Additional taxes may apply. For the 2020 holiday season, returnable items shipped between October 1 and December 31 can be returned until January 31, 2021. Please try again. I promise any Bach lover that you will be pleased. Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2020. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque Soloists (EBS) in performing Bach’s Mass in B Minor, and he does an excellent job in doing so. The most stunning peice of music I know, and Gardiner does so much justice to it. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Gloria - Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, J.S. Unable to add item to List. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Credo - Et in unum Dominum, J.S. Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2008. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. This is a great performance-deeply felt & thoughtful. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Lively tempi, good articulation and great solo performances. Nothing could be further from the truth. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. For me, Gardiner's renditions always combine a period-instrument delicacy with a full awareness of the music's emotional and dramatic dimensions. The soloists do an excellent job of rendering forth their musical parts with aplomb. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Kyrie - Christe eleison, J.S. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2017. Almost by consensus, however, John Eliot Gardiner's version is the most successful--and it is indeed a phenomenal recording--at once sumptuous and penetrating, with gorgeous choral and solo singing, and spacious, vibrant sound. Please try again. But if you are trying to decide which one to buy, this one is good for lovers of clear sound, energy, and vitality. Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2019, Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2002. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Kyrie - Kyrie eleison (I), J.S. One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed, Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2015. Includes booklet featuring original notes by John Eliot Gardiner translated in English, German and French. Amazon's Choice recommends highly rated and well-priced products. The energy behind "Cum Sancto" and "Gloria in Excelcis" is nothing short of breathtaking. It is deeper in some ways, more relaxed, more lived in. This new version of the "Mass in B Minor" doesn't disappoint. Instrumental timbres are a bit different, the new recording is slightly closer with a touch more bass, but timings are remarkably similar, and 30 years of audio technology have not changed the sound quality to the extent for which I was hoping. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Proceed to checkout ({qq} items) {$$$.$$}, + No Import Fees Deposit & $10.98 Shipping to France. Excellent recording. If you don't own a recording of the Bach Bm, by God buy one right away! As such any deviation from the anticipated notes or tempo comes across at first as a negative. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. JEG did it again! I am not sorry I bought it, but like others have said, I am beginning to think that there is no "perfect" recording of this masterpiece. --James R. Oestreich, The New York Times. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I love this piece of music, so I decided to buy this CD, my second version of the Bach mass. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Agnus Dei - Dona nobis pacem, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Try it on a proper hifi system. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 5, 2015. If you don't own a recording of the Bach Bm, by God buy one right away! Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Sanctus - Osanna in excelsis (Da Capo), J.S. "Gardiner's meticulous grasp of the detail and architecture in tandem is almost terrifyingly auspicious. This one or any other! There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2018, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2016. The Best Sacred Choral Chants of Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Church. With this recording, conductor John Eliot Gardiner returns to Bach 's magisterial Mass in B minor, BWV 232, just about exactly 30 years after first recording it in 1985. Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, The Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner, J.S. this one will not be a huge improvement. I guess no recording will ever do justice to Bach's incredible accomplishment. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Credo - Confiteor unum baptisma, J.S. But... there is missing pathos in the first Kyrie. Gorgeous in every way. There are beautiful aspects to this recording: crystal clear sound quality, crisp but lush strings, lively tempos. But for a deeply-felt, deeply-studied and wonderfully articulate performance, this will not disappoint. 6 & 7 [2 CD]. Delivery was excellent. One of the most frequently mentioned "favorite" works of Bach, the B Minor Mass is not really a functional liturgical work, but an assemblage of movements written over a period of many years. Performing this work and preserving a sense of its grand design while bringing out the considerable musical details is a challenge that most choirs, orchestras, and conductors are not up to. All said, this performance is in the right key, and it is a worthwhile effort by John Eliot Gardiner and crew. One of them seems determined to review every single John Eliot Gardiner recording with incredibly snide and almost obsessively critical comments. The soloists are not as starry and consistently brilliant perhaps, but I do love the way this man conducts this piece. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Gloria - Laudamus te, J.S. The "Christe" is not plaintive enough. The soloists do an excellent job of rendering forth their musical parts with aplomb. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Credo - Patrem omnipotentem, J.S. I will not keep it on the shelf, it will be right where I can grab it, put it on and play it again. The energy behind "Cum Sancto" and "Gloria in Excelcis" is nothing short of breathtaking. While the words appear the same as in any other mass, the music comes through as interesting and complete. If you want a big, more romantic version - and there are many that are wonderful (I secretly love the Klemperer). It's a special recording, close to my heart, and I recommend this version to anyone who wants a glimpse of this Mass. This one or any other!