Bach, J M I
-
Special offer. BACH: Heinrich, Johann Christoph, Johann Michael, Johann Sebastian
RecommendedKantaten
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
One of the key differences between Vox Luminis and many other such ensembles…is how homogeneity is challenged as the default priority…The strong identities within the ensemble allow for new... —
Awards:
-
Record Review, 15th June 2019, Record of the Week
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 14th June 2019
-
Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
-
Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
-
International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
-
-
Seventy minutes with Death for company may look like hard going but such is the expressive depth and profound consoling beauty of the works assembled here, and so committed and responsive the... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
-
-
JS Bach: A Life in Music Vol. 2
The Weimar Years (1708-1717)
Paul Agnew (tenor), Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Benjamin Alard (early keyboard instruments)
Undogmatic about forces or format, Agnew achieves from the outset an exceptional alliance between singers and instrumentalists. —
-
-
Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) - Cantatas 1, 3, 6), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) - Cantatas 2, 4, 5.
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It has the same sense of freshness as previous releases…[with] a pleasing transparency of texture, and nimbly sprung rhythms under John Butt’s scholarly direction —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
Purchase product
Downloads
Audio formats guide -
-
Special offer. German Baroque Sacred Music: Christmas
Ricercar Consort (early music ensemble), Ensemble La Fenice (early music ensemble), Agnès Mellon (soprano), Capella Ricercar, Greta De Reyghere, Ian Honeyman, Bernard Foccroulle (organ), Capella Sancti Michaelis, Henri Ledroit, Guy De Mey, Max van Egmond (baritone), Victor Demaiffe, Guy Penson, Thibault...
-
-
Special offer. J Bach, JC Bach & JM Bach: Motetten
RecommendedVox Luminis, Scorpio Collectief, Lionel Meunier
Vox Luminis's blend is marked by a pleasing astringency in the alto line, and supple singing from the sopranos and baritones, Meunier among them...over two hours of outstanding musicality and... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
-
-
Special offer. Bach's Roots. Early Influences on the Young Master
Voces Suaves, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
This thought-provoking release opens a window onto German composers who might have, and in several instances certainly did, influence the young JS Bach. —
-
It is probably unnecessary to recommend the disc; but, if you haven’t bought it, hasten to your nearest CD shop —
Purchase product
CD
$12.50
