Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Rotraud Hansmann, Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz & Max Van Egmond
Vienna Boys’ Choir, Viennensis Chorus & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
this intelligent, historically informed, fresh approach - using boy trebles and altos - still feels new and exciting. It's not the most accurate rendition, but it oozes a pioneering spirit.
Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Rotraud Hansmann, Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz & Max Van Egmond
Vienna Boys’ Choir, Viennensis Chorus & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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this intelligent, historically informed, fresh approach - using boy trebles and altos - still feels new and exciting. It's not the most accurate rendition, but it oozes a pioneering spirit.
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- Emiko Iiyama (soprano), Rotraud Hansmann (soprano), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass), Helen Watts (contralto)
- Chorus Viennensis, Wiener Sängerknaben, Concentus musicus Wien
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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January 2012
this intelligent, historically informed, fresh approach - using boy trebles and altos - still feels new and exciting. It's not the most accurate rendition, but it oozes a pioneering spirit.
So, apart from its importance as a document of its age, this is a version which still has much to say to us now. It has little of the sheen and polish of present-day recordings but a raw commitment and lithe pioneering spirit which is often intoxicating
