Benjamin Bruns
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Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Simon Rattle
Simon Rattle presents an altogether vivid and engrossing account of Haydn’s g reat oratorio, making the most out of its famous dramatic and pictorial effects...This must surely take its place... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Choral
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Special offer. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Stephen Gould (Der Kaiser), Camilla Nylund (Die Kaiserin), Wolfgang Koch (Barak, der Farber), Nina Stemme (Die Farberin), Evelyn Herlitzius (Die Amme), Sebastian Holecek (Geisterbote)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Stemme is focussed and expressive, and if Koch sometimes seems underpowered, that is only through comparison to her. Herlitzius is similarly impressive, and she and Stemme are sufficiently distinct... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
RecommendedBenjamin Bruns (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Aki Matsui (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter-tenor), Clint van der Linde (baritone), Makato Sakurada (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Christian Immler (baritone), Toru Kaku (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
It’s fascinating how much his two recordings have in common…what principally differentiates the two sets are the solo singers…Benjamin Bruns’s Evangelist and Christian Immler’s Christus are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang'
Jone Martínez, Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Eri Sawae, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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Haydn: Missa Cellensis
Johanna Winkel (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Sophie Harmsen (alto), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Justin Doyle
Altogether, there is much to discover in this little-known work, and the conductor Justin Doyle with his talented team of soloists and the RIAS Chamber Choice and Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Alexander Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy
Christopher Maltman (Simone), Rachael Wilson (Bianca), Benjamin Bruns (Guido), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Patrick Hahn
the Munich cast [is] led by a central performance of hugely impressive, granitic authority from Christopher Maltman, underlining the remarkable recent transformation to fully fledged dramatic... —
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Special offer. Haydn - Die Schöpfung
Christine Karg (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Desdner Philharmonie, Marek Janowski
Marek Janowski offers a fairly traditional view of Haydn’s great oratorio, but it’s one that benefits from a fine line-up of soloists, and from the enthusiasm and energy of the Dresdner Philharmonie’s... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Jan van Gilse: Sulamith - Der Kreis des Lebens
Sumi Hwang, Thomas Oliemans, Denzil Delaere, Elena Tsallagova (soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Netherlands Radio Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislav Kochanovsky, James Gaffigan
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Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Johan Botha (Bacchus), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta), Sophie Koch (Komponist)
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
The set’s chief glory is arguably the playing of the musicians of the State Opera Orchestra: every solo line is exquisitely crafted and beautifully integrated, for which Thielemann must of course... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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