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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Judith van Wanrooij (soprano) & Patrick Henckens (tenor)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
No rival version is better and few are as good...for a fresh, immediate statement that compels one's attention from start to finish, I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed by this new release — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 Sigiswald Kuijken (direction & violin, gamba, viola d’amore), Christoph Genz (Evangelist/tenor arias), Jens Hamann (Jesus/baritone arias), Gerlinde Samann (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (mezzo)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
This 'choir' provides heartfelt congregational ardour in chorales, the hysterical ferocity of a crowd thirsting for blood, and objective commentary as onlookers in the opening and closing choruses.... — More…
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Willem Jeths: Requiem
Andreas Wolf, Kelly God
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Choir, James Gaffigan
This is a powerful performance, with the orchestra and organ at full force and well balanced with the choir. Bass baritone Andreas Wolf is excellent—his intonation is spot-on and his tone focused,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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The two earliest surviving settings of the Requiem Mass receive beautiful realisations in superb sound: both performances and recording quality are of exemplary clarity. — More…
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Evelina Dobracheva (soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) & Mark Stone (baritone)
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Choir & Netherlands Children’s Choir, Jaap van Zweden & Reinbert de Leeuw
With a formidable blend of Slavic steel and sensuality in her rich soprano, she provides the gleaming core to a deeply satisfying Libera me...Griffey's heavy vibrato makes for unevenness and... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Annemarie Kremer (soprano), Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto), Marcel Reijans (tenor) & Geert Smits (baritone)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
it's a considerable relief to turn to interpreters who respond first of all to the text in front of them...what one actually hears is a symphony composed in 1824 and not 1884...The adroit members... — More…
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Among the distinctive details here are that it is performed at probably the lowest possible pitch...the textures in general are exceptionally clear and, partly as a result of that pitch, the... — More…
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Gerlinde Sämann, Elisabeth Hermans, Patrizia Hardt, Petra Noskaiová, Bernhard Hunziker, Christoph Genz, Marcus Niedermeyr & Jan Van der Crabben
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (director)
La Petite Bande is true to its name in this one-to-a-part approach, yet the real motivation for the chamber scoring is one premised on the director's close identification with intimate rhetorical... — More…
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the chamber choir on this recording sings this music of power and profound melancholy with the intimacy of madrigal singers. Things become audible that I’d never heard before. They are particularly... — More…
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