Bach - Mass in B minor / Lott, von Otter, Blochwitz, Shimell, Howell, Chicago SO, Solti

Bach - Mass in B minor / Lott, von Otter, Blochwitz, Shimell, Howell, Chicago SO, Solti

Bach - Mass in B minor / Lott, von Otter, Blochwitz, Shimell, Howell, Chicago SO, Solti
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Performer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Performer: Felicity Lott
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-04-05
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
  2. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Christe eleison
  3. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison
  4. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo
  5. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et in terra pax
  6. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Laudamus te
  7. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gratias agimus tibi
  8. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Domine Deus
  9. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Qui tollis peccata mundi
  10. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
  11. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
  12. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Cum Sancto Spiritu
Music CD 2
  1. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum niceum (Credo) - Credo in unum Deum
  2. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Patrem omnipotentem
  3. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et in unum Dominum
  4. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et incarnatus est
  5. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Crucifixus
  6. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et resurrexit
  7. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et in Spiritum sanctum
  8. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Confiteor
  9. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Et expecto resurrectionem
  10. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Sanctus
  11. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem - Osanna in excelsis
  12. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Benedictus
  13. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Osanna da capo
  14. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei
  15. Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem

Music reviews of Bach - Mass in B minor / Lott, von Otter, Blochwitz, Shimell, Howell, Chicago SO, Solti

Music Review: Solid and Persuasive Bach
Rating: 5 Stars

I always enjoy reading the reviews from the historical instrument purists; they rail against modern instrument performances, and will grasp at anything to do so. I listen to both old and new instruments and think life is better that way, and I choose not to be overly harsh in any review but simply speak my mind ...

... which is why I happen to like this recording very much. The playing is consistently good, with some excellent solos from the orchestra (especially Dale Clevenger on horn). The Chicago Symphony is wonderfully polished and clear, with the London-leaning precision that Solti liked in this kind of music. The vocal soloists are all fine, with the two sopranos transcending into the sublime. And the recording and mastering are strikingly clear and vibrant.

So why the harsh reviews? I think it has more to do with the huge number of recordings out there with vastly different interpretations. It becomes easy to think that one particular performance is "the way it's supposed to be." But Baroque composers, including Bach, were notoriously vague about performance practice, often writing entire pieces with no dynamics, articulations, or tempo indications. To get a real grasp of a work, you have to experience many different interpretations and, if possible, perform it yourself.

So, after hearing dozens of performances of this work and performing it myself several times, I can say without reservation that this is a fine performance and a strong interpretation. Solti's tempos, though a bit on the slow side compared to some recordings, emphasize the weight of Bach's scoring and are probably truer to the slower tempos common in the overly-live churches Bach worked in.

So do yourself a favor: Enjoy this performance, and if you really love the B Minor Mass, pick up some other interpretations. You'll be glad to have kept an open mind.
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Description of Bach - Mass in B minor / Lott, von Otter, Blochwitz, Shimell, Howell, Chicago SO, Solti

J. S. Bach 1685-1750 Messe in h-Moll, MBV 232 Mass in B minor Felicity Lott * Anne Sofie von Otter Hans Peter Blochwitz * William Shimell * Gwynne Howell Chicago Symphony Chorus - Fir. Margaret Hillis Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti Two CD's

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