L’elisir d’amore Pablo Heras-Casado, Rolando Villazón and the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensembles on Stage in Baden-Baden more
Two Times Lucerne Glorious Choir-Concerts with Bach’s “Mass in B Minor” and Haydn’s “The Creation” more
L’Orfeo in June Four Concert Performances of Monteverdi’s Music Drama under the Direction of Thomas Hengelbrock more
At a festive ceremony on 1 October 2010 in London’s Dorchester Hotel, the coveted Gramophone Award was awarded to the Balthasar Neumann Choir, the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, and Thomas Hengelbrock. Honored was the CD Lotti-Zelenka-Bach in the “Baroque-vocal” category.
Already in June 2010, this recording had been singled out as the “Editor’s choice”:
“The Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble and Choir perform with full-blooded tension; Hengelbrock makes the fullest possible use of the plangent oboes and pulsating string chords but also ensures that the music-making never loses its focused precision […] This is nothing short of revelatory.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010
On 1 October, the jury selected this recording as the year’s winner. Thomas Hengelbrock accepted the prestigious award in person.
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