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WECKMANN / BIBER / J.C. BACH / BRUHNS / SCHMELZER
De Profundis Clavami-German Sacred Cantatas Peter Kooij (bass) / L'Armonia Sonora / Mieneke van der Velden [ RAMEE / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] |
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J.S. BACH
St. Matthew Passion (Highlights) Peter Koves (bass) / Jozsef Mukk (tenor) / Hungarian Festival Choir / Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra / Geza Oberfrank (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] "Just in time for this year's Carmel Bach Festival comes this 1994 recording, live from Sweden, conducted very much in the Bruno Weil manner by the world's greatest living choral director, Eric Ericson..." |
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PFITZNER
Palestrina Peter Schreier (tenor), Siegfried Lorentz (bass) & Rosemarie Lang / Chor der Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Apr/2015 ] Pfitzner's opera on the great 16thâcentury composer Palestrina became popular with those in German musical society who had become hostile to the direction which Schoenberg and Busoni had taken |
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PETER-ANTHONY TOGNI
Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet) / Elmer Iseler Singers, Lydia Adams [ ECM / CD - released 25/Mar/2010 ] "Under Jeff Reilly's virtuosic control, the bass clarinet possesses an aloof, almost mystical timbre comparable to the duduk flute used in Middle Eastern music, aptly representing the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah's lamentations in this piece by... |
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BEETHOVEN
Christus am a-lberge, Op.85 Placido Domingo (tenor), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kent Nagano [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "Besides being an astounding technician, Nakamatsu shows impeccable taste; he puts a high gloss on anything he plays." - CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Masses Vol 3 Carolina Ullrich (soprano) lvira Bill (alto) Dominik Köninger (bass) / WDR Radio Choir, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Christoph Poppen [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Jun/2024 ] The third volume of Mozart's Masses focuses on works written in Salzburg when the composer was in his late teens and early twenties. The Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis, a bright celebratory work, is the only Mass setting without soloists. |
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J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 44) BWV43, BWV88, BWV146 Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Gerd Turk (tenor) / Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] The two cantatas BWV 146 and 43 were composed for Jubilate Sunday and for Ascension Day respectively, both of them joyous occasions celebrating Christ's resurrection and subsequent ascension into heaven. |
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J. S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 49) BWV188, BWV156, BWV159 & BWV171 Rachel Nicholls (soprano) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Peter Kooij (bass) / Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "I can't imagine more beautifully long-breathed phrasing than oboist Masamitsu San-nomiya's. But eclipsing all else is the aria that follows, its tenor weaving Bach's logical counterpoint into unison strings and bass...all bathed in the ethereal... |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Requiem Rachel Redmond (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass), Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD/Book - released 12/May/2023 ] Tradition und Vision, young and old, show and intimacy. This year's Mozart Week in Salzburg offered the Requiem in two performances which couldn't diverge more from each other, even though they are based on the same score. First, the 81-year-old... |
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HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 3 - Cantatas for Cardinal Ottoboni Raffaella Milanesi (soprano) & Salvo Vitale (bass) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This disc is further testament to the marvellous subtlety and richness of Handel's Roman music and contains Handel-singing, playing and direction of the absolute highest order." Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 |
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RORY BOYLE
A Box of Chatter Yvonne Paterson, Lee Holland (flutes) Sarah Hayes (alto flute) Jo Aschcroft (bass flute) Fraser Langton, Calum Robertson (clarinets) George Talmaciu ( [ Nimbus Alliance / CD - released 8/Apr/2013 ] "For these notable musicians of the future this disc must prove a landmark and they deserve all possible praise" (MusicWeb Aug 2013) |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Reformations-Oratorium 1755, TWV 13:18 Regula Mühlemann (sop) Daniel Johannsen (ten) Benjamin Appl (bari) Stephan MacLeod (bass) / Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Reinhard Goebel [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "I enjoyed the singing a lot (especially the soloists), and I loved the music and wondered at the still fertile and creative mind of its septuagenarian composer." Early Music Review |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (bass) / Kammerorchester Basel, Giovanni Antoni [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/Feb/2019 ] "If you're in the market for a Ninth full of surprise and delight rather than soulful yearning or triumphalist breast-beating, look no further." Gramophone |
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SVEN HELBIG
Helbig: Requiem A René Pape (bass), Dresdner Kreuzchor, Staatskapelle Dresden, Martin Lehmann [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 16/May/2025 ] Dresden-based composer and producer Sven Helbig creates Requiem A to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, honouring the victims of war and sending a profound plea for peace. |
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MENDELSSOHN
Incidental Music for Antigone, Athalia & Oedipus René Pape (bass) / Radio Symphonie-Orchester / Christoph Spering / Stefan Soltesz [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "Just think: some two hours and fifteen minutes of new and vintage Mendelssohn! The chamber music has enjoyed a great renaissance over the last decade or so. Now the theatrical Mendelssohn beckons. On this evidence these scores include much music of... |
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RESPIGHI
La Primavera / Quattro Liriche / La pentola magica [The Magic Pot] Richard Haan (baritone) Jana Valaskova (soprano) Vladimir Kubovcik (bass) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Adriano [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] " John Sunier Audiophile Audition, June 2009 Respighi is of course mainly connected with his series of super-colorful widescreen panoramic tone poems inspired by Rome. Their brilliant colors and obvious appeal have totally overshadowed the... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The First Songs Of Travel - The 1954 Recital Richard Standen (bass-baritone), Frederick Stone (piano) [ Albion Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] This pioneering 1954 Westminster LP recital by Richard Standen (bass-baritone), accompanied by Frederick Stone (piano), has been remastered for Albion Records by Ronald Grames in excellent sound and issued on ALBCD055. This was the first recording... |
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BOTTESINI
Capriccio di Bravura Rick Stotijn (double bass) / Amserdam Sinfonietta [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] |
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BYSTROM / TUBIN / NORDIN / MALMLOF-FORSSLING
Back to StockHome - works for double bass Rick Stotijn (double bass) / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [ BIS SACD / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "[The Tubin] is a thriller, well worth hearing and a fine vehicle for Stotijn's ability to haul his instrument out of the cellar but also to invest even its lower registers with lyricism and some degree of tonal brightness." Gramophone |
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ELISABETTA BRUSA
Brusa: Requiem Op.25 / Stabat Mater Op.24 Réka Kristóf (soprano) Dorottya Láng (alto) István Horváth (tenor) Marcell Bakonyi (bass) / Hungarian radio Symphony and Choir, Riccardo Frizza [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Apr/2024 ] Most of Elisabetta Brusa's compositions have been written for orchestral forces, with four volumes currently available on Naxos. The two new choral pieces in this fifth volume offer a revealing look at the composer's response to spirituality and her... |