Philippe Herreweghe reviews
JS Bach: St John Passion
Dorothee Mields (soprano), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass) et al; Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe (Phi)
The latest recording of Bach’s St John Passion is the best yet
‘This is a recording that leaves most competitors floundering’
'Diverse and colourful' recording of JS Bach
Listening to the three cantatas on this disc, we are, as so often, almost overwhelmed by the diverse and colourful means by which Bach harnessed and deployed his compositional genius.
JS Bach: Cantatas, BWV 101, 103 and 115
Listening to the three cantatas on this disc, we are, as so often, almost overwhelmed by the diverse and colourful means by which Bach harnessed and deployed his compositional genius.
R Schumann: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4 (Antwerp/Herreweghe)
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe (Phi)
Herreweghe and Antwerp Symphony Orchestra perform Schubert's Second and Fifth Symphonies
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Bach: St Matthew Passion
A full decade has elapsed since John Eliot Gardiner's award-winning recording for Archiv set a new standard for interpreting the St Matthew Passion. Although a 'historically aware' account, it was (with hindsight) sufficiently expressive and dramatically engaged to win the affections of those suckled on Furtwängler, Klemperer, or Karajan: even they would dissent from the appalled old noblewoman at an early performance who likened the work to ‘an Opera Comedy’.