COMPANY: Harmonia Mundi
ARTIST: Philippe Herreweghe
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach

Product: 3149020123133

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Bach, J S: Motets, BWV225-230

Agnès Mellon, Greta de Reyghere (sopranos), Vincent Darras (countertenor), Howard Crook (tenor) & Peter Kooy (bass)

La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe

May 2014

Taut ensemble in a resonant acoustic.

12/1986

these are persuasive accounts of pieces which are notoriously difficult to carry off successfully in performance. Herreweghe is, above all, a choral conductor and he knows how to discipline a choir. The results here are often impressive with crystal-clear textures and predominantly fine ensemble and intonation. These virtues often result in splendidly resonant sonorities and sumptuously rich harmonic effects. ... It is certainly an issue which I shall want to listen to many times over and it can be enthusiastically recommended.
Excellent sound and presentation.