AAM Records
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Special offer. John Eccles: Semele
RecommendedAnna Dennis (Semele), Richard Burkhard (Jupiter), Helen Charlston (Juno), Aoife Miskelly (Ino), William Wallace (Athamas), Héloïse Bernard (Iris); Academy of Ancient Music Julian Perkins
Cast, band, director and sound are all top-notch, restoring Eccles’s score to its full glory...Thanks to Perkins’s deft casting, each principal’s vocalism and dramatis persona are wonderfully... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2021, Recording of the Month
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Opera, April 2021, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2021, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 30th January 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Handel: Brockes-Passion
RecommendedRobert Murray, Cody Quattlebaum, Elizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes, Tim Mead, Gwilym Bowen, Nicky Spence
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
This formidably well-documented project is matched by a comparably sympathetic performance, Egarr paces the piece unhurriedly, recognising Handel’s often vivid responses to Brockes’s graphic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Choral & Song Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV1066-1069
Richard Egarr (director & harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
[Egarr] has given careful thought to articulation and phrasing. Menuets and Gavottes are poised and unhurried while the Overtures themselves, with their resplendent opening measures and lively... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Christopher Maltman (bass), Richard Egarr (director & harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of the AAM
Singing and playing are highly polished and assured throughout, with James Gilchrist superb as the Evangelist, and Matthew Rose a credible if rather forceful Jesus —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Birth of the Symphony
RecommendedHandel to Haydn
Richard Egarr (director & harpsichord)
Academy of Ancient Music
the contents prove enjoyable both in sequence and as historical display case...Egarr's interpretation, less demonstrative than, say, Ton Koopman's or Trevor Pinnock's, is attentive to dynamic... —
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Building A Library, February 2022, Also Recommended
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
No one could accuse Richard Egarr of skimping in this new John Passion...It's not just the pedigree of the solo line-up that oozes luxury...Egarr whips up venomous indignation for the crowd's... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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With the inexhaustibly characterful playing of Benny Aghassi, the dulcian’s star shines brightly indeed, no mere subversive ‘buffo’ guest invited to a wind-enriched ‘concertate’ feast…Egarr... —
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Valls: Missa Regalis
Matthew Martin (organ), The Choir of Keble College, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music
The choir has been prepared expertly and rehearsed thoroughly, and the singing is clean and cohesive throughout. The continuo playing was subdued and unobtrusive, but almost too much so. I was... —
