Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor - Warsaw 17 January 2020

Bach B-minor Mass Faksimile-Reihe Bach'scher Werke und Schriftstücke, Neue Folge, 2 Documenta Musicologica II/35 National Philharmonic Orchestra - National Philharmonic Choir Stefano Montanari - conductor Olga Pasiecznik - soprano Karolina Makuła - mezzo-soprano Agata Schmidt - mezzo-soprano Hugo Hymas - tenor Jaromír Nosek - bass Bartosz Michałowski - Choirmaster What can a modest literary author possibly say of interest in his commentary on arguably the greatest masterpiece of Western music ? What has not been said before by numerous fertile minds of genius? Before mentioning the fine performance in Warsaw, I will eschew originality and would recommend two profound books on Bach that occupied my mind when thinking about this vastly referential work, a monumental creation which swings like a great pendulum of sensibility, human culture and philosophy between the sensual and liturgical. If you wish to penetrate the laby...