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Netia Jones' new production taps into Britten's silvery underworld in a staging dominated by video wizardry which is hypnotically beautiful, but comes at a price.

Vibrancy and dynamism at the expense of the majesty of the sacred. 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the chorus and several soloists star in a dramatic version of Bach's St Matthew Passion in which l'Orchestre Métropolitain was less distinguished. 

Bernard Labadie réalise un sans-faute à la tête des Violons du Roy et de La Chapelle de Québec dans deux bijoux du répertoire sacré de la fin du XVIIIe siècle.