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Bach: St. Matthew Passion Highlights; Adventures In Early Music / Leonhardt

Release Date: 09/23/2014
Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Catalog #: 77390
Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach Performer:  René Jacobs ,  Markus Schäfer ,  Christoph Prégardien ,  Max van Egmond  ...  Conductor:  Gustav Leonhardt Orchestra/Ensemble:  Tölz Boys Choir ,  La Petite Bande Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo

This set includes the booklet "Adventures in Early Music - The Story of Period Performance Practice as Documented by DHM."

R E V I E W S:

Leonhardt gives a deeply felt, reverent and contemplative performance of the St Matthew Passion. It is beautifully played and sung; introspective yet intense, understated yet profound. This is a version completely lacking in flashy, extravagant gestures but it does rather strip the piece down to its so-deep soul.

-- Em Marshall, MusicWeb International
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