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1. 1. Sinfonia - Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
2. 2. Adagio - Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
3. 3. Chorus: Kommt, eilet und laufet - Kimberly McCord, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
4. 4. Recitativo: O kalter Männer Sinn (alto, soprano, tenor, bass) - Robin Blaze, Kimberly McCord, Paul Agnew, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
5. 5. Aria: Seele, deine Spezereien (soprano) - Kimberly McCord, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
6. 6. Recitativo: Hier ist die Gruft (tenor, bass, alto) - Paul Agnew, Neal Davies, Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
7. 7. Aria: Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer (tenor) - Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
8. 8. Recitativo: Indessen seufzen wir (soprano, alto) - Kimberly McCord, Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
9. 9. Aria: Saget, saget mir geschwinde (alto) - Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
10. 10. Recitativo: Wir sind erfreut (bass) - Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
11. 11. Chorus: Preis und Dank - Kimberly McCord, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
12. Chorus: "Magnificat" - Kimberly McCord, Julia Gooding, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
13. Aria: "Et exsultavit spiritus meus" - Julia Gooding, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
14. Aria: "Quia respexit humilitatem" (soprano I) - Kimberly McCord, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
15. Chorus: "Omnes generationes" - Kimberly McCord, Julia Gooding, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
16. Aria: "Quia fecit mihi magna" (bass) - Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
17. Aria (Duet): "Et misericordia" (alto, tenor) - Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
18. Chorus: "Fecit potentiam" - Kimberly McCord, Julia Gooding, Robin Blaze, Paul Agnew, Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
19. Aria: "Deposuit potentes" (tenor) - Paul Agnew, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
20. Aria: "Esurientes implevit bonis" (alto) - Robin Blaze, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh	Listen
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Amazon.co.uk Review
There's a longstanding debate about OVPP (One Voice Per Part) in Bach's choral works. On this disc it works better in some choruses than others--for example, it lacks the majesty which a choir can bring to the start of the Magnificat's Gloria. As to the individual voices, in the oratorio's two big arias, soprano Kimberly McCord sings with beguiling poise, though some may find her vibrato a touch fidgety; while Paul Agnew's moving singing of the heavenly tenor aria reflecting on Christ's grave-clothes has bags of intensity, though line and focus occasionally suffer. Neal Davies's forthright bass makes the best impression. The main grumble with the Magnificat is over some tempi, starting with the opening chorus. McCreesh is hardly the first to take fast passages to extremes in Bach, but surely there's more to getting across a dramatic text such as "He has brought rulers down from their thrones" than mere speed. Agnew copes brilliantly, but the end result just sounds silly, unnecessarily edgy. The Gabrieli Players, meanwhile, are tremendous (a special cheer for Katy Bircher's flute obbligato work). The recording (made in a Saxony church) is clean and clear, though with an occasional sense of imbalance between solo voices and instruments. --Andrew Green

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