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Louis Spohr: Des Heilands letzte Stunden. Passionsoratorium
Florian Sievers (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (baritone), Johanna Winkel (soprano), Arttu Kataja (bass (vocal)), Sigrun Bornträger (alto), Raoul Bumiller (tenor), Magnus Piontek (bass (vocal)), Franziska Bobe (soprano), Valentin Bauer (tenor), Felix Rathgeber (bass), Christian Georg (tenor), Maximilian...
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Haydn: Die Sieben Unseres Erlosers Am Kreuze
Ann-Lena Elbert (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Florian Sievers (tenor), Sebastian Noack (bass), Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
This recording of the choral version of Haydn’s Passiontide work – completed a while after the orchestral original – sees conductor Frieder Bernius take a restrained approach, with the emphasis... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Choral Music
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Johanna Winkel (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Arttu Kataja (bass)
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Bernius coaches from his performers an assured and even (where appropriate) relaxed mastery of the notes and phrases before them…No less crucially, the soloists have had time to sing with each... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Johann Michael Haydn: Messe für Frauenchor
Ulfert Smidt (organ)
Mädchenchor Hannover, il gioco col suono, Gudrun Schröfel
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Dorothee Mields reveals herself here as an artist of the first order, broadening out from the Baroque repertory for which she is best known. Her instrument is gorgeous: lustrous, precise, and... —
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WF Bach: Concerti & Trios
Sebastian Wienand (harpsichord), Anne Katharina Schreiber & Martina Graulich (violins), Werner Saller (viola), Ute Petersilge (cello) & Frank Coppietrs (violine)
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Mayr: Missa in C minor & Stabat Mater
Katja Stuber (soprano), Marion Eckstein (alto), Fernando Guimares (tenor) & Tareq Nazmi (bass)
Orpheus Vokalensemble & Concerto Koln, Florian Helgath
Recorded in an appropriate ecclesiastical acoustic, both pieces receive secure performances, with a well-balanced and stylistically confident quartet of soloists. The choral singing combines... —
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Luigi Cherubini: Messe Solenelle No 2 in D
Thomas E. Bauer, Christoph Genz, Christa Mayer, Ruth Ziesak, Iris-Anna Deckert, Robert Buckland, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Cherubini is one of the most dramatic voices of the late Classical period and this mass runs the full gamut of emotions, mournful to ecstatic. Fabulous, full-blooded performances, without histrionics... —
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Mozart Litaniae
Leif Aruhn-Solén (tenor), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste
