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RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Rhinemaidens Raphaël Pichon and his Ensemble Pygmalion invite us to follow the course of the Rhine in the company of his ‘maidens’. Drawing on the German imaginative heritage, they present a programme in a number of tableaux in which these great composers of German Romanticism are, as it were, intertwined on the thread of a tradition, bearing the song of the Rhinemaidens in all its mystery and enchantment.
Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: HMC902239 Barcode: 3149020223925 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Emmanuel Ceysson [harp] wt Bernarda Fink [mezzo-soprano] * Ständchen, Anneke Scott, Joseph Walters, Olivier Picon, Chris Larkin [horns]
Ensemble Pygmalion Raphaël Pichon
Morpheus' Daughters 1/ WAGNER: Auf dem Grunde des Rheines pour 24 voix de femmes, harpe, 4 cors et 2 contrebasses 2/ SCHUMANN: Wiegenlied op.78/4 pour voix de femmes et harpe* 3/ BRAHMS: Ich schwing mein Horn ins Jammertal op.41/1, pour quatre cors Mermaids 4/ SCHUMANN: Romance à voix égales op.69 no5: Meerfey 5/ SCHUBERT: Psaume XXIII Gott ist mein Hirt D.706 pour voix de femmes et harpe 6/ SCHUMANN: Romance à voix égales op.91 no6: In Meeres Mitten Serenade 7/ WAGNER: Siegfried: Sonnerie de Siegfried pour cor solo 8/ BRAHMS: Volkslied en canon pour voix de femmes op.113 no5 Wille, wille will der Mann ist kommen! 9/ SCHUBERT: Ständchen D.920 pour mezzo-soprano, choeur de femmes et harpe The Mourning Women 10/ SCHUBERT: Lacrimosa son io D.131b - Canon à trois voix égales 11/ SCHUMANN: Romance à voix égales op.69 no6 : Die Capelle 12/ SCHUBERT: Coronach D.836, pour voix de femmes, 2 cors et piano (harpe) 13/ WAGNER: Götterdämmerung: Marche funèbre de Siegfried pour 4 cors (arr. James Wilcox) Love’s grief is monotonous 14/ after ISAAC: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen* 15/ BRAHMS: Volkslied en canon pour voix de femmes op.113 no2: Grausam erweiset sich Amor an mir, 16/ Volkslied en canon pour voix de femmes op.113 no13: Einförmig ist der Liebe Gram Rhinemaidens 17/ WAGNER: Götterdämmerung: Die Rheintöchter pour choeur de femmes, 2 cors et harpe* 18-21/ BRAHMS: Vier Gesänge op.17 pour voix de femmes, 2 cors et harpe * Transcriptions Vincent Manac'h Purchasing this CD also allows you to download the recording as 24-bit HD audio files (simply enter the unique code inside each CD).
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' Op. 55, Coriolan Overture Op. 62 Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall ‘‘Jordi Savall captures the work’s potent energy to perfection, the whiff of gunpowder hanging in the air." James Jolly, Gramophone This is music to shock, arouse and thrill — the only thing it won’t do is leave you unmoved. Sitting like a gate-keeper to the new century, a century that saw more change than any before it, Beethoven’s 'Eroica' (1803-5) changed the history of music. Take note, it seems to say: Man has the power to challenge Fate and sometimes even win (the French Revolution was still echoing in the mind). In 1994 Jordi Savall conducted Beethoven's 'Eroica' symphony with Le Concert des Nations (a group he founded in 1989 for Baroque music), winning praise for this well-researched and groundbreaking interpretation.
Label: Alia Vox Heritage File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: AVSA9916 Barcode: 8435408099165 MID Price Format: 1 hybrid SACD Packaging: digipack Le Concert des Nations Jordi Savall
"Unusual repertoire for Savall perhaps but he delivers a performance full of thrilling perceptions and some amazing sounds. Definitely one to sample." Gramophone, [anniversary survey on Beethoven's 'Eroica'] 1 hybrid multichannel SACD the acclaimed Astrée recording, January 1994 in Cardona Castle, Catalunya. Released in 1997 by Auvidis as Fontalis ES8557.
