"...Of the major soloists, soprano Camilla Tilling and alto Magdalena Kožená were in top form, with Ms. Kožená's performance of the Passion's best-known aria, "Erbarme dich, mein Gott," sounding almost unbearably sweet in its simplicity. So natural and unaffected a performance requires enormous preparation, but this artist made the doleful melody sound as natural as an improvisation..."
© James Jorden