Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio)
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio)
Peter Schreier (conductor & Evangelist), Helen Donath, Andrea Ihle, Marjana Lipovsek / Staatskapelle Dresden
[ Decca Philips Originals / 3 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 October 2007
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'the soloists make a strong, consistent team...full, bright and atmospheric recording...the layout on three CDs make this issue competitive.'
Penguin Guide to Compact Discs.
'Peter Schreier contributes a fine, fresh version of the Christmas Oratorio , similarly taking on the double duties of conducting and singing the central part of the Evangelist. The Leipzig Radio Choir sings responsively; though modern instruments are used, Schreier consistently shows how he has been influenced by new ideas of authentic performance on period instruments. Though the scale is larger than in a period performance, the speeds are regularly fast, sprightly rather than breathless, with string articulation crisp and light...the soloists make a strong, consistent team...full, bright and atmospheric recording...the layout on three CDs make this issue competitive.'
Penguin Guide to Compact Discs.
