Gramophone Magazine
May 2023
Editor's Choice

Le Banquet Céleste, Damien Guillon

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV78 'Jesu der du meine Seele'
Bach, J S: Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV526
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV60 'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort'
Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV546: Prelude
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV47 'Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden'

Ever since the foundation of his ensemble in 2009, Damien Guillon has been forging ahead in the (re) discovery of J. S. Bach’s cantatas. ‘Trinitatis’ is devoted to three cantatas for the season after Trinity, for which Le Banquet Céleste has assembled its most seasoned members. Three very different works in which Bach expresses in various ways the emotion that the subject of the prescribed Gospel for the day stirred in him.

"Sparkling imagination, insistent characterisation and a satisfyingly resonant ensemble mark this out as an exceptional and original release." - Gramophone Magazine, May 2023.