Bach: Mass in B minor

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J. S. BACH
Bach: Mass in B minor
Hannah Morrison (sop) Meg Bragle (alto) Esther Brazil (mezzo) Peter Davoren (ten) Alex Ashworth (bass) / English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

[ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 22 December 2015

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Recorded in London March 2015

The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are renowned of their spectacular performances of Bach's epic masterpiece, which they have toured extensively.

During their last tour (in Munich, Frankfurt, Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence and Paris) there was a stampede for tickets and they performed every night in full houses, to spellbound audiences.

This album is the culmination of the tour: it was recorded in an open session in London, and captures the special atmosphere of the concerts

It is presented in a 2-CD casebook and contains a booklet featuring original notes by John Eliot Gardiner translated in English, German and French.

"Thirty years since his pioneering first version, Gardiner returns to re-record the mighty Mass in B minor; the impressive result draws on all his great knowledge and experience of Bach's music." Gramophone Award Nomination 2016 - Baroque Vocal

"The 2015 recording has great impact without being aggressive; the sound is also admirably clear. The booklet notes, as usual, are by Gardiner; on this occasion the notes are extracted from his splendid book on Bach, Music in the Castle of Heaven. If you haven't read the book then these notes, which are as readable as they are insightful, should whet your appetite. If you don't already have Gardiner's 1985 recording of the B minor Mass then the advice is clear: this 2015 version is an exceptionally fine recording of the work and I heartily commend to all Bach collectors." (MusicWeb Jan 2016)

"Thirty years on, Gardiner's take on the mass is if anything more exuberant, more joyful than his famous Archiv reading: all concerned seem to share this vision, especially the soloists who step forward from the choir. Textures are all crystal clear, part in thanks to a superbly natural, warm recording. Essential listening." (Sunday Times)

"Thirty years on, Gardiner's take on the mass is if anything more exuberant, more joyful than his famous Archiv reading: all concerned seem to share this vision, especially the soloists who step forward from the choir. Textures are all crystal clear, part in thanks to a superbly natural, warm recording. Essential listening." (ClassicalMusic)

J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, Kyrie Elesio