the beauty alone of many of the solo numbers would make it worth buying.
Frauke Jurgensen - The Consort - June 2011
this account is full of expression and articulations of the divinethe choral singing is uniformly uplifting.
Mark Sealey - ClassicalNet - 16 September 2010
There have been many recordings of the B minor mass since Rifkin’s version, but in my opinion the Dunedin is the first to come anywhere near challenging it.
Brian Clark - Early Music Review - 9 August 2010
this is a fascinating and hugely rewarding account" ****
Andrew Clements - The Guardian - 23 July 2010
The awe-inspiring intricacy of Bach’s part-writing has been wonderfully magnified" ****½
Charlotte Gardner - Classic FM Magazine - 9 July 2010
Performance ***** Recording *****
No performance could better justify small-scale Bach than this convincing marriage of scholarship and inspiration.
George Pratt - BBC Music magazine - 7 July 2010
Editor’s Choice
"This performance demands to be heard.
David Vickers - Gramophone magazine - 30 June 2010
this B minor Mass is special.
Michael Tumelty - Sunday Herald - 27 June 2010
there is much to recommend here, and no one purchasing will be disappointed." *****
Steven Ritter - AudiophileAudition.com - 26 June 2010
Surely no other recording of Bach’s B Minor Mass bounces along with such joy as this" ****
Geoff Brown - The Times - 14 June 2010
[The] performance is powerful and beautifully shaped
Stephen Pettitt - Sunday Times - 20 June 2010
spine-tingling
Jeremy Siepmann - International Record Review - 9 June 2010
The Dunedin Consort’s premiere recording of Joshua Rifkin’s scholarly edition of Bach’s B-minor Mass has many attractive features
Anna Picard - Independent on Sunday - 13 June 2010
you can really lose yourself in this performance" ****½
David Vernier - ClassicsToday.com - 25 May 2010
A definitive recording.
Stephen Pritchard - The Observer - 23 May 2010