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Special offer. J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
Kölner Akademie, Thomas Bonni, Hanna Herfurtner, Elvira Bill (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen, Michael Alexander Willens
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J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 22
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz, Nathalie Stutzman (alto), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Koopman's irrepressible enthusiasm and impish wit remain undiminished as he ends his immense 12 year project recording all Bach's cantatas. Assured vocal soloists, fluent choir and impeccable... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Award Winner
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Koopman achieves a truly astonishing clarity and focus from 16 voices… He's superbly served, too, by his instrumentalists, horns flying effortlessly through uplifting strands of figures in... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Disc of the month
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Konrad Junghänel brings finesse and clarity to the music, but there is also plenty of excitement… Cantus Cölln's unity of approach between voices and instruments is outstanding. —
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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These beautifully sculpted performances present a perspective on Bach which is committed to beauty of sound...but allied to a structural coherence which combines elegance and grip...this outstandingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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The Sixteen...are typically springy and are persuasive advocates for the idea of Bach with small forces. There is a lovely consistency that comes from the soloists also making up the chorus,... —
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This is a fascinating lesson in the art of creative transcription by a master transcriber. Both Masses bring out the relaxed and avuncular in Christophers...With scrupulous instrumental underpinning,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Missæ Breves complete recordings BWV 232-236
RecommendedEnsemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
While several one-to-a-part readings can bring a chamber-like intimacy, you get the best of all worlds here: red-blooded warmth, intense coloration, grandeur and crackling vigour and not a scintilla... —
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Building a Library, November 2016, First Choice
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Special offer. Bach: Sacred Music in Latin, Vol. 2
Christoph Prégardien (Tenor), Ingeborg Danz (Mezzo soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (Bass), Michel Brodard (Bass), Ruth Ziesak (Soprano)
Stuttgart Gächinger Kantorei Choir, Stuttgart Bach Collegium Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling
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JS Bach: Lutheran Masses I
With Hana Blažíková & Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki and his disciplined singers and instrumentalists bring a pleasingly light touch to the dance-like Kyrie opening chorus of BWV235...In short, notwithstanding occasional choral rough edges,... —
