Christoph Prégardien
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J S Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
RecommendedChristoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Dorothea Röschmann, Bernarda Fink, Elisabeth von Magnus, Dietrich Henschel, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Choir & Wiener Sängerknaben, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, March 2002, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 44th Awards (2001), Best Choral Performance
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
RecommendedJudith Howarth (soprano), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) & Christoph Prégardien (tenor)
Bergen Philharmonic Choir, KorVest (Bergen Vocal Ensemble), The Danish National Vocal Ensemble DR & Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Litton's live recording is outstanding: observant of Mendelssohn's tempi, with beautifully detailed orchestral textures and lithe but robust choral work from the Danish National Vocal Ensemble... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Award for Technical Excellence
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Wolf, H: Italienisches Liederbuch
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano) & Hilko Dumno (piano)
Both Prégardien and Kleiter (with their excellent pianist Hilko Dumno aiding and abetting) offer larger than life portrayals...Prégardien, with his baritonic tenor, finds the measure of each... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Die schöne Müllerin / Schwanengesang / Winterreise
Michael Gees, Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (early keyboard instruments)
My desert-island choice for a highly cultivated yet quite personal tenor-voice foray into Schubert’s world. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Prégardien brings ever new revelation to the songs, and though his pianist, Michael Gees, plays a modern piano, both vocal and keyboard parts are ornamented in the performing practice of Schubert's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Schubert - Schwanengesang & Songs After Seidl
RecommendedChristoph Prégardien (tenor) & Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
…an outstanding performance. …deeply engaged robustly expressive singing whose rhythmic rigour and details of phrasing and articulation reveal an exciting commitment to this great cycle. …with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2019, Also Recommended
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This is the voice of an older Pregardien: he has the grey hair for which Schubert's lonely wanderer longs. But the voice is in superb form, sensing out the underlying pulse and the minutest... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
RecommendedRodney Gilfry (Don Giovanni), Luba Orgonasova (Anna), Charlotte Margiono (Elvira), Eirian James (Zerlina), Christoph Prégardien (Don Ottavio), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (Leporello), Julian Clarkson (Masetto), Andrea Silvestrelli (Commendatore)
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's set has a great deal to commend it.
The recitative is sung with exemplary care over pacing so that it sounds as it should, like heightened and vivid conversation, often to electrifying... —Awards:
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Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
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J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 22
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz, Nathalie Stutzman (alto), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Koopman's irrepressible enthusiasm and impish wit remain undiminished as he ends his immense 12 year project recording all Bach's cantatas. Assured vocal soloists, fluent choir and impeccable... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Award Winner
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Bach & Telemann: Cantatas for Baritone
Christoph Prégardien (baritone)
Vox Orchestra, Lorenzo Ghirlanda
Flaws in [instrumental] intonation are hard to overlook. But the solo playing is characterful and visceral, and inner lines in the texture emerge with clarity…Prégardien, who has enjoyed a long... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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