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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... —
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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 (tenor), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Miriam Allan (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Edward Grint, Maarten Engeltjes, Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments), Nicolas Kuntzelmann
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,... —
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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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There are many beautiful moments in this programme of four early cantatas by Bach…the seriousness with which Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis approach this work is evident, and the forces are... —
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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... —
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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Building a Library, November 2001, Choral Recommendation
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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. —
