Bernhard Forck
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JS Bach: Violin Concertos
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Bernhard Forck, (violin), Xenia Loeffler (oboe)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Faust's tone is both lean and exquisitely sweet, combined with consistent stylistic elegance which reaches the heights of eloquence in the slow movement of the E major Concerto. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th March 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2019, Concerto Choice
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Telemann: Violin Concertos. Overture. Suite. Fantasie
RecommendedIsabelle Faust (violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (early music ensemble), Ute Hartwich, Edi Kotlyar, Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer, Katharina Litschig, Bernhard Forck
Faust's playing, as ever is alluring and she is affectionately complemented by the Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin directed by violinist Bernhard Forck. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gluck: Italian Arias
RecommendedCecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
on this disc Cecilia Bartoli makes clear that Gluck was a formidable musical dramatist even in his early, pre-'reform' works...This CD, in short, is a tour de force of dramatic singing, in the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2002, Winner - Recital
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Disc of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 44th Awards (2001), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Special offer. Mozart: Paris & Haffner Symphonies & Oboe Concerto
Xenia Loffler (oboe), Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
The excellent period instrument Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin treat [the Paris Symphony] with due sophistication and restraint...The Akademie’s great clarity in this recording gives a frequently... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Telemann: Viola Concertos, Overtures & Fantasias
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Sabine Fehlandt, Bernhard Forck
Tamestit’s celebration of Telemann’s viola writing, and the characterful vignettes which provide indelible colour to his orchestral suites, is an evenly sustained delight. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Hasse: Piramo e Tisbe
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Anett Fritsch (Piramo), Roberta Mameli (Tisbe), Jeremy Ovenden (Il Padre)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
The piece has been recorded before by La Stagione Frankfurt, but this new version is better, with livelier tempi and superb singing from two bright-voiced sopranos, Anett Fritsch and Roberta... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Opera
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / CPE Bach: Symphonies Wq 175 & 183/4
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck (Konzertmeister)
If you’re not bothered by the sometimes meagre string sound, there’s much to savour here. The outer movements have tremendous energy...I can’t remember ever hearing the Trio of the First Symphony’s... —
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Record Review, 11th July 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Special offer. Handel: Concertos
Ragna Schirmer (fortepiano, piano and Hammond)), Gerard Presencer, Peter Weniger, Geoffroy de Masure, Winfried Holzenkamp Matthias Daneck
Handelfestpielorchester, DaCuore, Bernhard Forck, Andreas Seidel, Stefan Malzew
The enjoyment of the players is palpable and I have a feeling that Handel might have raised an amused if quizzical eyebrow at their presumption. —
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
RecommendedAnna Prohaska (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
Bernhard Forck and the orchestra balance the various emotions with skill...[the Salve Regina] is an attractive piece of no great profundity. —
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Building a Library, October 2020, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Mozart Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33, Clarinet Concerto
Ernst Schlader (clarinet), Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
The Berlin Academy of Ancient Music’s sound is defined by its violins – tart, vibrato-lite, with a pronounced ‘tick’ on sharply detached notes that distinguishes this band unmistakably from... —
