Choral, Cantatas, Bach, J S (composer)
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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... —
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Record Review, 15th June 2019, Record of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th June 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
they’re the perfect vehicles for the crack team of Iestyn Davies’s extraordinary vocal control and Arcangelo’s nimble-footedness. —
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Record Review, 5th February 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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We don’t normally associate Daniil Trifonov with Bach, so this recording is a revelation…Many pianists radiate effort in their attempts to make intellectual sense of The Art of Fugue: Trifonov’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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A thoughtful assembly of music depicting affliction and repentance on the one hand and joy and desire on the other. The recording finds Sabine Devieilhe on sparkling form. Bach and Handel do... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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JS Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170
RecommendedIestyn Davies (countertenor)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Iestyn Davies [gives a] poised, sober performance…Arcangelo’s strings have a beautifully firm sound, with plenty of bow and intelligent details from the lute, while oboist Katharina Spreckelsen... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Bach: Notebooks for Anna Magdalena
Mahan Esfahani (harpischord/clavichord), Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
What an unfailingly delightful compilation it is, featuring keyboard galanteries, chorale melodies with or without voice and a wide variety of arias...few if any will be disappointed with an... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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…Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra relish the considerable technical challenges posed by these transcriptions… those who enjoy their Bach as a full meat-and-two-veg course will... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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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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Fauré: Requiem
RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice
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