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JS Bach: Easter Oratorio
RecommendedIlse Eerens (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass) & Pieter-Jan Belder (organ)
Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
the nature of the Paschal season has rarely seemed so evocative in this work as in Frans Bruggen's profoundly rooted and reflective reading. Even the opening instrumental music inspires a gradual... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Debussy: Music for the Prix de Rome
RecommendedGuylaine Girard (soprano), Sophie Marilley (mezzo), Bernard Richter (tenor), Alain Buet (baritone) & Marie-Josèphe Jude, Jean-François Heisser (pianos)
Flemish Radio Choir & Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet (direction)
Tracing Debussy's progress from the derivative chorus Salut Printemps of 1882 to the masterly and utterly individual cantata La Damoiselle élue of 1888 is a fascinating journey... Bernard Richter... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th February 2010
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Hervé Niquet and his stylish group of musicians are no strangers to Charpentier's music, but here they sound on exceptional form with evenly balanced vocal and instrumental ensembles and a rewardingly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Rameau: Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, ou Les Dieux d'Égypte RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Blandine Staskiewicz (sopranos), Jennifer Borghi (alto), Reinoud Van Mechelen, Mathias Vidal (countertenors), Tassis Christoyannis, Alain Buet (basses)
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
The music, with Rameau very much in his prime, matches the spectacle and drama...While Herve Niquet's musical direction is generally and excellently consistent, this performance is by no means... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Vashegyi keeps it all together with style...It may be that we will have to wait a long time before seeing this very accomplished work on stage; but someone could make a beautiful suite out of... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Morales, C: Assumption Mass
Josep Cabré (solo plainchant) & Alastair Ross (organ)
Orchestra Of The Renaissance, Richard Cheetham
This is a reconstruction of a Mass for the Assumption as it might have been heard in Toledo Cathedral in about 1580. It follows very much the pattern established by the group's previous discs,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2001, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: The last three symphonies
Recorded live in Rotterdam (de Doelen), Netherlands, on 4 March 2010.
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen
Brüggen, once in the forefront of historically informed practices, has gradually been ploughing his own furrow; and these discs offer examples of his current thoughts that nonetheless still... — More…
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2014, Winner - Musique symphonique
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The northern and southern Italian madrigal traditions meet in the person of Sigismondo d'India. The date of publication of this, his FirstBook of Madrigals (1606) reveals him to be one of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2001, Editor's Choice
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Pandolfo coaxes an array of shades and effects and lets the viol reverberate with Machy's plush musical textures...Above all, Pandolfo makes the music dance with his supple bowing, elastic rhythms,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, Instrumental Choice
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The two collections...are mountains scaled only by those with virtuosity, imagination, historical grasp and, most crucially, daring. Others have tried...but few have succeeded like Fabio Bonizzoni...Bonozzoni... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Instrumental Choice
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