A Musical Picture - up to 25% off selected titles
Until 9th September, we are offering up to 25% off selected titles from participating labels, on CD, SACD, Vinyl, Blu-Ray & DVD, & Downloads. Please note, some downloads are excluded from this offer
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Special offer. Brahms: Works for chorus and orchestra
RecommendedAnn Hallenberg (mezzo)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
This is one of the most impressive collections of Brahms's shorter chorus-and-orchestra works that's come my way for some time. It's partly because of the particular combination of works...But... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th March 2012
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Choral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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These are generally no-nonsense accounts, with brisk tempos of a kind favoured these days in period-instrument performances...these are impressive, if somewhat unyielding performances, and they... —
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Special offer. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor) & David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
With a smallish orchestra, period practices and a tight grip on tempos, this is one of the least relenting performances I have heard. —
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Special offer. Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) & Rudolf Rosen (baritone)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
[the music] bursts from the speakers with the same combination of vigour, technical accomplishment and, above all, unforced pleasure in Haydn's cornucopian invention that should make even the... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Bruckner’s intricate counterpoint and rich orchestrations make for seductive, powerful listening, especially in the Te Deum which bursts with harmonic colour. Herreweghe and his musicians give... —
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Special offer. Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Alto Rhapsody & Schicksalslied
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo)
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
this strikes afresh. The sound is crystal clear, the playing sings, dynamic contrasts stand out (just before the first movement’s recap, the sudden stillness is magical). Never has his woodwind... —
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
There are arresting moments, and the playing has a delicate beauty and textual clarity that repeatedly draw one's attention to Mahler's technical finesse - and the slightly soft-focus recording... —
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Special offer. Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge
Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre Des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe
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Special offer. Philippe Herreweghe: A Conversation with Camille De Rijck
CD5 + Book
Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Collegium Vocale Gent (chorus), Brigitte Balleys (soprano), Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Ilse Eerens (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Ewa Wolak (contralto), Magnus Staveland (tenor), Florian Boesch...
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5 CDs + Book
Original price ($53.75) Reduced price $40.31Downloads
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Special offer. Sacred Music
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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11 CDs
Original price ($53.75) Reduced price $40.31
