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The Absolute Sound
'The Retrospect Ensemble's Bach performances are pretty much ideal...'
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Fanfare
'Heartily recommended.'
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OregonLive.com
'...a bright British conductor...'
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Classica
'...le duo meditative de la soprano et flute traversière idéalment assure par Carolyn Sampson et Rachel Brown.'
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tommanoff.com
'...the conductor is an exceptional interpreter of [Purcell's] music.'
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Audiophile Audition
Multichannel Disc of the Month: 'The fact is that there is not a weak link anywhere in this cast...'
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MusicWeb International
"...the Linn recording is a must."
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Gramophone
'The Retrospect Ensemble's orchestral playing and choral singing is of the highest quality...'
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Audio Video Club of Atlanta
'...the impression is that of heavenly beauty without earthly weight...'
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Scotland on Sunday
"There is plenty of action and passion in these two, quite different, works..."
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International Records Review
'...highly impressive playing...'
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BBC Music Magazine
'...enjoyably relaxed and unselfconscious performances.'
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Pizzicato
'...superbement interprétées.'
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San Francisco Classical Voice
'The soloists are all excellent.'
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McAlister Matheson Music
'top class'
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The Times
"A disc to make your heart leap."
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ResMusica
Clef de ResMusica Award: 'Un premier disque d'un ensemble prometteur, enregistré qui plus est de fort belle manière par Linn Records.'
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AudioVideoHD
'...dirigiendo esta brillante y fresca interpretación de dos de los tres monumentales oratorios de Bach...'
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Early Music Review
'Fielding an excellent group of singers and players, and with soloists of such calibre, this is a landmark Bach recording.'
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The Sunday Times
Classical Record of the Week: "Top-drawer Bach throughout, beautifully recorded and documented by Linn."
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Le Monde
'...la plus belle musicalité...'
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The Scotsman
"Musical highs don't come much better...Conductor Matthew Halls gleans warmth from this wonderful music."
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SA-CD.net
"Retrospect Ensemble simply sparkles in this repertoire...Johann Sebastian himself would give this one not 5 but 10 stars as well."
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Classics Today
'...can boast renditions of Bach's Easter and Ascension oratorios as fine as--or better than--any in the catalog.'
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Musical Pointers
"The recording at St Jude's Church in Hampstead...makes the most of a perfect acoustic."
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