Kuijken Bach Cantatas
Started in 2001 Sigiswald Kuijken cycle on Accent has made a very promising start. As one might expect these performances have a subtle sense of rhythmic hierarchy, with animated dance metres and well shaped continuo lines. The performances are highly convincing: the vocal soloists bring great energy to their lines, adding effective ornamentation in the choruses and projecting a distinctive character for each aria. These performances illuminate Bach’s cantatas with persuasive musicianship and also a critical appraisal of current performing styles. As a result, they are some of the finest examples of what historically informed performers can achieve.
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 6
Siri Thornhill (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Marcus Ullmann (tenor) & Jan van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
The sonority of the early BWV 18 is inspired - initially four violas and continuo, with flutes added a decade later. The dark timbre is lightened by authentic high pitch, in a gloriously enveloping... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 18
Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Jan Van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Of the one-to-a-part voices, Gerlinde Samann has a lovely quality but sacrifices sustained tone to diction. Christoph Genz's upper range glows brightly and Jan van der Crabben displays a fine... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 1
Sophie Karthauser (soprano), Petra Noskaiova (alto), Cristoph Genz (tenor) & Dominik Worner (bass-baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 2
Siri Thornhill (soprano), Petra Noskaiova (alto), Cristoph Genz (tenor) & Jan Van der Crabben (baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 11
Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Jan Van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 10
Siri Thornhill (soprano), Petra Noskaiova (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor) & Jan van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Given the attention to detail and forceful polemic of [Kuijken's] booklet notes, it comes as a huge - if not surprising - relief to find that the music-making itself is singularly free from... — More…
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…in Petra Noskaiová has found a priceless jewel. Her singing of the meditative E minor alto aria in BWV 81 with its accompanying recorders and strings is beautifully done as indeed is that... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 4
Elisabeth Hermans (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor), Jan van der Crabben (baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 3
Elisabeth Hermans (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor), Jan van der Crabben (baritone)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
Kuijken is uncompromisingly in the 'one-voice-to-a-part' camp for Bach cantatas… BWV178 strongly supports the solo-voice principle with a movement comprising chorale phrases interrupted by... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas for the Liturgical Year Volume 12
Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Petra Noskaiová (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor), Jan Van der Crabben (bass)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
The choral blend of the four voices is excellent...This is some of the best of Bach, excellently recorded in surround-sound — More…
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