an extremely successful performance full of immediate emotionality

I admit that I was a bit skeptical, as the abandonment of the large chorus would sound for now. At the fast pace and the slenderness of the opening chorus have to get used a few moments, but then you are right in the middle of the action. While conventional performances live from the contrast between choir, soloists and Evangelist (and thus also a certain bulkiness of work goes hand in hand), causes the distinction made in this performance reduction on the one hand one of mine so far as not he had heard homogeneity of the work, which is good for the effect. By reducing the size of the chorus fades otherwise encountered anonymity and distance, since now individual, identifiable singers communicate with us, instead of a large diffuse sound mass. This results in an (over the entire performance held) immediate emotion and immediacy, which one can hardly escape and infect the performers and inspires. Secondly, the text clarity is increasing enormously in the choral pieces and it is clear that this is a great piece of musical theater. Most benefit from the reduction the chorales which now appear transparent-suspenseful - I found it otherwise always boring-bland.

Now for the sound: singers and orchestra are recorded relatively close, so that the particular organ manifested long reverberation of the church space not disturbing comes to fruition. The sound is kept to the pleasantly-warm side, what the yoy. modern instruments somewhat harsher tones moderates.

Conclusion: one in the directness of speech modern looking, emotionally engaging and very positive performance which is good also to get started with the work.