In their latest release, Ensemble Correspondances and their director Sébastien Daucé continue to champion the music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, one of the most sophisticated composers of the French Baroque.
Tag: Choral
Review: “Kantaten” – Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Vox Luminis under Lionel Meunier perform Cantatas by members of the Bach family, including one by Johann Sebastian himself.
Review: Howells – Cello Concerto, An English Mass – Johnston, Cleobury
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia and Stephen Cleobury showcase Howells choral, orchestral and organ works.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – WDR Sinfonieorchester, Saraste
Jukka-Pekka Saraste concludes his tenure as the chief conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester with a complete cycle of Beethoven Symphonies, recorded live.
Review: Fauré – Requiem, Poulenc – Figure Humaine, Les Siècles, Ensemble Aedes, Romano
Mathieu Romano conducts the period instrument group Les Siècles and Ensemble Aedes, playing Fauré Requiem and Poulenc’s “Figure Humaine”.
Review: Bach – St. Matthew Passion – Bachorchester and Choir Mainz – Ralf Otto
Ralf Otto conducts the Maintz Bach orchestra and choir for his third Bach volume for Naxos.
Review: “In a Strange Land” – Stile Antico
This album combines some seven composers, all writing in circumstances of exile. Read the review of this special album performed by the Stile Antico group.
Review: Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew Perform Brossard And Bouteiller
Sébastien de Brossard is not a well known baroque composer, but his long-time obsession with composers of his and older generations saved some great music from oblivion. His Stabat Mater is arranged for 5 voices and continuo, and the sheer force of his writing is striking from the first movement.
Album Review: Hervé Niquet Conducts Benevolo
Herve Niquet and his Le Concert Spirituel give us an overwhelming release, quite literally.
Review: Bach St. Matthäus Passion – René Jacobs
Being such a demanding and lengthy work, every recording of the Matthaus Passion work has its strong and weak moments. From the three main elements in the passion, the recitatives, the chorals and the arias, Jacobs excels in the first two.