Bach, J S - Cantata BWV18 'Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt'
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Bach - Actus Tragicus
Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass)
Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot
The singers are wonderful, never over-acting, and managing to sound as though this marvellous work is being minted afresh for us on the spot...The recording is a beauty: warm and full with plenty... —
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Record Review, 17th October 2005, Recording of the Week
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 6
Siri Thornhill (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Marcus Ullmann (tenor) & Jan van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
The sonority of the early BWV 18 is inspired - initially four violas and continuo, with flutes added a decade later. The dark timbre is lightened by authentic high pitch, in a gloriously enveloping... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bach - Cantatas
Agnes Giebel, Sheila Armstrong, Rotraus Hansmann (sopranos), Julia Falk, Helen Watts (altos), Bert van t’Hoff, Kurt Equiluz (tenors) & Jacques Villisech, Max van Egmond (basses)
Monteverdi Choir Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens
Patches of engaging music-making here, though giving more insight into 1960s Hamburg than 1720s Leipzig. Choruses are often woolly, soloists vary from off-the-voice big voices to insecure,... —
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Bach Cantatas Volume 20
Cantatas for Septuagesima (Grote Kerk, Naarden) & Cantatas for Sexagesima (Southwell Minster)
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
…expressive fervour and eloquent phrasing with which the excellent singers of the Monteverdi Choir infuse their performance. There are also some splendid solo contributions, notably from tenors... —
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Bach - Early Cantatas Volume 2
Weimer Cantatas I
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass)
The Purcell Quartet
The Purcell Quartet - two violins, cello and continuo, augmented by two violas, recorders, oboe, bassoon, and trumpet - reflect the meagre forces available to Bach. The four solo singers combine... —
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Bach: Sacred Cantatas BWV Nos 17 - 19
Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Bach: Complete Edition, Vol. 4/10
Marjon Strijk (soprano), Knut Schoch (tenor), Bas Ramselaar (bass), Sytse Buwalda (alto), Ruth Holton (soprano), Nico van der Meel (tenor), Marcel Beekman (tenor), Robert Getchell (tenor), Bas Ramselaar (bass-baritone)
Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink
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JS Bach: Weimar Cantatas
Pascal Bertin (counter-tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Geoffroy Buffière (bass), Eugénie Lefebvre (soprano)
Ensemble Alia Mens, Olivier Spilmont
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Special offer. Bach - Cantatas Vol. 5
Arleen Augér, Aldo Baldin, Eva Csapò, Walter Heldwei, Philippe Huttenlocher, Adalbert Krau, Krisztina Laki, Gabriele Schnau, Gabriele Schreckenbach, Peter Schreier, Wolfgang Schöne
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei, Württembergisches Kammerorchester, Helmuth Rilling
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Bach: Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt / Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Theo Adam (bass, soloist), Adele Stolte (soloist, soprano), Peter Schreier (soloist, tenor), Gerda Schriever (alto, soloist), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Thomanerchor, Erhard Mauersberger
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