The vocalists here make an ideally balanced ensemble, and each singer also shines as a soloist. Conductor Konrad Junghänel keeps his Cantus Cölln forces moving along but with careful attention to detail both in maintaining instrumental balances and in maximizing vocal expression through thoughtful, tasteful inflection and phrasing. The engineering brings everything together in a vibrant, richly sonorous atmosphere that casts Buxtehude's work in a most positive, agreeable light. The filler, the chorale cantata Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, is not a memorable creation, but its particular manner of using the hymn verses intriguingly presages Bach's far more sophisticated exploitation of this technique years later. Highly recommended! [4/19/2006]