Miriam Allan
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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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There are some delightfully sparkling and engaging displays here...recordings of Monteverdi's very early madrigals are rare and this surpasses some...if not all. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Schütz: Italian Madrigals
Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Paul Agnew (tenor), Miriam Allan (soprano), Hannah Morrison, Mathilde Ortscheidt, Sean Clayton, Jonathan Sells
Les Arts Florissants’ elasticity of expression brings out a particularly lucid evocation of rolling waves and ‘sweet harmony’ in the concluding eight-voice ‘Vasto mar, nel cui seno fan soave... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. Handel: Caio Fabriccio, Hwv A9
Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilviel, Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Miriam Allan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Morgan Pearse, Hannah Poulsom, Anna Gorbachyova, London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham
Cunningham directs Caio Fabbricio brilliantly, leading from the harpsichord to energise the other players, and to give them space to exploit juicy passages. The singers’ virtuosity and rich... —
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Special offer. The French Album
James Orford, Nick Pritchard (tenor), Miriam Allan (soprano), London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron
Especially notable are the four sacred songs by Langlais, all first recordings, the music sent by his widow to soprano Miriam Allan, who more than justifies that trust with wonderfully heartfelt... —
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Anniversary Series, Vol. 7: The Most Beautiful Concert Highlights from Maulbronn Monastery, 2004 (Live)
Mark Le Brocq (tenor), André Morsch (bass), Miriam Allan (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Patrick Van Goethem (counter-tenor), Peter Lika (bass), Stefan Vinke (tenor), Birgitte Christensen (soprano)
Maulbronner Kammerchor, Kantorei Maulbronn, Jürgen Budday, Alan Buribayev
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Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Miriam Allan (soprano), Marcus Ullmann (tenor), Martin Snell (bass), Anne Buter (mezzo-soprano)
Gewandhaus-Kammerchor, Morten Schuldt-Jensen
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Alla reveals herself as what these days could almost be termed an 'old-fashioned' early music singer, which is to say bell-like in tone and fearless in the use of non-vibrato...she shows impressive... —
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Handel: Belshazzar
Mark LeBrocq, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch
Hanover Hofkapelle, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Jurgen Budday
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100 Best: Handel
Paul McMahon, Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone), Christopher Field, Sara Macliver (soprano), Alexandra Sherman, Brandenburg Choir, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Leanne Sullivan, Ironwood (chamber ensemble), Ironwood Chamber Ensemble, Miriam Allan (soprano), Daniel Yeadon, Genevieve...
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