Peter Kooij
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Special offer. Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
Stephan Gähler, Philipp Kaven, Magdalena Podkościelna (soprano), Krešimir Stražanac, Robin Tritschler (tenor), Damien Guillon, Dorothee Mields (soprano), Peter Kooij (bass), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Herreweghe’s unswerving focus is evident from the opening chorus, whose elemental summons is exactingly calibrated, dark-grained and resolute…Schmitt’s Evangelist narrates with exemplary pacing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 22nd February 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Special offer. JS Bach: Cantatas Nos. 45 & 198 & Motet 'O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht'
RecommendedDorothee Mields (soprano), Alex Potter (counter-tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent. Philippe Herreweghe
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, is tailor-made for Herreweghe. No one else peels back those tactile homogeneous phrases with quite such luminosity and deep-seated finesse as Collegium Vocale. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Choral
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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. Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Over 30 years later, Herreweghe’s radical rethinking yields shaded flexibility and kaleidoscopic dynamism...One never senses a dictating ego controlling proceedings; there is a spirit of collective... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass
Peter Kooij (bass), Klemens Mölkner, Maria Deger, Margot Oitzinger, Jan Jansen, L'Orfeo Barockorchester
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Bach: Cantatas BWV 6, 99 & 147
Alex Potter (soloist), Dorothee Mields (soloist), Peter Kooij (soloist), Guy Cutting (soloist), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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Special offer. JS Bach: Du treuer Gott
Leipzig Cantatas BWV 101 – 103 – 115
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Collegium Vocale Gent rise to the occasion splendidly, sounding responsive and sensitive to the thoughtful direction of Philippe Herreweghe. The 12-voice choral texture is ideal, achieving greater... —
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Record Review, 11th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. JS Bach: Ach süßer Trost!
Leipzig Cantatas
Hana Blažiková (soprano), Damien Guillon (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
the choral sound is lean and alert, helped by lively tempos. Its near-solo tone, though, mingles rather than contrasts with the similar-scaled orchestra...Of the soloists, Thomas Hobbs is outstandingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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Bach, J S: Motets, BWV225-230
RecommendedAgnès Mellon, Greta de Reyghere, Vincent Darras, Howard Crook & Peter Kooy
La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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Building A Library, May 2021, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Harmoniae Sacrae
17th Century German Sacred Cantatas
Hana Blazikova (soprano) & Peter Kooij (bass)
L’Armonia Sonora
It is difficult to imagine a better pair of singers, or a better instrumental ensemble for this repertory…Blažíková's emotional insight and sheer vocal beauty in her long recitative-like passages...make... —
