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Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
they’re the perfect vehicles for the crack team of Iestyn Davies’s extraordinary vocal control and Arcangelo’s nimble-footedness. —
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Record Review, 5th February 2022, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Solo Cantatas for Alto and Bass
Peter Kooij (bass), Klemens Mölkner, Maria Deger, Margot Oitzinger, Jan Jansen, L'Orfeo Barockorchester
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Bach & Handel - Solo Cantatas & Arias
RecommendedJanet Baker
Academy of St Martin in the Fields and English Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner and Raymond Leppard
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Bach Cantatas Volume 9
Cantatas for the 17th Sunday after Trinity & Cantatas for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Katharine Fuge (soprano), Frances Bourne (alto), Mark Padmore (tenor) & Stephan Loges (bass), Humphries (alto), Robin Tyson (alto), Nathalie Stutzmann (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
…the opening chorus of BWV 148… It's just the kind of piece at which the Monterverdi Choir surpasses its rivals, and the instrumental support from the English Baroque Soloists is splendid.... —
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Bach: Cantatas, BWV 35 & 169
Alex Potter (countertenor), Il Gardellino (early music ensemble), Leo Van Doeselaar (organ)
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JS Bach: Cantatas for alto
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Vocalconsort Berlin & Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans
Fink’s full-bodied, expressive mezzo is rather at odds with the clean, light-textured instrumental sound, but these performances nonetheless convey the music’s pathos and yearning. —
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Special offer. JS Bach: Sacred Cantatas Vol.9 - BWV 163-166
Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Robert Holl (bass), Max van Egmond (bass), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor), Marius van Altena (tenor)
Leonhardt-Consort, Concentus Musicus Wien, Tölz Boys' Choir, Collegium Vocale, Hanover Boys' Choir, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt
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Scholl's highly distinctive voice, with its clarity, poise and quiet control, makes it an ideal vehicle for reflective Bach. The gentle rocking of 'Schlummert ein' (from BWV 82) would coax the... —
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Bach - Cantatas for Alto
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Freiburger Barockorchester & Vocalconsort Berlin, Petra Müllejans
Fink's 'Vergnügte Ruh' is glorious: she floats the opening aria's long lines with the soaring nobility of a Janet Baker, potently complemented by the supple instrumental gravitas of the Freiburgers. —
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