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Robert SCHUMANN: Complete Edition Symphonic Works Vol. 5 Fantasy for Violin, Konzertstücke for Piano, Konzertstück for Four Horns
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Alexander Lonquich Heinz Holliger WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Label: Audite File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: AUDITE97718 Barcode: 4022143977182 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack
Schumann’s 'Konzertstücke' complement his solo concertos. Confined to one movement, they are more concentrated, more pointed in their characters and freer in the development of their ideas than their bigger siblings. Patricia Kopatchinskaja puts her own stamp onto this compact genre. Corresponding to her performance of the Violin Concerto (on Vol. 4), she also interprets the 'Violin Fantasy' without any Romantic bias. She traces Schumann’s contrasts with a broad sound palette, clear sounds alternating with intensive vibrato, and virtuoso passages characterised by nimble agility. The Fantasy finds its expression in Kopatchinskaja’s free approach. Alexander Lonquich’s performance of the two Konzertstücke for piano follows an individual, but nonetheless Romantic reading, favouring rich sounds and carefully controlled accentuation as a means of expression. The covertly multi-movement Konzertstück for Four Horns reveals Schumann’s symphonic experience: he softens the boundaries of the symphony as a genre in the Classical-Romantic tradition. April will see the release of the Schumann edition’s final volume, showcasing the 'Zwickau' Symphony as well as the complete Overtures.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Alexander Lonquich Heinz Holliger WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln REVIEWED IN THE HERALD [comparison with Isabelle Faust]
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
ELGAR, DEBUSSY, RESPIGHI: Violin Sonatas SIBELIUS: Berceuse Op. 79/6
James Ehnes Andrew Armstrong
Label: Onyx Classics File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: ONYX4159 Barcode: 880040415923 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal James Ehnes [violin] Andrew Armstrong [piano]
After a rapturous critical reception for their Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas, [see below] James and Andrew turn their attention to three violin sonatas all composed around the years of World War I. The Sibelius 'Berceuse' also dates from the war years when Finland was isolated from the rest of Europe. Sibelius was short of money and busy writing the 6th and 7th symphonies, and planning his 8th: the six short pieces of Op. 79 were attractive to publishers who were wary of large scale works with little chance of commercial return during the hostilities. Debussy would die in 1918 and had, like Elgar, composed very little during the conflict. "I want to work," he wrote to his publisher Durand, "not so much for myself, as to provide a proof, however small, that thirty million Boches can’t destroy French thought". Elgar told a friend "I cannot do any real work with the awful shadow hanging over us" he said. Suffering from ill health, Elgar wrote the sonata in Sussex where a copse of gnarled lightning-ravaged trees, near his house on the South Downs, inspired him to embark on three late great chamber works. Respighi’s sonata inhabits a heroic late romantic almost ‘Brahmsian’ world, seemingly unscathed by the devastation of the ‘War to end all wars’. Also available:
ONYX4141 Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas "Theirs is masterly playing ....(Franck sonata) Yet it is in the companion piece (Strauss) in which Ehnes comes out with all interpretative guns blazing...Ehnes and Armstrong make the slow movement the work's emotional heart, capturing its Mendelssohnian wistfulness to perfection" BBC Music Magazine 5 stars ONYX4129 American Chamber Music ONYX 4121 Khachaturian Violin Concerto / Shostakovich String Quartets 7&8 ONYX4113 Britten & Shostakovich Violin Concertos ONYX4076 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto etc ONYX4060 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto & Octet [No. 1 top Mendelssohn recording in recent Gramophone poll] ONYX4044 Paganini 24 Caprices ONYX4025 Elgar Violin Concerto ONYX4016 Barber, Korngold , Walton Violin Concertos ADVERTISED IN GRAMOPHONE & BBC MUSIC MAGAZINES
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 Christophe Rousset Recording 'The Well-tempered Clavier' is a bit like climbing Everest, and this new recording by Christophe Rousset devoted to Book I has been eagerly awaited. With modesty and rigour, he gives a rich, varied interpretation of this monument to Art, revealing its secrets to us in a highly informative introductory text. Performed on the magnificent Rückers harpsichord at the Château of Versailles, Nicolas Bartholomée's recording ideally reproduces the full, fruity savour of this instrument that has miraculously been preserved. ALSO AVAILABLE:
