This blog is a record of the activities of St Ives Choral Society.

St Ives Choral Society is a non-auditioning, mixed choir of roughly 100 members, based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. We meet for rehearsal each Tuesday at 7.30pm during school term time in the Methodist Church, St Ives. We perform a wide range of works from the traditional classical choral repertoire with up to four concerts each year.

Our Director of Music is Julian Merson.

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Recommended recordings for Bach's Mass in B Minor

As promised, a few links to some recommended recordings:

The one I always enjoyed was the John Elliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir recording.  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Mass-minor-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B0000057CN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379190221&sr=8-1&keywords=gardiner+b+minor+mass

However, one cannot really go far wrong with any of the usual professional choirs and their recordings.  Here's another from The Sixteen.  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Mass-minor-The-Sixteen/dp/B000F9SZDA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379190349&sr=8-1&keywords=sixteen+b+minor+mass

Ones I tend to avoid are those where just one singer is allocated per part.  I don't agree with the evidence which apparently supports this approach.

Hope that helps.