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Ryan Carter

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The ever-deepening epitome of the art of Herreweghe. The latest Bach recordings on his own label, BOX, are a compilation of his unrivaled recordings of vocal works requiring chorus, and in recent years, Philip Herreweghe has given remarkable performances of great orchestral works from the 19th century onward. In the field of ancient music performance, which can be said to be his starting point, his lifelong commitment to Bach's works has been highly acclaimed around the world. In the latter half of the 20th century, soon after founding the Collegium Vocale Ghent with fellow students, he worked as a choral conductor for the master conductor Gustav Leonhardt, who with Nikolaus Harnoncourt was recording the world's first complete Bach church cantatas on ancient instruments. He has since recorded many groundbreaking Bach performances under his own direction with trusted players of ancient music, which were a departure from the common performance practice of the time. He has released a series of masterpieces with unparalleled centripetal force and unity. It is a great pleasure for us to be able to listen to these recordings, which are the quintessence of Herreweghe's ever-deepening art of the 21st century, in this boxed set, and to be able to hear the original flavor of these works, which have been brought out more than enough through their perfect harmony and flexible musicality.Beginning with a collection of motets, the extremely sharp interpretation of the "Mass in B minor" and the "John Passion," and the ideal image of the church cantatas that Herreweghe, who advocated that "in my remaining time I will only conduct the pieces I really want to work on," dared to choose: ...... The contents of the concert were full of discoveries at every turn. Christine Busch, who is highly trusted by conductors and performers alike as "the Collegium Vocale's Bach would not be what it is without her," is always the principal violinist, with Marcel Ponserre and Takahiro Kitazato on oboe, and Bruce Dickey on woodwind cornet, Maud Gratton (......), who is making great strides as a soloist, also plays bass. Naxos Japan