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J S Bach - Lutheran Masses Vol.2 | Coro COR16120

J S Bach - Lutheran Masses Vol.2

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Label: Coro

Cat No: COR16120

Barcode: 0828021612022

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 3rd March 2014

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Despite their exquisite beauty, featuring splendid choruses and deeply moving arias, there are relatively few recordings of Bach’s Lutheran Masses. On this second disc, which completes The Sixteen’s mini-series, the orchestra is joined by just eight singers to perform the Masses, allowing the beauty of the virtuosic vocal lines to be heard with absolute clarity.

Sometimes called ‘Missa brevis’, the Lutheran Masses feature almost no Lutheran material at all. Musically, they are almost entirely made up of movements borrowed from Bach’s Cantatas and their beauty is in the fact that they represent the composer’s own choice of his finest Cantata movements.

It is 20 years since The Sixteen last recorded such a wealth of Bach’s music, making this a uniquely exciting project.

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