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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 Recommendedcontains 2 DVDs and Blu-ray disc
Mark Padmore (Evangelist), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Topi Lehtipuu (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Roderick Williams (Jesus)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Sellars (director)
Sellars is an intrinsically 'musical' director...Williams's Christ all but steals the show - even alongside tenor Mark Padmore whose Evangelist fearlessly interrogates as well as interprets... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Messiah
Hanna Herfurtner (soprano), Gaia Petrone (alto), Michael Schade (tenor) & Christian Immler (bass)
Salzburger Bachchor & Bach Consort Wien, Rubén Dubrovsky
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Handel: Saul Florian Boesch (Saul), Jake Arditti (David), Anna Prohaska (Merab), Giulia Semenzato (Michal), Rupert Charlesworth (Jonathan), Rafał Tomkiewicz (Witch of Endor), Andrew Morstein (Amalekite)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Christopher Moulds, Claus Guth
Whether lashing out in fortissimo melismas or whispering in pure-tone pianissimo, Boesch probes totalising extremes. Other principals match Boesch’s top quality, particularly Arditti, whose... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg: Grand Opening Concert Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, 11.01.2017
Philippe Jaroussky, Sir Bryn Terfel, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Pavol Breslik, Hanna-Elisabeth Müller
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Ensemble Praetorius, NDR Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Thomas Hengelbrock
There are plenty of musical highlights – oboist Kalev Kuljus’s exquisite ‘Pan’, from Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid; a lithe, light-textured finale from Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony;... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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[Suzuki] flows where others drive; he persuades where others insist; he shines where others blaze – it’s never all about him — More…
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Handel: Messiah Susan Gritton (soprano), Cornelia Horak (soprano), Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Richard Croft (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone)
Ensemble Matheus & Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Jean-Christophe Spinosi
there are some penetrating ideas lurking behind the underlying premise, which in essence orbits around the moral, theological and familial fallout surrounding a suicide...the singing blazes... — More…
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass)
Gewandhausorchester, Dresdner Kammerchor, Herbert Blomstedt
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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Reglint Bühler (soprano), Susanne Krumbiegel (mezzo‐soprano), Susanne Langner (alto), Martin Lattke (tenor) & Markus Flaig (bass)
Thomanerchor Leipzig & Freiburger Barockorchester (playing on authentic period instruments), Georg Christoph Biller
The Thomanerchor is superb. Trebles match the confidence and facility of any adult choir...The Freibarockorchester matches their fluency and stylistic sensitivity...In the arias, the communication... — More…
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Stefan Kahle (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, St. Thomas Cantor Georg Christoph Biller
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Hamburg State Opera, 2014
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Melissa Petit (soprano), Katja Pieweck (contralto), Manuel Günther (tenor), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (bass)
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Alessandro de Marchi
