Title: A mush of sound from Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque
Product review: This Erato recording is one of the mushiest and least distinct recordings of Bach's Easter Oratorio and Magnificat I have ever heard.The tone has been pitched to the half-step lower Baroque pitching which has been done before. That is not the problem.What is the problem is an Orchestra and Choir that fight itself in tempi,where bowing and enunciation is lost in a cacaphony of muck and mire.The Oratorio fares better than the Magnificat which this listener would never recommend to any serious listener.Stick with the Lausonne version.It is clear and crisp and not so frenetic.Not at all recommended.
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