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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Lothar Odinius tenor (Evangelista, No.13), Christian Immler bass (Jesus, Nos 11b, 32), Ditte Andersen soprano (Ancilla, No.9), Lenneke Ruiten soprano (No.35), Delphine Galou alto (No.30), David Hansen alto (No.7), Colin Balzer tenor (Servus, Nos 20, 24, 34), Valerio Contaldo tenor (No.13b), Felix...
The eight-strong ensemble is unerringly committed to text in ‘Herr, unser Herrscher’, which is taken quickly by Minkowski and played vividly by Les Musiciens du Louvre…the rapid narrative from... — More…
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Bach: Motets BWV 225-230, Cantatas BWV 50 & 118
Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia & Music for Queen Mary
Jennifer Smith (soprano), Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon (countertenors), Paul Elliott (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), David Thomas (bass), Felicity Lott (soprano), Charles Brett, John Williams (countertenors), Thomas Allen (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass...
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Capuçon accordingly produces an elegantly sustained, warm sound, inflected by a mediumpaced, medium-width vibrato, and phrases everything to exquisite perfection…Some may prefer something a... — More…
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Op.5 & 8
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
While avoiding the more gimmicky extremes [in The Four Seasons], there is no lack of character as soloist or conductor from Renaud Capuçon...These galant style pieces [by Chevalier de Saint-Georges]... — More…
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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Topi Lehtipuu (Hippolyte), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Aricie), Stéphane Degout (Thésée), Sarah Connolly (Phèdre), Jaël Azzaretti (L'Amour), Salomé Haller (Oenone), Marc Mauillon (Tisiphone / La Grande Prêtresse de Diane)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, Ivan Alexandre
As a whole, Ivan Alexandre's production is appropriately stately and Antoine Fontaine's set seems superbly authentic...The drama in the first act coalesces around Sarah Connolly's powerful Phèdre,... — More…
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Carlo Graziani’s warmly expansive 1770s concerto, with its melting Larghetto grazioso, receives its premiere recording. In style somewhere between Boccherini and Haydn, without the memorable... — More…
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No stranger to Baroque music, Tharaud has made eloquent recordings of Couperin, Rameau and Scarlatti, many of the strengths of which are present here, too. He is at his best in the more intimate,... — More…
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La Storia di Orfeo
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Emőke Baráth (soprano)
I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera, Diego Fasolis
Jaroussky’s expressiveness is irresistible. He squeezes maximum nuance from each word, sighing, languishing, and lamenting with utter conviction. As he does so, he also generously shares the... — More…
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JS Bach: Magnificat and Handel: Dixit Dominus
Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri & Toby Spence
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm's performances are light-footed and elegantly phrased and her mainly pleasing line-up of soloists is attentive to textural content and word-painting. — More…
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