Bach's glorious cantatas for Ascension Day find Gardiner, the Monteverdis, and soloists Lenneke Ruiten, Meg Bragle, Andrew Tortise and Dietrich Henschel in London's St Giles Cripplegate for live recordings made in 2012.
'Gardiner's performances show the ready familiarity with the music you would expect. His thoughtful approach to detail really shows itself in the choruses, perhaps above all in the chorales, each of w ...
BBC Music Magazine
'There has been an overriding sense throughout the whole 28 volumes of the musicians exploring the music as if for the first time … a kind of fresh-faced, awestruck delight to be experienced roun ...
BBC Music Magazine'There has been an overriding sense throughout the whole 28 volumes of the musicians exploring the music as if for the first time … a kind of fresh-faced, awestruck delight to be experienced roun ...