John Eliot Gardiner and his distinguished forces turn in their customary brilliant performances in a second album of Bach's exhilarating Christmas Cantatas.
SDG127 75 minutes 54 seconds
'James Gilchrist is inspired in his elegant warmth. These are indeed resplendent new readings, chalking up another success for the Pilgrimage revisited' (Gramophone) 'This programme is a delight from start to finish and the music shows Bach’s skill and perspicacity at responding in different ways to differing aspects of the Lutheran interpretation of the Christmas ...