{"product_id":"bach-mass-in-b-minor-25","title":"Bach: Mass in B minor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom within the midriff of the BIS cantata project, Masaaki Suzuki presents the last of his recordings of Bach’s four extant large-scale choral masterpieces. This is, as you would expect, a B minor performance of extraordinary devotional weight, as its resonant surround sound irradiates the score in a patiently constructed explication.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e[The] Gloria fairly crackles and Suzuki’s careful voicing between singers and instrumentalists generates extraordinary revelations (such as the consoling beauty of the “Qui tollis” and, later, a remarkable reading of the Sanctus). The choral movements are admirably unhurried but purposeful, the light and lithe sopranos glowing like Jupiter on a clear night...“Et in unum Dominum” (with the admirable Carolyn Sampson and Robin Blaze) reveals its expectant delights, as does Blaze’s heart-stopping Agnus Dei.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e[A] rounded and impressive reading whose “Dona nobis pacem” encapsulates the best of Suzuki: committed, life-affirming and generous.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -- Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Gramophone [2\/2008]\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BIS","offers":[{"title":"SACD","offer_id":49711305294104,"sku":"7318591701026","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/1633045_7f5ada04-96fe-4bf4-b8d2-c78a9711c6ab.jpg?v=1777794955","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/bach-mass-in-b-minor-25","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}