Bach: Mass In B Minor

Christina Landshamer (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass) & Gewandhausorchester Leipzig & Dresdner Kammerchor, Herbert Blomstedt

Nothing else that he wrote is as all-encompassing as the Mass in B minor, not even the great Passions,” says Herbert Blomstedt about Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Opus summum”. The Dresdner Kammerchor and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the musical direction of Herbert Blomstedt have merged ingeniously to conclude the Bachfest Leipzig with this unrivaled work – a work that bears close connections to choir and orchestra, as well as to Herbert Blomstedt himself. J. S. Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Performing this monumental work is the ever-capable Dresdner Kammerchor conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Featured soloists include Christina Landshamer, soprano, Elisabeth Kulman, alto, Wolfram Lattke, tenor, and Luca Pisaroni, bass.

Bach, J S:
 Mass in B minor, BWV232

Picture Format NTSC 16:9 / Sound Formats PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Region Code 0 / Running Time 113:36 / Disc Format DVD 9
Subtitles Original (Latin), English, Japanese, Korean / FSK 0

"Blomstedt is never bent on point-scoring didacticism, His is a truthful account; prayerful, reverential, intent on welding the disparate movements into a caressing over-arching entity… Among the soloists Christina Landshamer and Elisabeth Kulman enthral."
BBC Music Magazine - February 2018 ****

"Blomstedt lays a light, smooth plaster over the stylistic distinctions between each movement of the Missa proper…Best of the soloists is Elisabeth Kulman, whose refined breadth of line and lightly worn dignity raises her contributions to another level…With an Agnus Dei of simple, unforced beauty, Kulman sets the seal on an account of solid virtues but intermittent insights."
Gramophone Magazine - February 2018