Bach: Cantatas and Arias – review

Watts/English Concert/Bicket(Harmonia Mundi)Elizabeth Watts's debut album for Harmonia Mundi is something of a puzzle. Watts is, of course, widely regarded as one of the finest British sopranos to have emerged in the last decade. We think of her, however, primarily in terms of Mozart, Strauss and the excesses of Baroque opera, so the choice of Bach seems perverse. The programme consists of complete performances of Mein Herze Schwimmt in Blut and Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, together with a se...

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