“It was a nice contrast to next movement “Quia respexit” and MaryRuth Miller’s pure, naïve sound with no false maturity pushed into her lower range. She and the wonderful oboe d’amore blended like the chocolate and marshmallow center of a s’more just off the flame.”
— Oregon ArtsWatch
“In some moments the performers realized it, such as soprano MaryRuth Lown, who luminously intoned of Virgam virtutis tuæ…”
“MaryRuth Lown’s clear soprano and tasteful dramatic interpretation contributed grace.”
— The Boston Musical Intelligencer
“Overall, performances at the more intimate Christ Church by sopranos Sarah Yanovitch and MaryRuth Lown, mezzo-sopranos Elizabeth Eschen and Kim Leeds, tenors Patrick Muehleise and Gene Stenger, and baritone Steigerwalt had equaled or surpassed those I’ve heard on recordings conducted by Helmuth Rilling, John Eliot Gardiner, and Masaaki Suzuki.”
— Classical Voice North America
“Sopranos Sarah Yanovitch and MaryRuth Lown immediately set the bar high in their arias…”
“Comparing this performance to recordings conducted by Helmuth Rilling, John Eliot Gardiner, and Masaaki Suzuki, I found the excellence of the choir and the vocalists to be most astonishing.”