Vaclav Luks
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Kožená’s dramatic and vocal powers are wonderfully displayed in Gasparini’s kaleidoscope aria ‘Ombre, cure, sospetti’ (with its unrestrained runs and the bursts of emotion in its recitative-like... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Female Singer of the Year
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Zelenka: Missa Divi Zaverii & Litaniae de Sancto Xaverio
Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704, Vaclav Luks
Performances are uniformly satisfying under Václav Luks’s sensitive and experienced direction, with strong contributions from Hana Blazíková, Lucile Richardot and the instrument obbligato players —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2016, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Les Grandes Eaux de Versailles: Music of the Royal Festivities
Collegium 1704, Galilei Consort, Le Poème Harmonique, Les Nouveaux Caractères, Stradivaria, The King's Consort, Vaclav Luks, Robert King, Benjamin Chénier, Vincent Dumestre, Sébastien d'Hérin, Gaétan Jarry, Daniel Cuiller
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Zelenka: Officium defunctorum & Requiem
RecommendedMusic for the funeral rites of Augustus the Strong
Hana Blažíková (soprano), Markéta Cukrová (alto), Sebastian Monti (tenor), Tomáš Král (bass), Marian Krejcik (bass)
Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704, Václav Luks
This presents all of the magnificent music by Jan Dismas Zelenka for the prolonged funeral exequies of Augustus the Strong...Collegium 1704's players and choir perform with lyricism and precision...Luks... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Disc of the Month
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Building A Library, November 2021, Recommended Recording
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Each iteration of 'Agnus Dei' has Gregorian plainchant prior to fugal inventions performed with wholehearted musicality. —
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Il Boemo
Emőke Baráth, Simona Šaturová, Raffaella Milanesi (sopranos), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Philippe Jaroussky, Benno Schachtner (countertenors), Juan Sancho, Krystian Adam (tenors), Collegium 1704, Václav Luks
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Film Music/Score of the Year
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
RecommendedBejun Mehta (Orfeo), Eva Liebau (Euridice) & Regula Mühlemann (Amore)
Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704, Václav Luks
At its best, indeed, in the unadorned unfolding of hell and then heaven, the experience strikes fire in a manner crucially lacking in other filmed Orfeos. Unfortunately, not even this one comes... —
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Building a Library, July 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Handel: Messiah
Giulia Semenzato (soprano), Benno Schachtner (countertenor), Krystian Adam (tenor), Kresimir Strazanac (bass)
Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704, Vaclav Luks
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Zelenka: Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta & Lamentatio leremiae Prophetae
Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704, Vaclav Luks
This compassionately stylish recording confirms Zelenka's Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta as a devout masterpiece —
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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