This is a collection of three rather dusty recordings from the former East Germany, originally issued by the state monopoly VEB Schallplatten Berlin and assembled on one disc by the inveterate German recyclers at Berlin Classics. They're not state of the art now, and they weren't state of the art in the early '80s when they first appeared. They do, however, feature some terrific performers of that era and are worth the time of admirers of the musicians involved. The most venerable, if not the most famous, are the boys of ...
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This is a collection of three rather dusty recordings from the former East Germany, originally issued by the state monopoly VEB Schallplatten Berlin and assembled on one disc by the inveterate German recyclers at Berlin Classics. They're not state of the art now, and they weren't state of the art in the early '80s when they first appeared. They do, however, feature some terrific performers of that era and are worth the time of admirers of the musicians involved. The most venerable, if not the most famous, are the boys of the Thomanerchor Leipzig, a chorus under the direction of Bach himself once upon a time. They are unusually large for a boys' choir, with some 90 members, and their sound is well controlled considering all the challenges involved, with a creamy richness in counterpoint to the "purity" of boy sopranos. American soprano Arleen Augér was a strong Bach interpreter but seems somewhat ill at ease in these recordings. The presence of prolific tenor Peter Schreier, near the top of his powers,...
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