Search - Heinrich Schutz, Wilhelm Ehmann, Westfalische Kantorei :: Schütz: Musikalische Exequien / Johannes-Passion

Solid, but occasionally heavy and slow

04/27/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ehmann gets a good sound from his voices thoughout. I like his practice of using brass to double the choral sections in the "Musikalische Exequien", and he mentions a personal note of Schütz that the violone (similar to the modern double bass violin) was an indispensible part of that music. Of course a solid bass line has always been important to German music in any style period. Occasionally, Ehmann runs things a little slow, which makes it sound just a little heavy at times. Overall, it is a good recording, better than most, only slightly below the Mauersberger."

Verry good Performance of Johannes Passion

W. G. Heij | The Netherlands | 02/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I sing bass in a churchcoir an we perform the Johannes Passion fro Heinrch Schuetz this year (2007) an Good Friday. Ik like the performance on the CD verry much. Apeccialy the bass party is verry good."