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Revision as of 12:51, 20 March 2010 by Gerda Arendt (talk | contribs) (new, formerly part of the article Mass in B Minor)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Recordings or the Mass in B Minor of Johann Sebastian Bach in history concentrate on two groups, "modern instruments" and "period instruments", a movement started by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, among others. Both groups now aim at Historically informed performances. Some recordings employ a boys choir as Bach had it. Others respect the knowledge of the small ensembles that Bach conducted by having the soloists form the "choir", one singer per part. As the Mass in B Minor was never performed in Bach's time, artistic freedom is granted.
On modern instruments
- George Enescu, BBC, 1951
- Munich Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Suzanne Danco, Kathleen Ferrier, Peter Pears
- Karl Richter, Archiv, 1961
- Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra
- Maria Stader, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Helmuth Rilling, Hänssler, 1999
- Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
- Sibylla Rubens, Juliane Banse, Ingeborg Danz, James Taylor, Andreas Schmidt, Thomas Quasthoff
- Georg Christoph Biller, Naxos, 2006
- Helmuth Rilling, Hänssler, 2007
- Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
- Marlis Petersen, Stella Doufexis, Anke Vondung, Lothar Odinius, Christian Gerhaher, Franz-Joseph Selig
On period instruments
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Teldec, 1968
- Concentus Musicus Wien, Chorus Viennensis
- Rotraud Hansmann, Emiko Iiyama, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond
- Gustav Leonhardt, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 1985
- Collegium Musicum van de Nederlandse Bachvereniging, La Petite Bande
- Isabelle Poulenard, Guillemette Laurens, René Jacobs, John Elwes, Max van Egmond, Harry van der Kamp
- John Eliot Gardiner, Archiv, 1985
- The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists
- Nancy Argenta, Michael Chance, Elizabeth Wilcock, Stephen Varcoe, Carol Hall, Mary Nichols
- Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
- Nico van der Meel, Harry van der Kamp
- René Jacobs, Berlin Classics, 1992
- Rias Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
- Hillevi Martinpelto, Bernarda Fink, Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Görne, Franz-Josef Selig
- Ton Koopman, Erato, 1994
- Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
- Barbara Schlick, Kai Wessel, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens
- Collegium Vocale Gent
- Johannette Zomer, Véronique Gens, Andreas Scholl, Christoph Prégardien, Peter Kooy, Hanno Müller-Brachmann
- Andrew Parrott, EMI, 1985, reissued Virgin Veritas, 2002
- Taverner Consort and Players
- Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera, Panito Iconomou (boy alto), Christian Immler, Michael Kilian, Rogers Covey-Crump, David Thomas
- Marc Minkowski, Naïve, 2009
- Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
- Lucy Crowe, Julia Lezhneva, Joanne Lunn, Blandine Staskiewicz, Nathalie Stutzmann, Terry Wey (Countertenor), Colin Balzer, Markus Brutscher, Christian Immler, Luca Tittoto