Below are the Amazon.com asin numbers for all four of the works in this box:St. Mathew Passion - B0000057DG (1989)St. John Passion - B0000057CW (1990)Christmas Oratorio - B0000057D5 (1990)Mass in b minor - B0000057CN (1990)The numerous reviews already posted for each work say it all.Many period instrument productions lack the interpretive element more commonly found in traditional performances. Not so with Mr. Gardiner. You don't just hear authentic music, you feel the passion and the poetry in it like ne..
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Gardiner's recordings of Bach's "sacred masterworks" were considered near-definitive when they were initially released during the 1980's. Since then numerous other "period performance practice" versions of these works have appeared, yet despite competition from such early-music luminaries as Suzuki and Herreweghe (to name only two), Gardiner's have retained their benchmark status. The earliest performance in this compilation is the *Mass in b Minor* (dating from 1982). This remains an extraordinary accoun..
