Lautten Compagney
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Dancing Queen - Rameau meets ABBA
Lautten Compagney (early music ensemble), Asya Fateyeva (saxophone), Wolfgang Katschner
This could have been tacky, had the arrangements not been crafted with such TLC. As it is, the music oscillates joyfully between the likes of Les Boréades and ‘Voulez-Vous’, and the minor-key... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2025, Orchestra of the Year
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Johann Philipp Krieger (d.1725) has the most recordings here, and his 'Benedicam Dominum' (Psalm 34) provides the perfect medium for the lyrical suavity of Platz's voice... The works of Johann... —
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Baroque Gender Stories
Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner
Wolfgang Katschner and Lautten Compagney provide lean, skilfully balanced and astute theatrical support. Clever artistic programming means that each half starts with a striking overture and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2019
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Prohaska’s communicative voice is, by-and-large, pleasing, even though my sensibilities were sometimes disturbed by her inclination towards over-emphasis...The instrumentalists of Lautten Compagney... —
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Eccard: Fröhlich will ich singen
Sacred and Secular Songs
Staats-und Domchor Berlin & Lautten Compagney Berlin, Kai-Uwe Jirka
Subtexts are entertainingly brought to light thanks to a number of departures from the score and, for all that these may pall on repeated listening, the zest with which the young singers respond... —
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Buxtehude: Dein Edles Herz, der Liebe Thron
Cantatas
Capella Angelica & Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner
The title piece isn't the plum, actually: that's a beautiful 18-minute dialogue, Wo soll ich fliehen hin, in which a sinner's anguished soul desperately seeks refuge and is welcomed by a forgiving... —
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Wiget practically orchestrates these works, exploiting the colouristic and textural effects of different combinations of bowed strings, harpsichord, organ, dulcian, sackbut, cornett, recorder,... —