AP070 Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II / Christophe Rousset
Label: Aparté File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: AP120 Barcode: 3149028077322 MID Price Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Christophe Rousset [harpsichord]
“Rousset combines virtuoso technique and sharp intellect, underscoring the extremes of freedom and rigour that lie at the heart of these works, and the playing is by turns pliant, controlled, Spartan, ornate.” Kate Bolton, BBC Music Magazine – Feb 2014, **** perf / **** rec “one of the finest harpsichordists working today, and these readings, while never pedantic or ponderous, feel fully studied and assimilated.” Philip Kennicott, Gramophone – March 2014 “Rousset is unquestionably a player of impeccable and immaculate technical command, fluent and precise in touch, compelling in his choice of tempos and authoritative in his grasp of structure.” Marc Rochester, IRR – Feb 2014
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Peter DICKINSON: Orchestral Works Heritage presents a new recording of the orchestral works of Peter Dickinson, expertly played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conducted by the contemporary music specialist, Clark Rundell. Through these performances, we see a different and altogether lighter side of Dickinson’s creativity. All of the works presented here are very accessible and place melody at the forefront of the compositional process. With the exception of 'Merseyside Echoes', the works, in their orchestral versions, appear on disc for the first time.
Label: Heritage File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: HTGCD211 Barcode: 5060332661503 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: cristal Leslie Hatfield (violin) Robert Plane (clarinet) track 8 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Clark Rundell [conductor]
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS 1 A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE (1979) 2 SATIE TRANSFORMATIONS (1969-70) 3-7 FIVE DIVERSIONS (1963/70) 8 BACH IN BLUE (2004/12/15) 9 MERSEYSIDE ECHOES (1988) 10-15 SUITE FOR THE CENTENARY OF LORD BERNERS (1974/83/2015) 16 MONOLOGUE FOR STRINGS (1959)
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Arias for Domenico Annibali, The Dresden Star Castrato Works by Ristori, Hasse et al.
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti Il Basilico
Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Opera & Vocal Catalogue No: PC10341 Barcode: 7619990103412 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Flavio Ferri-Benedetti [alto] Carla Nahadi Babelegoto [soprano] Il Basilico Eva Saladin [concert master]
Flavio Ferri-Benedetti, one of today’s key countertenors for Italian baroque, pays homage to the once-admired but often underestimated castrato Domenico Annibali, who was greatly appreciated in a time when Senesino, Farinelli, Caffarelli or Carestini were fighting for supremacy on Europe’s stages. His 25-year career had him traveling between Italy, England, Germany and Poland, singing for composers such as Handel, Porpora, Zelenka but, most importantly, for Hasse, with whom he premiered most of his operatic roles together with the great prima donna Faustina Bordoni. In this exciting and varied recital, half of the programme is brand new to disc, including some rare gems such as Feo’s 'Andromaca', Latilla’s 'Romolo' or Porpora’s 'Filandro'. Annibali’s season in London for Handel is not only represented by Arminio’s breathtaking prison aria, but also by the duet from 'Berenice', here featuring Italian soprano Carla Nahadi Babelegoto. Ensemble Il Basilico, under the guidance of Eva Saladin, accompany Ferri-Benedetti and his portrayal of baroque affetti, with a range of three octaves from baritone to mezzosoprano, as castrati were wont to do. Giovanni Alberto RISTORI: Aria di Ruggiero: »Bellezze adorate« (Le fate, Dresden 1736) Johann Adolph HASSE: Aria di Alessandro: »Cervo al bosco« (Cleofide, Dresden 1731) Nicola PORPORA: Aria di Germanico: »Qual turbine che scende« (Germanico in Germania, Roma 1732) George Frideric HANDEL: Aria di Arminio: »Vado a morir« (Arminio, London 1737) Francesco FEO: Aria di Astianatte: »Quel nocchier che vana ogn’opra« (Andromaca, Roma 1730) PORPORA: »Terra è questa«, »D’esser già parmi« (Filandro, Dresden 1747) HANDEL: Duetto di Berenice e Demetrio: »Se il mio amor fu il tuo delitto« (Berenice, London 1737) HASSE: Aria di Niceforo: »Perfidi, sul mio core« (Irene, Dresden 1738) Jan Dismas ZELENKA: Aria di Azaria: »Già ripiglia vermiglia la rosa« (Il Serpente di bronzo, Dresden 1730) Gaetano LATILLA: Aria di Romolo: »Così geloso un angue« (Romolo, Roma 1739) RISTORI: Accompagnato della Pace: »Sì, rifiorite« Aria della Pace: »A vostro dispetto« (Componimento per musica, Warszawa 1736)
