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Label:
  ATMA Classique - http://www.atmaclassique.com/
Serial:
  SACD22400
Title:
  Bach: Cantatas Vol. 1 - Milnes
Description:
  Bach: Cantatas "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" BWV 7, "Freue dich, erlöste Schar" BWV 30, "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe" BWV 167

Suzie LeBlanc (soprano)
Daniel Taylor (countertenor)
Charles Daniels (tenor)
Stephan McLeod (bass)
Montréal Baroque
Eric Milnes (director)
Track listing:
 
Genre:
  Classical - Vocal
Content:
  Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
  Hybrid
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Reviews: 2

Review by terence June 15, 2006 (4 of 5 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:  
really disappointing - the engineers here have made a major miscalculation in doing little or nothing to rein in the cavernous church acoustic.

taking the example of cantata 167, the solo arias suffer from the voice image swimming round woozily - you can't get a clearly defined take on where the voice is, and you can't hear the words clearly.

the chorale at the end is possibly even worse in this respect - just a shapeless mess sonically, to be honest. it's like looking at a slide that no-one has bothered to focus properly.

the performances seem very good, but honestly it's irrelevant - MC sound should be about increased clarity of definition, and this disc goes a long way in the opposite direction.

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Review by sacdman June 13, 2006 (3 of 4 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:  
This is an absolutely divine recording of Bach's cantatas on period instruments.

All the virtues of SACD are in presence in this recording. Voices have a stunning presence,
with the ambience of the recording venue clearly heard.

Unlike many period instrument recordings, the violins do not screech, but have real body to
their sound.

The performances also have a real energy to them, with vitality and bounce.

This is currently one of my favorite demonstration discs for SACD, among the 100 or so I have.

I haven't heard the multichannel mix yet, so I can't comment on that.

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Works: 3  

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam", BWV 7
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata "Freue dich, erlöste Schar", BWV 30
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe", BWV 167