On Wednesday, conductor Johanna Soller was awarded the prestigious Gramophone Award for Best Choral Recording for her recordings with the Capella Sollertia of JL Bach's Leipzig Cantatas.
Johann Ludwig Bach was the Kapellmeister of the court at Meiningen, and a distant cousin Johann Sebastian. Johanna's efforts to spotlight these underplayed works were praised by Gramophone:
"Johanna Soller and Capella Sollertia engage unerringly with this extensive project… unceasing advocates for an oeuvre that has, until now, remarkably escaped our attention… The spirit of warmth and affection is especially evident when voices and orchestra dance around each other with their light, genial aplomb under Soller’s impressive direction."
Congratulations Johanna!
