Since you are interested in Lutheran Masses, Vol 1 (BWV234 & 235), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
J.S. BACH
Lutheran Masses, Vol 2 (BWV529 & 236) Nancy Agenta (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Harvey (basses) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] 'The Singers balance beautifully… and oboes shadowed their parts and thicken the texture. Everyone bounced along in autonomous counterpoint.' Evening Standard on the concert of this recording |
REINCKEN
Hortus musicus and Works for Harpsichord Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] ''Listening to the suites of Hortus musicus, I am at a loss to know why they are not played more often. The italianate part-writing is elegantly crafted, well-sustained and plentifully endowed with harmonic interest. They are qualities to which the... |
BUXTEHUDE
Seven Trio Sonatas, Op. 2, BuxWV 259-265 The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "All four musicians...reveal their experience and expertise as interpreters, particularly of this kind of German repertoire, which they have been championing for some time now; less flamboyant or fatly comfortable of sound than Koopman's group, they... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Quatre Chansons francaises / Les Illuminations (with songs by Delius & Finzi) Susan Gritton (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] "Susan Gritton, too, sings with heartfelt empathy, radiance and intelligence, and her alliance with Gardner certainly distills the necessary tingle-factor." (Gramophone) |