Bach: Mass in B Minor

For their ascent of the “Musical Mount Everest”, Arcangelo present a thrilling reading based on a live performance recording at the Tetbury Festival. Jonathan Cohen’s approach combines the nimbleness of the period movement approach with a consciously opulent approach to the choral sound. 

Featured works

• Bach: Mass in B Minor BWV232

Press & Praise

EDITOR’S CHOICE, GRAMOPHONE

“Cohen’s rejection of the generic, within a grand and ravishing overview, is what propels an overwhelming sense here that this reading deserves to be taken very seriously…The work infrequently speaks with such gracefulness, freedom or conviction.”

BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

“Cohen’s take side-steps Joshua Rifkin’s premise that it should be sung one-to-a-part and fields a choir of 20…Cohen announces the Credo at an invigoratingly purposeful lick…Tim Mead’s eloquently restrained Agnus Dei is crowned by a Dona nobis pacem whose blazing grandiloquence grips.”

THE OBSERVER

“Gradually the ear responds to Jonathan Cohen’s musically intelligent mix of period and mainstream traditions, delivered by top musicians…This account will please, especially, anyone trapped between the extremes of Bach performance practice, unsure how to choose a B minor mass from the numerous options on offer.”

MUSIC WEB INTERNATIONAL

“A performance that couldn’t be bettered.”