Review: Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169 (Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen)
This collection of Bach cantatas reunites an award-winning team to dazzling effect.
Alexandra Coghlan is the classical music critic for the New Statesman, and also writes for The Independent, The Times, Opera, Prospect, Gramophone and The Monthly. She was formerly performing arts editor at Time Out Sydney and editor of Sinfini.
This collection of Bach cantatas reunites an award-winning team to dazzling effect.
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