JS Bach: Missae Breves BWV 233 & 236
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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...
JS Bach: Missae Breves BWV 233 & 236
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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...
About
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.
Contents and tracklist
- Ensemble Pygmalion, Eugénie Warnier, Raphaël Pichon, Terry Way, Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, Christian Immler
- Ensemble Pygmalion, Eugénie Warnier, Raphaël Pichon, Terry Way, Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, Christian Immler
- Ensemble Pygmalion, Eugénie Warnier, Raphaël Pichon, Terry Way, Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, Christian Immler
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineFebruary 2011Editor's Choice
February 2011
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'
