Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Stephen Layton – Bach: Mass in B minor (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Stephen Layton – Bach: Mass in B minor (2017)
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Following much-praised accounts of the St John Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Stephen Layton now turns to the B minor Mass. With Trinity College Cambridge forces and a fine roster of soloists, the results are guaranteed to prove equally spectacular.

‘Katherine Watson, already a busy soloist, has a delightful baroque soprano voice … but it is Iestyn Davies who serves up this recording’s jewel in his first recorded Agnus Dei, a masterclass in technique, vocal beauty and moving musicality that it is hard to imagine surpassed … this is a fresh and attractive B minor Mass, with plenty in it to enjoy’ (Gramophone)

‘Layton’s Bach is rightly prized for its clear-headed vision and lack of eccentricity. He has a fine team of soloists: Katherine Watson and Helen Charlston’s bright voices blend ideally in the Christe eleison, and Gwilym Bowen and Neal Davies are both stalwarts in their solos. But it is Iestyn Davies’s singing of Qui sedes that takes this release into the realms of greatness. The OAE, with trumpets and drums in full cry in the Gloria, Osanna and Dona nobis pacem, make a splendid sound. Highly recommended’ (The Sunday Times)»

‘We’re treated to lively tempos, exemplified in the Cum Sancto Spiritu, … unusually transparent textures (you hear every voice, every instrumental line in the opening Kyrie, for example), first-rate soloists, and one of the more articulate and singer-sensitive orchestras you’ll hear in this music … as one who’s revisited more than a dozen recorded versions of the B minor Mass while preparing this review, my conclusion is that this one offers stylistically sound, true-to-Bach performances that are both modern yet historically informed, whose interpretive point of view and technical details will stand the test of time—and whose choral vocalism is a marvel’ (Classics Today)

Tracklist:
1-1. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 01. Chorus: Kyrie eleison (09:56)
1-2. Katherine Watson, Helen Charlston; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 02. Duet: Christe eleison (04:57)
1-3. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 03. Chorus: Kyrie eleison (03:24)
1-4. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 04. Chorus: Gloria in excelsis Deo (01:44)
1-5. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 05. Chorus: Et in terra pax hominibus (04:26)
1-6. Katherine Watson; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 06. Aria: Laudamus te (04:22)
1-7. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 07. Chorus: Gratias agimus tibi (03:14)
1-8. Katherine Watson, Gwilym Bowen; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 08. Duet: Domine Deus (05:30)
1-9. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 09. Chorus: Qui tollis peccata mundi (03:04)
1-10. Iestyn Davies; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 10. Aria: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (04:28)
1-11. Neal Davies; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 11. Aria: Quoniam tu solus sanctus (04:28)
1-12. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 1 No 12. Chorus: Cum Sancto Spiritu (03:42)
1-13. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 1. Chorus: Credo in unum Deum (01:59)
1-14. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 2. Chorus: Patrem omnipotentem (02:04)
1-15. Iestyn Davies, Katherine Watson; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 3. Duet: Et in unum Dominum (04:23)
1-16. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 4. Chorus: Et incarnatus est (03:23)
1-17. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 5. Chorus: Crucifixus etiam pro nobis (03:23)
1-18. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 6. Chorus: Et resurrexit tertia die (04:04)
1-19. Neal Davies; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 7. Aria: Et in Spiritum Sanctum (05:18)
1-20. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 8. Chorus: Confiteor unum baptisma (03:55)
1-21. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 2 No 9. Chorus: Et exspecto resurrectionem (02:05)
1-22. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 3. Chorus: Sanctus (05:12)
1-23. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 4 No 1. Chorus: Osanna in excelsis (02:42)
1-24. Gwilym Bowen; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 4 No 2. Aria: Benedictus (04:16)
1-25. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 4 No 3. Chorus: Osanna in excelsis (02:45)
1-26. Iestyn Davies; Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 4 No 4. Aria: Agnus Dei (05:16)
1-27. Stephen Layton: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Trinity College Choir Cambridge – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232 – Part 4 No 5. Chorus: Dona nobis pacem (03:30)

Personnel:
Trinity College Choir Cambridge
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Stephen Layton (conductor)

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