Philippe Herreweghe
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Special offer. Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245
Stephan Gähler, Philipp Kaven, Magdalena Podkościelna (soprano), Krešimir Stražanac, Robin Tritschler (tenor), Damien Guillon, Dorothee Mields (soprano), Peter Kooij (bass), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Herreweghe’s unswerving focus is evident from the opening chorus, whose elemental summons is exactingly calibrated, dark-grained and resolute…Schmitt’s Evangelist narrates with exemplary pacing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 22nd February 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Special offer. JS Bach: Cantatas Nos. 45 & 198 & Motet 'O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht'
RecommendedDorothee Mields (soprano), Alex Potter (counter-tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Gent. Philippe Herreweghe
O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, is tailor-made for Herreweghe. No one else peels back those tactile homogeneous phrases with quite such luminosity and deep-seated finesse as Collegium Vocale. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Haydn: The Seasons, Hob.XXI:3
RecommendedChristina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe
With a first-rate trio of soloists, the accomplished Collegium Vocale Gent and the period sonorities of the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, the results are thoroughly satisfying. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Choral
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Fauré: Requiem & Franck: Symphony in D minor
RecommendedStephan Genz & Johannette Zomer
La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2002, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, May 2026, Top Choice - Fauré Requiem
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Special offer. Brahms: Works for chorus and orchestra
RecommendedAnn Hallenberg (mezzo)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
This is one of the most impressive collections of Brahms's shorter chorus-and-orchestra works that's come my way for some time. It's partly because of the particular combination of works...But... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2012
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Choral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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the choir makes a careful distinction between those pieces that depict events, and those that meditate upon them...Herreweghe also coaxes some very expressive moments from the choir (the dark... —
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Special offer. Gesualdo: Dolcissima Mia Vita. Madrigali A Cinque Voci, Libro Quinto (1611)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
These one-to-apart performances are perfect for navigating the gnarly dissonances and extreme expression of Italy’s controversial Renaissance great, as emotions run from ecstasy to deepest pain. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
RecommendedCollegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Herreweghe's account proves outstanding. The Collegium Vocale Gent, from which the soloists are drawn, is numerous enough [to] create warm lines, contrasting with the crisper tone of the instruments... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th June 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Gesualdo: O Dolce Mio Tesoro
Sesto Libro Di Madrigali, 1611
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
In items such as Già pense the performers demonstrate an understanding that not all of these madrigals are morbid (fewer than half mention death), and they deck out the sound with warm chords... —
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These are generally no-nonsense accounts, with brisk tempos of a kind favoured these days in period-instrument performances...these are impressive, if somewhat unyielding performances, and they... —
