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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
RecommendedLynne Dawson, Carol Hall, Nancy Argenta, Mary Nichols, Michael Chance, Ashley Stafford, Wynford Evans, Howard Milner, Andrew Murgatroyd, Lloyd Morgan, Stephen Varcoe
Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner bases his forces on the famous memorandum which Bach handed to the Leipzig town council in 1730 outlining the vocal and instrumental requirements for performances of his church music.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV54
RecommendedNancy Argenta, Emily Van Evera, Timothy Wilson, Anthony Rolfe, David Thomas, Jeremy White
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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Vivaldi: Gloria & Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Ingrid Attrot (soprano), Catherine Denly (contralto), Ashley Stafford (alto), Stephen Varcoe (bass), David Reichenberg (oboe), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir, Trevor Pinnock
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Handel: Solomon
RecommendedCarolyn Watkinson, Nancy Argenta & Barbara Hendricks
Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
With panache [Gardiner] shows how authentic-sized forces can convey Handelian glamour even with sharply focused textures and fast speeds...the overriding glory is the singing of the Monteverdi... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
RecommendedDiana Montague, John Aler, Chesney Allen
Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
The Monteverdi Choir is on blistering form, and there's some stylish playing from the modern instruments of Lyon Opera. Thomas Allen brings extraordinary dignity to Orestes. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Very Best of English Song RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Great Bach Choruses
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, London Oratory Junior Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Haydn: Choral Music
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
Few other conductors on disc convey so happily the drama, symphonic power and spiritual exhilaration of these glorious works than Richard Hickox. He's fully alive to the ominous unease that... — More…
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedPetteri Salomaa (Figaro), Barbara Bonney (Susanna), Håkan Hagegård (Conte Almaviva), Arleen Augér (Contessa Almaviva), Alicia Nafé (Cherubino), Della Jones (Marcellina), Carlos Feller (Bartolo), Eduardo Giménez (Basilio), Francis Egerton (Curzio), Enzo Florimo (Antonio), Nancy Argenta (Barbarina),...
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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Mozart & Brahms: Requiem
RecommendedNancy Argenta (soprano), Catherine Robbin (contralto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Olaf Bär (baritone)
London Classical Players, Schütz Choir of London, Roger Norrington
this is an enjoyable traversal of the [Mozart Requiem] score, with plenty of character and many points of illumination. — More…
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Building a Library, February 2016, Also Recommended
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