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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 'Lobgesang'
Judith van Wanrooij (soprano) & Patrick Henckens (tenor)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
No rival version is better and few are as good...for a fresh, immediate statement that compels one's attention from start to finish, I cannot imagine anyone being disappointed by this new release — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Renate Arends (soprano) & Thomas Oliemans (baritone)
The Hague Philharmonic & Rotterdam Symphony Chorus, Jan Willem de Vriend
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Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn
Lisa Larsson (soprano), Maarten Komingsberger (baritone)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
Bright and soubrettish of tone...what she lacks in richness and depth, the Swedish soprano makes up for in dramatic involvement...Larsson is well supported by the slightly raw period sonorities... — More…
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Among the distinctive details here are that it is performed at probably the lowest possible pitch...the textures in general are exceptionally clear and, partly as a result of that pitch, the... — More…
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Evelina Dobracheva (soprano), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) & Mark Stone (baritone)
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Choir & Netherlands Children’s Choir, Jaap van Zweden & Reinbert de Leeuw
With a formidable blend of Slavic steel and sensuality in her rich soprano, she provides the gleaming core to a deeply satisfying Libera me...Griffey's heavy vibrato makes for unevenness and... — More…
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Mayr: Psalms from Sacri Concentus 1681 Fabian Winkelmaier (treble), Markus Miesenberger (tenor), Markus Forster (counter-tenor), Gerd Kenda (bass), Alois Muhlbacher (treble)
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor (violin/viola, leader)
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Annemarie Kremer (soprano), Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto), Marcel Reijans (tenor) & Geert Smits (baritone)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
it's a considerable relief to turn to interpreters who respond first of all to the text in front of them...what one actually hears is a symphony composed in 1824 and not 1884...The adroit members... — More…
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Larsson's characterisations of these early-period works have a more fragile humanity, with pockets of psychological detail missed by others, often conveyed with a confiding intimacy that might... — More…
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The two earliest surviving settings of the Requiem Mass receive beautiful realisations in superb sound: both performances and recording quality are of exemplary clarity. — More…
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