CPE Bach played with gusto by the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

By Christie Franke, 21 June 2014

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Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Berlin on 15 June 2014

Works by Bach C.P.E.

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232 (Credo)

Handel, Messiah, HWV 56: I know that my redeemer liveth

Handel, Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

Bach C.P.E., Symphony in D major, Wq 183/1

Bach C.P.E., Magnificat in D major, Wq 215, H 772

Bach C.P.E., Heilig, Wq.217: Heilig, heilig ist Gott

Christina Landshamer, Soprano

Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo-soprano

Lothar Odinius, Tenor

Thomas E. Bauer, Bass

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Hans-Christoph Rademann, Conductor

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Christie Franke

Christie Franke is a Berlin-based writer and opera lover. Her blog, Tiny Doom’s Opernpalais, chronicles her adventures as an opera-lover and writer, serving as discussion ground for character profiles, operatic plot holes, and the magic of music in everyday life.