Bach: Mass in B minor (2007)

No matter how many recordings of Bach's B minor Mass you've heard -- and if you're any kind of spiritual being, you've heard dozens -- you should check out this recording with Jos van Veldhoven leading the collected vocal and instrumental forces of the Netherlands Bach Society. To some, of course, forces may be too strong a word. With five soloists and ten choristers, plus eight strings, seven winds, four brass, one timpanist, one organist, and one harpsichordist for a full compliment of only 38, including conductor, forces ... Read More

No matter how many recordings of Bach's B minor Mass you've heard -- and if you're any kind of spiritual being, you've heard dozens -- you should check out this recording with Jos van Veldhoven leading the collected vocal and instrumental forces of the Netherlands Bach Society. To some, of course, forces may be too strong a word. With five soloists and ten choristers, plus eight strings, seven winds, four brass, one timpanist, one organist, and one harpsichordist for a full compliment of only 38, including conductor, forces may seem too strong for those used to recordings with Otto Klemperer leading several hundred vocalists and instrumentalists. But, as those who know Leonhardt and Koopman's recordings already know, size isn't everything in the B minor Mass; musicality suffused with spirituality -- or is it spirituality suffused with musicality? -- is everything.On those terms, this recording is a complete success. One could point to any number of musical felicities -- the Christe eleison soprano duet... Read Less

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2007, Channel Classics UPC: 723385250074 CD See All