LoginBach: Mass in B minor / McNair, Ziegler, Simpson, Aler, Stone, Paul; Shaw
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Robert Shaw's reading of the B Minor Mass is, in one sense at least, just what one would expect: sober and purposeful, beautifully shaped (Shaw is a master architect), it centers on the chorus. Like all of Shaw's choruses, the Atlanta group has that trademark richness of body and blend, and it sings with utter unanimity as though it were one great voice. Shaw opts for marginally broader tempos than those found in most period-instrument performances but is nowhere near as glacial as some interpreters. Yet oddly enough, the approach seems more idealized, and less passionate and expressive, than one might expect from a conductor fa
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Manufacturer: Telarc
Release date: 10 October 1990
EAN: 0089408023323 UPC: 089408023323
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Release date: 10 October 1990
EAN: 0089408023323 UPC: 089408023323
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