Fresh from the success of a 2006 Classic FM Gramophone Award-winning recording of the Dublin version of Messiah, conductor John Butt and the Dunedin Consort and Players have turned to Bach's Matthew Passion. This is an even more radical departure from traditional performing practice than the Consort's 12-member chorus for Messiah, which drew the soloists from the chorus. For the Matthew Passion, which calls for a double chorus and soloists, Butt uses one singer on a part, with the primary soloists, including the Evangelist ...
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Fresh from the success of a 2006 Classic FM Gramophone Award-winning recording of the Dublin version of Messiah, conductor John Butt and the Dunedin Consort and Players have turned to Bach's Matthew Passion. This is an even more radical departure from traditional performing practice than the Consort's 12-member chorus for Messiah, which drew the soloists from the chorus. For the Matthew Passion, which calls for a double chorus and soloists, Butt uses one singer on a part, with the primary soloists, including the Evangelist and Jesus, drawn from the choruses. (He does use four additional singers for some of the smaller solo parts.) Butt is able to achieve something remarkable with this ensemble: each individual voice is clearly audible, but at the same time, the blend is smooth enough that the sound is fully choral. The texture is wonderfully transparent and clean, but one never feels a lack in the movements that call for a large, substantial sound. The decision to use one singer on a part is most...
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