Bach, J S - Motets - Gardiner, John Eliot
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded live in London,
St John's Smith Square, 2011
"If all the world's depressed people had somehow been squeezed into St John's to hear this concert, the pharmaceutical companies would be out of business. Who needs pills to lift the spirits when we have the six Bach motets, and John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi Choir to sing them?" -
The Times *****
"Lightness of touch and consistent momentum - the Monteverdi Choir was on supreme form" -
The Guardian *****
"Precision, purity of tone, strong rhythmic definition, clear diction ... Bach's motets are ideally suited to the Monteverdi Choir" -
The Evening Standard ****