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The disc’s subtitle announces this will be a program of […]
An entire program of English music recorded by a German choir doesn’t happen all that often, and a disc of “very English” Christmas repertoire may
I have listened to Bach’s Christmas Oratorio from childhood on. Every season, always the same tape–until it wore out. That’s the reason Karl Richter’s (second)
The easiest way of telling that Thanksgiving is near is when new releases of the Christmas Oratorio start rolling in. A look from desk to
From the pedestrian opening chorus with its questionably delightful mix of all-over-the-place choristers, this Matthew Passion is utterly non-competitive and of interest really only to
As this excellent disc’s subtitle states, the program features “new arrangements for recorder and choir” of European Christmas carols and songs. The recorder soloist is
If you’re good at deciphering the somewhat abstract depiction of the Madonna and child on the disc’s cover, and if you happen to know that
If you like trebles in Bach—and specifically in the Christmas Oratorio—why not opt for those that Bach, a few generations back, worked with himself? Certainly,
To say that there is no dearth of recordings of
If you’ve heard enough Beethoven and want to switch it
