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Bach - Cantatas Volume 55
RecommendedHana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
There's a striking transparency in even the densest of counterpoint...Over 18 years Suzuki seems to have subtly changed his relationship with Bach, from a reverential approach to confident familiarity.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano), Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano), Tim Mead (alto), Matthew White (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor - Evangelist), Julian Podger (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) & Sebastian Noack (bass)
The Netherlands Bach Society with Kampen Boys Choir, Jos...
He has two quartets of soloists which also provide Choirs 1 and 2, but adds eight more voices to the first choir so the double choruses are unbalanced, 12 singers pitted against four. It's astonishingly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
RecommendedGerd Türk (Evangelist), Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano), Yoshie Hida (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Bach seems to have performed his St John Passion on four Good Fridays during his tenure as Thomaskantor at Leipzig. However, he continued to make significant revisions right up to the last performance... —
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Building a Library, April 2011, First Choice
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 31
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan & Concerto Palatino, Masaaki Suzuki
…there are many fine solo contributions, from among which I would single out the sensitive partnership of Yukari Nonoshita and Robin Blaze in the vocally imitative duet of BWV 91. Gerd Türk... —
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano I), Rachel Nicholls (soprano II), Robin Blaze (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The choir is small enough, two/three to a part, to project great clarity and detail - 'Osanna' is delightfully exuberant - though elsewhere Suzuki's tempos are rather deliberate… —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th October 2007
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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JS Bach: Lutheran Masses II
Hana Blažíková (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Aki Matsui (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Yusuke Fujii (tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Katsuhiko Nakashima (tenor), Dominik Wörner (bass), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The Bach Collegium Japan alight on the aesthetic of the new liturgical context with supreme eloquence in both of these works. Suzuki judges the pacing with quiet authority, promoting a generous... —
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Bach, J S: Motets, BWV225-230
RecommendedSibylla Rubens, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Bernarda Fink, Gerd Türk & Peter Kooy
RIAS-Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
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Building a Library, June 2005, Highly Recommended
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Bach - Cantatas Sampler
Yoshikazu Mera (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor), Hana Blažíková (soprano), Peter Kooij (bass), Miah Persson (soprano), Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (alto), Dominik Wörner (bass), Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
RecommendedMaria Cristina Kiehr (soprano), Rosa Dominguez (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Ulrich Messthaler (bass), Gerd Türk (tenor)
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, René Jacobs
Caldara was the most prolific and famous oratorio composer of his day and this one, written around 1700, is wonderfully rich in fresh and attractive invention.
Practically devoid of external... —Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Schütz: Psalms of David, SWV 22-47 (Op. 2)
RecommendedElisabeth Scholl, Annette Labusch (sopranos), Elisabeth Popien (contralto), Gerd Türk, Wilfried Jochens, Jörn Lindemann (tenors) & Stephan Schreckenberger, Stephan MacLeod (bass)
Cantus Cölln & Concerto Palatino, Konrad Junghänel
Published in 1619, the young Schutz's landmark settings revel in the musical riches of Gabrieli's Venice - wonderfully brought to life by Junghanel's forces. —
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Building A Library, December 2021, Recommended Recording
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