symphony, which is like an earthier... — More…
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Georg Philipp Telemann: Oratorium Zum Johannisfest Kölner Akademie (chamber ensemble), Rahel Maas, Elvira Bill, Mauro Borgioni, Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone), Mirko Ludwig, André Morsch, Elena Harsányi, Michael Alexander Willins
In both works, [Willens] strives for warmth from his modest forces, and tempos are never excessively fast. In the first oratorio, he employs emphatic accents and clear dynamic changes to carry... — More…
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Jauchze, du Tochter Zion Christmas Cantatas
Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Carola Gunther (mezzo-soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor) & Raimonds Spogis (bass)
Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Tempos are well judged by Michael Alexander Willens and not too hectic, the chorus is plausibly balanced with instrumental forces at two to a part and the organ and brass present a buttressing... — More…
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Johann Heinrich Rolle: St. Luke Passion Siri Thornhill, Elvira Bill, Markus Schäfer, Hugo Hymas, Thilo Dahlmann, Matthias Vieweg, Dora Pavlikova, Kolner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
a neat and thoroughly pleasing performance. Perhaps there could have been an extra level of dramatic engagement in places – the crowd really do sound rather jolly when calling for crucifixion... — More…
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Rolle: Matthäuspassion (St. Matthew Passion) Ana-Marija Brkic (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (alto), George Poplutz (tenor), Joachim Streckfuss (tenor), Thilo Dahlmann (bass), Raimonds Spogis (bass)
Kölner Akademie Choir, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
The art of writing good music for the liturgy did not die with Bach. — More…
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