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In Reply to: RE: The Willcock's was my fav on lp, performance steals into the room posted by jdaniel@jps.net on November 03, 2016 at 11:12:43
That's the way I feel about Celibidache's B-Minor Mass (Munich). It sounds like a religious rite rather than a musical performance.
Willcocks could do the same--the first live "Dream of Gerontius" I heard was conducted by Sir David, in Rhode Island, believe it or not. Furthermore, at a summer music camp, he and Richard Marlowe were my kids' vocal coaches... .
I think that Willcocks' greatest achievement on record was his "An Oxford Elegy," the greatest RVW piece that almost nobody has heard.
ATB,
John
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Actually, next on my download list is Richter's Mass and Passion.
Do you still think these are a good choice for a newby in a post HIP world? I've not internalised much of Bach's sacred music.
My only expsosure to the Bm Mass is Marriner's and for the Passion it was Herrewghe on Harmonia Mundi.
It is I think possible to overstate the extent to which the fact that JS Bach's works were rarely performed in public for several decades means that there was a complete break in performance tradition, at least to the extent that the music became something that had to be figured out like Egyptian hieroglyphics.
But it is also true that the concept of being true to the original was pretty much ignored until the beginning of the 20th-c., and really only got traction in the 1960s, and only became relatively commonplace in the 1980s.
Richter's stuff is great, but I think it is no longer the best place to start. A bit dated in style and sound. (OK, asbestos undies are now ON.)
That said, I would not say that Celibidache's B Minor should be one's first or only B-Minor Mass, either.
So, drum roll please!
My choice among the more than 50 versions out there is:
Bach: Mass In B Minor / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
Another magnificent SACD (2 discs) from BIS.
Image above, link below.
Let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin!
ATB,
John
My first exposure to the Mass was Marriner's on Philips. I suppose it was a great place to start.
I've been listening to samples of the Linn Records Dunedin Consort, and I don't think I'm going to investigate further, although the Press goes wild over this bare-bones group. I don't have prejudice one way or the other over Period performance.
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