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Herzens-Lieder German Baroque Cantatas
Miriam Feuersinger Capricornus Consort Basel
Label: Christophorus File Under: Classical/Secular Vocal music Catalogue No: CHR77399 Barcode: 4010072773999 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Miriam Feuersinger [soprano] Capricornus Consort Basel
'Herzens-Lieder' [Songs of the Heart] – this title would certainly have appealed to the two librettists and four composers featured upon this CD. In terms of music and church history, they all – Johann Kuhnau, Georg Philipp Telemann, Christoph Graupner and Johann Sebastian Bach – form part of the Lutheran church choir tradition. The text 'Mein Herz schwimmt in Blut', set by both Graupner and Bach, was written by Georg Christian Lehms (1684-1717). In the preface to this work, the poet expresses his hope that composers will set his cantatas to music in such a manner that “not only the harmony of the instruments is heard”, but that “the heart is revived through the power of the sung words”. The vocal soloist of this recording is the Austrian soprano Miriam Feuersinger, Echo award winner in 2014 for her recording of cantatas by Graupner (CHR77381). She has played with renowned musicians such as Ton Koopman, Václav Luks, and Peter Kooij and with baroque ensembles such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, La Cetra, Collegium 1704 and Capricornus Consort Basel to name but a few. Also available: CHR77381 Himmlische Stunden, Selige Zeiten Cantatas by Christoph Graupner/Miriam Feuersinger, Capricornus Consort Basel “a life-enhancing disc” George Pratt, BBC Music Magazine – May 2014, ***** perf / ***** rec “a major discovery … The disc’s first half sets the bar very high … well worth investigating.” Carl Rosman, IRR – May 2014 “Miriam Feuersinger’s effortlessly enunciated singing (not to mention the breathing clarity of her high notes) is perfectly partnered here by a one-to-a-part ensemble.” Brian Clark, Early Music Review – April 2014
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Baldassare VIALARDO: Missa Vestiva i colli Compositions on the madrigal »Vestiva i colli« by Cima, Grancini, Rognoni, Banchieri, Donati, & de Selma
Musica Fiorita Daniela Dolci
Label: Pan Classics File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: PC10344 Barcode: 7619990103443 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Miriam Feuersinger [soprano] Daniel Cabena [contralto] Michael Feyfar, Hans-Jörg Mammel [tenors] Jean-Christophe Groffe [bass] Musica Fiorita Daniela Dolci [organ, harpsichord & direction]
The madrigal 'Vestiva i colli' is probably one of the greatest examples of enduring music, crossing centuries. It originated as a five-voice setting by Palestrina, but gained in popularity as other authors made parodies and variations on it. The art of improvising was thoroughly intertwined with performance practice between the 16th and 17th centuries, and it was expected that performers were able to provide their own variations and embellishments. 'Vestiva i colli' is a prime example of a common melody to which embellishments are applied; Bassano, Della Casa, De Selma, and Rognoni et al provide their own, sometimes in multiple versions. These are all showcase pieces, for display of instrumental technique and improvisatory imagination. Besides the aforesaid composers the recording focusses on the premiere recording of a Mass by Baldassare Vialardo (d. after 1620), Maestro di Cappella active in Milan. It is a late example of a parody on 'Vestiva i colli': an ideal recapitulation of the different genres and styles on this CD, in an intense musical experimentation. VIALARDO: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo – Crucifixus, Sanctus, Agnus Dei from: Missa »Vestiva i colli« soprano, altus, quintus, tenor, bass GRANCINI: Exultate Christo 2 tenors, 2 cornetts & b.c, Quid est, quod dilectus meus soprano, bass, cornett & b.c, Trium puerorum soprano, 2 cornetts & b.c. ROGNONI: Vestiva i colli violin & b.c. DONATI: O gloriosa Domina tenor, cornett & b.c. CIMA: Laudate Dominum soprano, altus, tenor, bass & b.c, Veni sponsa Christi altus & b.c, Iubilate Deo soprano, altus & b.c, Cantantibus organis altus & b.c, Confitemini Domino soprano & b.c. BANCHIERI: Canzona sesta sopra »Vestiva i colli« L’ Alcenagina 2 cornetts, tenor & bass trombone & b.c. SELMA: Vestiva i colli tenor trombone & b.c. William DONGOIS(*) Improvisation on »Vestiva i colli« cornett & b.c.
