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Special offer. J.S. Bach: Lutheran Masses BWV 233-236
Kölner Akademie, Thomas Bonni, Hanna Herfurtner, Elvira Bill (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen, Michael Alexander Willens
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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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The Sixteen...are typically springy and are persuasive advocates for the idea of Bach with small forces. There is a lovely consistency that comes from the soloists also making up the chorus,... —
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Bach - Lutheran Masses Volume 2
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Purcell Quartet
The absurd prejudice that long deprived us of adequate recordings of Bach's four Lutheran Masses (or short Masses, as they're also known because, in accordance with Lutheran usage, they set... —
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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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Konrad Junghänel brings finesse and clarity to the music, but there is also plenty of excitement… Cantus Cölln's unity of approach between voices and instruments is outstanding. —
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Building a Library, June 2008, First Choice
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These beautifully sculpted performances present a perspective on Bach which is committed to beauty of sound...but allied to a structural coherence which combines elegance and grip...this outstandingly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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This is a fascinating lesson in the art of creative transcription by a master transcriber. Both Masses bring out the relaxed and avuncular in Christophers...With scrupulous instrumental underpinning,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Missæ Breves complete recordings BWV 232-236
RecommendedEnsemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
While several one-to-a-part readings can bring a chamber-like intimacy, you get the best of all worlds here: red-blooded warmth, intense coloration, grandeur and crackling vigour and not a scintilla... —
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Building a Library, November 2016, First Choice
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Special offer. Bach: Sacred Music in Latin, Vol. 2
Christoph Prégardien (Tenor), Ingeborg Danz (Mezzo soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (Bass), Michel Brodard (Bass), Ruth Ziesak (Soprano)
Stuttgart Gächinger Kantorei Choir, Stuttgart Bach Collegium Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling
