Bach: Motets BWV 225-230 [Hybrid SACD] [Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import]

Jasper Schweppe (Performer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Peter Dijkstra (Conductor), Heleen Koele (Performer), Marjon Strijk (Performer), Marcel Beekman (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Jasper Schweppe, Heleen Koele, Marjon Strijk, Marcel Beekman
• Conductor: Peter Dijkstra
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (May 13, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
• Label: Channel Classics Nl
• ASIN: B001355OV6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,576 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, October 11, 2008

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PJ Wong (New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Motets BWV 225-230 [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

I am very happy with this recording of the Bach Motets. Peter Dijstra and the Nederlands Chamber Choir do a wonderful job of interpreting and performing this perfect music to perfection. I bought this CD because I am writing a paper about the motet "Jesu Meine Freude". In the listening and studying, I have discovered that the Choir takes into account every nuance of text and music. When a line repeats, they find a way to nuance the repeat so it is even more beautiful the second time. To aid their expression of the text, they choose moderate tempos and have only light continuo accompaniment, so that the motets sound like what they are, choral pieces, rather than like some busy Baroque concerto. Always the music enhances and exposits the words, and always the words are a medium for the music, just as J. S. Bach intended. And the recording quality is so good that the consummate musicianship always shines through.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious, August 17, 2008

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H. Stokar (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: Motets BWV 225-230 [Hybrid SACD] (Audio CD)

There are many excellent recordings of the motets...but this tops my list. The Netherlands Chamber Choir are SOOOOOO good. Recorded sound from Channel is first rate.