Abendmusiken

"It's not so long ago that I was not alone in welcoming a delightful recording of Buxtehude's Abendmusiken containing a mixed programme of choral and instrumental music as performed in Lübeck on Sunday evenings (ALPHA287) ... Now Muso have released an all-instrumental collection which adds to two sonatas by Buxtehude music by his friends Theile and Reinken and one piece by the central-German composer Erlebach. The two Buxtehude works are different from those on Alpha, and these energetic performance by Ensemble Stravaganza, who live up to their name, also hit the right spot".

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"Recording of the week: Buxtehude's solo-verse settings are definite highlights. Bass Sebastian Myrus's 'Trotz dem alten Drachen' shifts nimbly between the spikily defiant and the self-assured ... The story of Bach's visit to Lübeck has been passed down the ages, and it's wonderful finally to be able to hear for ourselves what all the fuss was about - pace The Proclaimers, these are definitely performances worth hiking three hundred miles to hear!".

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"This is a very attractive disc, despite some shortcomings ... The singing of Vox Luminis is generally of the high standard we have come to expect. The Ensemble Masques plays well ... The programme largely consists of better-known pieces from Buxtehude's oeuvre and lovers of baroque vocal music may have one or several recordings of them in their collection. Even so, considering the quality of the performances they should not hesitate to add this disc to such a collection".

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"All are performed deftly and beautifully by the small combined ensemble ... with an excellent recorded sound".

"Editor's choice: This is music of expressive variety and flexibility, ideally suited to the skills of Vox Luminis, whose name on a release these days is enough in itself to spark a tingle of anticipation. They do not disappoint, charting the emotional contours of Buxtehude's music with exquisite understanding and demonstrating their now familiar deep but lucid choral blend, out of which expertly executed solos emerge and return ... This is another outstanding release from Lionel Meunier and his team".