Out of nowhere comes a superb recording of Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV 232, from the British vocal-instrumental ensemble Arcangelo, whose website states merely that the group "aspires to be one of the world's leading ensembles bringing together exceptional musicians who excel on both historical and modern instruments." Based on the evidence of this performance, the group is already there. Conductor Jonathan Cohen sculpts an unusually variegated performance of a work that, whether in traditional big-choir readings or severe ...
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Out of nowhere comes a superb recording of Bach's Mass in B minor, BWV 232, from the British vocal-instrumental ensemble Arcangelo, whose website states merely that the group "aspires to be one of the world's leading ensembles bringing together exceptional musicians who excel on both historical and modern instruments." Based on the evidence of this performance, the group is already there. Conductor Jonathan Cohen sculpts an unusually variegated performance of a work that, whether in traditional big-choir readings or severe one-voice-per-part versions, does not always have its separate parts distinguished sufficiently from one another. They really should be, for the music mostly came from other compositions. Here, each movement is thought through on its own. Although Arcangelo has adopted the one-voice-per-part method in the past, here Cohen uses a choir of 16, which emerges as an extremely flexible instrument in his hands. It can be delicate, almost retreating into the instrumental sound, or it can be...
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