Bach: Mass in B minor / Schwarzkopf, Ferrier, Hoffgen, Gedda; Karajan
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2000-01-11
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Kyrie eleison
- Christe eleison
- Kyrie eleison
- Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Laudamus te
- Gratias agimus tibi
- Domine Deus
- Qui tollis peccata mundi
- Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
- Quoniam tu solus sanctus
- Cum Sancto Spiritu
- Credo in unum Deum
- Patrem omnipotentem
- Et in unum Dominum
- Et incarnatus est
- Crucifixus
- Et resurrexit
- Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum
- Confiteor unum baptisma
- Et exspecto resurrectionem
- Sanctus
- Osanna in excelsis
- Benedictus
- Osanna in excelsis
- Agnus Dei
- Dona nobis pacem
- Christe eleison
- Laudamus te
- Et in unum Dominum
- Agnus Dei
Music reviews of Bach: Mass in B minor / Schwarzkopf, Ferrier, Hoffgen, Gedda; Karajan
Music Review: Bach B Minor Mass, Herbert von Karajan conductor
Rating: 5 Stars
Bach: Mass in B minor / Schwarzkopf, Ferrier, Hoffgen, Gedda; Karajan
Excellent recording of a magnificent piece of music.
Description of Bach: Mass in B minor / Schwarzkopf, Ferrier, Hoffgen, Gedda; Karajan
For all of his stupendous achievements in the realm of instrumental music, Bach's sacred vocal works hold the key to his expressive and spiritual essence. What's more, they reveal the fullest scope of his gifts as dramatist, orchestrator, and word colorist. Just as Bach culled his B Minor Mass from disparate sources, Herbert von Karajan's 1952-53 recording stemmed from choral sessions in Vienna, with the vocal solos and duets taped later in London. You'd never know from listening; there's remarkable consistency to the sonic blend from one movement to the next. Stylistically speaking, this is "big-band Bach" at its full-throated best, rivaled in its day by only Hermann Scherchen's leaner, punchier monophonic account on Westminster (reissued in Japan). Karajan takes his time unfolding each section in smooth, subtly chiseled orchestral strands, which pulsate with more blood and sinew than the conductor's very refined, logy DG remake. EMI's new 20-bit transfer is more suave in equalization, compared to its more metallic CD antecedent. In addition, EMI includes five excerpts that were taped by Anthony Griffith during the dress rehearsal for Karajan's live 1950 Vienna Philharmonic B Minor Mass. These never have been released, although the broadcast of the concert has surfaced on several independent labels. Griffith's recordings were intended solely as experiments, not meant for release. Thank God they exist. Kathleen Ferrier's haunting contralto voice virtually envelops the Vienna Musikvereinssaal in the "Qui sedes" and "Agnus Dei." She and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf achieve a gorgeous blend in the "Christe eleison" duet sequence, while Schwarzkopf herself floats the "Laudamus te" with added freedom and a more ravishing tone than she was able to muster in the studio. In sum, this release is a major document of central European Bach performance-practice midway through the 20th century. --Jed DistlerGeneral CDs
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