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Bach: Cantatas through the Liturgical Year, Vol. 7 - Kuijken        (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  January 24, 2009

The sound is a bit surprising at the first listening, very spatial, the organ is very present, seems to come from the top as if they were using the regular church organ. But finally this creates a credible (thanks to SACD) sound atmosphere, particularly fascinating in BWV 20 where the humans have to ... more
Haydn: Harpsichord Concertos in F and G - Kuijken        (3 of 3 found this review helpful)
  June 21, 2008

Not very well known pieces, but Haydn's genius is definitely there! In the concertos, fresh and luminous, the hapsichord is flying on invigorating musical figures... - pleasant from the first listening. The divertimento is richer from instrumental perspective, and ideally balances the whole program.
Mozart: Requiem (arr. string quartet) - Kuijken Kwartet        (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
  October 10, 2007

We have so many interpretations of the Requiem on the market that to propose the quite-rare string quartet arrangement from Lichtenthal looks already new and worths listening. After all we will never know how Mozart would have finished his master choral piece, so a 4 strings reduction may even put ... more

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