Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

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[Iestyn Davies] discharges a beautifully inflected ‘Qui sedes’, impeccably warmed and coloured by a discreet vibrato that instinctively knows its expressive place…Watson’s soaring soprano also... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Mar 2018
Catalogue No: CDA68181-2
Label: Hyperion
Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

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Katherine Watson (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Neal Davies (bass)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Stephen Layton

Part 1 No 01. Chorus. Kyrie eleison

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Part 1 No 02. Duet. Christe eleison

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Part 1 No 03. Chorus. Kyrie eleison

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Part 1 No 04. Chorus. Gloria in excelsis Deo

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Part 1 No 05. Chorus. Et in terra pax hominibus

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Part 1 No 06. Aria. Laudamus te

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Part 1 No 07. Chorus. Gratias agimus tibi

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Part 1 No 08. Duet. Domine Deus

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Part 1 No 09. Chorus. Qui tollis peccata mundi

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Part 1 No 10. Aria. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris

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Part 1 No 11. Aria. Quoniam tu solus sanctus

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Part 1 No 12. Chorus. Cum Sancto Spiritu

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Part 2 No 1. Chorus. Credo in unum Deum

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Part 2 No 2. Chorus. Patrem omnipotentem

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Part 2 No 3. Duet. Et in unum Dominum

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Part 2 No 4. Chorus. Et incarnatus est

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Part 2 No 5. Chorus. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis

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Part 2 No 6. Chorus. Et resurrexit tertia die

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Part 2 No 7. Aria. Et in Spiritum Sanctum

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Part 2 No 8. Chorus. Confiteor unum baptisma

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Part 2 No 9. Chorus. Et exspecto resurrectionem

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Part 3. Chorus. Sanctus

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Part 4 No 1. Chorus. Osanna in excelsis

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Part 4 No 2. Aria. Benedictus

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Part 4 No 3. Chorus. Osanna in excelsis

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Part 4 No 4. Aria. Agnus Dei

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Part 4 No 5. Chorus. Dona nobis pacem

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Following much-praised accounts of the St John Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Stephen Layton now turns to the B minor Mass. With Trinity College Cambridge forces and a fine roster of soloists, the results are guaranteed to prove equally spectacular.

Reviews

May 2018

[Iestyn Davies] discharges a beautifully inflected ‘Qui sedes’, impeccably warmed and coloured by a discreet vibrato that instinctively knows its expressive place…Watson’s soaring soprano also strikes up an alluring partnership with Iestyn Davies for the ‘Et in unum Deum’… One of the challenges for any conductor is marrying the Mass’s old-fashioned elements while forging a coherent whole. Layton is on the case.

May 2018

Tempi are free of eccentricity; his youthful choral forces are beautifully focused, incisive in attack, and understand the importance of phrasing in this music. They are evidently relishing every note as they discover Bach’s supreme masterpiece under Layton’s expert guidance. The soloists are uniformly excellent, with Iestyn Davies truly exceptional in his two solo contributions, the Qui sedes and Agnus Dei. First-rate playing from the OAE, too. A B minor Mass to treasure.

March 2018

Recorded in [Trinity's] own handsome chapel, it has brightness, clarity and the kind of clean air about it that you expect from a young mixed-voice choir…it is Iestyn Davies who serves up this recording’s jewel in his first recorded Agnus Dei, a masterclass in technique, vocal beauty and moving musicality that it is hard to imagine surpassed.

4th March 2018

Layton’s Bach is rightly prized for its clear-headed vision and lack of eccentricity. He has a fine team of soloists: Katherine Watson and Helen Charlston’s bright voices blend ideally in the Christe eleison, and Gwilym Bowen and Neal Davies are both stalwarts in their solos. But it is Iestyn Davies’s singing of Qui sedes that takes this release into the realms of greatness.

1st April 2018

[Iestyn Davies's] pure-toned, affecting Agnus Dei is alone worth the price of the disc.

30th March 2018

In the modern fashion, speeds are swift and textures lean...Christie writes that his goal was to show Bach’s “human side”. The result is a reading of great warmth: you can toast your hands on the choir’s hushed beauties and the period instruments’ timbres.

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