Magnificat Recording – AllMusic
AllMusic
the end result is a Bach performance that is original in concept and satisfying in details.
AllMusic
the end result is a Bach performance that is original in concept and satisfying in details.
Early Music Today – Editor’s Choice *****
Rarely, very rarely, a recording comes along that because of its content and level of performance seems to be hors concours. This is just such a recording
BBC Music Magazine *****
Choral & Song Choice:
‘What follows is a holistically conceived, beautifully paced, exhilarating executed performance.’
BBC Music Magazine (Christmas 2015)
Gramophone Magazine – Editor’s Choice (December 2015)
‘Another intriguing and excellently performed project from Butt and his Dunedin Consort: a delightful recreation of what Bach’s first Christmas in Leipzig might well have sounded like.’
The Sunday Times
His quintet of soloists are brilliant illusionists, sounding like a crowd in Omnes Generationes
The Arts Desk
This disc’s academic credentials are impeccable, but my reasons for loving it are purely musical; John Butt’s Bach programme allows us to party as if it was, er, 1723… Essential listening.’
Remy Franck, Pizzicato
Den Aufnahmetechnikern ist ein Meisterstück gelungen…Unser Tipp für die Feiertage!”
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