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In 2007 we launched a new series from St John's Downshire Hill, in Hampstead.\n\nOur programmes now focus on themes that connect music from different parts of Europe in our period. Bach is there in some, but not all our concerts, and is often related to other composers of his times. We are also developing links between programmes, over several years. In 2008 we recorded and issued the first of a series of CDs based on these concerts.\n\n\"... simply the best rendering I have heard, soloists ideally matched, and constituting a full and sufficient demonstration of the rightness of one-voice-per-part. Never for a moment did one feel the need for more volume; there was never that weird disparity of scale between solo and choral numbers which can make conventional performances so subtly unsatisfying; and the most gifted conductor with the most virtuosic choir could never have elicited the variety and quick-fire interaction that these quartets of intelligent singers brought to bear.\"\nHugh Keyte - Early Music Review, December 2010", "photo" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/img/bach_players.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/bach_players/", "albums" : [{ "sku" : "bachplay-bacharr", "name" : "Bach arranging and arranged", "artist" : { "name" : "The Bach Players", "page" : "bach_players" }, "release_date" : "2011-09-17", "genres" : ["Classical","Baroque","Classical Period","Classical Singing"], "vocals" : "vocals", "moods" : ["ethereal","meditative","reflective","spiritual","tender","peaceful"], "uses" : ["documentary","period drama or history","meditation or yoga","spa or 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