COMPOSERS: JS Bach
LABELS: Virgin Veritas
WORKS: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
PERFORMER: Schlick (soprano), Chance (alto) etc; Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe
CATALOGUE NO: 096 3342 (1989)
Herreweghe unwraps JS Bach’s Christmas present to Leipzig with a typically easygoing musicality that sometimes lacks fire. Paul Riley