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BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion (Kuijken)

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BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion (Kuijken)

Composer(s):Bach, Johann Sebastian
Artist(s)
Period(s) Baroque (1600-1750)
Genre Classical Music
Category Choral - Sacred
Catalogue CC72357
Label Challenge Classics
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
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USD 29.97
 

 

   



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Review By PJ129903,April 2012

Scholarly debate continues on the subject of Bach's choruses - single voice to a part, or choral forces? The single voice camp is in front at the moment I think, on paper, but the real test is what it can sound like.

Kuijken, his singers and La Petite Bande present a single voice version which is rewarding and thought-provoking. The usual image of the cleaning of an old painting revealing new colours and textures certainly applies here. Kuijken is following Rifkin, Parrott, Butt and his own Bach cantata series with this approach. The clarity of texture in the choral passages is intimate and immediate, and allows subtleties of phrasing not heard in conventional choruses. Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir approach some of these qualities with their version, but need a very more....







 

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