Accentus Music
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Lioba Braun (mezzo ‐ soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) & Thomas Oliemans (baritone)
RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Hans‐Christoph Rademann
Perhaps Rademann is less concerned than Herreweghe to pull out the many felicities of Mendelssohn’s original orchestration – trombones play a largely supporting role in the big choruses – but... —
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The Gewandhaus Orchestra's once wiry sound is as focused as ever, but pushed to the limits of its sophisticated ability. Brass are bright and undercut any lushness, crowned by a superb first... —
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Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Festive Christmas Music
Ruth Ziesak (soprano)
Church of St Mary, Marienberg, The Saxony Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, Rundfunk – Jugendchor Wernigerode & Ensemble Sonora, Thomas Clamor
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Bach: Solo Cantatas for Bass
Michael Volle (bass), Robin Johannsen (soprano)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Members of the RIAS Kammerchor, Raphael Alpermann
Volle has just the kind of voice that serves the best interests of Bach’s music. His declamation is clear and lightly articulated, his vibrato tightly controlled and his intonation impeccable…Akademie... —
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor) & Luca Pisaroni (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Dresdner Kammerchor, Herbert Blomstedt
Blomstedt is never bent on point-scoring didacticism, His is a truthful account; prayerful, reverential, intent on welding the disparate movements into a caressing over-arching entity… Among... —
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Daniel Barenboim: The Warsaw Recital
Celebrating Frédéric Chopin’s 200th birthday. Live from the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Not especially celebrated for his Chopin...Barenboim is - it goes without saying - a towering musician who is worth hearing here...Opening with the F minor Fantasia, Barenboim is on magisterial... —
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JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Elvira Bill (alto), Patrick Grahl (tenor), Markus Schafer (tenor), Klaus Hager (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gotthold Schwarz
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Gal James (Mimì), Aquiles Machado (Rodolfo), Carmen Romeu (Musetta), Massimo Cavalletti (Marcello), Gianluca Buratto (Colline), Mattia Olivieri (Schaunard) & Matteo Peirone (Benoît)
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana & Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Riccardo Chailly
Chailly works musical miracles in the pit, but up stage, apart from Israeli soprano Gal James's tenderly phrased Mimi, the singing is coarse —
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Claudio Abbado conducts Mozart & Schubert
Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Javier Camarena (tenor), Paolo Fanale (tenor) & Alex Esposito (bass)
Orchestra Mozart Bologna & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Claudio Abbado
