Bach: Mass in B minor
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Performer: Stephen VarcoeComposer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90
Performer: Nancy Argenta
Performer: Mark Tucker
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-07-26
Music Label: Chandos
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie: Christie eleison
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Gloria in excelsis
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Et in terra pax
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Laudamus te
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Gratias agimus tibi
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Domine Deus
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Qui tollis peccata mundi
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Gloria: Cum Sancto Spiritu
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Credo in unum Deum
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Patrem omnipotentem
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Et in unum Dominum
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Et incarnatus est
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Crucifixus
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Et resurrexit
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Et in Spiritum Sanctum Dominum
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Confiteor unum baptisma
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Symbolum nicenum: Et expecto
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Sanctus
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Osanna
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Benedictus
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Osanna
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei
- Mass In B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem
Free Music Notes for Bach: Mass in B minor
Free Music Review: Excellent balance
Hit: 5 Stars
Hickox's work is almost always a model of good conducting, musicianship, and balanced interpretation--his recording of the Mass in B minor is no exception.
The whole ensemble, voices and orchestra, render the piece with verve and liveliness. Hickox's tempi are usually swift, but not at the expense of the music's often complicated melodic lines (such as those fiendishly difficult melismas in the "Osanna"). The orchestra's playing in particular is breathtaking in moments, such as the horn player's stentorian "Quoniam" and the joyous exclamation at the beginning of the "Gloria."
The vocal and orchestral forces are mid-sized, giving the music power where needed, but also that degree of intimacy many of the arias and more pathos-imbued movements demand (the "Et incarnatus est," for example). All four soloists rise to the occasion; the soprano (Nancy Argenta) sings the "Laudamus Te" with an audibly different accent--not a detriment, but a curiosity.
Sound quality is wonderful: par for Hickox. This is a fine way to start and a good all-around performance for people looking for the balance between traditional and modern Bach interpretations.
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