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Praetorius


Reviews (6)


The guardian

d. 11. June 2015

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Erica Jeal

d. 11. June 2015

"Recorded in a spacious studio rather than an echoey church, the precisely tuned voices resonate, but the harmonies are clean enough for each unexpected twist and crunch to register beautifully, and the choir revels in the echoey spatial effects of Hieronymus's Tota Pulchra Es. A full complement of accompanying instruments is used ... but their contributions are mostly subtle, enhancing the texture without upstaging the voices".


Jyllands-posten

d. 24. June 2015

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Jens Povlsen

d. 24. June 2015

"Der er komponister, der giver en lyst til at tage en tur i hængekøjen. På Heras-Casados nye album er der faktisk tre. Alle med efternavnet Praetorius - Hieronymus, Jacob og Michael. Kormusikken stammer fra begyndelsen af 1600-tallet, og når Heras-Casado farvelægger de heliumlette korværker, sker det med en perfekt balance mellem værkernes både luftige og stramme struktur".


Fono Forum

2015 September

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Arnd Richter

2015 September

"Eine echte Fundgrube und quasi ein Muss für jeden, der sich für die deutsche Sakralmusik der Vor-Bach-Zeit interessiert. Dies gilt umso mehr, als hier eine Einspielung von Motetten und Magnificat-Vertonungen der drei Praetorii vorliegt, die nicht nur Seltenheitswert hat, sondern auch unter künstlerischen Gesichtspunkten vollends überzeugt".


BBC music magazine

2015 October

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Anthony Pryer

2015 October

"The [Magnificat] gets a sprightly performance, and [Vulnerasti cor meum] is rendered with sensitivity and poise. However, in these performances the voices are sometimes swamped by the accompanying instruments, and it is not always easy to catch the words because the choir underplays the consonants".


The gramophone

2015 August

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Alexandra Coghlan

2015 August

"Conveniently united by the same surname, only two of the Praetoriuses featured here are actually related ... A welcome addition to the DG catalogue ... this attractive music - vibrantly rhythmic and filled with harmonic surprises ... [might] reach an audience that [others] ... haven't ... Like a black-and-white film with colour artificially added later, this repertoire achieves a certain new intensity here".


Diapason

2015 septembre

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Sophie Roughol

2015 septembre

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".