Johann Sebastian Bach: The Bach Collection (Coro Audio CD 5-disc set)

Three of The Sixteen’s celebrated Bach recordings in one stylish boxed set.
WEIHNACHTS ORATORIUM (COR16017)
Lynda Russell, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Michael George, Libby Crabtree
The Christmas Oratorio is one of Bach's greatest masterpieces and this recording is one of The Sixteen's finest.
Mark Padmore is one of today’s greatest ‘Evangelist’s’, and this recording shows him at his very best.
CANTATAS 34, 50, 147 (COR16039)
During his years as Leipzig’s Director Musices, Bach supplied at least three complete annual cycles of Cantatas
for the church year. The rich variety of his writing for solo voices and orchestra along with thrilling choral
textures is well represented in the three cantatas on this disc.
MASS IN B MINOR (COR16044)
Catherine Dubosc, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George
Bach’s Mass in B minor displays all the ingredients that contribute to his supreme ranking amongst his peers of
any age, and also demonstrates the breadth of compositional skills amassed during his lifetime. It demands
choral singing of blistering athleticism but also sensitive, responsive and, at times, majestic orchestral playing
coupled with virtuosic obligato.
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