Forbes Classical CD Of The Week: Gemmulae Evangeliorum Musicae, The Greatest Hits (Melchior Franck Motets)

...The 1620s weren’t good years; instead of singing in church, most young men were dying in battle or from the plague. What was left were a few undernourished choristers, and these works are written for thus depleted, untrained vocal forces. Historically incorrect, the North German Chamber Chorus does a very considerably better job than the original performers would have done. Simplicity reigns, as does humble beauty. An unassuming minor gem...

-> Classical CD Of The Week: Gemmulae Evangeliorum Musicae, The Greatest Hits (Melchior Franck Motets)

Melchior Franck, Motets, North German Chamber Chorus, Maria Jürgensen (director), M|DG