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Chants a la Vierge – Schola Aeterna Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne Michel Corboz This programme stands out forcefully against the idea of a supposed rivalry between the Conservatoire and the Schola Cantorum and showcases techniques inherited from both plainsong and a golden age of polyphony by three generations of musicians. La Schola was founded in 1894 and opened on 15 October 1896 as an alternative to the emphasis on opera at the Paris Conservatoire and to foster the study of late Baroque and early Classical works, Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony. On this release from Mirare, esteemed choral conductor Michel Corboz leads the Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne in a collection of French music written in honour of the Virgin Mary
Label: Mirare File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: MIR262 Barcode: 3760127222620 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne Michel Corboz
César FRANCK: Panis Angelicus, Domine non Secundum, Ave Maria, Quae est ista, Dextera Domini Jehan ALAIN: Messe modale Paul BERTHIER: Offertoire de la Toussaint, Ave Maris Stella, Tantum Ergo Guy ROPARTZ: Messe à trois voix égales Paul LADMIRAULT: Quelques vieux Cantiques Bretons
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Daniel BOLLIUS: Johannes-Oratorium St John's Oratorio
Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble Musical encyclopaedias offer scant information on Daniel Bollius: he was born around 1590 and died c1642, probably in Mainz. He entered the services of the Archbishop of Mainz by 1626, but most likely several years earlier as he had resigned as court organist in Sigmaringen in 1618 and there is no evidence of intermediate posts. The 'Repræsentatio of St. John' must therefore have been composed between 1618 and 1626, the year in which Johann Schweikhard, the dedicatee of the work, died. Bollius is one of the early German exponents of the new Italian style characterised by Monteverdi. His 'Repræsentatio' on the conception and birth of St John the Baptist has close ties with the 'Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo' by Emilio de’ Cavalieri, making it unique for early 17th century Germany and the first ever oratorio to be written by a German composer.
