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JS Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63
Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig
Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It’s an absolute joy – far too good to keep for Christmas. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Bach Cantatas Volume 18
Cantatas for Christmas Day, Cantatas for the First Sunday after Epiphany & Cantatas for the Feast of Epiphany
Claron McFadden (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Sally Bruce-Payne (alto), Michael Chance (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Christopher Genz, Dietrich Henschel (baritones)
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
The two strongly contrasting arias [of BWV 63], both duets, are expressively sung but it is Bernarda Fink's beautifully controlled, extended recitative which stands out for its tender articulation...James... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Bach Magnificat
Live at Chapelle Royale, Château de Versailles
Marie Perbost, Hana Blažíková (sopranos), Eva Zaïcik (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass)
La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
If you want to have BWV 243a as an alternative to your recordings of the more familiar version, this is a spectacular disc. — More…
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JS Bach: Cantatas, BWV 63, 110 & 190
Felix Hubner (bass), Lukas Lomtscher (bass), Paul Heller (male alto), Stefan Kahle (treble), Christian Pohlers (tenor), Robert Pohlers (tenor), Benjamin Dressler (viola da gamba), Christoph Genz (tenor), Paul Bernewitz (boy soprano), Matthias Weichert (bass), Friedrich Praetorius (boy soprano), Stefan...
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Bach composed Christmas music for more than 30 years of his professional life, but none in such a short a space of time as when he arrived at Leipzig in 1723. He used the relatively quiet Advent... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 3
Barbara Schlick, Caroline Stam, Ruth Holton, Els Bongers (Soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (Soprano II), Andreas Scholl (Alto), Paul Agnew (Tenor) & Klaus Mertens (Bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Bach, Mendelssohn and Vaughan Williams
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, on 5 December 2009
Lisa Milne (soprano), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor) & Christopher Maltman (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
The LPO and Choir provide serious nourishment while opening our ears to the sort of Christmas music that gets overlooked amid the tinsel...Jurowski makes an unlikely but worthy VW champion...All... — More…
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Magnificat in E flat major, BWV243a, etc.
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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JS Bach: In Tempore Nativitatis
Christmas Cantatas
Maria Keohane (soprano), Carlos Mena (alto), Julian Prégardien (tenor) & Stéphan MacLeod (bass)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
Almost everything about this disc is first rate. The playing of the musicians is outstanding throughout. The brass and drums in the big moments of 110 and 63 are thrillingly martial...Pierlot... — More…
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