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J.S. Bach - Mass in B minor BWV 232
Diego Fasolis
Coro della Radio Svizzera / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Sopranos:........Roberta Invernizzi, Lynne Dawson
Alto:...................Gloria Banditelli
Tenor:...............Christoph Prégardien
Bass:................Klaus Mertens
June 1997
2-CD / TT: 104:24
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Info about Mass in B minor BWV 232 conducted by Diego Fasolis:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Fasolis.htm
About Diego Fasolis:
http://www.goldbergweb.com/es/interpreters/conductors/7749.php
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000HZUE/002-3842475-1429621?n=5174
Absolutely Superb!!!, October 13, 2004
Reviewer: Voice Lover (Durham, NC)
I'm frankly surprised that there aren't numerous reviews for this recording. It is glorious in just about every way imaginable. I'm not a Bach expert but have listened to various recordings of the B Minor Mass over the years and have even sung in a few performances of it. This has to be one of the best Bach recordings I've ever heard. Get it and enjoy!!!
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
You wouldn't think of Lugano, Switzerland, as a hotbed of the early-music revival, but conductor Diego Fasolis has been doing some fascinating things there with his Italian Swiss Radio Chorus. Their performances of Palestrina, Carissimi, and Bach (the Magnificat) on the midprice label Arts Music have demonstrated not only skill and musicality but a willingness to make innovative, even unorthodox choices. Here Fasolis and his chorus, with five bona-fide Baroque stars as soloists and the excellent Italian period-instrument orchestra I Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, turn their attention to Bach's B Minor Mass. At first the results are underwhelming: all three movements of the Kyrie seem somewhat uninvolved. But once the musicians reach the more extroverted and dramatic music of the Gloria, things really pick up. Fasolis isn't afraid of extreme tempos or dramatic gestures: for example, in the opening of the Crucifixus, where most Baroque orchestras play the opening chords solemnly and reverently, Fasolis hammers them like so many nails into a cross. The chorus and orchestra handle everything Fasolis tosses at them with aplomb; the soloists are excellent, with notably sweet singing by tenor Christoph Prégardien and bass Klaus Mertens and a gripping Agnus Dei by contralto Gloria Banditelli. This is a recording of a live performance-radio broadcast, so one can hear the occasional blemish, but there's more than enough excitement to make up for that. This record may not be as extraordinary as Philippe Herreweghe's full-price account, but it's far and away the best budget version--at the price, it's worth adding to any serious Baroque collection.
--Matthew Westphal
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Thanks to ambrosian (Demonoid)
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J.S. Bach
Mass in B minor BWV 232
Diego Fasolis
Coro della Radio Svizzera / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
Sopranos:........Roberta Invernizzi, Lynne Dawson
Alto:................Gloria Banditelli
Tenor:..............Christoph Prégardien
Bass:..............Klaus Mertens
June 1997
2-CD / TT: 104:24
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Very nice performance of this famous Bach's work. I hope you'll enjoy it.
I will seed soon the Magnificat and Bach's version of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.
I'll be grateful if somebody reseeds next torrent:
Bach - BWV232 Mass in B minor 10x
http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3365362
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Info about Mass in B minor BWV 232 conducted by Diego Fasolis:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV232-Fasolis.htm
About Diego Fasolis:
http://www.goldbergweb.com/es/interpreters/conductors/7749.php
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000HZUE/002-3842475-1429621?n=5174
Absolutely Superb!!!, October 13, 2004
Reviewer: Voice Lover (Durham, NC)
I'm frankly surprised that there aren't numerous reviews for this recording. It is glorious in just about every way imaginable. I'm not a Bach expert but have listened to various recordings of the B Minor Mass over the years and have even sung in a few performances of it. This has to be one of the best Bach recordings I've ever heard. Get it and enjoy!!!
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
You wouldn't think of Lugano, Switzerland, as a hotbed of the early-music revival, but conductor Diego Fasolis has been doing some fascinating things there with his Italian Swiss Radio Chorus. Their performances of Palestrina, Carissimi, and Bach (the Magnificat) on the midprice label Arts Music have demonstrated not only skill and musicality but a willingness to make innovative, even unorthodox choices. Here Fasolis and his chorus, with five bona-fide Baroque stars as soloists and the excellent Italian period-instrument orchestra I Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, turn their attention to Bach's B Minor Mass. At first the results are underwhelming: all three movements of the Kyrie seem somewhat uninvolved. But once the musicians reach the more extroverted and dramatic music of the Gloria, things really pick up. Fasolis isn't afraid of extreme tempos or dramatic gestures: for example, in the opening of the Crucifixus, where most Baroque orchestras play the opening chords solemnly and reverently, Fasolis hammers them like so many nails into a cross. The chorus and orchestra handle everything Fasolis tosses at them with aplomb; the soloists are excellent, with notably sweet singing by tenor Christoph Prégardien and bass Klaus Mertens and a gripping Agnus Dei by contralto Gloria Banditelli. This is a recording of a live performance-radio broadcast, so one can hear the occasional blemish, but there's more than enough excitement to make up for that. This record may not be as extraordinary as Philippe Herreweghe's full-price account, but it's far and away the best budget version--at the price, it's worth adding to any serious Baroque collection.
--Matthew Westphal
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