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Started in 2001 Sigiswald Kuijken cycle on Accent has made a very promising start. As one might expect these performances have a subtle sense of rhythmic hierarchy, with animated dance metres and well shaped continuo lines. The performances are highly convincing: the vocal soloists bring great energy to their lines, adding effective ornamentation in the choruses and projecting a distinctive character for each aria. These performances illuminate Bach’s cantatas with persuasive musicianship and also a critical appraisal of current performing styles. As a result, they are some of the finest examples of what historically informed performers can achieve.
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 6
Siri Thornhill (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Marcus Ullmann (tenor) & Jan van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
The sonority of the early BWV 18 is inspired - initially four violas and continuo, with flutes added a decade later. The dark timbre is lightened by authentic high pitch, in a gloriously enveloping... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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The music-making is graceful and stylishly alive to the spirit of the movements. All four singers (veterans of the series) consolidate Kuijken's supple immediacy in the solo arias and duets,... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 11
Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Jan Van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 1
Sophie Karthauser (soprano), Petra Noskaiova (alto), Cristoph Genz (tenor) & Dominik Worner (bass-baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 2
Siri Thornhill (soprano), Petra Noskaiova (alto), Cristoph Genz (tenor) & Jan Van der Crabben (baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 18
Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Jan Van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Of the one-to-a-part voices, Gerlinde Samann has a lovely quality but sacrifices sustained tone to diction. Christoph Genz's upper range glows brightly and Jan van der Crabben displays a fine... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 10
Siri Thornhill (soprano), Petra Noskaiova (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Jan van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Given the attention to detail and forceful polemic of [Kuijken's] booklet notes, it comes as a huge - if not surprising - relief to find that the music-making itself is singularly free from pedantry... — More…
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…in Petra Noskaiová has found a priceless jewel. Her singing of the meditative E minor alto aria in BWV 81 with its accompanying recorders and strings is beautifully done as indeed is that belonging... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 4
Elisabeth Hermans (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Jan van der Crabben (baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 3
Elisabeth Hermans (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor), Jan van der Crabben (baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Kuijken is uncompromisingly in the 'one-voice-to-a-part' camp for Bach cantatas… BWV178 strongly supports the solo-voice principle with a movement comprising chorale phrases interrupted by three... — More…
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