Thomas Hobbs
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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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Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) & Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton
It says much for Layton's skill that he has managed to retain their companionable intimacy despite super-sizing his own resources to a choir of more than 30 singers with orchestra to match...Layton... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2013
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J. S. Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 1
RecommendedArnstadt & Mühlhausen (1703-1708), Early Cantatas
Paul Agnew (tenor), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Miriam Allan (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Edward Grint, Maarten Engeltjes, Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments), Nicolas Kuntzelmann
With just one or two to a part, each musician is a leader here. The purity of the singers’ straight tones and the immediacy and depth of their individual reactions to lexical meaning are bracing,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th April 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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The writing for upper voices in Lobo de Mesquita's Padre nosso gleams alluringly, and has the same quality of artless fluidity which seems to characterise Brazilian music of this period. The... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Despite the album’s preponderance of minor keys, the programme never seems oppressive thanks to Damien Guillon’s judicious direction which cultivates an almost understated poise buttressed by... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSusan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith & Matthew Brook
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt
The chief strength of this account lied in the excellent instrumental playing (the recorders that form the 'warbling choir' addressed in Galatea's first aria are sheer magic)… —
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Building a Library, July 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Disc of the Month
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J. S. Bach: Mein Geist
Alexander Chance (countertenor), Benoît Arnould, Céline Sheen, Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Julien Barre, Le Banquet Céleste
It is altogether a delightful essay in intimacy, refinement and teamwork, qualities which abound in this thoughtful and contemplative Bach journey. —
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) - Cantatas 1, 3, 6), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) - Cantatas 2, 4, 5.
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It has the same sense of freshness as previous releases…[with] a pleasing transparency of texture, and nimbly sprung rhythms under John Butt’s scholarly direction —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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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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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Christopher Maltman (bass), Richard Egarr (director & harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of the AAM
Singing and playing are highly polished and assured throughout, with James Gilchrist superb as the Evangelist, and Matthew Rose a credible if rather forceful Jesus —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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