Bach: Motets – review

Collegium Vocale Gent/Herreweghe(Outhere)So fast has the early music movement grown that it is difficult to believe that it's 30 years since Philippe Herreweghe's fresh-voiced choir first recorded the Bach motets. They now revisit these peerless masterpieces with young voices and a very varied approach to scoring. These days, directors tend to choose between one singer to a part, or a larger choral approach, sometimes doubling voices with instruments; Herreweghe does all three here with differen...

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