Bach, J S - Cantata BWV106 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (Actus tragicus)
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Special offer. Bach: Ich habe genug. Cantatas BWV 32, 82 & 106
Joanne Lunn, Katie Bray, Hugo Hymas, Robert Davies, Matthew Brook, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
As with all their releases, John Butt and the Dunedins approach the scores from a scholarly angle (Butt’s approachable notes guide us through various musical and liturgical considerations) but... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Choral
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Special offer. J. S. Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 1
RecommendedArnstadt & Mühlhausen (1703-1708), Early Cantatas
Paul Agnew, Les Arts Florissants, Benjamin Alard
With just one or two to a part, each musician is a leader here. The purity of the singers’ straight tones and the immediacy and depth of their individual reactions to lexical meaning are bracing,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th April 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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Special offer. Bach - Cantatas Volume 2
RecommendedMidori Suzuki (soprano), Aki Yanagisawa (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor/bass), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Here these artists are abreast of current thinking concerning Baroque style, yet sometimes you find yourself longing for a little more expression and a little less fashionable orthodoxy. The... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2001, Choral Recommendation
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Building a Library, November 2001, First Choice
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Bach - Actus Tragicus
Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
The singers are wonderful, never over-acting, and managing to sound as though this marvellous work is being minted afresh for us on the spot...The recording is a beauty: warm and full with plenty... — More…
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Record Review, 17th October 2005, Recording of the Week
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Just about everything comes together in this recording [of Messiaen’s 'Visions de l’Amen']...The Naughton twins don’t take the opening movement’s très lent directive at face value...but they... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 1
Barbara Schlick (Soprano), Kai Wessel (Alto), Guy de Mey (Tenor) & Klaus Mertens (Bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
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There are many lovely things about this album including some delightful instrumental playing, but some of the solo work and chorus vocal balance could be tighter. — More…
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Special offer. Bach - Early Cantatas Volume 1
Mühlhausen Cantatas
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (baritone)
The Purcell Quartet
…rhythmically supple performances with generally effective tempos and which demonstrate an awareness of the antecedent styles of Buxtehude and others. — More…
