Bach: The Passions; Christmas Oratorio; B Minor Mass; Motets (Music CD) available on May 16 2017 from Base for 20.69
Bach: Passions; Christmas Oratorio; B minor Mass; Motets available on October 17 2015 from Amazon for 13.19
UPC bar code 825646473519 ξ1 registered May 16 2017
UPC bar code 825646473519 ξ2 registered October 17 2015
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Classical Audio
Manufacturered by Erato Disques
Product weight is 0.7 lbs.
From 1957-1973 Werner recorded 55 of Bach's church cantatas as well as the St. John and St. Matthew Passions, the Christmas, Easter and Ascension Oratorios, the B minor Mass and the motets. MusicWeb stated, 'Werner's pacing of the (St. Matthew Passion) and his vision of it is compelling. The drama moves inexorably forward and the entire story is most movingly related.'
This companion volume to Warner's newly-reissued set of Werner's Bach Cantata series is somewhat less recommendable than the latter. To begin with, most collectors who incline toward or at least tolerate "traditional" approaches to Bach will already have multiple versions of the two Passions, the B-minor Mass, and the Christmas Oratorio by their favored artists. Secondly, the deficiencies of interpretation and execution which were easier to ignore in the case of ..
