Andrew Tortise
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Special offer. Handel: Brockes-Passion
Arcangelo (early music ensemble), Alex Potter, Stuart Jackson (tenor), Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Matthew Long, Mary Bevan (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), David Allsopp, William Gaunt, Jonathan Cohen
You’re in safe hands here. Arcangelo bring their Baroque expertise to this pristine interpretation of Handel’s Brockes Passion. The soloists are fabulous, particularly Sandrine Piau, who shimmers... —
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Record Review, 13th March 2021, Record of the Week
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Sunday Times, 21st March 2021, Disc of the Week
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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JS Bach: Cantatas for Ascension Day
RecommendedLenneke Ruiten (soprano), Meg Bragle (contralto), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
What a swagger Gardiner brings to the beginning of BWV37...Best of all are the ebullient choruses that bookend the oratorio, exhibiting Gardiner's innate Bachian flair, and bringing to an end... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th April 2013
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Building a Library, May 2019, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri
Anne Grimm (soprano 1), Johannette Zomer (soprano 2), Peter de Groot (alto), Andrew Tortise (tenor) & Bas Ramselaar (bass)
The Netherlands Bach Society
They dally deliciously on any expressive dissonances and suspensions, while the players add warmth and colour with intelligent use of vibrato and ornamentation, becoming more overtly dramatic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
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Judith Weir: the Vanishing Bridegroom
Stephen Jeffes (narrator), Andrew Murgatroyd (vocals), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Edward Goater (tenor), Edward Price (baritone), Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Owen Gilhooly (baritone), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Nicolas Simeha (baritone), Jonathan Saunders (bass), Paul Haas-Curievici...
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Hilary Summers (alto), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), Gary Cooper (19th-century piano), Matthew Halls (19th-century piano) & Mark Williams (harmonium)
The Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King
I like the fact that the overall effect isn't operatic, and that every attempt seems to have been made to be faithful to Rossini's original intentions. That includes the acoustic, which sounds... —
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Le Jardin des Voix
Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano), Claire Debono (soprano), Judith van Wanroij (soprano), Xavier Sabata (counter-tenor), Andrew Tortise (tenor), André Morsch (baritone) & Konstantin Wolff (bass baritone)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Special offer. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Christine Brewer (Leonore), John MacMaster (Florestan), Daniel Borowski (Don Fernando), Juha Uusitalo (Don Pizarro), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Rocco), Sally Matthews (Marzelline), Andrew Kennedy (Jaquino)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
…Colin Davis's conducting of the London Symphony Orchestra and the vocal forces is so impressive that it ranks with the greatest accounts I have ever heard of this work… Christine Brewer is... —
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Georg Philipp Telemann: Die Donner-Ode
Solomon's Knot (early music ensemble), Les Passions de l’Âme, Zoë Brookshaw (soloist), Andrew Tortise (soloist), Kate Symonds-Joy (soloist), Johannes Wollrab (soloist), Michal Czerniawski, Thomas Herford (soloist), Hilary Cronin (soloist), Michał Czerniawski (soloist), Olli Rasanen (soloist), Jonathan...
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Special offer. Les Arts Florissants - The Official 30th Anniversary Edition
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Here’s a bright, buoyant compilation to celebrate three decades of William Christie’s pioneering period-instrument ensemble...showcas[ing] an elegant conductor-scholar with more than a touch... —
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Bach: The Complete Chorale Cantatas / Cantatas 43-44
Francis Jacob, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Sarah Van Mol, Gli Angeli Genève (early music ensemble), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Nele Vertommen, Seung-Kyung Lee-Blondel, Alex Potter, Emmanuel Laporte, Eva Saladin (violin), Claudio Rado, Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Stephan Macleod, Alexis Kossenko
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