Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028943179126 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon Release Date: May 12, 1992 Sales Rank: 74628 Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Amazon.com essential recording: Leonard Bernstein's performance of this Mass is the finest available. Proof comes from a very unexpected source. A major French classical music magazine conducted a blind listening test of every available performance of this Mass--and this recording was the unanimous choice of the jury. No one was more surprised than they were, but one minute of this blazing performance confirms that they were right. A superb disc. --David Hurwitz
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Rating: - Excellent
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1N1V2EFB4IQVZ This soloists in this performance are out of this world. The Soprano 1 has the perfect tone. No excessive vibrato, dead center of the pitch and color up and down the scale (the low A flat in the Kyrie is awesome.) Frederica von Stade is awesome (as usual) with very nice high b naturals. I Buy this CD again just to hear Arleen Auger's gorgeous singing!
Rating: - Mass-ively Marvelous
I am very satisfied with this purchase. I have listened to it many times since I bought it and have enjoyed and appreciated it more with every listening. Arleen Auger's 'Kyrie' solo is gorgeous, and anything with the amazing Frederica Von Stade has my stamp of approval.
Strangely enough, I didn't care for Auger's "Exaltate Jubilate". I'm trying to decide if it's just me or not. I've changed my mind before, but I just didn't find it appealing.
BUT - one can always buy another recording of "Exaltate". Go ahead and buy this disc if you want a nice recording of the Mass in c-min, I think you will not be disappointed.
Rating: - If you love Bernstein's Mahler's 8th...
Then you'll love this disc. It has the typical unexpected dramatic and sometimes outright bizarre (as in not written by the composer in the score) touches Bernstein is noted for. The orchestral playing is very good, but I find the choral performance average; the consistency of the singing by the choir is my complaint here. The highly respected soloists do an admirable job. But overall, I find the performance bloated, especially in the Cum Santu Spiritu: After the wonderful and reverant opening the pace is much slower than Mozart's score indicates. It's as if Lenny was trying to milk the reverence factor by 10. This disc is not a bad performance, but in my humble opinion I don't feel that Bernstein shines in choral works like this. Bernstein performs best in works, like Pictures at an Exhibition, where his unique and grandiose views work well, especially in phrasing. His symphonic Mozart is great though. ... Read More
Rating: - Superb
I have heard few other renditions of Mozart's "Great Mass," but there's no reason to after having heard Bernstein's. You may feel some premonitions buying a Bernstein product as many other reviewers on this page have--but throw them out! This recording is absolutely supreme.
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