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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. 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. Bach: Cantatas BWV 6, 99 & 147
Alex Potter (soloist), Dorothee Mields (soloist), Peter Kooij (soloist), Guy Cutting (soloist), Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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Special offer. JS Bach: Du treuer Gott
Leipzig Cantatas BWV 101 – 103 – 115
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Collegium Vocale Gent rise to the occasion splendidly, sounding responsive and sensitive to the thoughtful direction of Philippe Herreweghe. The 12-voice choral texture is ideal, achieving greater... —
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Record Review, 11th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. JS Bach: Ach süßer Trost!
Leipzig Cantatas
Hana Blažiková (soprano), Damien Guillon (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
the choral sound is lean and alert, helped by lively tempos. Its near-solo tone, though, mingles rather than contrasts with the similar-scaled orchestra...Of the soloists, Thomas Hobbs is outstandingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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The one-voice-to-a-part lobby doesn't wholly convince Herreweghe; he approaches the instrumentation of each motet on a case-by-case basis, cornetto and trombones lending grandeur to a finely... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th July 2011
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I find Busch's playing utterly compelling. As well as impeccable intonation, she sustains an eloquently punctuated and gently modulated dialogue, into which her listener is immediately drawn.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, Instrumental Choice
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Special offer. JS Bach: Sonn und Schild
Cantatas BWV 4 - 79 - 80
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
[In Ein feste Burg] Herreweghe patiently curates a convincing journey towards the longed-for Kingdom. Delectable pacing and organic contrast in the arias represent the keys to the heart of the... —
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Special offer. Bach: Ich elender Mensch - Leipzig Cantatas
Damien Guillon (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Peter Kooij (bass), Kristen Witmer (soprano)
Collegium Vocale Gent, Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe
Herreweghe is highly expressive, emphasising, for instance, the opening phrasing of BWV48, a violin figure reated three times then expanded, to complete its gentle, pleading statement. Excellent... —
