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Ein Sieg für die Ewigkeit: Gardiners Bachkantatenzyklus bei den Dresdner Musikfestspielen

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“verzückende Raffinesse und jubillierende Frische... ein Sieg für die Ewigkeit!”
Reviewed at Frauenkirche, Dresden on 11 May 2018
Bach, Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! - Cantata, BWV70a
Bach, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen - Cantata, BWV12
Bach, Jesu, der du meine Seele - Cantata, BWV78
Bach, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme - Cantata, BWV140
Mary Bevan, Soprano
Sarah Denbee, Mezzo-soprano
Reginald Mobley, Countertenor
Ruairi Bowen, Tenor
Graham Neal, Tenor
Gareth Treseder, Tenor
Alexander Ashworth, Baritone
Matthew Brook, Bass-baritone
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
A rare Handel pastoral ode at Carnegie Hall
****1
Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists roll back the centuries
****1
Semele crashes and burns, but Louise Alder soars up at Ally Pally
****1
Gardiner steps into his Ring of Cantatas in Leipzig
****1
A religious experience at Prague Spring
****1
Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea
****1
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