Label: Christophorus File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: CHR77389 Barcode: 4010072773890 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble Arno Paduch [direction]
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons, Op.37a, Grande Sonate Op.37 Jonas Vitaud Titanic, Romantic, impassioned, Tchaikovsky’s 'Grande Sonate' for piano op.37 is like a Russian epic, with its landscapes and its battles. The more intimate cycle 'The Seasons', like a musical diary, depicts the frailty of human existence. These two works, respectively imposing and delicate, demonstrate Tchaikovsky’s love of the piano. Renowned for his poetic streak, his precise playing and his expression power, Jonas Vitaud studied with Brigitte Engerer. He was awarded four prizes at the Paris National Conservatory (piano, chamber music, harmony and piano accompaniment) and several international prizes as a soloist and in chamber music. CONCERT: MARCH 19TH 1pm at the Institut Français [in partnership with Palazzetto Bru Zane] It's all about Piano! programme to include Massenet, Debussy, David, Dutilleux Sonata Op. 1
Label: Mirare File Under: Classical/Instrumental Catalogue No: MIR308 Barcode: 3760127223085 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Jonas Vitaud [piano]
RELEASE DATE 18TH MARCH 2016
Harp Concertos RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez, DEBUSSY: Danses CASTENUOVO-TEDESCO: Concertino, TURINA: Thème & Variations
Naoko Yoshino Orchestre d’Auvergne Roberto Forés Veses “I never feel lonely on stage, because my harp is always with me…” Naoko Yoshino
Label: Aparté File Under: Classical/Orchestral Catalogue No: AP113 Barcode: 3149028076622 NORMAL Price Format: 1 CD Packaging: digipack Naoko Yoshino Orchestre d’Auvergne/ Roberto Forés Veses
The Japanese harpist Naoko Yoshino has performed with orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Concentus Musicus in Vienna, Philadelphia, Leipzig, or Zürich - which such illustrious names as Harnoncourt, Menuhin, Mehta, Ozawa, Blomstedt, Kremer, Hagen, Rampal… Upon their first meeting in 2013, Naoko felt as if she had found her 'musical soul mate' in Roberto Forés Veses and the Orchestre d’Auvergne. This recording is the result of their special relationship and includes works which are some of the most beautiful of the harp repertoire.
AVAILABLE 25th MARCH Johannes-Passion
(Bach’s Score ) 1725 version in appendix + Download Sunhae Im, Benno Schachtner, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Werner Güra, Johannes Weisser
RIAS Kammerchor
Staats- und Domchor Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
René Jacobs
Advertised in Classical Music Press
ALSO AVAILABLE: HMC802156/58 Bach St Matthew Passion
Matthäus-Passion Im | FInk | Güra | LehtIpuu | WeIsser | WoLFF
rIas kammerchor STAATS- und dOMCHOR BERLIn
akademIe Für aLte musIk BerLIn
RENÉ JACOBS
“Essential listening, not only for Jacobs’s spatial innovations, but for Werner Güra’s gripping Evangelist and JohannesWeisser’s youthful, unsanctimonious Christ.” The Sunday Times, Album of the Week
RELEASE DATE 25TH MARCH 2016
J.S.BACH: St John Passion Versions II & IV -1739, 1725 version in appendix + Download
AAM Berlin René Jacobs Bach revised his 'Johannes-Passion' regularly: he returned to it over a period of 26 years, from 1724 until his death. It is the version hallowed by tradition, established by the Kantor a year before his death, that is presented on these CDs. However, the 1725 version, equally outstanding musically, has also been recorded complete and can be downloaded as a bonus in high-resolution sound. Comparison of the two versions reveals the underlying meaning of this matchless 'Passion'.
Label: harmonia mundi File Under: Classical/Choral Catalogue No: HMC802236/37 Barcode: 3149020223666 NORMAL Price Format: 2 SACDs+DVD Packaging: digipack Sunhae Im Benno Schachtner Sebastian Kohlhepp Werner Güra Johannes Weisser Staats- und Domchor Berlin RIAS Kammerchor
ALSO AVAILABLE: HMC802156/58 Bach St Matthew Passion "The mix of drama and meditation is breathtakingly sustained and the choral singing astonishing...Werner Güra is the impassioned Evangelist, Johannes Weisser the noble, charismatic Jesus. The classy lineup for the arias includes Bernarda Fink, Topi Lehtipuu and Konstantin Wolff, all at their absolute best.” T im Ashley, The Guardian – 22nd November 2013 “Essential listening, not only for Jacobs’s spatial innovations, but for Werner Güra’s gripping Evangelist and Johannes Weisser’s youthful, unsanctimonious Christ.” The Sunday Times, Album of the Week “It boasts a sit-up-and-take-notice aspect that’s ...certainly a strong selling point.…Werner Güra’s heartfelt Evangelist is the recording’s finest asset… it’s like having a band of angels on your shoulder whispering words of righteousness into your ear… The finale’s textures and message were never better managed than here.” Mark Valencia, Sinfini Music-November 2013, (4/5) ****
2 SACDS+DVD, DVD BONUS 'MAKING OF' 56'