Bach: Motets
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets
Collegium Vocale Gent / Philippe Herreweghe
[ PHI / Outhere / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 September 2011
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Returning to the Bach Motets BWV 225-230 with his choir Collegium Vocale Ghent and some of the Bach singers of our time such as Maria Keohane, Robin Blaze, Peter Kooij and Stephan MacLeod this is breath of fresh air, beautifully performed and recorded.
""Jesu, meine freude" with just five soloists and continuo is perfectly poised, while "Singet dem Herrn" (which Mozart so revered) and "Der Geist hilft" burst into life with more singers and instruments. Throughout, Herreweghe achieves a supremely flexible responsiveness to the texts." The Observer, 14th August 2011
"The results reflect Herreweghe's sensibility for tonal nuance and, above all, the fashioning of sung texts. An orchestra of strings and winds doubles his vocal A-team in Singet dem Herrn, an extravagance perhaps but a convincing one nonetheless...Honest-to-goodness quality governs Herreweghe's approach, matched by the heartfelt commitment and excellence of his colleagues and exquisitely balanced recorded sound." Classic FM Magazine, September 2011
"The one-voice-to-a-part lobby doesn't wholly convince Herreweghe; he approaches the instrumentation of each motet on a case-by-case basis, cornetto and trombones lending grandeur to a finely chiselled account of Furchte dich nicht. Three motets do surrender to one-to-a-part treatment, however - and very successful they are too" BBC Music
