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In the distinguished performance history of the Great Passion, this is a dynamic and powerful reading. What we have here, primarily, is a compelling directorial vision, a dramatically cohesive... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Gardiner bases his forces on the famous memorandum which Bach handed to the Leipzig town council in 1730 outlining the vocal and instrumental requirements for performances of his church music.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Here's a performance that blends this conductor's love of scholarship with an unerring sense of theatre. The English Baroque Soloists are magnificent in a work that puts the chorus only one... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007More…

The British Admiral had ousted the Napoleonic fleet at the Battle of the Nile just as Haydn was in the middle of writing his Nelson Mass. Although the news could not have reached him until after... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…