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The typical Vox Luminis sound is by nature soft-edged and resonant, yet while Lionel Meunier’s choir of 15 voices may not have the attack and presence of some in this repertoire, their approach... — More…
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JS Bach: Cantatas for Ascension Day
RecommendedLenneke Ruiten (soprano), Meg Bragle (contralto), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
What a swagger Gardiner brings to the beginning of BWV37...Best of all are the ebullient choruses that bookend the oratorio, exhibiting Gardiner's innate Bachian flair, and bringing to an end... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2013
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J S Bach - Ascension Cantatas
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer, Sibylla Rubens (sopranos), Bogna Bartosz, Bernhard Landauer (altos), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenors) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Spectacular trumpets (BWV 11) and rattling horns (BWV 138) - Bach, Koopman, and his thrilling Amsterdam forces all at their best evoke the triumph of the Ascension. — More…
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Bach, Johann Sebastian: Easter Cantatas
Doris Soffel (contralto), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), Aldo Baldin (tenor), Arleen Auger (soprano), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Julia Hamari (alto), Wolfgang Schone (bass), Carolyn Watkinson (alto), Walter Heldwein (bass), Edith Wiens (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Gabriele Schreckenbach (alto),...
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JS Bach: Cantatas BWV 37, 43 & 128
Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester, Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller
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DG 120 – Archiv Produktion
Helmut Walcha (organ), Ilse Wolf (soprano), Thomas Hemsley (bass), Edgar Fleet (tenor), Helen Watts (contralto), Wilfred Brown (tenor), James Bowman (counter-tenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Geoffrey Shaw (bass), John Potter (tenor), Charles Brett (counter-tenor),...
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Bach Cantatas
Nancy Argenta, Robin Blaze, Michael Chance, Christopher Genz, Reinhard Hagen, Anthony Rolfe Johnson & Stephen Varcoe
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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J.S. Bach: Complete Edition, Vol. 6/10
Ruth Holton (soprano), Sytse Buwalda (alto), Nico van der Meel (tenor), Bas Ramselaar (bass), Knut Schoch (tenor), Marjon Strijk (soprano), Marcel Beekman (tenor), Bas Ramselaar (bass-baritone)
Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
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JS Bach: Sacred Cantatas Vol.7 - BWV 119-137
Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Robert Holl (bass), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), Thomas Thomaschke (bass), Max van Egmond (bass), René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Walter Heldwein (bass), Marius van Altena (tenor), Albert Hartinger (bass)
Leonhardt-Consort, Concentus Musicus...
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 35
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The special colour of BWV 87 is of oboes, three embedded in the strings accompanying the first bass aria and two, tenor oboes da caccia, with countertenor solo in a poignant plea for forgiveness... — More…
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