Vier kabarett- und jazz-erprobte Hamburger haben es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, Wortwitz mit coolen Barmusik-Klängen zu kombinieren. Und das klappt meistens ziemlich gut, wie zum Beispiel beim schicken Bossa-Nova 'Genurjanie Indiebarda' oder beim swingenden 'Was ist denn schon dabei'…
The St. John Passion was long regarded as an early work by Handel, written in Hamburg in 1704. It had to be early, as there are few really Handelian fingerprints in the music. In the late 1960s though, musicologists started allocating it to Georg Böhm (1661-1733), a Thuringian-born composer who worked in Hamburg and Luneburg. He is remembered chiefly for his fine organ music and his influence on Bach. But the record booklet makes an interesting case for Handel's authorship, particularly as Handel's friend Mattheson was an advocate of the work.