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BarcelonaCollegium Vocale Gent & Herreweghe

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Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe; Dorothee Mields; Alex Potter; Guy Cutting; Johannes Kammler
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Herreweghe achieves purity and unity in Bach's Mass in B minor

There are multiple ways of approaching Bach's Mass in B minor, from the one-to-a-part advocated by Joshua Rifkin to a more conventional large choral approach, and everything in between.
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A stirring St John Passion in Seattle from Stephen Stubbs and Pacific MusicWorks

A deeply stirring interpretation of Bach's St John Passion from Pacific Musicworks in Seattle. 
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Collegium Vocale Gent in Amsterdam

Philip Herreweghe directs Schütz' Psalmen Davids with Collegium Vocale Gent at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, in a performance of sustained power and feeling.
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Not another Messiah: Herreweghe's Christmas Oratorio in NYC

The Christmas Oratorio is an odd work to perform in concert, but it makes a welcome change from the obligatory annual Messiah. Bach’s piece contains six separate cantatas that tell the traditional Nativity narrative, all subsumed under the broader theme.
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Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe in Zürich

Chor und Orchester des Collegium Vocale Gent und ihr charismatischer Leiter Philippe Herreweghe, längst Legenden der historischen Aufführungspraxis, beweisen, dass die Doppelchörigkeit der Matthäus-Passion nicht nur ein Stereo-Phänomen ist.
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Mit den Waffen der Frau: Ensemble Between the Strings in Köln

Margret Koell © Armin Linke
Zur Deutschlandpremiere ihres Concerto-delle-donne-Programms verdrehte einem Margret Kölls Damengruppe tatsächlich, wie einst an Italiens Höfen, den frühbarockmusikbegeisterten Kopf.
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