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Bach: Cantatas Vol. 13 - Cantatas for the First and Fourth Sundays in Advent

CD (2009)

Monteverdi Productions Ltd

Tags:

Baroque

Composer:

Johann Sebastian Bach

Conductor:

John Eliot Gardiner

Performers:

Joanne Lunn William Towers Jan Kobow
Dietrich Henschel Brigitte Geller
Michael Chance The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists

Description:

BWV 36, 61, 62, 70, 132 & 147

No of discs:

2

Recording info:

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage
St. Maria im Kapitol, Köln, 3 December 2000
Michaeliskirche, Lüneburg, 10 December 2000

Reviews

"Once again, Gardiner's Monteverdi Choir is the jewel in the crown of each cantata performance. Add to that Gardiner's electric response to music that he clearly loves and you have a set that rivals his Gramophone record of the year Award-Winning disc that launched this amazing series."

Gramophone Magazine

"Gardiner's vivid commitment carries through to the joyful performances. This ongoing recording project ranks as one of the musical events of the decade."

Fiona Maddocks - The Observer 20 December 2009