Everyone knows the churchgoers - songs that are older than 100 years, are sung mostly worn. The language is not present and the enthusiasm when singing suffers with the number of those who have no access to the text.
A proper disclosure are therefore the 13 recordings Sarah Kaiser and her companions on this CD. The texts are familiar, but the way they can be heard here, thanks to jazzy tunes and the sensation and varied interpretation Sarah Kaiser, have opened to me the depth of the thought of Paul Gerhardt for the first time.
Sarah Kaiser dominated it going to stay even close to the famous melody (How should I receive you), sometimes it is the text in a very personal arrangement (O Sacred Head, Now Wounded).
Ever - this voice proves in every moment that she not only knows her grades, but first of all those of which she sings. The instruments are always good companions - sometimes with force, sometimes with restraint.
Who then in the mood for more, I recommend the current CD mindfulness.
By the way: These CDs are gladly accepted as gifts ...