Rondeau
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English Christmas tradition with a distinctly German twist —
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Ruth Holton (soprano), Matthias Rexroth (countertenor), Marcus Ullmann (Evangelist and tenor arias), Henryk Böhm (Pilatus), Gotthold Schwarz (Jesus)
St Thomas’s Boys Choir & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller
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Six Songs of Innocence
Knabenchor Collegium Iuvenum Stuttgart & Sirius Quartet New York, Michael Culo
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Ingeborg Danz (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor arias), Martin Petzold (tenor recitative), Panajotis Iconomou (bass), Paul Bernewitz, Friedrich Praetorius (boy sopranos)
Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas’s Boys Choir) & Gewandhausorchester, Georg Christoph Biller (direction)
Crucially, all Biller's soprano solos are drawn from within the choir, producing a timbre close to what Bach must have heard...the sound of the St Thomas Choir is a hugely potent 'plus' in the... —
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Rutter: Magnificat
Carmen Fuggiss (soprano) & Arndt Schmole (speaker)
Knabenchor Hannover, Jorg Breiding
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a song duo of rare refinement and taste...Technically we’re in safe hands – and Laske’s lyric baritone is a fine instrument, even if it lacks a little bloom at louder volumes – but the duo are... —
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A German Children's Songbook
Klaus Mertens (baritone), Thomas Fritzsch (viola da gamba), Masako Art (harp), Margit Übellacker (dulcimer), Hanover Boys Choir, Jörg Breiding
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