J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach at Bedtime Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Andreas Greger, Arthur Grumiaux, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Lullabies for the still of the night! |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (complete opera) Alessandra Marianelli, Silvia Beltrami, Maxim Mironov, Randall Bills / Camerata Bach Choir, PoznaĆ, Virtuosi Brunensis, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "High standards of florid singing allow this performance to take flight and remain in the air: in fact..it's a vocal feast. Conductor José Miguel Pérez- Sierra shows considerable expertise" Opera, June 2018 |
American Bach Soloists/Thomas
Corelli: 6 Concerti Grossi [ Delos / CD ] |
Andreas Bach
Bartok: Piano Works [ Oehms Classics / CD - released 12/Aug/2011 ] |
LUDWIG van BEEHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Ann-Helen Moen (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), llan Clayton (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] " Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan have given us an historically informed recording of the Beethoven Ninth that conveys the drama, humanity, and transformative release of this incomparable work." Fanfare |
J.S. BACH
The Complete Bach Edition Bachakademie Edition: 10th Anniversary [172 CDs Special Price] Arleen Auger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Quasthoff, Juliane Banse / Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach Collegium Stuttgart / Helmuth Rilling [ Hanssler Classic / 172 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "..if you don't have a lot of Bach, and want to discover all of his works in recordings that range from very good to excellent you can't go wrong." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2010) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Advent & Christmas Cantatas Peter Schreier, Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam, Anna Reynolds / Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] 14 Cantatas ranging from "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" to "Ich habe genug" - many of Bach's most popular works. 4-CD budget capbox of the late 1960s and early 1970s recordings - back in the catalogue |
Bach
Brandenburg Conceto - Orchestral Suites 1 [ 3 CD ] |
Bach
The Swedish Mass [ Proprius / CD - released 18/Jul/2002 ] |
Bach (Arrangements made by the performer)
Andras Segovia, guitar [ DG Segovia Collection / CD - released 19/Apr/2005 ] "Segovia did more than any other performer to popularise the guitar and establish its rightful place in the hierarchy of solo instruments." |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion (complete oratorio) Bach Camerata, Crouch End Festival Chorus, David Temple [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "The solo line-up is without a weak link; among its glories Sophie Bevan's deeply affecting 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze', Benjamin Hulett's finely nuanced 'Erwage', and Robin Blaze's exquisitely judged 'Es ist vollbracht'." BBC Music |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "If you don't know Howells' music, this splendid new recording of one of his most powerful works is likely to win new friends, who will want to investigate further the many very fine Hyperion recordings" MusicWeb |
GEORGE DYSON
Dyson: Choral Symphony ' St paul's Voyage to Melita The Bach Choir / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Jun/2017 ] "Karabtchevsky and his Sao Paulo forces drive through the thick and teeming turmoil with panache. But they also cherish the tender and thinner moments when Villa Lobos's pulse slackens and lyricism peeks through" BBC Music |
WILL TODD
Todd: Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams & Noodles Bach Choir, David Hill [ Signum / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] "The recording is absolutely first rate, as are the performances. As should be obvious, I have thoroughly enjoyed this disc." MusicWeb |
Bach Choir/Southern Sinf/Hill
Rütti: Requiem [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] Carl Rütti's choral music is "sensuous and exuberant by turns, combining dazzling rhythms and soaring melodies with distinctively lush harmonies" Choir & Organ magazine Of his Requiem, immense in scale yet often intimate in tone, the composer... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Verbum caro factum est - a Christmas Greeting Bach Collegium Japan Chorus / Masaaki Suzuki (direction), Masato Suzuki (organ) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2018 ] "The performances are typically classy, and punctuated by a selection of Daquin's 'Noels' for solo organ, played with peppery registrations by Suzuki" BBC Music |
J. S. BACH
Bach For Japan Bach Collegium Japan chorus & orchestra, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] In support of TOHOKU HELP, aiding the victims of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. This compilation has been produced by Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki as part of their ongoing work to support the victims of the earthquake and... |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion Benjamin Bruns, Christian Immler, Carolyn Sampson, Damien Guillon, etc / Bach Collegium Japan chorus & orchestra / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "The musicians convey it with infectious zeal...Generic early music politesse is relegated to the shadows" Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Choral |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion Bach Collegium Japan chorus & orchestra / Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) [ BIS / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] "Here we have a reading that feels as if, deep in the psyche of the performers, they know this is all happening close to the wire. Gilchrist is again on masterly form, risking pinpoint precision for graphic description." Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 3/Jul/2001 ] Includes the early version of No 5-first movement |