A—Ky—Dreamily churchy, smooth
A—Ch—Diana Damrau; sweetly operatic, meaningful; dramatic rubatos & vibrato
A—Gl—Joyous, vibrant, uplifting
A—LT—Juliane Banse; operatic, restrained, serious; orchestra restrained as well
A—Gr—Smooth, hymnlike
B—DD—Smooth, genial; no battle, not even a difference of opinion; S1 quite warbly
B—QT—Quite fast, dancelike; no jagged edge, no pain
B—Qu—Pompous, serious; tenor doesn’t speak up enough to balance sopranos; hear mostly three individual voices, not well blended
A—JC—Same
A—CSS—Crisp, choral entries; almost a minute slower than 1991 version; good climactic cadence; the sound essentially ruined by the interpolation of a cadenza from Davidde Penitente, which doesn’t affect the evaluation of the rest of the performance
A—Cr—Smooth rather than crisp choral entrances; energetic, but not with a joy to match the addition of trumpets and timpani; no chickens
B—Et—Diana Damrau; dreamy, unhurried pace, like the 1991 version, over 9 minutes; operatic, meaningful; dramatic vibrato and annoying swells on many individual notes
A—S—Smooth, a bit restrained; better brass presence than 1991
A—H—Crisp entrances and melismas; better antiphonal sound than 1991
A—B—Voices better together than individually; they’re not smiling; legato strings at B (detached in 1991!)