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In Reply to: Bach's B Minor Mass - Which One? posted by mbmiller@bcpl.net on March 22, 2007 at 17:18:34:
...my personal faves are Gardiner and Shaw. Very different performances from each other, one HIP one not, but each very fine in its own way. The strengths of these two, however are the same: the superb choral singing which (natch) hits all the right notes with this ex-choral singer. These are two supreme choral conductors IMO. I confess to being picky about my Bach choral performances - I don't care how good the soloists are if the chorus isn't nimble I'm done.Shaw's soprano, the silvery tones Sylvia McNair, is back in Indiana at IU onfaculty - hope she will do some recitals soon (she has been recovering from cancer).
That said, Baker can seldom do any wrong IMO. However, it's been 20 years since I heard the revered Klemperer. I used to prefer him later works and didn't cotton on to this conducting performance at the time.
I'm sure others will disagree.
Report back with your impressions when the disc arrives..
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