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Boston Baroque Triumphs in REVIEW EXCERPTS
New York Times "... Boston Baroque’s music director, Martin Pearlman, says he considers the Vespers one of the ensemble’s signature works, with good reason: its 1997 recording (on Telarc) remains a standout in a crowded field." "...this was a vital, often ebullient performance that reveled in the degree to which Monteverdi wove the drama of his operas and madrigals into his sacred works." Concertonet.com "Boston Baroque, under Martin Pearlman, in the vast spaces of St. John the Divine Cathedral, transformed those singular notes from Monteverdi into passion, miracle and auditory radiance." "Boston Baroque never economized. Mr. Pearlman’s chorus...sung lustily and clearly. The 25-person Boston Baroque Orchestra was even more grand. The violins, violas, cellos and violone played with vivacious hard sounds, led by Christina Day Martinson, whose frequent solos (with sackbuts and cornetti) were aggressive and colorful." "Mr. Pearlman has a peerless orchestra, his singers were lusty and as brilliant as the cornetti, and the chorus in a multiplicity of guises, sung not as one voice but different voices." |
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