Editorial Product Review: :From the first few seconds of the opening chorus, it's obvious that Masaaki Suzuki's reading of the St. Matthew Passion isn't after the vivid sacred drama that John Eliot Gardiner or even Philippe Herreweghe go for--or the long-winded Teutonic gloom so often found in performances of earlier generations. Suzuki seems to be approaching the St. Matthew as an occasion for devout contemplation of the Passion story rather than a reenactment of that story as music drama. There are some ferocious outbursts from the choir in the crowd scenes, but elsewhere there's gentleness, ...
Editorial Product Review: :From the first few seconds of the opening chorus, it's obvious that Masaaki Suzuki's reading of the St. Matthew Passion isn't after the vivid sacred drama that John Eliot Gardiner or even Philippe Herreweghe go for--or the long-winded Teutonic gloom so often found in performances of earlier generations. Suzuki seems to be approaching the St. Matthew as an occasion for devout contemplation of the Passion story rather than a reenactment of that story as music drama. There are some ferocious outbursts from the choir in the crowd scenes, but elsewhere there's gentleness, ...
Editorial Product Review: :From the first few seconds of the opening chorus, it's obvious that Masaaki Suzuki's reading of the St. Matthew Passion isn't after the vivid sacred drama that John Eliot Gardiner or even Philippe Herreweghe go for--or the long-winded Teutonic gloom so often found in performances of earlier generations. Suzuki seems to be approaching the St. Matthew as an occasion for devout contemplation of the Passion story rather than a reenactment of that story as music drama. There are some ferocious outbursts from the choir in the crowd scenes, but elsewhere there's gentleness, ...
Editorial Product Review: :From the first few seconds of the opening chorus, it's obvious that Masaaki Suzuki's reading of the St. Matthew Passion isn't after the vivid sacred drama that John Eliot Gardiner or even Philippe Herreweghe go for--or the long-winded Teutonic gloom so often found in performances of earlier generations. Suzuki seems to be approaching the St. Matthew as an occasion for devout contemplation of the Passion story rather than a reenactment of that story as music drama. There are some ferocious outbursts from the choir in the crowd scenes, but elsewhere there's gentleness, ...
Editorial Product Review: :From the first few seconds of the opening chorus, it's obvious that Masaaki Suzuki's reading of the St. Matthew Passion isn't after the vivid sacred drama that John Eliot Gardiner or even Philippe Herreweghe go for--or the long-winded Teutonic gloom so often found in performances of earlier generations. Suzuki seems to be approaching the St. Matthew as an occasion for devout contemplation of the Passion story rather than a reenactment of that story as music drama. There are some ferocious outbursts from the choir in the crowd scenes, but elsewhere there's gentleness, ...
Editorial Product Review: :From the first few seconds of the opening chorus, it's obvious that Masaaki Suzuki's reading of the St. Matthew Passion isn't after the vivid sacred drama that John Eliot Gardiner or even Philippe Herreweghe go for--or the long-winded Teutonic gloom so often found in performances of earlier generations. Suzuki seems to be approaching the St. Matthew as an occasion for devout contemplation of the Passion story rather than a reenactment of that story as music drama. There are some ferocious outbursts from the choir in the crowd scenes, but elsewhere there's gentleness, ...
Editorial Product Review: :From the first few seconds of the opening chorus, it's obvious that Masaaki Suzuki's reading of the St. Matthew Passion isn't after the vivid sacred drama that John Eliot Gardiner or even Philippe Herreweghe go for--or the long-winded Teutonic gloom so often found in performances of earlier generations. Suzuki seems to be approaching the St. Matthew as an occasion for devout contemplation of the Passion story rather than a reenactment of that story as music drama. There are some ferocious outbursts from the choir in the crowd scenes, but elsewhere there's gentleness, ...
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