Download, Scheidt (composer)
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The 12 voices of Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis put their faith in tonal focus and sweetly balanced textures. Though one might expect from that a certain coolness, their singing produces music-making... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st October 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Recording of the Year
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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The Sound of the Trumpet
RecommendedPeter Hurford (organ), Alan Stringer (trumpet), Gwynne Howell (bass), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Philip Jones (trumpet), Leslie Pearson (organ), The Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, Elgar...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Antonini (Italy’s answer to the Pied Piper) coaxes alluring sounds from his battery of instruments (recorders, flute, dulcian, chalumeau), and the 13 members of his ensemble follow with equal... —
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Diapason d’Or, June 2019
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Musique ancienne
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Early Music
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The Lamb's Journey. A Choral Narrative From Gibbons To Barber
James Kennerley, Elijah McCormack (soloist), Michael Garrepy (soloist), Eleonore Cockerham (soloist), Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey
Altera’s debut album is a superb showcase. Clean as a whistle and conf ident in exposed moments such as in Poulenc’s Agnus Dei, and immaculately balanced in richly scored textures elsewhere,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Ein Feste Burg ist Unser Gott
Luther and the Music of the Reformation
Bart Jacobs (organ)
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Lionel Meunier’s assured direction never misses (nor overstates) an expressive trick; and Vox Luminis’s warmly inflected singing is throughout finely-attuned to the way in which every note has... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 19th August 2017, Recording of the Week
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Jauchzet Dem Herr
The Psalms of David in 17th Century Northern Germany
Hans-Jorg Mammel
La Fenice, Jean Tubéry
this release focuses on 17th-century north German psalm-settings for tenor and ensemble. If that sounds rather earnest, the idea is quickly dispelled by the opening track, Buxtehude's Dixit... —
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Mields is impeccable throughout, the pristine purity of the early songs setting off the calculated exaggerations and distortions of the contemporary ones. This is a brilliant, unexpected disc,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Ensemble/Orchestra
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Conversations avec Dieu
Motets & cantatas from 17th century Germany by Hammerschmidt, Scheidt, Telemann, Bruhns
Le Concert Etranger, Itay Jedlin
Le Concert Étranger presents itself here as a very fine ensemble which has a really good feeling for this repertoire … This is not just another disc with German 17th-century music; we have here... —
