Bach: Mass in B minor [Hybrid SACD]

Bach: Mass in B minor [Hybrid SACD]

Bach: Mass in B minor [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan Orchestra
Performer: Carolyn Sampson
Performer: Rachel Nicholls
Performer: Gerd Turk
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD, Import
CD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Music Label: Bis
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Kyrie. No. 1. Kyrie eleison
  2. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Kyrie. No. 2. Christe eleison
  3. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Kyrie. No. 3. Kyrie eleison
  4. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 4. Gloria in excelsis Deo
  5. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 5. Et in terra pax
  6. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 6. Laudamus te
  7. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 7. Gratias agimus tibi
  8. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 8. Domine Deus
  9. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 9. Qui tollis peccata mundi
  10. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 10. Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
  11. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 11. Quoniam tu solus sanctus
  12. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 1. Missa. Gloria. No. 12. Cum Sancto Spiritu
Music CD 2
  1. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 13. Credo in unum Deum
  2. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 14. Patrem omnipotentem
  3. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 15. Et in unum Dominum Jesu
  4. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 16. Et incarnatus est
  5. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 17. Crucifixus
  6. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 18. Et resurrexit
  7. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 19. Et in Spiritum sanctum
  8. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 20. Confiteor unum baptisma
  9. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 2. Symbolum Nicenum (Credo). No. 21. Et exspecto resurrectio
  10. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 3. Sanctus. No. 22. Sanctus
  11. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 4. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem. No. 23
  12. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 4. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem. No. 24
  13. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 4. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem. No. 25
  14. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 4. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem. No. 26
  15. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Part 4. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei et Dona nobis pacem. No. 27

Music reviews of Bach: Mass in B minor [Hybrid SACD]

Music Review: Excellent
Rating: 5 Stars

The B Minor Mass is a parody, in the finest sense of the word. Much of the music is derived from Bach's cantatas. However, this is no mere cut and paste job - with typical genius, Bach fitted it all together into a homogeneous, harmonious whole, and the result is one of the towering masterpieces of music.

Having done such a magnificent job in the BIS cantata series, one would expect Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan also to deliver the goods on the B Minor. And so he does. Suzuki's B Minor is as a B Minor should be, a gloriously uplifting experience, deeply felt and beautifully realised. Suzuki realises, as did Gardiner in his excellent cantata series, that Bach's devout Lutheranism is at the very core of his being as both man and musician, and seeks to let these qualities shine out. He succeeds wonderfully well and produces something that is more than just playing the notes. He encourages sterling performances from his soloists (both singers and instrumental), choir and orchestra. Indeed the only errors I noticed were a few slightly fluffed trumpet passages, but then these passages are wickedly difficult for the natural valveless instrument. All in all, a splendid performance, one of the best I've heard, with what seem to me to be well-judged tempi throughout. Unusually, Suzuki has gone for a cast of non-Japanese solo singers (there is usually at least one Japanese solo singer in the cantata recordings).

How does it compare with others? Gardiner's recording was a trailblazer - as a critic put it, before Gardiner, people talked of original instrument B Minors and modern instrument B Minors, after Gardiner, it didn't matter any more, so high did Gardiner set the bar. Without having actively compared the two, this version seems fully Gardiner's equal.

I have an SACD player, but only two-channel, so I can't comment much on whether the SACD sound is better. Played through my CD player, the recording sounded just as good.

P.S. I've now had a chance to compare this version with Gardiner's on DG, and I find that I still prefer Gardiner's. Some of Suzuki's solo passages are better done, but Gardiner has the Monteverdis, the choir that performs miracles on command. In addition, Gardiner's reading is more dramatic, with more light and shade, which personally I prefer. However, this is not a choice between good and bad, but excellent and slightly more excellent, and there are folk who will reach a different conclusion. And of course surround sound (which I don't have) could make for a more enjoyable experience for the audiophilically inclined.


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