DVD Video, Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone)
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300th Anniversary of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
First Recording of Rediscovered Cantatas
Klaus Mertens (bass), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor) & Gerhild Romberger (alto)
L'Arpa Festante München & Bachchor Mainz, Ralf Otto
The Mainz Bach Choir is in every sense a full participant and the instrumentalists of L'Arpa Festante acquit themselves with distinction. The soloists are evenly matched...The collective sense... —
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Bach, J S: St Mark Passion, BWV247
Deborah York (soprano), Bernhard Landauer (alto), Christoph Pregardien, Paul Agnew (tenor), Peter Kooij, Klaus Mertens (bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
An impressive, and controversial, achievement. —
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Jorg Durmuller, Ekkehard Abele, Cornelia Samuelis, Bogna Bartosz, Paul Agnew & Klaus Mertens
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir & Boys Choir of the Sacraments Choir, Breda, Ton Koopman
Jörg Dürmüller (the Evangelist) is first-class in every way. He tells the tragic story sympathetically and often dramatically, and he has a fine, rich tone, and when he makes a lyrical comment... —
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Stefan Kahle (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Martin Lattke (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Gotthold Schwarz (bass)
St. Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, St. Thomas Cantor Georg Christoph Biller
This is a performance which has Bach liturgically wired into its DNA...Biller's direction exudes profound integrity and commitment, the chorales in particular shaped by a deeply-felt inevitability...this... —
