Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv Productions' 22-disc set of J.S. Bach's sacred choral works isn't a complete traversal of the composer's choral music, but the major and best-known works are all here, plus a number of more obscure ones. The Mass in B minor, the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio, and the Magnificat are included, as well as 35 cantatas. The compilation reissues all of the performances that John Eliot Gardiner, leading the Monteverdi Choir and the original instrument orchestra, the English ...
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Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv Productions' 22-disc set of J.S. Bach's sacred choral works isn't a complete traversal of the composer's choral music, but the major and best-known works are all here, plus a number of more obscure ones. The Mass in B minor, the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio, and the Magnificat are included, as well as 35 cantatas. The compilation reissues all of the performances that John Eliot Gardiner, leading the Monteverdi Choir and the original instrument orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, recorded between 1983 and 2000 for Philips or Deutsche Grammophon. Gardiner and his forces, outstanding talents and leading proponents of historically informed performance practice, deliver splendid accounts of Bach's vibrant music. Many of the recordings have been hailed as among the finest ever of these pieces and have been showered with awards and honors. The soloists, some of the brightest Baroque singers of the late 20th century, include Emma Kirkby, Bernarda...
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