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Johan van Veen

CPE Bach: Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin (Channel Classics)

Enjoyable performances compromised by the use of an anachronistic fortepiano [JV]

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Tartini: Violin Sonatas (Signum Classics)

Chandler fully explores the lyrical qualities of Tartini’s sonatas [JV]

Collection Grands Motets No 9: Lully – Te Deum Vol 4 (Château de Versailles)

The final disc in a series of four devoted to Lully’s choral motets [JV]

Oboe Concertos Court of Thurn Taxis Accent ACC24388

Oboe Concertos at the Court of Thurn und Taxis (Accent)

Thurn und Taxis’ star oboist Palestrini has found his peer in Xenia Löffler [JV]

The King’s Playlist – recital (Linn)

A promising debut: a portrait of musical life at Louis XIV’s court [JV]

JS Bach St John Passion Claves

J S Bach: St John Passion (Claves)

Despite some shortcomings, this is one of the better performances of the St John Passion [JV]

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Lumen Christi – A Sequence of Music for the Easter Vigil (Ad Fontes)

The ecstatic joy at Christ’s resurrection is musically embodied here in a perfect manner [JV]

Charpentier & Desmarest: Te Deum (Alpha Classics)

Even if one does not need another Charpentier’s Te Deum, Desmarest’s setting deserves attention [JV]

Tůma: Motets, Dixit Dominus & Sinfonia (Aparté)

Andreas Scholl’s fine performances should help in promoting Tůma’s music [JV]

Handel dixit PAS1130

Handel & Ferrandini: Choral works (Passacaille)

Convincing performances of two very different masterpieces [JV]

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Cavalieri: Lamentations (Pan Classics)

Incisive performances of stylistically groundbreaking and expressive works [JV]

Aretino Sabbato Sancto Arcana A551

Aretino: Sabbato Sancto – Lamentationes et Responsoria (Arcana)

The low tessitura and the slow tempi make these settings quite moving [JV]

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Biber: Harmonia artificiosa (Archiv Produktion)

(Déjà Review) It will be very difficult to find a performance which more convincingly explores these brilliant compositions [JV]

Les Hautbois à la Chambre du Roi (Ricercar)

A fascinating picture of music at the time of Louis XIV [JV]

Goldberg sonatas ADX11203

Goldberg & WF Bach: Trio sonatas (Audax)

Brilliant performances of Goldberg’s trio sonatas and a little-known piece by WF Bach [JV]

Benevoli: Missa Tu es Petrus; Palestrina: Tu es Petrus; Graziani: Motets (Coro)

Benevoli’s mass is a fine specimen of Roman polychorality in the 17th century [JV]

Ludford: Mass (Paraty)

A new perspective on the performance of the music of the English renaissance [JV]

Vestiva lux FHR137

Vestiva – Embellishing 16th & 17th Century Music (First Hand Records)

A fine demonstration of some of the main aspects of performance practice in music of the late Renaissance and early Baroque [JV]

Lusitano Impero Portugese Baroque Passacaille PAS1127

Lusitano Impero – Portugese Baroque music (Passacaille)

This disc documents the strong Italian influence on the Portuguese late Baroque [JV]

de Monte: Madrigali spirituali (Passacaille)

Superb performances – the best possible case for Philippus de Monte [JV]

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Striggio: Mass in 40 Parts (Coro)

A fascinating portrait of Striggio, but the performances are rather disappointing [JV]

Baur: Chamber Music (Passacaille)

The Accademia de’ Dissonanti are ideal advocates of Baur’s music [JV]

Marchand Suites oh trio Aparte AP301

Marchand: Suites (Aparté)

The performers deserve praise for bringing this unknown composer to our attention [JV]

Alexander Chance (alto): Drop not, mine eyes (Linn Records)

Chance is a foremost representative of his generation in the falsetto range [JV]