Monica Groop
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The Essential Sibelius
RecommendedA survey of the music of Jean Sibelius
Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Marko Ylönen (cello), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo-soprano) & Raimo Laukka (baritone), Tommi Hakala (baritone), Stina Ekblad (narrator), Helena Juntunen (soprano), Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano) & Sauli Tiilikainen (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter...
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Building a Library, September 2010, First Choice
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The Sibelius Edition Volume 9 - Chamber Music II
Chamber works for cello, string duos & trios, music for kantele, music for brass ensemble, and more
Jaakko Kuusisto (violin) & Taneli Turunen (cello), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I) & Laura Vikman (violin II), Torleif Thedéen (cello) & Folke Gräsbeck (piano), Jaakko Kuusisto (violin I), Laura Vikman (violin II) & Taneli Turunen (cello), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Laura Vikman (violin...
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedStig Andersen (Waldemar), Andreas Conrad (Klaus-Narr), Soile Isokoski (Tove), Monica Groop (Waldtaube), Ralf Lukas (Bauer) & Barbara Sukowa (Sprecher)
Philharmonia Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & The Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
…exciting, lucid, wonderfully well-proportioned, and recorded in stunning sound the final hymn to the rising sun would lift the most morbidly lethargist out of their chair. —
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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Mendelssohn Church Music VIII - Magnificat
Andrea L. Brown (soprano), Monica Groop (alto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Michael Volle (bass)
Kammerchor Stuttgart & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Frieder Bernius
The performances throughout are first-class, with Andrea Brown a radiant soprano, and chorus and orchestra both full of life and energy… —
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
RecommendedSung in German
Petteri Salomaa, Soile Isokoski, Monica Groop & John Mark Ainsley
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Building a Library, January 2012, First Choice
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Mendelssohn Church Music IX - Herr Gott, dich loben wir
Andrea L Brown (soprano), Maria Bernius (soprano), Monica Groop (alto), Werner Gura (tenor) & Michael Volle (bass)
Kammerchor Stuttgart & Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Frieder Bernius
The soloists are first-class and I particularly relished the bass Michael Volle's warm tone and affectionate phrasing. The chorus too make the most of their varied opportunities - emphatic... —
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Special offer. Haydn: Harmoniemesse & Te Deum
RecommendedLa Petite Bande, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Harry van der Kamp (bass vocal), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Sandra Piau (soprano), Monica Groop (mezzo-soprano)
Sigiswald Kuijken
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Building a Library, November 2022, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Bruce Ford (Cellini), Laura Claycomb (Teresa), Franz Hawlata (Bass), Monica Groop (Ascanio), Christopher Maltman (Fieramosca), Ralf Lukas (Cardinal Salviati), Johannes Chum (Francesco), Reinhard Mayr (Bernadino), Ekkehard Wagner (Cabaretier), Matthias Hoffmann (Pompeo)
MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,...
This recording…is ablaze. …Bruce Ford…can do both amorous and heroic, and blends well with Laura Claycomb's spirited Teresa. The outstanding characterisation is Monica Groop's Ascanio, a splendidly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Opera Choice
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
A Concert on the occasion of the XX World Youth Day
Bozena Harasimowicz, Monica Groop, Jerry Hadley & Franz-Josef Selig
London Philharmonic Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Gilbert Levine
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Special offer. Schubert: Missa Solemnis
Soile Isokoski (soprano), Monica Groop (mezzo), Marcus Ullman (tenor), Juha Kotilainen (bass)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Peter Schreier Choir, Peter Schreier
