Label: LINN Catalog: CKD354 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid
Dunedin Consort & Players, directed by John Butt; Soloists: Susan Hamilton, soprano; Cecilia Osmond, soprano; Margot Oitzinger, alto; Thomas Hobbs, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass
J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor (BWV 232)
Gramophone Editor's Choice - August 2010
“The ensemble is nigh perfect… the freshness with which they sing radiates joy throughout the entire score." Classic FM Magazine
“The Dunedin Consort's exemplary singers produce virtuoso choruses that are theatrically charged, splendidly poised and exquisitely blended.” Gramophone
The Dunedin Consort’s recording of Bach’s Mass in B Minor revisits the spectacular individual virtuosity that made the Messiah recording so successful. This is the premiere recording of the work in the new Breitkopf edition, edited by Joshua Rifkin, a leading thinker in authentic period performance, who fully endorses John Butt’s interpretation.