Zachary Wilder
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This is an attractive addition to the vast array of recordings of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers collection. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
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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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Cavalli's sparing use of strings is densified into fivepart textures that spread like wildfire - Daucé plasters fulsome orchestral accompaniments on to many arias and recitatives devised originally... —
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Special offer. Cavalli: l'Egisto
Marc Mauillon (Egisto), Ambroisine Bré (Climene), Zachary Wilder (Lidio), Sophie Junker (Clori), Romain Bockler (Hipparco)
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
This beguiling early opera by Francesco Cavalli is given an equally beguiling performance in this premiere recording made in the opera theatre at the Palace of Versailles...Dumestre provides... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Opera Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Under harpsichordist-director Christophe Rousset, brisk instrumental movements are electrifying, laments wrenching and comic numbers hilarious. —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Opera Choice
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International Opera Awards, 2023, Nominated - Recording (Complete Opera)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, Shortlisted - Opera
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J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
James Gilchrist (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Damien Guillon (alto), Hana Blažiková (soprano), Zachary Wilder (tenor), Yusuke Watanabe (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki directs a performance of dramatic urgency and probing vision. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 10th October 2020, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Charpentier: La couronne de fleurs & La descente d'Orphée aux enfers
RecommendedAaron Sheehan (tenor), Teresa Wakim (soprano), Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Douglas Williams (bass-baritone), Jesse Blumberg (baritone), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Mireille Lebel (mezzo-soprano), Jason McStoots (tenor), Zachary Wilder (tenor)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Boston Early...
Sheehan, who sings the role of Orpheus, [delivers] a finely nuanced interpretation...Amanda Forsythe is a charming Euridice and Roselie, Teresa Wakim a beautifully styled Flore, and Dorothee... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Grammy Awards, 57th Awards (2014), Best Opera Recording
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Opera, August 2014, Recording of the Month
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The result is sprightly orchestral playing, textures absolutely dripping with ornamentation and a proclivity for highly varied speeds...Emiliano Toro brings an easy fluencytotheroleofOrfeo,and... —
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Opera, December 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Special offer. Rameau: Platée
RecommendedZachary Wilder (tenor), Marie Lys (soprano), Cyril Costanzo, Cécile Achille, David Witczak, Mathias Vidal (tenor), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Juliette Mey, La Chapelle Harmonique, Valentin Tournet
The satire which director Valentin Tournet draws from his artists feeds off their virtuosity. Vidal relishes Platée's self-delusion with added trills, bouncy runs and moaning slides that showcase... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Lully: Persée 1770
Mathias Vidal, Hélène Guilmette, Katherine Watson, Tassis Christoyannis, Jean Teitgen, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Marie Lenormand, Cyrille Dubois, Marie Kalinine, Thomas Dolié, Zachary Wilder
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Hervé Niquet’s musical direction is admirably fluent. The orchestral playing and choral singing are magnificent throughout in a suitably resonant recording…Katherine Watson as Mérope stands... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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Record Review, 25th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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