Shickele/P.D.Q. Bach
The Jekyll & Hyde Tour [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 19/Nov/2012 ] |
WILLIAM MATHIAS
Ave Rex, A Carol Sequence / Elegy for a Prince / This WorldeAEs Joie Sir Geraint Evans (bass-baritone) Janet Price (soprano) Kenneth Bowen (ten) / The Bach Choir / London Symphony Orchestra / New Philharmonia Orchestra [ Lyrita / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "Willcocks and Atherton conduct with vigour and care for detail, and the recordings are admirably clean" Gramophone |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas for Solo Soprano (BWV51, 52, 84, 199) Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano) / Koln Bach Vocal Ensemble / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "The disc has been available in Germany for the past couple of years and enjoys good solid sound engineering." David's Review Corner, December 2009 |
FAURE / MAYR / BOCCHERINI / VERDI / PERGOLESI / HAYDN / LISZT / etc
Stabat Mater The Sixteen, The Bach Choir, Exultate Singers, Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Washington Chorus, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 24/Feb/2017 ] The text of Stabat Mater Dolorosa, a hymn to the Virgin Mary, is attributed to Jacopo Todi (1230‐ 1306). It is a lamentation upon the tragic fate of Mary, bewailing the suffering and death of her son Jesus Christ at the cross. This outpouring of... |
J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion (Complete) (Includes 192 page booklet) Soloists / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "What makes this performance of the St Matthew Passion not just revolutionary but an absolute must-have for lovers of this music - regardless of whether they like it fat or thin - is the sheer quality of the performance." (International Record Review) |
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Etudes Sonya Bach (piano) [ Rubicon Classics / CD - released 10/May/2020 ] Sonya Bach's debut album for Rubicon was a well-received 2CD set of J.S Bach's Keyboard Concerti with the English Chamber Orchestra. For this, her second album, she turns to Chopin and his Etudes. |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Keyboard Concertos Sonya Bach (piano), English Chamber Orchestra [ Rubicon Classics / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] Korean pianist Sonya Bach studied with Lazar Berman and Alicia de Larrocha, and is a Steinway artist. For such a great virtuoso of both harpsichord and organ, it is remarkable that J.S Bach composed only one original work for keyboard and... |
J. S. BACH
Secular Cantatas Vol 2: BWV208 'The Hunt', BWV134a 'Serenada' Sophie Junker (soprano) Makoto Sakurada (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Bach Collegium Japan directed by Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "brilliantly caught, from the casting of the four characters to the expectional continuo work, led by Suzuki himself. Makoto Sakurada (as Endymion) conveys the ensnaring potential of love with friendly caution" Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice... |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra, Bach Society of Minnesota* (choir) [ Vox Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Much has been written about Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, formerly Leonore. Beethoven worked on it on and off for almost a decade. During that time the four different overtures included on this recording were composed. They are substantially... |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas, Vol.27 (Nos 5, 80, 115) Susanne Ryden (soprano) Pascal Bertin (counter-tenor) Gerd Tark (tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki, director [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "If you've yet to sample the series, or are just collecting the highlights, this is definitely one to consider...this disc deserves to be the best selling of the cycle." (International Record Review June 2005) |
Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan
Bach: Cantatas Nos.21/31 [ Bis / CD ] |
J. S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio BWV248 Monika Frimmer (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The six cantatas that make up Bach's ChristmasOratorio are part of a unified work celebrating not just Christmas itself but also the New Year and Epiphany. Masaaki Suzuki faces plentiful if not invariably stiff competition in this work. In fact, it... |
Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan
Bach: German Organ Mass [ Bis / 2 CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] |
Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan
Kuhnau/Zelenka/Bach:magnificat [ Bis / CD ] |
Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan
Monteverdi: Vespers/Magnificat [ Bis / 2 CD - released 30/Apr/2001 ] |
Suzuki/Bach Collegium Japan
Schutz:geistliche Chormusik [ Bis / 2 CD ] |
Suzuki/Mera/Bach Collegium Jap
Bach:cantatas Vol.8 [ Bis / CD ] |
TORRI / SARRO / HANDEL / VINCI / HASSE / etc
Pace e Guerra: Arias for Bernacchi Terry Wey (countertenor) / Bach Consort Wien, Ruben Dubrovsky, with Vivica Genaux (mezzo) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] Terry Wey was the leading soprano soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir. He has worked under some of the leading conductors in the world today & has been invited to perform at some of the most important venues in the world such as Musikverein Wien,... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass No. 5 / Magnificat Trine Wilsberg Lund / Bettina Ranch / Min Woo Lim / Dominik Königer / Immortal Bach Ensemble / Leipziger Kammerorchester / Morten Schuldt-Jensen [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] "Schubert fans should not hesitate, and if you're a listener looking for a way in to the composer's church music, this is an excellent place to start. Recommended." (9/9 Classics Today) |