Carus
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The Stuttgart Chamber Choir sing with immaculate intonation and the recording is warm and clear. Anyone who responds to Mendelssohn's a cappella pieces will find much to enjoy. —
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Rheinberger: Ave Maria
Musica Sacra Vol. 10
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Christine Müller (mezzo-soprano), Annette Markert (alto), Götz Payer (piano), Kay Johannsen (organ)
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Handel: Brockes Passion HWV 48
RecommendedNele Gramß (Tochter Zion), Johanna Winkel (Gläubige Seele), Markus Brutscher (Evangelist), Markus Flaig (Jesus), Elvira Bill (Maria), Jan Thomer (Judas), James Oxley (Petrus), Michael Dahmen (bass)
Kölner Kammerchor & Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Peter Neumann strikes a powerful blow for some reassessment of Handel's version. He is assisted above all by Markus Brutscher's Evangelist which has urgency, cogency and clarity in equal measure.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th February 2010
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The singers betray no lack of sympathy or stamina. Without pushing on the tempo or whipping up fake pathos, Frieder Bernius extracts every last drop of juice from Reger’s word-setting...For... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2016, Editor's Choice
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Mendelssohn Church Music VII - Hebe deine Augen auf
Ziesak & Pregardien
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
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Mendelssohn Church Music II - Von Himmel hoch
Krisztina Laki (soprano), Berthold Possemeyer (baritone)
Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Frieder Bernius
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Rheinberger - Chamber Music with Organ
Melina Mandozzi (violin), Orfeo Mandozzi (cello) & Hannfried Lucke (organ)
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Eccard: Fröhlich will ich singen
Sacred and Secular Songs
Staats-und Domchor Berlin & Lautten Compagney Berlin, Kai-Uwe Jirka
Subtexts are entertainingly brought to light thanks to a number of departures from the score and, for all that these may pall on repeated listening, the zest with which the young singers respond... —
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