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"The instrumental soloists of Les Arts Florissants were on top form, notably horn-player Anneke Scott in her only appearance in the bass aria Quoniam tu solus sanctus." “Anneke Scott’s sparky horn playing and Matthew Brook’s conversational authority conspire to take no prisoners.” (David Vickers, Gramophone, 30th June, 2010).Īndrew Benson-Wilson, Early Music Reviews The Early Music Review, 2nd August 2010). The CD is a must-have.” ( Andrew Benson-Wilson. I normally forgive horn players for all sorts of wheezes and auditory oddities, but this was absolute perfection. “Anneke Scott.one of the finest horn soloists I have ever heard in the Quoniam tu solus sanctus. "Differences between this and those prior to the 2006 edition are small enough to avoid detection at a casual listening, but include such features as the use of two flutes instead of one to support the charming soprano/tenor duet " Domine Deus" (O Lord God) and the addition of two bassoons to fill out the harmony provided by Anneke Scott's glorious horn playing under the bass aria Quoniam to solus scanctus." (Phil Muse, Audio Video Club of Atlanta, 3rd August 2010). " Les tempos sont toujours justes, les soli d'une justesse miraculeuse (y compris le redoutable solo de cor naturel)." (Laurent Marty, ClassiqueInfo Disque, 30th January, 2011). "The horn / bassoon obbligato of the Quoniam tu solus sanctus is astonishing: the instruments mesh so well that it is hard at times to tell who is playing." (Frauke Jurgensen, The Consort, 1st June 2011). What makes this concert version of April 2016 in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz so special that it should definitely be added to any CD collection? The fresh voices of the young but excellent vocal soloists: the regularly praised "astonishing three-dimensionality" and "crystalline clarity" of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Peter Dijkstra and of course of the renowned period instrument ensemble Concerto Köln and last but not least, the exciting live atmosphere of a concert event that delighted the audiences, and even managed to coax the word “magical” from Munich’s music critics – rare praise, but in this case, richly deserved! The audio recording of Bach's Mass in B Minor has now been reissued by BR-KLASSIK on two excellent CDs."Matthew Brook's Quoniam is as fluent as the impeccable horn obbligato of Anneke Scott."(George Pratt, BBC Music Magazine, 7th July 2010). Even after almost three hundred years, the music of Bach's Mass in B minor is still animated, fresh, and a true Baroque delight – whether heard live in concert or recorded. The Latin Ordinarium constitutes the silk thread along which all these musical pearls are strung. The Mass, completed in 1748/49, is a musical masterpiece in which the Baroque musical splendour is always to the fore, though reflective moments and intense, heartfelt chorales are also very important elements. This "great Catholic Mass," the only mass he composed, and in which he set to music the complete Ordinary of the Latin Mass, was his last great vocal work. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 For Bach, the Mass in B minor marked the culmination and also the end point of his life’s work as a composer.