Gramophone Awards 2005 |
Record of the YearEx. VAT prices will be applied automatically for non-EU delivery addresses.
See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | listen: | | Die Elenden sollen essen BWV 75 - no 7 chorale |  | | Freue Dich Erloste Schar BWV 30 - no 5 aria | | | Freue Dich Erloste Schar BWV 30 - no. 1 chorus | | | O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort BWV 20 - no.1 chorus | |
| Bach Cantatas Volume 1Cantatas for the Feast of St. John the Baptist & Cantatas for the First Sunday after Trinity
Joanne Lunne, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Paul Agnew, Dietrich Henschel, Gillian Keith The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner The first issue in the long-awaited series of live recordings, made on the artists’ Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000. The cantatas were performed on the feast days for which they were written and this series will be the first to reflect those couplings. The 2CD set is sumptuously packaged in a beautiful case-bound book, with stunning cover photos by Steve McCurry, detailed programme notes adapted from John Eliot Gardiner’s Pilgrimage Journal, and full sung texts and translations. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Other Finalists |
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Rolando Villazon (tenor) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Haydn - The Seasons (CD)
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor) & Dietrich Henschel (baritone) RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs “The work here sounds like a grand summing-up of Haydn's whole creative life… delivered in demonstration quality sound and with a pace and excitement which continue unabated until the final, uplifting 'Amen'.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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“It is impossible to exaggerate the beauty of the tone-colours that these four musicians achieve... If late Beethoven is the Holy Grail of quartet playing, then the Takács Quartet has found it” The Guardian (concert review)  BBC Music Magazine
Chamber Choice - March 2005 |
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Susan Graham, Gregory Kunde, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Renata Pokupic, Ludovic Tézier, Nicolas Testé Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Choeur du Théâtre du Châtelet, John Eliot Gardiner, stage direction by Yannis Kokkos Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“Boulez is arguably the most influential figure in the world of music today” The Guardian | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Matthias Goerne and Alfred Brendel (Live from Wigmore Hall) “A souvenir-document that all Schubert and Goerne/Brendel fanciers will itch to acquire.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Philip Langridge (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Michael Chance (counter-tenor) BBC Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox “Hichox's new Death in Venice bids fair to become irreplaceable” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 BBC Music Magazine Opera Choice - May 2005 |
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| |  | Annie Fischer
Recorded 1958-71, part mono “Every bar blazes with character and conviction...the direct simplicity that conceals a formidable art - a true Legend." (Gramophone) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gregory Kunde, Tenor (Benvenuto Cellini), Patrizia Ciofi, Soprano (Teresa), Joyce Di Donato, Mezzo-Soprano (Ascanio), Jean-Francois Lapointe, Baritone (Fieramosca), Laurent Naouri, Baritone (Balducci), Renaud Delaigue, Bass (Le Pape), Eeic Salha, Tenor (Francesco) Orchestre National De France/Choeur De Radio France, John Nelson | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) & Daniel Hope (violin) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
and Youth Chorus, Sakari Oramo “Daniel Hope is being talked of in some circles as the most important British string player since Jacqueline du Pré; [the Berg/Britten CD] showcases his astonishing skill”
Observer | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Thomas Zehetmair (violin) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Ensemble Modern Orchestra | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Gramophone Awards 2005
Gramophone Magazine
Building a Library
Penguin Guide