San Antonio College Library

"Marcus Creed and his Vocalconsort Berlin ... give us readings that look beneath the literal surface of both music and texts - there is a slight give in the tempos, a little more shape to dynamics, and a proper acknowledgment that there's an emotional aspect to these works, whether celebratory or more solemn, that demands more than a technically polished presentation. Komm, Jesu, komm is the best example here, where Creed and his singers so effectively...

"Within a decade of taking up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig in 1723, Bach was becoming ever more frustrated with the Saxon city's civic politics. Never one to compromise, he had clashed with the authorities almost from the word go. In August 1730 complaints that he had been neglecting his duties led him to submit a 'brief but highly necessary draft of a well-appointed church music' to the Leipzig council. Inter alia, he pointed out that he did...