Press | November 21, 2018
Elegant and agile playing in Bach’s Advent cantatas
Music for Advent, Wigmore Hall “Good ensemble throughout, with the elegant string tone satisfyingly bass-heavy. The star here was leader Nadja Zwiener, delivering energetic and nimble melodies, and just a touch of vibrato to colour the longer lines. Zwiener also gave a memorable obbligato in one of the arias of the final cantata, BWV 36, subtly ornamenting the da capo,
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