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Bach - Cantatas Volume 34 RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
On March 25, 1725, Bach celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation and Palm Sunday with a special cantata, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern ('How beautifully shines the morning star'), a work... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 55 RecommendedHana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
There's a striking transparency in even the densest of counterpoint...Over 18 years Suzuki seems to have subtly changed his relationship with Bach, from a reverential approach to confident familiarity.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th November 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232 RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano I), Rachel Nicholls (soprano II), Robin Blaze (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The choir is small enough, two/three to a part, to project great clarity and detail - 'Osanna' is delightfully exuberant - though elsewhere Suzuki's tempos are rather deliberate… — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th October 2007
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Handel: Jephtha RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Jephtha), Susan Bickley (Storge), Sophie Bevan (Iphis), Robin Blaze (Hamor), Matthew Brook (Zebul) & Grace Davidson (Angel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers's taut, vibrant, and beautifully sprung account is bright and dazzling, yet so often the score ought to inhabit the tortured light and shade of Caravaggio...the choruses are finely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 47 Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Satoshi Mizukoshi (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki's [Bach series] was initially rather restrained and reverential. No longer...the generous acoustic of the Chapel, reverberating for nearly four seconds, doesn't dull the crisp articulation...another... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 46 Hana Blažíkova (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The trio texture of two oboes d'amore and bass opening the soprano aria of BWV 19 is exquisite, their tone excellently matched by Hana Blažíkova as she enters to expand the texture to a quartet..... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 53 Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki's performance forces, 12-voice choir (including soloists) and three-to-a-part violins, are superbly clean and tidy while allowing him a generous dynamic and dramatic range. Highly commended. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 48 Hana Blažíková (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Satoshi Mizukoshi (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
striking testimony to fine SACD engineering as well as the performers: this clarity and springiness is a vital component...the opening of BWV120, a tight-rope of alto demi-semi-quavers on which... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 39 Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass) & Dmitry Badiarov (violoncello da spalla)
Bach Collegium Japan & Concerto Palatino, Masaaki Suzuki
None of these five cantatas extends beyond a quarter of an hour and yet the wealth of material is brilliantly compressed in a manner which followers of Bach's chorale cantata Jahrgang, his second... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 33 Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor) & Dominik Wörner (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Yet again a fine achievement, striking the right balance between deep contemplation and freshness of approach — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2007, Disc of the month
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