There is at least one great work here: Weckmann's Wie liegt die Stadt so wuste, a large setting (15 minutes) of verse from Lamentations that must refer to the great plague of Hamburg in 1663. Words such as ''see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow'' bring out the best not only in Weckmann but also in the two soloists, Maria Zedelius and (particularly) Michael Schopper. This is moving, memorable singing, and the accompaniments by members of Cologne Musica Antiqua are equally exquisite. The other works, though more modest in scope, have a quiet beauty that is certainly worth getting to know; and the performances are consistently good, though Zedelius tends to make rather less of her words than does the more expressive Schopper. Both CD and LP are excellent in their sound-quality.'

-- Gramophone [7/1986]