Music

Opera omnia XVII : arias, chorale settings, sacred concertos


Reviews (4)


The guardian

d. 3. Nov. 2013

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Nicholas Kenyon

d. 3. Nov. 2013

"They show how chorale melodies were at the heart of Lutheran devotion; the short form of these varied works is highly expressive, especially a touching funeral dialogue with four violas da gamba".


BBC music magazine

2014 February

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Paul Riley (musikanmelder)

2014 February

"Koopman and his Amsterdam forces get the scale of the music just right, providing a compelling example of how less can be more. Voices and instruments ... weave a seductive skein of tender music-making ... Quite simply, a must-hear".


Fono Forum

2013 November

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Matthias Hengelbrock

2013 November

"Im Übrigen stehen Koopman exzellente Sänger zur Verfügung, die als Solisten wie im Ensemble die melodischen Linien rund aussingen und dabei angemessen auf Textnuancen achten".


The gramophone

2014 January

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Lindsay Kemp

2014 January

"Not everything is equally inspired but there are numerous wonders ... Unfortunately, the performances, while clearly made with love, seem to me not ideally set up to realise the music's beauties as fully as they might ... For the completist, however, this is still a valuable volume".