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...Love," which showcases Jewel's awesome vocal range. Joy shows more sides of Jewel's talent, as she experiments with opera and choral styles in her rendition of "Gloria." The adaptation of guitar to fit the organ's instrumentation provides an updated feel to this variation of Bach's B-minor Mass. The crux of this album is "Gospel Medley." The word "medley" may evokes memories of 5th grade chorus, but this listener was pleasantly surprised to hear the interwoven melodies of the traditional standard "Go Tell it on a Mountain," Jewel's own "Life Uncommon" (from Spirit) and Bette...
Tonght will mark the first time Collegium has performed the entire Bach masterpiece, although in recent years the group has performed the Bach Mass in B-minor. Several years ago, according to Marvin, the combined choruses of the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society and Collegium performed selections from the work...
...whole record is devoted to Brahms' music, which makes him the most-represented composer in the set: 10 Intermezzi and the Rhapsody in B-minor, Op. 79. The Intermezzi (recorded in 1960) are certainly interesting to listen to, for Gould does some unusual things bringing out the pieces' many inner voices (in the famous B-flat minor, Op. 117, for example). He captures the autumnal quality of these short, profoundly simple pieces. Unfortunately, though, his overly ponderous tempos sometimes lack for dynamic and rhythmic drive. The filler on the disk, the tulmultuous Rhapsody (recorded in 1982), was surely the highlight...
...Musica Sacra that provided the festival's best moments. They came in the final choral sections of the Magnificat; in the orchestral Suite No. 3 and the Cantata No. 4 ("Christ lag in Todes-banden") under Westenburg; and above all, in resplendent, moving performances of the Mass in B-Minor that Westenburg conducted on opening and closing nights...
...best - as in Liszt's Ballade in B-Minor, on the IPA/Desmar record - the massive rumbling bass is an effective counterpoint to the ethereal run-work in the treble. It is an inspired interpretation; method and material work in harmony...