Maria Keohane
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
RecommendedMaria Keohane (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
To my mind, Mortensen’s special performance, which is full to the brim with insightful musicianship and has a refreshing avoidance of contrived formulas, comfortably joins Parrott (EMI), Junghänel... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2017, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Bach - Magnificat BWV243
RecommendedCarlos Mena, Maria Keohane, Anna Zander, Hans-Jörg Mammel & Stephan MacLeod
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
Pierlot's tempos are well-judged, and he rarely if ever pushes them beyond the possibilities of natural declamation. He is also susceptible to the infinite expressive nuances in the music.... —
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Building a Library, February 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Maria Keohane (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Julia Doyle (soprano), Andreas Wolf (bass)
Cologne Chamber Choir, Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Neumann's choir is exemplary at phrasing, textures and diction...The soloists are excellent vocally and stylistically, and deliver Milton's poetry with sympathetic sweetness...Neumann achieves... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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What we have here is a wonderfully full yet transparent sound, greatly enhanced by the sheer quality of the voices, and recorded with such luxuriance that the only concessions to the thinner... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Choral
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The Art of the Baroque Trumpet, Vol. 5
An Italian Concert
Niklas Eklund, Jeffrey Segal (trumpets), Maria Keohane (soprano)
Wasa Baroque Ensemble, Edward H Tarr
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The one-voice-to-a-part lobby doesn't wholly convince Herreweghe; he approaches the instrumentation of each motet on a case-by-case basis, cornetto and trombones lending grandeur to a finely... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th July 2011
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Pure Handel
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord & director) & Maria Keohane (soprano)
European Union Baroque Orchestra
These are live-wire performances, technically excellent and propelled with exactly the right degree of driving energy by Lars Ulrik Mortensen, a director of great imagination and musicality... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Recital
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Hans-Jörg Mammel (Evangelist), Matthias Vieweg (Christus), Maria Keohane, Helena Ek (sopranos), Carlos Mena, Jan Börner (altos), Jan Kobow (tenor) & Stephan MacLeod (bass)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
The one-to-a-part ensemble is always considered and, in isolation, often moving and theatrically effective. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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La Folle Journée 2025 - Villes Phares
Nuria Rial (soprano), Ricercar Consort (early music ensemble), Carlos Mena, Hanna Salzenstein (cello), Théotime Langlois de Swarte (violin), Thibaut Roussel, Giovanna Pessi, Pierre Hantaï (early keyboard instruments), Julie Hassler, La Rêveuse, Les Ombres, Maria Keohane (soprano), Shani Diluka (piano),...
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Carissimi - Oratorios
Colin Balzer (Jonas), Sumner Thompson (Deus, Nautae), Josée Lalonde (Gubernator), Tyler Duncan (Nautae, Historicus), Suzie LeBlanc (Historicus), Maria Keohane (Historicus), Lawrence Wiliford (Historicus), Maria Keohane (Angelus I), Catherine Webster (Angelus II), Matthew White (Isaias), Sumner Thompson...
The unforced ensemble singing of Canadians Les Voix Baroques is didactic, in keeping with the work's origin, but the music-making is also poetic and expressive when required. —
