SWR Vokalensemble
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Late Stravinsky Masterworks
Christian Elsner (tenor), Rudolf Rosen (baritone), Stella Doufexis (mezzo)
Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart & SWR SO Baden-Baden, Michael Gielen
The biggest challenge is surmounted in Canticum Sacrum, a work conceived for the ample acoustics of St Marks Church in Venice. In this performance its austere beauty and grandeur really come... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Choral Finalist
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The singers betray no lack of sympathy or stamina. Without pushing on the tempo or whipping up fake pathos, Frieder Bernius extracts every last drop of juice from Reger’s word-setting...For... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2016, Editor's Choice
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Hindemith: Messe, Six Chansons, Apparebit repentina dies
Stuttgart Southwest Radio Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, members, Marcus Creed
What draws these disparate strands so effectively together is the excellent singing of the SWR Vocal Ensemble under Marcus Creed...this release, performed with real polish and recorded in a... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Choral
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
RecommendedToby Spence (Tenor)
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Roger Norrington
Norrington's approach is pensive, sober and funereal-but it's so well paced that the sense of inevitability underlines man's mortality, and the outbursts when they do come are more effective... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, SACD Choice
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The SWR Vokalensemble’s atmospheric performance is sensitive to the minutiae of the dynamics, and the sound is bright and weighty. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Bruckner: Symphonies et messes - La discothèque idéale de Diapason, Vol. 11
Georg Ludwig Jochum, RIAS-Sinfonieorchester, Wiener Symphoniker, Charles Adler, Rundfunkchor Wien, William Balankenship, Sonja Dracksler, Patricia Brinton, Frederick Gutrie, Eugen Jochum, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kim Borg, Maria Stader, Claudia...
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Réédition
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Orff: Carmina Burana
chamber version or soloists, choir, two pianos and percussion
Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Stephan Genz (baritone)
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Kinderchor der Staatsoper Stuttgart & GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, Rupert Huber
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Lucia Mazzarria (soprano), Helene Schneiderman (alto), Kenneth Tarver (tenor), Reiner Holthaus (bass)
SWR Vokalensemble, Rupert Huber
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Most of the works are making first ever appearances or first appearances on CD and the breadth of repertory makes this an insightfully chosen selection that will make a direct appeal to Gielen’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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