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SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto Op 129 / Piano Concerto Op 54 Christophe Coin (cello) Andreas Staier (piano) / Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] An opportunity to rediscover two masterpieces played on period instruments. |
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CARLO GESUALDO
Responsoria 1611: Responses for Holy Week Collegium Vocal Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2013 ] |
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HEINRICH SCHUTZ
Schutz: Opus Ultimum, Schwanengesang Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Palatino, Philippe Herreweghe (Direction) [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2017 ] "You take away from the performance the overwhelming impression of an old man preparing to meet his God in a mood of philosophical calm, yet still filled with a sense of wonder at creation" Guardian |
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ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E Minor & Te Deum Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Composed in 1866 for the inauguration of a votive chapel in Linz Cathedral, Anton Bruckner's Mass no. 2 is a fine example of modernity blended with a centuries-old religious tradition, in that wind instruments are set in dialogue with choral writing... |
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J. S. BACH
Ach suber Trost!: Leipzig Cantatas Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] The four cantatas selected by Philippe Herreweghe for this recording date from the first year of Bach's activity in Leipzig. |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Motetten BWV 225-230 (Double Gatefold LP) Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Phi / 2 LP - released 24/Feb/2017 ] To launch Philippe Herreweghe's birthday year, we turn the spotlight once more on one of his most accomplished recordings: Bach's Motets BWV 225-230. Recorded in 2011 in the splendid acoustics of the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin, this... |
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Du treuer Gott - Leipzig Cantatas BWV 101 - 103 - 115 Collegium Vocale, Gent Philippe Herreweghe [ Phi / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] For the third vtime on the Phi label, Philippe Herreweghe gives us the opportunity to (re)discover three cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach - Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103 and Mache dich, mein... |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd: Infelix ego Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 15/Mar/2015 ] 'Philippe Herreweghe renews the power of Byrd's masterpieces with sensual, intimate, moving, and very un-English performances. (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Early Music) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il quarto libro de madrigali Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ Phi / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Monteverdi's Fourth Book of Madrigals, published in 1603 after an eleven-year gestation, bears witness to the metamorphosis of the madrigal and the rapid evolution of music at the turn of the two centuries. It is also a model of the genre and may be... |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Choral |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "Throughout, Herreweghe achieves a supremely flexible responsiveness to the texts." The Observer, 14th August 2011 |
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TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
Officium Defunctorum Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / Outhere / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "a CD of such beauty that it needs to be heard by every lover of Renaissance choral music. The music itself is stunning...Herreweghe's 13 singers do it justice with performances that strike a perfect balance between lusciousness and clarity,... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: 'Meins Lebens Licht' Cantatas BWV 45 & 198 / Motet BWV 118 Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (director) / Dorothee Mields (soprano), Alex Potter (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass) [ PHI / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] 'O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, is tailor-made for Herreweghe. No one else peels back those tactile homogeneous phrases with quite such luminosity and deep-seated finesse as Collegium Vocale.' Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Choral |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor, BWV232 Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / 2 CD - released 21/May/2012 ] "Herreweghe's account proves outstanding" (BBC Music) |
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BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis in D Marlis Petersen, Gerhild Romberger, Benjamin Hulett, David Wilson-Johnson / Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ PHI / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "With a smallish orchestra, period practices and a tight grip on tempos, this is one of the least relenting performances I have heard." (BBC Music) |
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MARCO PUTZ
Pütz: Moods Cottbus State Theatre Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Merzyn, with Philippe Schwartz (euphonium) & Karl Berkel (tuba) [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] Marco Pütz gained international recognition after winning awards for his compositions in the mid-1990s. Accessibility and enjoyment for both audiences and musicians are a central element in Pütz's music, and he is renowned for numerous symphonic,... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas 8, 125. 138 Deborah York (sop) Ingeborg Danz (alto) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Kooy (bass) / Collegium Vocale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] The theme of death and dying was one of the favourite themes of Bach and his contemporaries in their cantatas - that "musical theology" which was held in such high esteem in deeply Lutheran Northern Germany. Composed between 1723 and 1725, the three... |
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LEO BROUWER
Concierto Elegiaco Denis Sung-Ho / Chapelle Musicale de Tournai, Philippe Gerard [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 28/Sep/2011 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Dorothee Mields, Damien Guillon, Thomas Hobbs, Peter Kooij / Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2014 ] "Some of the intimacy derives from the small forces...but it's mainly to do with the relaxed (though never sluggish) tempos...The solo team is outstanding." (BBC Music Magazine, Feb 2014) |
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J. S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Dorothee Mields, Damien Guillon, Thomas Hobbs, Peter Kooij / Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] G :- "For Bach´s Brandenburg Concertos we got to Cöthen Palace, and find the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in a lovely room, standing round in a semi-circle..the sense of pleasure the players radiate is strong." BBC Music Magazine |