Anna Prohaska - Bach: Redemption - The Times

The use of chamber forces here — a chorus of four voices, a lithe ensemble (Wolfgang Katschner’s Lautten Compagney) — seem to bring all the arias’ dramas and emotions across your doorstep and into your home, while Prohaska’s voice and phrasing, so honest, direct and fresh, perfectly reflects Bach’s delight in sorrow transformed into joy.