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A heartfelt performance from American countertenor with the Bach Akademie Australia with contrasting spiritual works by Bach and Vivaldi. 

Countertenor Reginald Mobley and the Academy of Ancient Music shine in an alternative history of English Baroque, with a new work by Roderick Williams. 

The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: an intermingling of Bach’s cantatas and American spirituals depicts an environmental message that the impending end won’t be personal, but global.

Andris Nelsons highlights the spirited wit of Orff's orchestration, but inconsistent singing from soloists and chorus leaves something to be desired.

Conducted by Iván Fischer, a strong cast delivers an entertaining performance of Monteverdi's opera in a production that amuses, but does not quite thrill.

A taste of the opening weekend in Leipzig’s marathon Bach Festival. 

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Baroque specialists continue their crusade to bring Bach's church cantatas to the modern world.

Superlative musicianship and extravagant detailing from the force-of-nature that is Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient Music 

Music written by Bach for the Collegium Musicum, and also for the first Sunday after Easter, was played with skill and flourish by this exceptional orchestra;  sadly, the singing was not consistently good enough to match. 

John Eliot Gardiner assembled the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists for a moving performance of JS Bach's great oratorio.

Kantate und Instrumentalkonzerte vermitteln in Zeiten kleinerer Besetzung das Gefühl von Oper – und das ziemlich groß. Eine gelungene Flucht.

Was für eine Freude, diesen begeisterten und begeisternden Stimmen zu lauschen – eine Auffahrt in den Musikhimmel für Hengelbrocks Chor und Orchester!

Die vier Bachkantaten verbreiteten in der Dresdner Frauenkirche in den Händen Gardiners und seiner Ensembles befreiende Freude.

Die English Baroque Soloists und der Monteverdi Choir sorgten mit ihrer unnachahmlich frischen, plastisch-emotionalen Art einen rauschenden, unvergesslich vitalisierendes Jubiläumsbeitrag.