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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
RecommendedLynne Dawson, Carol Hall, Nancy Argenta, Mary Nichols, Michael Chance, Ashley Stafford, Wynford Evans, Howard Milner, Andrew Murgatroyd, Lloyd Morgan, Stephen Varcoe
Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner bases his forces on the famous memorandum which Bach handed to the Leipzig town council in 1730 outlining the vocal and instrumental requirements for performances of his church music.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
RecommendedDiana Montague, John Aler, Chesney Allen
Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
The Monteverdi Choir is on blistering form, and there's some stylish playing from the modern instruments of Lyon Opera. Thomas Allen brings extraordinary dignity to Orestes. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Handel: Solomon
RecommendedCarolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta & Barbara Hendricks
Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
With panache [Gardiner] shows how authentic-sized forces can convey Handelian glamour even with sharply focused textures and fast speeds...the overriding glory is the singing of the Monteverdi... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Handel: Alexander's Feast
Nancy Argenta, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Handel's 1736 setting of Dryden's ode is heard here with two interpolations made in the first performance - a concerto for harp and one for organ. Harry Christophers's feeling for sonority... —
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Olaf Bär (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Special offer. Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV54
RecommendedNancy Argenta, Emily Van Evera, Timothy Wilson, Anthony Rolfe, David Thomas, Jeremy White
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Bach - Lutheran Masses Volume 2
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Purcell Quartet
The absurd prejudice that long deprived us of adequate recordings of Bach's four Lutheran Masses (or short Masses, as they're also known because, in accordance with Lutheran usage, they set... —
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Haydn: Choral Music
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
Few other conductors on disc convey so happily the drama, symphonic power and spiritual exhilaration of these glorious works than Richard Hickox. He's fully alive to the ominous unease that... —
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Zelenka: Missa Dei Filii & Litanae Lauretanae
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Gordon Jones (bass)
Tafelmusik, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
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