Bach: Missae Breves BWV 233 & 236 - Pygmalion
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After the success of the first volume of Missae Breves, released in 2008 and awarded a Diapason d’Or de l’Année, the release of this second volume is of significance, both for Alpha and for Pygmalion.
The Missae Breves from J.S. Bach have been considered as pastiches for a long time. Nevertheless, they are expressions of musical genius. Whatever the purpose they have been written for, these Lutheran Masses are a fascinating discovery.
“These beautifully sculpted performances present a perspective on Bach which is committed to beauty of sound...but allied to a structural coherence which combines elegance and grip...this outstandingly engaging, visceral and characterful disc keeps some of the best till last: a rich but deeply sorrowful reading of the funeral motet, 'O Jesu Christ, mein Leben's Licht'” Gramophone Magazine, February 2011
Gramophone Magazine
Editor's Choice - February 2011
