Musica Antiqua Köln, Gabrieli Consort & Players
Musica Antiqua Köln / Reinhard Goebel (CD 1, 3–7)
Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh (CD 1 & 2)

Award-winning recordings of Biber – Bach’s great forerunner – by two of his foremost modern interpreters, Reinhard Goebel and Paul McCreesh. A spatial extravaganza [Missa Salisburgensis] (BBC Music Magazine); McCreesh and his musicians reinforce the expression of joy and grief [Mass/Requiem] (Classic FM); Goebel’s poetic fantasy ... affecting poignancy and nobility [Sonatas] (Gramophone); White-hot intensity [Mensa sonora]; Highest technical standard ... full sensual impact [Harmonia] (Gramophone).