Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Hannah Morrison (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo), Meg Bragle (alto), Kate Symonds-Joy (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), David Shipley (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
Gardiner’s second recording of the B minor Mass is a predictably exhilarating experience. The opening Kyrie, paced to perfection, leaves one amazed afresh…the chorus (which supplies the mostly...
Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Hannah Morrison (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo), Meg Bragle (alto), Kate Symonds-Joy (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), David Shipley (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
Gardiner’s second recording of the B minor Mass is a predictably exhilarating experience. The opening Kyrie, paced to perfection, leaves one amazed afresh…the chorus (which supplies the mostly...
About
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.
Contents and tracklist
- Hannah Morrison, Kate Symonds-Joy, Peter Davoren, Esther Brazil, David Shipley, Meg Bragle, Alex Ashworth, Nick Pritchard
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineEditor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2015
17th January 2016
Gardiner’s second recording of the B minor Mass is a predictably exhilarating experience. The opening Kyrie, paced to perfection, leaves one amazed afresh…the chorus (which supplies the mostly fine soloists) is its usual splendid self
Early Music Today August 2016
there are special moments, especially in more homophonic writing like ‘Et incarnatus’, sung by the Monteverdi Choir with rapt concentration. The playing of the EBS, too, is outstanding
Classical Music January 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.
