DVORAK: Stabat Mater

Brewer, Christine;
Aler, John;
Gao, Ding;
Shafer, Robert;
Simpson, Marietta;
Washington Chorus;
Washington Orchestra

8.555301-02

Robert Shafer conducts his chorus and the Washington Orchestra in a fresh, well-disciplined reading. The chorus is rather backwardly placed, but Shafer's clean-cut directness helps to avoid any feeling of sentimentality. Outstanding among the soloists is Christine Brewer, and John Aler, though not as sweet-tone as usual, sings very sensitively too. The mezzo, Marietta Simpson, is tremulous as recorded, as Ding Gao is clear and reliable in the bass solos. • (Penguin Guide)

CD x 2

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

13-08-2002

747313530120