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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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J S Bach - Complete Cantatas Volume 22
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer (soprano), Bogna Bartosz, Nathalie Stutzman (alto), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenor) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Koopman's irrepressible enthusiasm and impish wit remain undiminished as he ends his immense 12 year project recording all Bach's cantatas. Assured vocal soloists, fluent choir and impeccable... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Award Winner
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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J S Bach - Ascension Cantatas
RecommendedSandrine Piau, Johannette Zomer, Sibylla Rubens (sopranos), Bogna Bartosz, Bernhard Landauer (altos), James Gilchrist, Christoph Prégardien, Jörg Dürmüller (tenors) & Klaus Mertens (bass)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Spectacular trumpets (BWV 11) and rattling horns (BWV 138) - Bach, Koopman, and his thrilling Amsterdam forces all at their best evoke the triumph of the Ascension. —
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Building a Library, May 2019, Also Recommended
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Buxtehude - Organ Works 5
Opera Omnia X
Ton Koopman (The Bielfeldt organ (1736), St. Wilhadi, Stade, Germany)
For those new to Buxtehude's organ works both the programming and the instrument make these discs the ideal hopping on point. Plaintive chorale elaborations supply contemplative respite from... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Editor's Choice
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Vivaldi: Concertos for Oboe, Strings and Basso Continuo
Pauline Oostenrijk (oboe)
Baroque Academy of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
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Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317
RecommendedCombattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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Koopman achieves a truly astonishing clarity and focus from 16 voices… He's superbly served, too, by his instrumentalists, horns flying effortlessly through uplifting strands of figures in... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Disc of the month
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Bach, J S: Musical Offering, BWV1079
Ton Koopman (harpsichord & director)
Members of the Amsterdam Baroque
Played with telling clarity and suppleness by members of Amsterdam Baroque, the canons never sound dry or academic… —