SCHUBERT
Masses Nos. 1 & 3 Immortal Bach Ensemble / Leipzig Chamber Orchestra / Morten Schuldt-Jensen [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] Aged only 17, Schubert conducted his first complete Mass setting, in F major, D. 105, in September 1814, gaining the approval of his former teacher Antonio Salieri. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass No 4 in C D452 / Mass No 2 in G D167 / Deutsche Messe D872 Immortal Bach Ensemble / Leipziger Kammerorchester / Morten Schuldt-Jensen [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "The musical forces in this (first?) disc of Schubert's sacred music are very fine, and the music as attractive as could be-especially the folksong-oriented German Mass." Cliffs Classics, November 2009 |
DOMENICO SCARLATTI
Stabat Mater / Missa breve, La stella / Te Deum / etc Immortal Bach Ensemble / Morten Schuldt-Jensen [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jan/2008 ] Domenico Scarlatti is known today for his many harpsichord sonatas. The earlier part of his career, however, was concentrated on sacred and secular vocal music. While his Te Deum was probably written for Lisbon, the other works included here come... |
PAUL BEN-HAIM
Ben-Haim: Evocation, Works For The Violin Itamar Zorman (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Philippe Bach Amy Yang (piano) [ BIS / CD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] Paul Frankenburger left his native Germany in 1933 in response to the National Socialists' rise to power. Up to that point he had been fully immersed in the German tradition and his compositions followed in the footsteps of the great German... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Life and Works Narrated biography with extensive musical examples Jeremy Siepmann (narrator) with John Shrapnel as Bach [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2009 ] With compelling narration by Jeremy Siepmann, character portrayals by acclaimed actors, and the interpolation of over 25 substantial musical extracts reflecting the development of one of music's most enduringly awe-inspiring composers, we are... |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Life and Works Narrated biography with extensive musical examples Jeremy Siepmann (narrator) with John Shrapnel as Bach [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Who was the man behind some of the most intensely emotional music ever written? Who were the influential figures in his life? In this 4-CD set packed full of biographical detail and poignant musical extracts we are led through the course of... |
J S BACH
Secular Cantatas Vol IV [BWV205 & BWV207] Joanne Lunn, Robin Blaze, Wolfram Lattke & Roderick Williams / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "The outstanding moment is Gratitude's 'Ätzet dieses Angedenken', in which Robin Blaze's gentle singing is accompanied by a lyrical pair of flutes." (Gramophone) |
J.S. BACH
Cantatas (Vol 16) Nos 119 & 194 Jochen Kupfer, Kirsten Sollek-Avella, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/2001 ] Each volume of JS Bach's Cantatas as recorded by Masaaki Suzuki's Bach Collegium Japan is keenly awaited by collectors and critics alike. Indeed, this series has done a great deal to broaden the BIS image so that we are now known not only as "the"... |
Johann Sebastian Bach / Sandor Veress
Hansheinz Schneeberger : violin / Tabea Zimmermann : viola / Thomas Demenga : violoncello [ ECM Records / CD ] Recorded December 1991 |
J.S. & J.C. BACH / SCHUTZ / BOHM
Beloved and Beautiful Johannette Zomer (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos Van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "The Netherlands Bach Society proves their mettle time and time again and so once more here. Though I am usually rigorously opposed to such small ensembles, like the use of a string quartet here, the soundness of the performance and particulars of... |
BUXTEHUDE
Membra Jesu Nostri Johannette Zomer (soprano) / Netherlands Bach Society / Jos Van Veldhoven [ Channel Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Apr/2006 ] "Magnificent new versions of moving meditations on the crucified Christ" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (June 2006) |
TRADITIONAL / JOHN RUTTER / etc
The Colours of Christmas The Bach Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter, with Over the Bridge [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] "If you believe that Christmas music should have a warm, comfortable feel, then this CD will fit the bill perfectly." (Gramophone) |
Js Bach
Beruehmte Orgelwerke [ Naxos / CD ] |
J.S. Bach
Cello Suites - Complete [ 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] |
Js Bach
Concertos For 2,3 & [ Naxos / CD ] |
Js Bach
Esprit/Orgelwerke [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
Js Bach
Goldberg-Variationen ( [ Oehms Classics / Hybrid SACD - released 27/Nov/2012 ] |
Js Bach
Joannes Passion [ 2 CD ] |
C. P. E. BACH
The C. P. E. Bach Edition: Symphonies, Concertos, Sonatas & Chamber Music Julian Steckel, Michael Rische, Ana-Marija Markovina, Patrick Gallois, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart & more [ Hanssler Classic / 54 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2016 ] The composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach has been rediscovered in recent years. Hardly any other label has done more for the composer's appreciation than Hanssler Classic. Now all, really all, of Hänsslers C.P.E Bach recordings are in a sensational box |
Bach
Brandb. Konzerte 4-6/+Kob/Koch [ CD - released 10/Mar/2008 ] |