Collegium Vocale (Ghent)

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Jesu, deine Passion - Bach: Cantatas BWV 22, 23, 127 & 159 / Herreweghe, Mields, White, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-03-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe," BWV 22; Cantata no 23, "Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn," BWV 23; Cantata no 127, "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott" ...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Mields, Dorothee
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale (Ghent)

"Four sublime cantatas intended for the Sunday before Lent begins in February, an important part of the Easter calendar. Herreweghe's definitive recordings of Bach cantatas...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, etc /Herreweghe, Collegium

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-06-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis BWV 21; Cantata no 34a, "O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe" (incomplete), BWV 34a
Performers: Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale (Ghent); La Chapelle Royale

Superbly constructed, the cantata "Ich hatte viel Bekummernis" is incontestably one of Bach's finest works. The masterly arrangement of the material endows it with an...continue...

The Voice / Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-01-01

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Barbara Allen, folk song; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Antonio Vivaldi: Cessate omai cessate, RV 684; Amen; Jo...
Performers: Gasser, Brigitte; Heumann, Friederike; Markl, Markus; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Scholl, Andreas; Schröder, Karl-Ernst; Verzier, Alix
Conductors: Banchini, Chiara; Herreweghe, Philippe;
Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Ensemble 415

"It's a voice that has no artificial edge or unsteadiness (an unfortunate feature typical of many "made" countertenors) because, according to Scholl himself, this is...continue...

Bach: Cantates de Noël (Christmas Cantatas)

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1996-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 122, "Das neugeborne Kindelein" BWV 122; Cantata no 110, "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens" BWV 110; Cantata no 57, "Selig ist der Mann" BWV 57
Performers: Bach, Johann Sebastian; Jezovsek, Vasiljka; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale (Ghent)

Early Music Review
Philippe Herreweghe is possibly the very best Bach choral director.
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