Christoph Poppen
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musica viva, vol. 47 - Liza Lim
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), William Barton (digeridoo), Carin Levine (flute)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Edward Gardner, Franck Ollu, Christoph Poppen
Liza Lim is a weaver of worlds. An Australian of Chinese heritage, her music arises from a transcultural urge far deeper than surface references and extending into realms of ecology, metaphysics... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Concerto Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 6
Carolina Ullrich (soprano), Elvira Bill (contralto), Marie Henriette Reinhold (contralto), Sung Min Song (tenor), Angelo Pollak (tenor), Jonas Müller (bass), Konstantin Krimmel (bass), Cologne Cathedral Choir and Vocal Ensemble, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen
these crisply enunciated and robust accounts reflect the consistently high standards already attained by previous issues in this valuable endeavour, while recorded sound, from the Deutschlandfunk... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Choral
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Mozart: Complete Masses Vol. 1
Mass No. 16 'Coronation Mass' & Missa longa
Carolina Ullrich (soprano), Marie Henriette Reinhold (mezzo-soprano), Angelo Pollak (tenor), Konstantin Krimmel (bass), West German Radio Chorus Cologne, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen
Under Poppen, K262’s Kyrie bowls along at quite a lick, its counterpoint muscular and surprisingly bouncy given the character of the text...Poppen secures some incisive string interjections... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Choral
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Special offer. JS Bach: Violin Concertos
Christoph Poppen (violin), Isabelle Faust (violin), Muriel Cantoreggi (violin), Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling
Early recorded outings for Isabelle Faust on stunning form with Helmuth Rilling’s ever-faithful and expert Stuttgart Bach Collegium players that tend to sweep the board on modern instruments. —
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as Poppen plays one of the greatest movements for violin ever composed, the Hilliards sing the chorale quotations, showing how they fit alongside the solo line. It must have been extremely difficult... —
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Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 4
Carolina Ulrich, Katharing Ruckgaber, Katharina Konradi (sopranos)
Elvira Bill, Sarah Romberger (altos)
Patrick Grahl, Paul Schweinester, Martin Mitterrutzner (tenors)
Dominik Köninger, Jonas Müller, Mikhail Timoschenko (basses)
Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Cologne Chamber...
Those collecting this series need not hesitate, and those exploring may be assured of the sympathy and stylistic awareness of Poppen and his singers and players. —
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Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 5
Missa Solemnis in C Minor 'waisenhausmesse'; Missa Brevis in C Major 'Orgelsolomesse'; Missa Solemnis in C Major
Katharina Ruckgaber (soprano), Carolina Ullrich (soprano), Elvira Bill (mezzo-soprano), Marie Henriette Reinhold (mezzo-soprano), Paul Schweinester (tenor), Angelo Pollak (tenor), Jonas Müller (baritone), Konstantin Krimmel (baritone), Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble, Cologne Chamber Orchestra,...
these crisply enunciated and robust accounts reflect the consistently high standards already attained by previous issues in this valuable endeavour, while recorded sound, from the Deutschlandfunk... —
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Symmetry, the cyclic evolution of a musical germ and the idea of birth in the midst of death: all are fundamental to this disc. Webern's motivically determined orchestration of the Ricercar... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Origines - Folles Journées 2024
Les Itinérantes, Thierry Gomar, Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Salomé Gasselin, Emmanuel Arakélian, Ricercar Consort (early music ensemble), Giovanna Pessi, Nuria Rial (soprano), Carlos Mena, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Keohane Maria, Pierlot Philippe, Sarah-Jane Summers, Rémi Geniet (piano), Shani Diluka...
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Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedMichel Beroff, Jeanne Loriod, Yvonne Loriod, Wolfgang Meyer, Christoph Poppen & Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Newly reissued, Previn's 1977 account dragged Turangalîla to mainstream attention. Previn excels at combing through Messiaen's thick layers, and the LSO are on fine form - am exhilarating souvenir... —
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended recording - Turangalila
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